I watched the VP debate on Friday. I don't even live in America and I'm scared for the future of the world.

A plea to vote...non-partisan, now there is something new.... you should watch it

It'll be an interesting world on November 5th - for better or worse.

With love,

Sometimes things feel too big and awful to deal with ever, and they get bigger and bigger and fill you up inside until you feel sick and there is no room to feel all the good things that exist ( Read more... )

Today, in the first sitting of Parliment since Labour was elected in November, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd tabled a formal, bi-partisan, Apology to the Stolen Generations of Indigenous Australia.  It contains three unconditional uses of the word 'Sorry', that has been so hard to say for so long.

I felt like I should write something here to mark it as ( Read more... )

Seeking points of view on an issue with an old friend. Feedback, criticism, whatever.

If your hypothetical friend has an issue they've been dealing with for a considerable time now, and you have, in the past, raised it with them. But they don't want to talk to anyone (except if you prompt them, or with their partner sometimes), even if you think it ( Read more... )

Today I handed in my Honours application. Phew. That was wonderful. So now I sit back and do nothing until I get my (hopefully) acceptance letter in November. W00t ( Read more... )

I was feeling a bit sorry for myself this morning as I came into work - being a bit sick, and so busy with working so much and being tired ( Read more... )

So its all over. No more canon Harry Potter. It was brilliant. I am saying nothing more for a few days, but I am sure I will have to write about it or I will EXPLODE, so expect a spoilerish cut rant at some point ( Read more... )

So folks I'm back. Hi all! Hope your repectives homes haven't been demolished by freak electrical storms/ attacks by aliens/ the rising of the kraken or any other world changing event ( Read more... )

Pessimism anyone ( Read more... )

Question of the day:

Why do we always want the things that are bad for us?