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Jan. 1st, 2005 12:05 amHappy new year, everyone. Or not.
Feeling contemplative. I just watched the ball drop in New York and was reminded of what I read this morning (White Roses, Candles Bring in Solemn New Year
People held candles and white roses on the tsunami-hit island of Phuket, tearfully embracing as they grieved, in a poignant symbol of the mood which darkened New Year celebrations across the globe.
In contrast to the usual revelry, sadness hung over this year's festivities after more than 124,000 people were killed and millions left homeless by Sunday's massive Indian Ocean waves.
Australia led the world in a global minute of silence, parties were canceled and trees on Paris's grand Champs Elysees were shrouded in black on Friday.
Goes on like that, about how the tsunami has been on everyone's mind, around the world.
Somebody forgot to tell that to North America, I think.
Feeling contemplative. I just watched the ball drop in New York and was reminded of what I read this morning (White Roses, Candles Bring in Solemn New Year
People held candles and white roses on the tsunami-hit island of Phuket, tearfully embracing as they grieved, in a poignant symbol of the mood which darkened New Year celebrations across the globe.
In contrast to the usual revelry, sadness hung over this year's festivities after more than 124,000 people were killed and millions left homeless by Sunday's massive Indian Ocean waves.
Australia led the world in a global minute of silence, parties were canceled and trees on Paris's grand Champs Elysees were shrouded in black on Friday.
Goes on like that, about how the tsunami has been on everyone's mind, around the world.
Somebody forgot to tell that to North America, I think.
