A Curious Girl: Vote Green!

Well swing, swing goes my mood, and Happy Self is back, I hope to stay. It's probably thanks to having some things to do that actually require me to engage my brain. That's the trouble with being at the bottom of the proverbial career ladder - it's the old "if a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well - if it's not worth doing, give it to the students" thing. So lately I've been doing some slightly more interesting stuff and getting a bit more intellectually involved... Also I've stopped angsting about the future. Now when people ask me what I'm going to do in the end, I just say that I'm not too worried about it. To be honest, there's no rush - it's not like I have any dependent children (or even a boyfriend, I split up with Matthew in February - we still talk, are still friends, but I feel strangely single right now). The thing is, I've prayed and worried so much about what I'm going to do in the end that it's just become silly. I believe that God does have a specific purpose in mind for me - but I realised that in a sense he doesn't care what job we do (with obvious exceptions, like perhaps torturer or leader of the BNP...) just so long as we do it for God's glory (and no, you can't torture for God's glory). He's actually, I suspect, heartily fed up with my "where shall I go?" prayers when all along his answer has been "stay there". I'm sure that in future I will become aware of the direction he wants me to go in, but right now I know that he wants me to focus on being a good Christian right where I am.

...Which is hard, but I'm working on it. I'm struggling against my own desire for complacency. It's simply not enough to love those who love me (as Jesus says, even bad people do that) or to give a little - but to give my life entirely to his service. Scary, huh? It's good that I can do this and still have a job, but on the other hand I sometimes wonder if it would be easier to be a nun or something - where my whole surrounding would be conducive to such a thing.

As usual, I have far too much to update you on to actually be able to update you on it all. In case you wondered, I'm voting Green in the election on May 5th (that is, if they're actually standing in my constituency... the electoral system is so annoying...) - I don't trust the Tories or Labour, the Lib Dems don't seem to have any strong opinions, and I've met too many Socialists to actually vote Socialist (besides, there's no point - most Socialists believe in revolution not reform and so don't really think they'll ever get elected). Don't even get me started on the BNP or UKIP. There are also a good many reasons to vote Green, such as the fact that we may be about to experience severe climate change and the Greens, obviously, really care about this kind of thing. They will also cancel debts owed by the poorest countries. I also believe that as a party they have a lot more integrity than other parties, being more consistent and having beliefs that they actually stick to. They also don't have any scapegoats.

Curses. I have just discovered, to my surprise and indignation, that if I want to vote Green I'll either have to draw in my own box on the ballot paper or... just not vote. Because the Greens aren't standing in my constituency! And I'm not voting Labour (smug liars) and I'm not voting Tory (smug liars who sack people for telling the truth) so... Yeah, the Lib Dems. Better than nothing, eh? But I have at least helped out the Green Party candidate for this, my temporary home (OK, I posted some leaflets), so with any luck I'll have got them a few votes.

I had a shock this morning. I woke up to hear 'Chim chim cheree' from Mary Poppins, sung in a genuine sounding Cockney accent. Apparently it's from the stage show. It sounds awesome.

To be honest, I'm having a bit of trouble getting my head together right now. So many things are happening - my sister's getting married (May 7th), my choir (yeah, I'm in a rock gospel choir, which is really great) is having a concert in May, I want to do everything I can to keep Michael Howard out of government and preferably Tony Blair as well, as well as to get some Greens elected (not too much to ask is it?)... Oh, and if you're in the constituency of Folkestone and Hythe, I'm usually against tactical voting but please vote Lib Dem (the second strongest party there). It's Michael Howard's seat, and wouldn't it be brilliant if he didn't win it? See http://www.helpbeathoward.org.uk.

Sorry, I should stop all this election banter (but then, the humble webpage is mightier than the sword :) ).

Ooh, cool article I read today... Cooking up a storm. It's an article about a pro-Cannabis Grandma, who's very articulate and obviously intelligent. It'll certainly give you something to think about.

Random word for today: constituency

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