Posted by alexandra_k on March 2, 2016, at 2:00:56
Are you around?
Are you okay?
I miss you sometimes. I miss Babble, sometimes. Not too bad... But I do miss it, yeah.Things are weird, here. Weird... Slightly creepy... More than slightly creepy... Fairly outright creepy. I can't tell whether I'm losing it, sometimes, or whether I'm right to feel creeped out.
I think this country is being taken over... Or that part of this country is being taken over... Or that my little part of this country (central Auckland) is being taken over...
It's been heavily invested in by overseas investors for a while now. Not just here... The rest of the country, too. Weird things... Live sheep being shipped to saudi arabia... Weird things...
Our immigration patterns are shifting... And the infrastructure... Frightens me. Incredably cheap tower block accommodation is going up mighty fast... I don't know that we have the laws or the expertise to legislate safety... I feel mighty afraid that the world is sending it's unruly youth here and that they might just... Decide to raze the city, or something... Something... Something... Sustainability...
The paper reads... Oddly. I feel frightened, Dr Bob. What happened to Fiji, Dr Bob? They tell us 'cyclones' or 'natural disaster'. I worry that it is more 'you failed to manage your population so we decided to manage it for you'. And the sun... The sun burns awful hot.
I'm frightened, Dr Bob. Sometimes... I feel frightened for my life. I can't tell what is going on with the infrastructure... But I feel frightened that my building... That the concrete core is designed so people can't hear us scream when the building goes down. I worry that vents are going to gas us...
I'm afraid, Dr Bob.
I hope I'm over stressed. The alternative... Would be worse.
I can't afford to get out of the city. Not without.... Being somebody's pet. Somebody else's pet. I'm afraid, Dr Bob.
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thread:1086642
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