umbrellas are for transients.

i've seen a lot of scary things in the past week or so. like
unidentifiable roadkill, the dozen or so freshman who decide
they are going to abandon all footwear and watching the sun
rise as i make my way to my first class (i am not much of a
morning person). but all of that pales in comparison to
the frightening nature of this photograph. it is good ol' dubbya's
image displayed on the massive screen at the republican
national convention in st. paul (he decided to fore go appearing
in person for fear that gustav may turn into a katrina scale
disaster, which luckily it did not). and that little gnome-like
figure to the bottomleft is laura bush leaving the stage
after introducing her not-so-better half. so just to put this to
scale, he could pick her up and pop her into his mouth
like a pretzel. his image conjures up associations to
the wizard of oz, unfortunately in this case the bumbling
old man is in front of the curtain, not hiding to project
an all-powerful image onto the screen. i'm just glad i wasn't
there in person or near a television to see his head enlarged
to the point that i could count his blackheads or listen to
his booming abuses of the english language.

four more months my friends, four more months.

{photo by damon winter via the new york times}