{"id":9893,"date":"2020-07-16T11:59:51","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T16:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestofswla.com\/?p=9893"},"modified":"2020-07-16T11:20:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T16:20:26","slug":"halfway-through-an-angry-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestofswla.com\/2020\/07\/16\/halfway-through-an-angry-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Halfway Through An Angry Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
First The Virus\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
It was a just-like-that kind of thing; one minute we were running our own lives, like competent adults, and next minute we\u2019re sent to our rooms, like kids on a school night.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
When it was \u201conly\u201d the virus, we were angry at nature; if you\u2019re out to get us, at least fight fair, and let us see you coming. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
2020 Is An Angry Year\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
The virus made us feel vulnerable, not just here and there, felt like everywhere.\u00a0 <\/span>We were angry about jobs and money, about security, angry about feeling small.\u00a0 <\/span>We were lonely and angry about that. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
We were angry at the news, but we kept watching the news.\u00a0 <\/span>We were angry at being talked down to, like we were kids who had to be reminded to brush our teeth.<\/p>\n
We were angry waiting for press conferences and updates, and then we were angry because they said the same things as the day before.<\/p>\n
Our leaders made us angry.\u00a0 <\/span>We grew tired of the way they talked, their mannerisms, saying the same thing day after day, new clothes, but same words, same favorite verbs and adjectives.<\/p>\n