News and morose thoughts
Oct. 10th, 2004 05:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
misscamIn the news:
It's official. No WMDs.
Wangari Maathai is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Wired Bush?
Controversy over Afghan election
Howard wins a fourth term in the Australian election
Lots of election this and that going on. Australia and Afghanistan just had one, the US is soon due and we're also talking about the Iraqi election that may or may not happen. I can only hope that since Howard was re-elected, the Universe is kind enough not to stick four years of Bush on me too. I may have to become a hermit if not. It won't be so bad. I'll find a Norwegian mountain and have a little hut and medidate in the snow. (And hey, Norway won a football match this weekend. Shocking!)
I did watch last night's debate and Bush did do better than the last one, but I still want to throw things at him. Hard. The world gives me a headache sometimes. A part of me wants to carry all the world's sorrow, but I don't have the strength, yet I feel guilty for not trying enough. There's so much wrong and bad and I want to fix it all, but I'm a small feather afloat in a deluge and even if I could make a difference in such a mass, how do I know what I did would be for the better?
But then, could I live with myself not trying?
I don't think I can.
/morose thoughts
In better news, Red Dwarf on DVD always cheers one up.
It's official. No WMDs.
Wangari Maathai is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Wired Bush?
Controversy over Afghan election
Howard wins a fourth term in the Australian election
Lots of election this and that going on. Australia and Afghanistan just had one, the US is soon due and we're also talking about the Iraqi election that may or may not happen. I can only hope that since Howard was re-elected, the Universe is kind enough not to stick four years of Bush on me too. I may have to become a hermit if not. It won't be so bad. I'll find a Norwegian mountain and have a little hut and medidate in the snow. (And hey, Norway won a football match this weekend. Shocking!)
I did watch last night's debate and Bush did do better than the last one, but I still want to throw things at him. Hard. The world gives me a headache sometimes. A part of me wants to carry all the world's sorrow, but I don't have the strength, yet I feel guilty for not trying enough. There's so much wrong and bad and I want to fix it all, but I'm a small feather afloat in a deluge and even if I could make a difference in such a mass, how do I know what I did would be for the better?
But then, could I live with myself not trying?
I don't think I can.
/morose thoughts
In better news, Red Dwarf on DVD always cheers one up.
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Can I join you?
Date: 2004-10-11 08:47 am (UTC)So I'm pissed about the elections, and then I read about countries where there AREN'T any elections. I am finicky and don't appreciate a good thing and should be very very very grateful I live in a democratic country.
Don't let the woes of the world get you down. It's bad for your health if you do it too often.
By the way, if they do re-elect Bush, can I come and live on the Norwegian mountain next to yours? I do agree that Red Dwarf is a great anti-depressant. As is Black Books. Which I can hear through the lounge room door. Life is good.
Adios.