Amputation is Forever

10 Reasons Not to Accept or Buy Diamonds, no matter how sparkley they are, and more detailed info on the war-for-diamonds-issue in Sierra Leone along with diamonds funding terrorism.

Not that these are necessarily the best sources for info on this issue, I just happened to stumble across those today and I thought I'd pass them along, for those who aren't aware of the whole diamond issue. I've known about it for a while, and felt lucky that I never really liked them anyway. If you do have one already, I'm not saying you should throw it out or do penance or anything - that wouldn't do anybody any good, anyway! What I am suggesting is, next time, choose some other stone (though there are mining issues for many naturally occuring stones, diamonds are the most notorious), or go vintage/otherwise "recycled".

So ends my PSA for today.

(no subject)

Have I mentioned that comps are next weekend?

I'm tired of tests. I'm tired in general.

I'm going to watch TV and eat popcorn and try not to think about it until tomorrow. :)