The Aspiration
To sign up to distribute bandaids in the Congo. Sorry, bad joke. Don’t get offended.
The Excuse
I’ve been working ten hours a day on my novel and on various other writing projects. My neck is u-shaped.
The Reality
I’ve decided that I want to stop talking about doing things and DO them. So one of the things I decided to DO – after a year and a half of sitting on it – is a short novel for my friend Nige in support of a product he sells. Nige, I’m sorry it took so long – I would’ve been quicker if you’d given me money to write it, but am very grateful for the firewood and black stockings. Thank you. And if you illustrate my erotic stories, I’ll be even MORE grateful . The first draft is now complete. Does this count for points? Probably not.
I’ve also been thinking a lot about Causes. Mainly because Causes are the lazy person’s karma, but also because I’m the sort of person who gets upset about things and then never does anything about it. Here is a list of the main things I’m upset about, now:
- Moon bears being milked for bile.
- Dogs being eaten in Asia (although I like cows too so that’s sort of hypocritical. It’s just that my best friends are dogs)
- Horses being skinned alive in Mexico for glue. I used to own horses. I still own a little blind white pony, Clipsie (pictured below), who eats me out of house and home in a nice paddock nearby. Horses are seriously irritating pets, but I still wouldn’t want to skin you alive, Pablo (although you did knock me down once).
- The live cattle trade in Australia. It stinks in both a literal and figurative sense.
- Babies in orphanages in the third world. No baby should go without hugs and kisses and gruesome as nappy changing is I do think someone should do it.
You’ll notice that there aren’t a lot of people in this list. There’s no good reason for that. Other people can feel sorry for people. I sponsor two children through World Vision and I think that’s enough sympathy from me. Also, I sometimes eat meat. It’s not meat eating I hate, it’s cruelty, plus I don’t like eating my friends. And finally…
- Divorced parents who make their kids’ lives hell. I HATE those people. My parents and my ex are fantastic so this isn’t a chip on the shoulder thing, it’s perfectly altruistic indignation. Someone else can raise awareness about Kony – and all power to them – but I’m going to raise awareness about Stupid Bitter Exes with No Sense of Parental Responsibility. Catchy? I know!
Anyway what does all this have to do with Karma? Only that I’ve now plastered my headily popular (?!) page with advertisements for charitable organisations and surely that’s gotta count for something! Captain Savage??? And will be thinking about what more I can do for Causes in the next few weeks.
Suggestions about what I can actually DO – other than donate my meagre funds – are welcome. And I totally understand if you don’t click on this video. I wouldn’t.
Ps I also volunteered for Barnardos Kids Friends and wrote a special story for my dearest and most darling Mum. More about that later….
