Like the setting of a odd horror film...

Hiya
I'm tired today.
May have something to do with having what appeared to be a long week at school, topped of by me waking up this morning at 6:30 thinking 'I AM COLD', and frantically wrapping myself round the nearest radiator, praying to the heating gods it would come on.

I had to get up early anyway, I had karate to go to. But was planning at getting up at 8am....but seeing as my alarm would only listen if I moved the mountain of crap that is piled up on top of it, I was always going to be up early. So out I went for the morning, then came back home for about 15 minutes, then going back out again to the big city...bearing in mind anywhere bigger than my village makes me turn into a starstruck potato.

My leg was hurting after karate, but with not visual clues to the pain, I took the rough with the smooth and walked quite a few many miles today. We (yeah, I didn't go for a walk round everywhere on my own) trudged everywhere, through country lanes, past drug littered paths, and almost got killed by a BMW driver with no concept of corners.

One thing really stuck out in my mind though. The amount of people who were doing the same. Admittedly, we went much further afield and set a new precedent for random 'really thrilling walks', but everyone was at it. We kept seeing the same people, walking back down the same road they had just walked up. We occasionally stopped and chilled somewhere, but there was still random people, wandering about in a state of confusion.

It reminded me of the scene in 'Shaun of the Dead' (awesome movie by the way, it must be if I'm mentioning it) where Shaun goes to the shop to buy a Cornetto, completely oblivious to the fact that the streets are filled with the living dead. I may be naive, but surely, there must be something to do. And I discovered that there was. Wander aimlessly.

I also got quite confused that when I was sitting in the park, I saw a Land Rover Discovery, identical to that of my friends in looks, go past on the back of a AA truck. Then I read his blog, saying that his car did in fact break down and return home on the back of a rescue truck. Coincidence or not, still its been a damn strange day.

I was also invited to a party tonight, but I passed. Mainly for two reasons, possibly 3. I'm tired and was up very early, my leg still hurts fairly bad and would be turning up to this party on my own. Now this ain't just a random party of somebody my age, its a 40th birthday party, so me turning up and only knowing a few people, who wouldn't really have anything to do with me, makes me feel like I should give it a miss (if for some random reason you read this, I do appreciate the invite!)
Anyway, enough for the random blog!
Cya Round
Josh

Ahhh chillage!

Hi
I was going to attempt to think of some rant to write. What has really wound me up this week, what caused my blood to boil and fists to clench. And, for once, there was very little to be wound up about. Sure if i was the uber pessimist, a could say 'well more money would be nice, and this weather is really getting me down' but its simply not.

Money wise, unlike my sister, i tend to save it. This isn't because I'm a miserable miser, who's idea of charitable is watching 'Children in Need' and going 'awwwww...shame' but not sending any money in. I will quite gladly help people out, but quite simply, I've worked out that by saving money, I get better things. And my way of earning basically is, fixing the odd computer for friends (not my friends by the way, they know toooo much) but just people my family know.

A member of my family though, quite does literally see £ signs in his eyes constantly, now he may have some kind of medical condition, but he just is obsessed with earning money...then spending it on trainers....which got trashed. But seeing as he is constantly having money from somewhere, it doesn't seem to matter. Now I ain't accusing him of being spoilt, he does work hard. But does appear a tad obsessed.

As for the weather, well apart from me putting more strategic planning into walking the dogs than....i was going to use the american army, but I certainly put more planning into cleaning my teeth than they do invading...Basically every time I have to walk them (the dogs not the army, but that is an idea), for some reason its always raining. But armed with my hat and thick waterproof boots off I go....and return looking like I had, on purpose, jumped in a stream and rolled in mud after...(shh don't tell anyone). But the rain really doesn't bother me, just seems to give people excuses to go 'ahhh bloody weather, its raining cats and dogs' (how, i always ask).

So I'm chilled. I'm refusing to moan about anything. I'm on target at school, and so long as I don't transform into a tracksuit wearing, knife lover, it should stay that way. So no rant today....and hell if my current ideas dissapear, well i dont know what I will write about....probably that the grass could be greener or something....
Peace
Josh

Where the hell is the routine i was promised!

OK sorry to my, well about 2 readers, but I have been even busier this week than before, but now seeing as it is the weekend, i will get the chance to probably break my more that one blog a day rule and write a couple over the weekend, depending on how the ideas 'flow'.

