Teen suicide article in NZH

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=10735305

Garth George posits that everyone wearing purple rubber bands on their wrists will help stop teen suicide. Wake me up! I posted a comment that didn't make it to the board. I tried again, to post what I've posted below:

"Interesting you publish the comments glorifying suicide (having big kahunas and making a logical choice), yet when I dare say people need to stop with the instant gratification cycle we're in, I'm not allowed to say!

You can't just push 'triangle, triangle, circle' and have a job appear, or have a meal appear! Life inside a video game rarely meets our expectations.

Life IS hard. Try some perspective and gratitude - you could be living in Iraq. India. North Korea.

The poster above whose daughter killed herself despite being bright, having it all, and a man who loved her - I am sorry for your loss. The disease is MORE. We are inculcated to want more and more and more and more, instead of knowing when we have ENOUGH.

A piece of rubber around my wrist will do precisely nothing to stop suicide."

It's a tough one. I have to tell you, I have never met anybody with a worse story than the one endured by my sisters and I in our family of origin. Well, I've heard the stories, but they're all dead. We chose to live. I usually encapsulate it by saying 'We lived on "Once Were Warriors" Street, with a cast of thousands.' Except when I reached the point of no return that the girl did, I kept walking. One foot in front of the other.

Being a citizen is over-rated. Being a useful member of society, given my start, my background, and my experience, is hard fucken work. It's definitely not for the faint-hearted! Regular living is hard, let alone having the cards stacked against you from the start. I get that. Suicide is not an option. It's a permanent, selfish solution to a temporary problem.

As for poor mental health that leads to some suicides, I bleed. IF we had a society that truly cared, and acknowledged and fully supported those with mental health issues, this might change.

A bit of history

So... I started this blog to get away from Facebook. Zuckerberg has openly laughed at people for being on FB and 'trusting' him with their information. Opting OUT options instead of the choice being with the user was strike one. You know, the background changes that are made then introduced with fuckall fanfare, with 17 clicks to get to the information you want. When you get there, it's couched in mealy-mouthed language and designed to make it too much trouble to change. The privacy tweaking, and 'choice' to be linked to even more sites through FB, letting your friends know where you are on the web at any given time. Do I *want* you stalking me? Knowing when I fart in cyberspace?

I used to play one game on FB. Zuckerberg is pissed that people are enhancing their game (buying add-ons etc) through the game itself. From today, you have to pay through FB, so this greedy little parvenu can make even more money and get a cut. I'd rather leave than pay that prick anything...

I find the concept of people with billions and billions wanting more obscene; how many cars can you drive at once? How many clothes can you wear at a time? The disease is MORE. The cure is ENOUGH. Symptomatic of what's wrong worldwide; money has become the god of choice. Strike two!

Facial recognition software was strike three (and I'm out!). Hearing of people whose photos have been automatically tagged, with the wrong tag, I might add, because their children are so similar. No thank you! How long before he turns that over to authorities? How long before enforcement agencies are given access, rather than having to just trawl through? If they haven't already, I know, I'm an optimist...

So here's a public blog you can keep up with me on :)

Watch this space for comments on what's going on, and some of the exploits a single conscious person gets up to.

Amazing.

Welcome aboard!

Just setting up my blog, new to it all, and I hope you enjoy the exploits and adventures of a woman who embraces all aspects of her being, sexual or otherwise. It's all part of it, no?

I have been single, by choice, for 9 years now. I made a conscious decision to be single, unless an awesome partner presented themselves to me. I'm not willing to settle, just to have somebody to snore next to! I am also incredibly protective of my child, who is the light of my life. I didn't want a succession of 'This is Uncle Pete', 'This is Uncle Joe', 'This is Uncle Marcus' ad nauseum. My child deserves better, and so I decided I'd rather do without a partner until that awesome person came to me.

And if they don't? That's good too. I have discovered on my journey that it's not about finding the right person, it's BEING the right person.

Amazing.