First off apologies for not posting in a while. Secondly i'm ditching the jokes thing and replacing it with something else. Thirdly i'm gonna start doing these weekly instead of daily or whenever i can be bothered. and finally the jokes are being replaced with a song of the week which i invite you all to check out at the bottom Todays entry is on people who swear because they think its cool.
Entry 5
This subject is something that, due to my being in a high school, occurs regularly. Swearing for the sake of it. There really is no need for it yet still people do it. To be fair i do swear myself, but only when it seems necessary in order to put an appropriate emphasis on something, To paraphrase Scottish comedian Billy Connolly the phrase go away just isn't as powerful as fuck off. well it wasn't until these prepubescent asinine morons came along and destroyed all effect a swear or cuss word had. One of the worst things is that they still have high pitched voices...all of them...even the guys...and swear words just don't sound right in a high pitch. its my opinion that no more than two swear words ( three if you're angry) should be used in any one sentence. They also shouldn't come one right after the other. People are usually brought up not to swear...or at least their parents think that's what they're doing. If a child swears usually they will be given into trouble but only through a chorus of positive reinforcement namely laughter. Its only human to laugh at a toddler calling somebody a fanny. But it's an adults job to supress that laughter until at least the child is gone otherwise the child will believe it hasn't actually done anything that bad and they are encouraged to increase the number of times they swear.
Well thats it on this subject the song of the week this week is 'You Can Call Me Al' by Paul simon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq-gYOrU8bA
Saturday, 15 September 2012
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
damn advertising!!!
Entry 4
Today i'd like to talk about something relatable to anybody who uses YouTube or other video based sites frequently and that is video adverts. Many a time i will sit down and prepare to watch a good video or online TV show only to be thwarted and forced to pause in order to mute this unpausable ad then wait for the next one which usually can be paused...too little too late in my opinion. The worst of it is the adverts don't go away when you go full screen on your video. This means that even if you do you will get two or three minutes in and have to stop your video in order to deal with this god damn thorn on the top right hand side. Personally i think i'd be able to deal with it if the video's weren't so bloody boring and repetitive. Recently it has been either finish dish washer powder or that horrible Ariel advert where the teacher asks what color a ball is, to a eerie reply of a studio recorded class of children which just doesn't seem to fit the ad. But the chances are these will have changed within the next few days to another bloody video ad.
Another thing is that they're now invading non video sharing websites such as twitter and Facebook. This annoys me mainly because when i'm on one of these websites my page is very long with other peoples tweets or posts and the adverts are evenly spread throughout usually about 4 or 5. This means that I have to scroll through the entire page finding them and muting then pausing them all individually and its this same process every time i log on.
The worst thing of all about these adverts though is that they are on a place which used to be ad free and has become progressively worse rather than better. It used to be easy to just jump onto the computer or laptop and start Facebooking or twittering without fear of an advert every 2 minutes being there to ruin your day. In my opinion that's why Facebook and twitter became as important to so many as TV was and to some extent still is.
Finally i take issue with these ads because they are pretty much completely pointless nobody takes them seriously and there is no way they could be effective in selling product. I have yet to meet a person who thinks to themselves "hmm i need some new dishwasher tablets these just aren't cutting it...i know i'll go on Facebook that'll solve my problem"...it just doesn't happen.
Well that's it for another day but as promised i will leave you with a joke
what do you call a fish with no eyes.... a fsh
thanks for reading
goodnight.
Today i'd like to talk about something relatable to anybody who uses YouTube or other video based sites frequently and that is video adverts. Many a time i will sit down and prepare to watch a good video or online TV show only to be thwarted and forced to pause in order to mute this unpausable ad then wait for the next one which usually can be paused...too little too late in my opinion. The worst of it is the adverts don't go away when you go full screen on your video. This means that even if you do you will get two or three minutes in and have to stop your video in order to deal with this god damn thorn on the top right hand side. Personally i think i'd be able to deal with it if the video's weren't so bloody boring and repetitive. Recently it has been either finish dish washer powder or that horrible Ariel advert where the teacher asks what color a ball is, to a eerie reply of a studio recorded class of children which just doesn't seem to fit the ad. But the chances are these will have changed within the next few days to another bloody video ad.
Another thing is that they're now invading non video sharing websites such as twitter and Facebook. This annoys me mainly because when i'm on one of these websites my page is very long with other peoples tweets or posts and the adverts are evenly spread throughout usually about 4 or 5. This means that I have to scroll through the entire page finding them and muting then pausing them all individually and its this same process every time i log on.
