I have a work colleague who is very spiritual and is a true believer of the human spirit and reincarnation. It is always interesting and enlightening talking to her because while I may not believe in a god or an afterlife I do not deny that there is something bigger than us out there in the universe. Just because I can't understand it or see it doesn't mean it isn't there, so I respect her. Anyways, yesterday she told me about a dream she had of me in one of my past lives. She said that I was a man fighting in a war, trying to protect my child, and you know I got a good kick out of it. The way I figure if I had a past life, fighting for what I believe in and protecting my child is a pretty good way to live.

Fuck. The toll from the fires has just reached 66.

Australia, what the fuck? QLD is flooded, half of its land is under water, and now VIC is burning down. Just what the hell?! Also, when will the fucking idiots realise that setting fires in AUSTRALIA in SUMMER is beyond stupid. Gods, I hope they get charged with murder, this shit cannot be scaled back to arson.

Death toll of 66 people, and expected to rise. Just fuck.

ETA: 76. I don't even know what to say.

ETA 2: 84. Fuck.

ETA 3: Over 2000 hectares of land gone, 108 deaths and still counting. Houses, livestock for farmers and wildlife all gone.