awesome.

so, sometimes, when bush isn't on tv speaking (or in the white house merely thinking), when people like foley and hassertt aren't 'leading', when university football teams aren't getting more funding than academic programs, and when produce isn't making everyone sick, i heart me some u.s.a.

take this exchange one recent lovely fall afternoon. two pretty muslim girls stand outside the uni-library. they're pretty ultra-swank ~ designer books, tight jeans, shiny hair.

"so," girl 1 says. "how's ramadan going for you?"
"oh, man," girl 2 says, shiny hair swinging as she shakes her head. "okay, but i so cannot fast."
"no fasting?" girl 1 says. "oh, my god. why not?"
"i have so got an ulcer," girl 2 says, "like you would not believe. the doctor says no fasting."
"bummer," girl 1 sympathesizes.
"totally," girl 2 agrees.

i mean, seriously. pretty cute.