the joys of unemployment

yesterday....i went park hopping. it was too beautiful and although i went to town with the best of intentions to buy something suit like for job interviews, it was too crowded and all i wanted was a patch of grass. so i came back home, had some lunch and headed out for greener pastures.

i started out in wavertree park - quite close to my house - moved to sefton park - really big and very nice - and ended up at greenbanks park. greenbanks is probably my favorite as its a little smaller, has a little pond that is a ghastly colour but people still fish in it, and there are ducks. the only thing that would make it more perfect would be penguins;)

last night i watched the "shake hands with the devil" documentary about general romeo dallaire and thought back to the day at met him (and justin trudeau!) at my last conU homecoming. it still amazes me how human beings can be so inhuman. and i'm not just talking about the practitioners of genocide...i'm talking about the western world that did absolutely nothing to help (except for a few struggling peacekeepers and one determined and morally grounded canadian). after they had realised what *had* happened, no one bothered to be honest about the situation or really apologise. dallaire took so much of what happened on his own shoulders and suffered incredibly in terms of the emotional impact his experiences had on him. i only wish i could have as much guts and conviction as he does, because like many of you i'm worried that i'm all talk and no action.

maybe its just because i now have nieces and nephews and realise that yes, indeed, the world will go on once i've gone, but we've got to take care of this world. we really have to take more of a role to teach social responsibility to *everyone* (not just the youngsters) because the reality is, we cannot keep taking the stance that we can use up all we want in this world and just wait for someone to come up with a grand solution. the grand solution is individuals taking control, contributin, being aware of what's going on...the motto, if you will, of veteran's day is "never again"...i can't help but think it everytime i see such attrocities and inhuman behaviour, our planet slowly disintegrating, or life not being seen for the precious and wonderful thing it is.

well, there's my little rant of the day. probably not very cohesive or well thought out, but i'll work on that and get back to you.