multi-media presentation..

The following are things I have read or heard in the last week or so. Some are things I have agreed with, some been surprised by, some informed by, some I'm still digesting...I feel like oddly as though I am being educated all over again these days. So many of my old learnings are turning out to be quite unsubstantial. Or just plain wrong. Interesting times..

"In 1990, total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the EU-15 had reached the equivalent of 4,208 million tonnes (Mt or Tg) of CO2. CO2Carbon dioxide emissions alone, which represent 82% of GHG, stood at 3,325 Mt in 2000, only 0.5% lower than their 1990 level (3,.342 Mt)"
(opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the issues involved in using nuclear power in electicity generation, Brussels, 25th February 2004 http://www.world-nuclear.org/opinion/eesc.doc)

“So I find myself in yet another autumn season. The trees are changing and the weather is soon to warrant scarves and sweaters. In the warmth of our homes, we reflect and prepare for the paths God will lead us through in the upcoming years. Often this preparation focuses entirely on our future, but may I suggest we approach the problem from another angle. Solomon would have taught us that if we love our great King in the fervency and desperation of the present, we naturally bend our will into the will of God, and our heart will plead for the path he wishes for us. There is no guessing the will of God, but only this simple rule: It is now that God favors what you do.”(relevant magazine (-.com), oct 2004, A Hampshire)

“friend #1 – “What is the most important thing to remember in the Britain of today?” friend #2 – “For best results, cook from frozen”
(mil millington, ‘things my girlfriend and I have argued about' (-.com)

Delia Smith refers to greaseproof paper as "baking parchment". Am open to the suggestion (only where proof is provided) that these are, in fact, two seperate items altogether.

"At least it won't mean ending up in a boring nine-to-five, boxed in, with all its greyness and sitting in cubicles"
(friend, december 14th, 2004)

“You gotta stand up in the garden, come and let the rain come falling down upon your head…said you gotta stand up in the garden, baby come and let the rain come falling down and wash away your sin….you gotta stand up in the garden, come and let the rain come falling down upon your head, said you gotta stand up in the garden, baby come and let the rain come falling down and wash away your sin..”
(counting crows..a murder of one, live acoustic)

there will no doubt be more, soon...x

the pensieve

well, here we are again at midnight, cup of tea in hand, freshly smoked in the back garden and ready to write....not sure what
have been learning alot lately....about my family tree, about nuclear-fuelled electricity, about gk chesterton and about the decision to like god even when it seems fruitless and is hard to do. have been trying to find my way through the mire of job decision that i find myself in yet again, trying to decipher the various signs of what is and is not right for me to commit to, and trying, mostly falteringly, to pass the incessant tests that god is putting in front me, weighing my opions by putting job offers on the table - at the RAF, at British Energy, and at a building society in gloucester where at least a third of the people i knew and disliked at school have ended up working. it is truly a greyer, less imaginative place than i have ever had the discomfort to find myself almost working in. as for the first two, i find now that my until now faintly held beliefs about the ethics and ambitions of those two organisations have in fact stood up in me, and prevented me from saying yes to them. this, from the girl who has no money, has left half her possessions in another country, and seems to now have entirely changed her direction in life! its hard to trust myself right now, my instincts, my gut feelings, me heart i feel they are all untrustworthy, and yet god seems to be pointing to them and saying if you would only give these back to me i will and can use them to guide you...if you will lend me an ear i will speak into it, but it must first be closed off to the voices which have confused you.
ok i'm reading articles, not concentrating
will be back tomorrow