Peace.....comes in Green

Today is wet.

Wet.Wet.Wet.

So Wet.

Josie and I went to town, became the most difficult customers at Tiketek, what a laugh because we wanted to have three seperate payments for FOUR seperate people, buying tickets to the NZSO Concert Next Friday (which I've been waiting for since last year. with Diana Doherty playing Strauss Oboe Concerto). I think I'm going mad waiting for it. The Auckland Concert is tonight. Maybe Thats Why I'm Typing With Captitals For Every Word. Oh Wait, I'm Already Mad. (And Still Ranting And Babbling).

So I kept walking with wet jeans, smelling like damp wool, and was stopped by this girl trying to get donations for Greenpeace, Just outside Starbucks. My bus wasnt til 20 minutes later, and the day was just SOOO wet, yup, that must be why i stopped. Thinking if one person could make her day better, it's worth those 20 minutes of my time. (and maybe something more too....).
Maybe it's just the thinking I've done lately, and this whole new interest in "making the world a better place", that got me to stop and listen attentively. (yes, i wonder how long it'll take for me to actually DO something, bcuz my thought have been stuck on indulging in the wonderful concepts and ideals, but never reached any ACTION, and today, obviously is the day.
It was probably the best I've ever responded to this kind of situation. All because I was being honest about it, that I'm not rich, I've been interested, but yet to do anything about it, and that I dont want to disappoint after hearing her massive speech, that I may have nothing to offer (or what she's looking for).

Nevertheless, I'm now donating $8 per month to Greenpeace. And learning about GE and toxics...
Thinking back, I'm still wondering why i joined.
Could it be that:
it was raining,
i feel sorry for her. (why why why, i dont understand why i feel bad about FEELING SORRY. but call me blind and naive for feeling like it's not exactly easy doing what she does, and what if one day i'll be doing what she is doing),
i couldn't get poorer than the way i am now, (hmm. that's debatable)
i hate money,

but ultimately that:
i spend money horribly, and Greenpeace could probably spend it better than I could.

heck. there must be better, more in depth, thoughtful and worthwhile reasons for signing up, but i'm not pretending otherwise. there's enough people in the world being hypocritical, trying to give themselves another piece of reason for feeling self-righteous. (ironic, though, even writing this makes me feel like like i'm making an attempt at that too. still, i wont deny that what i did to day matters to me. so it's time to stop taking the piss out of everything.)