Emily's Worldview

On Saturday, I went to a halloween parade with giant scary puppets, marching bands, gussied up hearses, and lots of fake blood. The crowd was a mix of everyone from punks to preschoolers. That night, a good friend came to visit me from Chicago. We ate biscuits and barbecue, watched people throw frisbees to their dogs in a big grassy park, checked out line dancing at a gay bar, and rooted for the White Sox over beers. Maybe this country's not so bad after all, despite how I feel when I read the news.