The closest to being high I've ever gotten

Today I am wearing a polar bear jumper and tights with polka dots all over them.

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Oh, and I just thought you’d all like to know: Today will be a good day.

My morning started off with a trip to an unexplored coffee shop in Elizabeth Arcade for my morning chai and banana bread. Naturally, I ended up reading the paper (‘The Australian’). Two minutes in, I instantly regretted this decision—so what did I do? I kept on reading, obviously.

A/N: I have given up reading newspapers for the past few weeks, because the pages spewing with biased shit tend to leave me in a rather… ‘unsettled mood’. (In other words, after merely reading the headlines I am usually ready to punch someone in the face.)

Anyway, today I decided to take a chance, and was unsurprisingly left angrier than ever. When, oh when, will this silly girl learn? I was huffing, shaking my head, and not particularly quietly ‘mouthing’ ‘WHAT!’ under my breath. I noticed not until I came up for air that there was a business looking dude watching me on the other side of the room with a rather bemused expression on his face— I am 90% sure he was trying to hide his laughter, but perhaps he was just stifling a cough. I’m glad at least my anger produced positive side effects for someone!

I will not dwell upon the details of what I read, for I fear this will just turn into a rant, which NOBODY wants. ON WITH THE STORY!

I eventually left the quaint little store, with steam coming from both the chai in hand, AND my ears. My relaxing morning had definitely not worked out as I had wanted it to.

And then the strangest thing happened.

I felt this incredible sense of calm. I suddenly felt as if I was the only person on earth. It was as if I was aware of every little thing, yet totally oblivious at the same time. Every breath I was taking, every hair on my body became apparent. And then suddenly, people! There were people everywhere! I mean, so many people! Thousands of people—MILLIONS OF PEOPLE! Perhaps I was having a panic attack, but it felt totally wonderful.

At this stage I was in the middle of the street, staring off into space. The ‘walk’ light had turned green, and I was stood there stationary, people dodging me as they crossed the road. Some looked very concerned. ‘I’m okay!’, I announced to the world. ‘I’m okay!’ My spaced out expression turned into a smile. My smile became a grin.

And then came the laughter.

I laughed. And laughed. And laughed. And laughed.

And.

Laughed.

I’m sure everyone thought I was high as a kite, but I promise I was not. For those couple of minutes, I felt the most alive I have felt in months. Everything… Was magic. I could smell things I never had, hear things I would not have picked up on. I swear I could feel the very earth moving under my feet.

You guys understand what I’m getting at. I was very, very… alive. I won’t bore you with the rest of the details of this story, but I did end up having a wonderfully uplifting conversation with ‘Greg’, the homeless guy with a pink beard that sells the 'Big Issue'. I manically asked a woman for the time, and sang as I strolled along George street.

I’m back to my usual, cynical, optimistic-pessimist self now.

But wow. What a strange and wonderful experience.

People are so weird.

I trust Abbott's word more than Rudd's!

Firstly, never ever underestimate the stupidity and callousness of dudes in suits with more power than the average person.

Secondly, a parties 'stated policies' mean shit all.

This is going to be shocking coming from me, but in my opinion Abbott is about fifty times more trustworthy than Rudd. I feel like I should wash my mouth out with soap, being ridiculously anti-Abbott in about 95% of respects, but the current political developments have left me shaking with anger and disgust.

And, before I get a barrage of hate and 'but you hate Tony Abbot!''s, let me explain myself.

At the very least, Tony Abbott has held himself out to be a wanker from the start. He never pretended to be a humanitarian, he never pretended to care about the minorities, and he never held himself out to be something he was not. I do not AGREE with most of the things that come out of his mouth, but at least he is TRUE to what he is saying. (albeit that stuff being horrible)

Kevin, on the other hand is what I like to call a 'political chameleon'. He is a man that of course has his own morals and beliefs... But none of that comes through in his leadership. He has cut the carbon tax, and implemented an asylum seeker scheme worse than John Howard's!... The actual nature of the schemes angers me, but that is not why I am so angry. I am pissed off because he is a man that is willing to abandon not only his party's morals, but HIS morals, as well as his party's objectives, and his party's proposals just for a few votes. There is a right way and a wrong way to collect votes, and giving up on everything many members of your party believe in, as well as shedding your own identity, is not the way to go about it.

Who IS Kevin Rudd? Does anyone REALLY KNOW!? 

For quite some time now, the ALP and the LNP have been slowly edging towards becoming the same party. And now, they have. Reflective of this is the fact that all Abbott can say to Labor's proposed policies and schemes is '... Well yes, we agree with their policies, but we will implement them better,'.
Let's be frank: The Australian Labor Party is, well, a joke. And has been, ever since Paul Keating left.

The Liberal party might be home to some half-witted ideas, but at least all of its members work together and SUPPORT each other-- something that indicates stability, and something reflective of what the textbook definition of  political opposition should be.

The ALP, on the other hand, has let us down time and time again this year. And now, K Rudd has really hammered the final nail into the coffin with his policies on asylum seekers and this horrendous add that sprung up sometime last week:

Wow.


In summary:

We have a man with abhorrent, terrible policies, but at least he sticks to his guns AND his morals, and is proud to be himself. On the other hand, we have an untrustworthy guy that only cares about votes, and has NO morals of his own.

Tough decision, Australia.

Screw this, I'm voting Greens this year.