When Everything Stops

I saw three really sad things this evening. This world has become so numb, so apathetic to anyone in suffering, it disgusts me. Maybe i'm just overly sensitive. First I watched "Philadelphia" with my mom, because she had heard it was a "great drama". oh, yea, great depressing drama. Tom Hanks is Andrew, who is gay and has AIDS. He dies. I cried. Then, when I went to meet my dad, the parking lot we meet in was selling christmas trees, and they had a Petting Zoo. Now who in their right mind puts little animals in a flimsy tent outside, in the winter at night? I couldn't even look at it, I felt so terrible. And then, to top it all off, I find Rodney, my squirrel, dead in the yard! :( Poor Rodney :(. I feel terrible for him, too. I must say that most people today take so many things for granted. Not the suffering, no, they appreciate. But us, those who have no more troubles than a fight at school or with parents, or a disappointment when they don't get their frigging new gadget when they want it. What about all the innocent children who die because they've never had enough to eat? They've never gone to school. They've never rode in a car. They've never gone to the mall, done anything fun. Some of them might not even have parents around anymore. What about all the animals that suffer abuse and neglect at the hands of negligent, worthless, scum sucking lowlife owners? This world makes me sick. I just have to remind myself that Tom Hanks is not dead, nor does he have AIDS. The little animals at the winter petting zoo all have big warm parkas, and Rodney died at a good old age. Rest In Peace, Rodney.