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It's almost seven PM, and still very light outside. Which is throwing my body clock off, because I've been used to it getting dark by five-thirty. Maybe six. Not that I'm complaining - I love the long summer evenings up here, when you can sit outside until nine and still see to find your beer can, but it's just the first couple of days kinda throw you off.
Now if only the weather would warm up, to match the whole daylight savings thing. I shouldn't have to wear my ugg boots in October, but here I am, feet safely enscounced in sheepskin. And socks. *grins wryly* I have Cold Feet Issues. Never share a bed with me in winter, unless you want ice-cold toes on your legs or other warm parts. My hot water bottle was my dearest friend during the winter up here - my first sleeping alone for ten years - I can tell you.
Of course, shutting the front door might be a good idea. I think we've had enough fresh air for today.
The Federal election's next week - November 7th, IIRC. I'll be glad when it's over; I'm sick to death of election coverage, politicians making all sorts of promises so they'll be elected. I'm voting Democrat for the Senate, definitely, and probably for the House of Representatives too - even if they don't get a majority, hopefully they'll continue to hold the balance of power. But if John Howard and the Liberals (a misnomer if ever there was one!) get back in, that's it. I'm outta here. It was bad enough when he got voted in on a GST platform - I will lose all faith in Aussie sensibilities.
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Pakistani Islamic fundamentalists today slaughtered 18 Christians by locking them in a church and opening fire, in retaliation for the bombings in Afghanistan.
Yesterday there was news of the same Red Cross food storage depot being hit twice in several days.
Hundreds of Afghani civilians are being killed, and refugees are high-jacking boats in Indonesia in a desperate effort to get to Australia.
More than four thousand people are still missing in the rubble of the WTC.
The world's going to hell, and nothing makes sense any more.
Now if only the weather would warm up, to match the whole daylight savings thing. I shouldn't have to wear my ugg boots in October, but here I am, feet safely enscounced in sheepskin. And socks. *grins wryly* I have Cold Feet Issues. Never share a bed with me in winter, unless you want ice-cold toes on your legs or other warm parts. My hot water bottle was my dearest friend during the winter up here - my first sleeping alone for ten years - I can tell you.
Of course, shutting the front door might be a good idea. I think we've had enough fresh air for today.
The Federal election's next week - November 7th, IIRC. I'll be glad when it's over; I'm sick to death of election coverage, politicians making all sorts of promises so they'll be elected. I'm voting Democrat for the Senate, definitely, and probably for the House of Representatives too - even if they don't get a majority, hopefully they'll continue to hold the balance of power. But if John Howard and the Liberals (a misnomer if ever there was one!) get back in, that's it. I'm outta here. It was bad enough when he got voted in on a GST platform - I will lose all faith in Aussie sensibilities.
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Pakistani Islamic fundamentalists today slaughtered 18 Christians by locking them in a church and opening fire, in retaliation for the bombings in Afghanistan.
Yesterday there was news of the same Red Cross food storage depot being hit twice in several days.
Hundreds of Afghani civilians are being killed, and refugees are high-jacking boats in Indonesia in a desperate effort to get to Australia.
More than four thousand people are still missing in the rubble of the WTC.
The world's going to hell, and nothing makes sense any more.
