worse things have happened

is what j said to me after the last exam i took while he (different j) was still alive.

(it's not an obsession; 20 was a pivotal year for me as was 01 for us in general)

he was talking about my complaint that he was ignoring me. (what the hell did i do

? i just want my physicist back! god, why did he have to be a guy?) and the only thing j (the one who is still alive) could say to me was, worse things have happened.

my boyfriend caught me off guard the other day when he said that we all act as if it were such a huge deal, but when you think of it, it wasn't as bad as other things that are happening. many say we deserved it, to which i cannot speak because in all the years leading up to it i lived in a translucent bubble. but what makes our misery worth any more than the misery in other parts of the world? i kind of gasped when he said that to me, but after hearing the above reasons it began to make sense. how self-centered of us. it all sucks.

Anyway... this picture made me smile this morning as i was reading news on the bbc:

aww! it seems that the leaders of my two favorite "rogue nations" are BFFs!