Voting Day!

Hah, today I couldn't do anything fun because I was voting.

No seriously, I was actually writing out history notes to sell to my classmates. It's such a nice way of making money, because I'm using what I've got... Science notes are also coming up, but I need a bit more time for that. It's just that exams are next week and I want to get everything done so people are actually willing to buy them as they will have time to study off them.

My good friend Lisa asked me today whether she was in this blog, so, Lisa, yes, you are now! I hope you're happy... No, I just don't want to put all my thoughts about girls here just yet, that's why.

It's not the greatest situation we've got in South Africa at the moment. Like on of my friends said, "If you vote ANC then you're uneducated. If you vote DA you're racist." It's so true. I think this country is severely messed up because no-one knows who to believe anymore. Heck, if the ANC are popular surely they know what's best, but are they actually popular or are they just giving out free sweets so they can be in power? And everyone says the DA are the only sensible ones in the bunch, but some of the things Zille says are so demeaning of the ANC it's not even funny. I mean, honestly, the politicians should really stop focusing on what the others are doing badly, and instead say what they could do better. Saying "Party x isn't delivering" is easy, but you have to be ready to provide a suitable alternative. Considering you're trying to get elected, this should ideally be yourself. But they're not saying that!

I know so many people who aren't voting. Why? I feel the greatest issue is that it's not going to make a difference. The DA will win the Western Cape, the ANC will win everything else. Same as the National elections. That's what people say, "My vote doesn't actually count!". Lol. If people don't buy into a system, it means there's something wrong with it.

I've got two solutions: either listen to me and become a socialist state, or we need to do something about the great divide between the politics and the people. I just don't know how!!!! It's a problem, and I think that if we don't solve it, South Africa will stay the divided country it is. Everyone's saying "we're united now after apartheid" but what does that mean if they're not actually uniting? Sure, we had the World Cup and people were blowing vuvuzelas in the streets. I've got no problems with that; it made me happy to see it. What I don't like is the fact that we can't do it at any other time, especially during elections.

Oh yeah, realized today that a hobo stole my slicks. Damn. Probably at the same time he stole my shoes. Wow, this is getting ridiculous...