A Girl and her Guitar

Just a random picture I designed. I don't play the guitar, but I do know what it's like to get lost in your own individual world. Music in general can do that to people.

Australian Kiwi

Scandal

Definition: a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance etc. (Dictionary.com)

I doubt it. Really, I do. In today's society, the word scandal has taken on a whole different meaning. Today, scandals are things that society would rather sweep under the rug. Here's a few: teenage pregnancy; child abuse; underage sex; mental illness; suicide... need I continue? Hopefully not. You should all know that society thinks of these things as 'scandals'. Certainly, many of these situations aren't necessarily good, but they're not necessarily bad, either. Let me give you an example close to my heart.

A good friend of mine is going through a really tough time with depression at the moment. She felt alone and lost in her murky world. So, one night, she decided to end it. I won't tell you how, only that her brother found her and, fortunately, it didn't work. She thought that, perhaps, after her attempt, people would listen to her. But they didn't. Even the doctor at the hospital told her parents that it was just 'a plea for attention' but he did stress the need to get her help. She is getting help, but it's hard to tell if it's working. She hides how she's feeling so well. You'd think she was the happiest kid on the block. But she's not.

Now, what does that story have to do with scandal? Maybe if society wasn't so narrow minded then my friend would have been able to come clean about her depression earlier and wouldn't have had to resort to an attempt on her life to get help. Suicide is considered to be a scandal. People want all the juicy gossip and damn the grieving family and friends. Wake up! All your so called 'scandals' are nothing more than vicious gossip about events which are affecting other people's lives to a degree that your worst nightmares can't imagine. So, next time you want to hear all the juice about the sixteen year old girl who got pregnant, think: Is this going to affect my life? No. Is gossiping about this person going to affect their life? Yes.

Or, let me put it you simply: Would you want someone gossiping about your problems?

Australian Kiwi

Ya know when...

You know those times when you're just so angry you could hit someone? When you're not angry about anything in particular, you're just angry? Yeah, I feel like that.

People who'd kill for you

People who'd die for you are rare.

People who'd kill for you are once in a blue moon.

I'm lucky enough to know one of those people.

This one's for you, Mich. Thanks for everything!

If I went away forever...

If you never saw me again, where would you look?

A comment on 'Secrets'

A friend of mine - who will remain nameless, faceless and blogless - wrote an interesting post on the 13th of September about 'secrets'. What they are, what they mean and why people keep them. I would like to add something to that. I keep a lot of secrets, mostly other people's, I must have a trustworthy look about me because people have unloaded some pretty heavy baggage onto my shoulders. With all the secrets I'm keeping, it hasn't surprised me how sick I've become. Secrets can be a lot of things. As my nameless, faceless, blogless friend says, they can be annoying, surprising and sad, but, for me, they all tend to be detrimental. Secrets have screwed me to hell!

Australian Kiwi

Did someone say photography isn't art?

These images were sent to me in an email. I thought they were so incredible that I just had to share them! They aren't mine, of course, and copyright belong to the original photographer. Please take the time to go through all twenty images, it will only take two or three minutes and it is definitely worth it.

Australian Kiwi