We'll get 'em next time.

This year's seen a lot of crazy stuff. I've personally witnessed more sadness, misery, and even mortality this year than I think I have in any other year up to this point, and as a capstone we elected a Circus Peanut president. It almost seems fitting.

I ain't gonna tell any of you how to feel right now. Some of you are scared, others are confused, many are furious -- a lot of us are all three. There's plenty of reasons to be. But there's also plenty of reasons to look forward, by virtue of necessity if not much else, and now is absolutely the best time to show how much you care. Push back against the people who would push you down, and stand firmly behind those you care about. You keep doing good in the world, and let nobody stop you.

If anyone's looking to talk it over, you know where to get ahold of me. No comments on this journal; discussion of this sorta thing is best handled mano-a-mano.