The worst thing of all about these adverts though is that they are on a place which used to be ad free and has become progressively worse rather than better. It used to be easy to just jump onto the computer or laptop and start Facebooking or twittering without fear of an advert every 2 minutes being there to ruin your day. In my opinion that's why Facebook and twitter became as important to so many as TV was and to some extent still is.
Finally i take issue with these ads because they are pretty much completely pointless nobody takes them seriously and there is no way they could be effective in selling product. I have yet to meet a person who thinks to themselves "hmm i need some new dishwasher tablets these just aren't cutting it...i know i'll go on Facebook that'll solve my problem"...it just doesn't happen.
Well that's it for another day but as promised i will leave you with a joke
what do you call a fish with no eyes.... a fsh
thanks for reading
goodnight.
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
your 12 not 40 goodness sake
Entry 3
Today's entry is something that i find more annoying than just about anything else in the world. Today's entry is about when people between around 12 & 14 begin to reminisce about 'childhood'. the reason this annoys me so much is purely because they are too young to be reminiscing especially about a childhood which isn't over. To me childhood ends on the day of your first exam. In Scotland that's fourth year. So whenever i see a first second or third year sitting in a group and thinking back on the 'good old days' a little part of my dies.
Somebody i know who falls firmly into this bracket is my little sister and she is also one of the worst for it. constantly i will catch her talking with her friends and i will just hear "oh remember 'insert title of a kids tv show here'. I used to love that." this of course is followed by a gaggle of her friends all replying with the same tired response of "awww me too i loved that so much when i was a kid". There are many times when i hear this and just want to turn and shout aloud "WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHEN I WAS A KID YOU STILL FUCKING ARE!!!" but i don't...mainly because my sister is a trend slave and in so many ways the ultimate sheep.
It's not just her though it seems that from as early as the age of twelve people have this desperate need to relive the past and it is actually saddening to see. How can somebody find happiness in life when they are too busy remembering the past. most likely at the bottom of a blue wkd bottle.
That is really all i have to say on the matter and i'm very sorry for those few who do actually read this that it is so short but i can't keep thinking about this as it is actually driving me insane. But i have made the decision that from now on i will end each one of these with a joke mainly because these are not happy things they are in fact things that make me incredibly angry. That coupled with the fact that my life is pretty much based on laughter leaves me with the only possible conclusion being a little joke to brighten the mood a bit.
so here goes... the past , the present and the future walk into a bar...the atmosphere was tense... goodnight and thanks for reading
Today's entry is something that i find more annoying than just about anything else in the world. Today's entry is about when people between around 12 & 14 begin to reminisce about 'childhood'. the reason this annoys me so much is purely because they are too young to be reminiscing especially about a childhood which isn't over. To me childhood ends on the day of your first exam. In Scotland that's fourth year. So whenever i see a first second or third year sitting in a group and thinking back on the 'good old days' a little part of my dies.
Somebody i know who falls firmly into this bracket is my little sister and she is also one of the worst for it. constantly i will catch her talking with her friends and i will just hear "oh remember 'insert title of a kids tv show here'. I used to love that." this of course is followed by a gaggle of her friends all replying with the same tired response of "awww me too i loved that so much when i was a kid". There are many times when i hear this and just want to turn and shout aloud "WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHEN I WAS A KID YOU STILL FUCKING ARE!!!" but i don't...mainly because my sister is a trend slave and in so many ways the ultimate sheep.
It's not just her though it seems that from as early as the age of twelve people have this desperate need to relive the past and it is actually saddening to see. How can somebody find happiness in life when they are too busy remembering the past. most likely at the bottom of a blue wkd bottle.
That is really all i have to say on the matter and i'm very sorry for those few who do actually read this that it is so short but i can't keep thinking about this as it is actually driving me insane. But i have made the decision that from now on i will end each one of these with a joke mainly because these are not happy things they are in fact things that make me incredibly angry. That coupled with the fact that my life is pretty much based on laughter leaves me with the only possible conclusion being a little joke to brighten the mood a bit.
so here goes... the past , the present and the future walk into a bar...the atmosphere was tense... goodnight and thanks for reading
Sunday, 26 August 2012
It's a conspiracy...oh dear god not again
yesterday i talked about my dislike of the idea that Bob Marley is an incredible inspiration in everything he does. Today he will feature again but not anywhere near as heavily. Today I want to talk about conspiracy theories.
ENTRY 2
In life there are always going to be people who aren't satisfied with what they are being told, there could be a number of different reasons for this dissatisfaction and many of them are fair enough. Personally i myself believe in one conspiracy theory and that is the conspiracy theory surrounding the assassination of JFK. The problem i have with conspiracy theories however is that there is always going to be one in pretty much every major news story. