My Three-Fold Utopian Dream
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
A drought in the midst of rainfall
Depending on which part of the world you live in you may or may not have heard of the hosepipe ban that has taken over London and the south east. Apparantly we had a very dry winter..and also due to golbal warming we had less rainfall this year, and to top it off due to the incompetnce of water companies we are losing enough water to fill 344 olympic sized swimming pools everyday due to bust pipes and leakages.
To me thats just inexcusable. These water companies are making billions of pounds profit a year and they can't even fix some water pipes. It makes me so angry to think that we are paying our taxes for a service that we can't even use as we please. For example, just before easter I planted some flower seeds in my garden and it took about a month for them to grow. I was so pleased and called them 'my children'.. however due to the HOSEPIPE ban they wilted and DIED! I'm so gutted. I've never been one to follow the rules but this time round I thought hey let me get that sense of community and do something for my environment.. that's the last time I listen to THAT voice in my head. Also, I've got a pond in the back garden whose water is slowly turing green...not a pretty sight I tell you..
Anyways I'm off to take out the hosepipe and use some water to my hearts delight! ta ta
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
The World Cup
¶ 7:17 pm 0 comments
it has been 4 years since the last world cup and although my memories of the last one are a little blurred to me the world cup has always been a time of unity. People come together and a sense of pride develops, flags are up and banners are made. It is impossible to walk down a street without passing a car with a flag flying by its side or a bedroom window displaying a flag. i've noticed that football plays a HUGE role in English life. The chants and songs that are made up aren't exactly the best but you can't help but sing along. It's truely fascinating.
A lot of people have recently been saying that there are more important things in life than the world cup and that people are more interested in it than what's going on in Iraq, Palestine and the rest of the world. I completely agree but who said we can't enjoy our selves and still be up to date with the events happening around us. There are those that take it to another level. I'm talking about people who live, breathe and eat football (not literally ;)).. I think that there are limits to the world cup spirit ... it's just another pleasure in life..like eating ice cream!
anyways i'm off to watch the England v Sweden match
it's coming home, it's coming home, footballs coming home!!
COME ON ENGLAND!!!
A lot of people have recently been saying that there are more important things in life than the world cup and that people are more interested in it than what's going on in Iraq, Palestine and the rest of the world. I completely agree but who said we can't enjoy our selves and still be up to date with the events happening around us. There are those that take it to another level. I'm talking about people who live, breathe and eat football (not literally ;)).. I think that there are limits to the world cup spirit ... it's just another pleasure in life..like eating ice cream!
anyways i'm off to watch the England v Sweden match
it's coming home, it's coming home, footballs coming home!!
COME ON ENGLAND!!!
