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2 hour napping is kicking my butt

Posted on November 23rd, 2006 by Tracey

so very sleepy this week, i keep falling asleep after work for 1-2 hours and it’s hard to keep my eyes open anywhere after 2pm.. i think i might be coming down with something? my throat is starting to get a bit sore. i’m very very lucky to be working from home!! otherwise i’m be that girl you see on the train that has her head on a strangers shoulder, drool patch included.

anyway, enough of that. i think instead of talking i’m going to show you a few of my favourite photographs from flickr. yep, let’s do that.

The Sleepy JacksonCan't get you off my mindReganDianne  - Cashier, Victoria MartYellow Sky

more vicious than rape

Posted on November 22nd, 2006 by Tracey

I think there are alot of things in the world that we don’t know about. Terrible atrocities that are inflicted on the world’s men, women and children. I don’t pretend to know about every single thing in this world, but what I do know is that you should treat people the way you want to be treated.

There have been articles and segments on tv about women who suffer from fistulas, and the treatment of these women if they cannot be cured at one of the few hospitals that specialise. Fistulas were commonly tied to difficult or abnormal childbirths – but now they are reporting fistulas from violent rape, which was unheard of up until recently. Newsweek have an article online that you can read if you want to know a bit more about why I’m talking about this on my blog today.

These women, children, and even babies are treated like garbage before and after their ordeal and to me it’s mind boggling how anyone can treat another human being this way.

Like I said, I don’t claim to be anyone on a mission with volumes of knowledge on what to do. But if someone else reading this can remember these women, and children, and perhaps donate a slice of their time, money or effort towards them also, then maybe this world can be a smaller place and we can reach out to them just as easily as we reach out for that morning coffee.

Here are some other websites –
www.fistulatrust.org – donate online
www.panzihospitalbukavu.org
www.healafrica.org
www.doctorswithoutborders.org

zzzzzzzzz

Posted on November 21st, 2006 by Tracey

so tired 🙁 too tired to write anything interesting…

here’s a video instead.


Ghostride the Volvo