well then. apparently i am a victim of credit card fraud. who knew? certainly not i. and how delightful is it that i leave in, like, 8 hours for my 3-week long european vacation? very. yeah, i guess someone booked some nights at a hotel. . . and $600 later, my bank put a hold on my credit card. thank you wellsfargo, for saving my sweet ass. anyway, everything's ok. i got my card cancelled and they'll send me a new one. . . in several weeks. it just sucks that it happened now. i'm having one of those why-are-people-so-ridiculous? moments.
and you know what? they are ridiculous. but this isn't why. i was just reading an article (because i'm an online news junkie) about these young girls in the congo who have sex with 'peacekeepers' for food. . . or (the paramount reparation), a dollar. many of these girls were raped when they were younger, thus rendering them 'worthless' because they weren't virginsn anymore, so their parents couldn't demand as high a price for them. so since they have no money and no alternative social role, they become prostitutes, literally to survive. and this just makes me want to vomit all over myself. there: i succeeded in dislodging my head from my ass.
i have it so so so good. even if my credit card was stolen. i live a life of relative ease. and here i am spending my time and energy being wigged out about my credit card. . . and there are countless things that are unspeakably worse going on in the world. man. and yet this is my whole life! and this is the life of everyone i know. . . we live these virtually perfect lives, so wrapped up in how hard things are for us.
the chick who founded the non-profit i'm going to be working for this summer is quoted as saying something like, 'when people say i'm not going to change the world, i'm like, first off how do you know that? and secondly, if everyone tried to change the world, we really would.' something like that. that's definitely a paraphrase. anyway, i just wish people cared. . . it's so hard to live in our society when you're constantly aware of how bad it is in other parts of the world (and, of course, in parts of our country), but i think that's a good thing. . . . i don't know. . . i'm just ranting. i wish i was happier with the way the world works. or rather, i wish it worked better.
ok, that helped. i feel better about my situation.
i hope everyone's well . . . enjoying spring and all that. i'm off to the continent for a few weeks. wish me luck. be back in april.
~bonsugar
and you know what? they are ridiculous. but this isn't why. i was just reading an article (because i'm an online news junkie) about these young girls in the congo who have sex with 'peacekeepers' for food. . . or (the paramount reparation), a dollar. many of these girls were raped when they were younger, thus rendering them 'worthless' because they weren't virginsn anymore, so their parents couldn't demand as high a price for them. so since they have no money and no alternative social role, they become prostitutes, literally to survive. and this just makes me want to vomit all over myself. there: i succeeded in dislodging my head from my ass.
i have it so so so good. even if my credit card was stolen. i live a life of relative ease. and here i am spending my time and energy being wigged out about my credit card. . . and there are countless things that are unspeakably worse going on in the world. man. and yet this is my whole life! and this is the life of everyone i know. . . we live these virtually perfect lives, so wrapped up in how hard things are for us.
the chick who founded the non-profit i'm going to be working for this summer is quoted as saying something like, 'when people say i'm not going to change the world, i'm like, first off how do you know that? and secondly, if everyone tried to change the world, we really would.' something like that. that's definitely a paraphrase. anyway, i just wish people cared. . . it's so hard to live in our society when you're constantly aware of how bad it is in other parts of the world (and, of course, in parts of our country), but i think that's a good thing. . . . i don't know. . . i'm just ranting. i wish i was happier with the way the world works. or rather, i wish it worked better.
ok, that helped. i feel better about my situation.
i hope everyone's well . . . enjoying spring and all that. i'm off to the continent for a few weeks. wish me luck. be back in april.
~bonsugar
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