still around down with cnn

with a foggy brain i wake and follow the babble of cnn to check on the pope.

"pope's body will be placed in a triple-lined casket," said the graphic on the bottom of the screen.

"AHHHHH!!!! NAMATAY NA SIYA!!!!"

my sister ran from our mother's room. "namatay na siya?"

"NAMATAY NA SIYA!" my hands keep my face from falling apart. my voice couldn't form the words, "namatay na nga ba siya?"

my sister, eyes transfixed, "... di pa?"

the t.v. announces, in future tense, "the election that follows will be secret... the window of the apartment will open, and the new pope will introduce himself. ..."

online, "Vatican: Pope has fever, still responsive. ..."

"AHHH!!! CNN sucks!!!"

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race to kill 'em all

everyone (all the mainstream media outlets) killed yasser arafat at least once, including the AP. our comfort is that reuters killed him off first before we did.

with the pope, the entire AP cautiously tread as if the office floors were made of broken glass. your trying to be helpful is misconstrued as blocking someone's way. when news broke that the pope's condition worsened the deeper the night turned, everyone became cranky. when you turn cranky, the jokes come.

but the pope, like always, beat the world to the best tease, "i'm not dead yet!"   ¶ 4/02/2005 01:52:00 PM