Friday, September 13, 2002

Why can I not begin packing? I abhor packing. I just can't wait until I live in ONE place where I don't have to keep moving from, unless it's a short holiday, and I don't need anything but a change of clothes and a toothbrush! Yeah, right, like I could ever pack light. But that's not the point! I am getting worse and worse at this procrastinating thing the more I move around. What's a girl to do?

I don't think I really want to leave. There's the whole 'dum du dum dum FINAL YEAR!!!! bwahahahaha!' evil type sounds in the back of my head, that I think are scaring me. Back to studying, books, lectures, essays, thesis, ethnographic project, exams, more essays, more exams and maybe one or two more essays. Is it any wonder my body is rebelling by refusing to do things when they should be done?

Two days to go.....

posted by Tanisha Cross at 9:53 PM Comments []

Thursday, September 12, 2002

A very uneventful day this has proven to be. So much for the 'major terror alert' the US was on. I swear, had one said 'boo!' people would have run.
And could I turn on the TV without seeing some sort of commemoration, or reliving of, or how we moved on from 9/11? Nope. It's everywhere. Bush himself is on TV giving some sort of speech (cause, you know, it's expected of president-type folk) saying bla bla bla I'm can play terrorist too.

What can I say, I'm not a big fan of Sir Bush. Nor America. In my eyes, no nation deserves what they got, but guess what? These things happen, they've been happening since the beginning of time, all over the world, only difference is that now it has happened to a privileged, 'developed', wealthy, head-up-it's ass country. So now the rest of the world has to feel their pain. Where were they during the Angolan 20 year war? Or during the countless religion-related genocides? Political riots, civil wars?? They were sitting on their butts saying o what a shame and sending 'aide' so no-one could say America wasn't involved. I'm not saying that we shouldn't support America. Not at all. I'm saying that I only wish we could be this aware and supportive of this kind of crap when it happens elsewhere. Saying that America is country number one (as has been repeated over and over today) implies that there is a grading scale, hence some other country is the last, the worst, the one we want to avoid. And since no one wants to be last, that will only make things worse. Can't they see that they're making people mad? Why doesn't Bush try and find out why, and try to fix that, instead of trying to war back? War only begins when one side feels unequal to the next, and so they fight to either even themselves out or make the lesser side the bigger side. Usually it's the latter. So I guess this random terrorism thing to prove a point that's just not getting across will just continue until we seize to be human.



posted by Tanisha Cross at 1:41 AM Comments []

Wednesday, September 11, 2002

O look they're gone....

Yes dammit. They're gone.

Goodnight.
posted by Tanisha Cross at 5:52 AM Comments []

And why the hell can't I get rid of those 'A' thingies around my links?!?!

Grrrr.....
posted by Tanisha Cross at 5:38 AM Comments []

The Princess is due to leave the island on Sunday to embark on her continuation and finalisation of her academic career. Any farewell parties, get-togethers, gifts and other well-wishes must be scheduled for a date prior to the one afore-mentioned.

Thank you.

The Princess has spoken.
posted by Tanisha Cross at 5:31 AM Comments []