For Whom The Bell Tolls.

"It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses and apologized to no one. I shall die here. Every inch of me shall perish. Every inch, but one. An inch. It is small and it is fragile and it is the only thing in the world worth having. We must never lose it or give it away. We must NEVER let them take it from us. I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope that the worlds turns, and that things get better. But what I hope most of all is that you understand what I mean when I tell you that, even though I do not know you, and even though I may never meet you, laugh with you, cry with you, or kiss you, I love you. With all my heart, I love you. " - Valarie (V for Vendetta) So it looks like the US and UK are going to invade Iran now too. The US military builds up on the Iranian border and mysteriously the Iranians capture some British troops in suspicious circumstances. Looks like we'll need to rescue them and oh while we're invading we may as well take out all these suspicious nuclear plants and this leader which we don't really like. I'm sure nobody will mind. We're the ones with all the big guns and the most money anyway. Yay for Democracy. Yay for freedom. Just plain yay. Ooh. I wrote an essay on the topic "What it Terror" for one of my English units and I attacked the US government. Helena gave me a distinciton but I think the government would be more inclined to lock me up. Politics sucks. I've stopped watching the news and reading the paper because I just don't want to know. Is that a bad thing? I'm not talking about the commercial station news reports/current affairs or The West Australia/Sunday Times because anyone who watches and reads those and doesn't realise how biassed they are is a bit silly. I'm talking about news blogs, The New York Times, The Australian, ABC/SBS. I feel like it is wrong to not care. That it is selfish to only worry about passing my units. That it is pointless to only want to hang out with my friends and have fun while there is so much injustice going on but I'm just tired of all the bad news. Thoughts, guys? PS: Shirley Manson is still amazing. Maybe I should just follow her blindly. It seems to be the cool thing to do these days.