Even though it appears that everyone is now back and school and settled, they clearly are not. I refer to this general tiredness and being irritable as 'second week back syndrome'. The first week back, you've met back up with everyone after the break, and you talk and talk and talk. But then the after effects of late nights and long lie ins catch up with you, thus 'second week back syndrome'. However, a friend of mine did say that she would probably be suffering from 'seventh week back syndrome' and so on.

So I will probably blog some more later, but at the moment, I have slipped back into the caveman thinking of 'No sleep=dead No food=dead...must get both...' so unless I'm going to fill the rest of this blog with 'ug' I'll be off now....
Cya
Josh

NO, STOP IT, LEAVE ME ALONE!

Hello
Now I really should explain the really should explain the meaning behind the fairly ambiguous title. Yesterday, we had an assembly at school, which was about global warming. Now I am not against doing my bit to save the environment, but for crying out loud, the Nazis didn't try and convince people as much as this.

The assembly started with a video off youtube (the centre of unbiased and informed debate...) about the floods in the North of England last summer. Yeah, it looked pretty goddamn awful up there, with no water supplies and ruined houses. But the key thing is that at the end of the vid, it thanked people that helped them, but did not blame the fact that there possessions had been destroyed on global warming.

The assembly then contiuned on about light bulbs in your house and how energy efficient they are etc etc. The problem I find when ever I have to listen to these assemblies is that it is fairly patronising, we hear it enough about the world ending, fairly depressing for some people and makes us all feel guilty.

Another problem is if you look back through the years, i mean further than your last birthday, you'll discover that the earths climate has been a fickle old think for many years, and pieces of metal being powered by a series of little explosions were not around during the ice age. I can imagine now some Neanderthals travelling around in BMW 3 series (not that difficult considering who drives them now).

So I walked out of the assembly 1. bored and 2. more of a cynic than I was when I came in. To be perfectly honest, the only reason how house makes use of energy efficient bulbs and turn things off standby is to keep the bills down. I find it difficult to simply blame everyone who leaves a light on for bad weather.

Now another fact is that theses floods have never happened before because it just so happens that we had a bad summer, and have built on flood plains. Why do you think that many towns have really high flood markings. Its not because they want to con us, its because one year, 150 years ago for example, they had a bad summer. Its only now because we insist on building every house like the Empire state building that the water suddenly finds nowhere to go.

People did moan about flood defences, which was fair enough, as we have the technology to watch big brother all day (heaven forbid) surely we could keep an eye on the water levels. I was talking to somebody yesterday who said they remembered winters being colder and summers being scorching, but admitted that not every year, even couple of years were like that. It changes. We as people don't stay the same forever, so the atmosphere will not either.
I could continue but to end this blog. Don't get stressed about killing the planet, it will still be their and its gonna get fun when the oil runs out...
Cya
Josh

Back to the routine

So Xmas has come and gone and we now have all either forced our chocolate bloated selves back to work or school or are preparing to do so. For all the massive build up, it all seemed to go quite quick.

Quite a few people I have spoke to said that they haven't felt paticulary 'Christmassy' this year. Maybe it's because we have all worked and worked right up to a few days before the 25th and just haven't felt in the mood. I know for one I was busy editing a Media Studies project on Xmas eve. Or it may be because we are simply a bunch of scrooges.

Now I usually only enjoy New Year if I am going a party of some kind. I don't really enjoy just sitting around at home. This year we did go a party, and I did probably drink a little bit too much, but felt fine apart from the predictable sandpaper tongue....but i was well enough to come in and play on the playstation for a hour at around 3am....whoops!

But hey it was fun, even though it did have a bit of drama in it, but I better not go into that....So this week its been all stations go really. My group in media studies needed to film and get a DVD finished before we go back and at the moment we appear to be on track, even with the amount of balls up we managed...Many folks are moaning about having to do media studies instead of a A-level, but for crying out loud just make the best of it.

In other news, Stoke City face Newcastle tomorrow in the FA cup. Now I won't be going to the match, mainly because most of my friends couldnt really give a stuff about going watch a football match. I don't mind though really, as its on the BBC. Do we stand a chance...for once its not so much wishful thinking as the potters come up against a premier league team, as Newcastles form has been quite sketchy of late and Stoke, although have drawn the last three games, have all the best players back and fit.

If we lose, oh well, but for once it does appear that we're doing alright. Having said that, we will only know how well we are doing in late spring...gulp...

So I better prepare myself for school on monday...No doubt I have forgotten everything I needed to remember, but I have (for once) remembered we have a IT exam so have done some revision for that. I hopefully should start posting a bit more regulary when I get back in the routine of things, as to be perfectly honest, far more important things have been happening that posting in this blog!
Josh