I know this is pretty awful to say but when I was reading the headlines in yesterday's NYT, I noticed one thing...The boy out of focus near the front center of this photograph. It just goes to show how Israeli boys are near the top of my hot list, or at least until they are like 29. I definitely am on Israels side in this little war that they are waging but I am not 100% sure that I believe that they actually know what they are trying to accomplish, sadly. Also funny how we have totally forgotten about Iraq. yawn.
For the first time I actually know someone in Tel Aviv, where things are surreally calm, but I fear not for long. I also fear George W. (again, I will never say President with his name) is going to be his typical dumb self and wait until the crisis escalates to a very serious regional war. Anyways, I bring this up not just for the hot boy, or my interest in it, but I have been trading emails with a girl in Italy who I believe is quite possibly a part of my family. She emailed me awhile back and I have been meaning to blog about her. She is strikingly beautiful, has my last name, and is from the South. All good signs we are related, haha. Anyways, I got this email this morning and was stopped short:
Hi Frank
I'm in a coffee shop, studying, preparing an article.. At same time I'm
giving a look to the news.. It's possible that they will send the long range
missiles to Tel Aviv.. .and now is night here.. I don't want to scare people
at home, or my friends..and I'm not sendind anything to my family, except
"Here is ok".. Here Israelis go to coffee shops like always on Shabbat.. but
the atmosfere looks absolutey strange to me: people stydy on some tables,
others are talking about the war, it's a day like the other ones, maybe they
will send missils, but nobody wants to show to be worried.. They could be
perfect emergency doctors, all them.
I read that Israel alerted the ambulances in Tel Aviv too, to be ready for
everything.. I hope is not true..This is not a good new.. I don't know even
where the shelters are, I will follow the others.. Don't laught: today I
went to the coffee shop with my passport and with my tickets, just in case
Ican't go back to my apartment here in the next days..I'm still an
anesthesiologist: trained to think always about the worst and to find a
solution before the problem.. I'm sorry for Israel. I hope they will have
success soon with this compain..but the situation is degenerating.. If Iran
or Siria send missils on all the country do you think that the US will help
Israel with the army? I hope so.
Maybe nothing else will happen, nothing of worse, here in tel Aviv people
are not alerted, so there isn't anything of imminent..But I feel nervous in
the evening, I don't know how it will be the night or early in the
morning..Yesterday my roomate was watching the news till 2 o clock.. I went
out, if there's something that I learnt here is that I prefer to go out and
to live, I understand the people here around me.. they continue to live a
normal life.. you need this...it's absolutly useless and heavy to stay at
home watching the television...Today she went to the beach, and I am in a
coffee shop..
I don't want to worry you, I wanted simply to share my toughts, I'm calm..
A strong embrance.Marialuisa
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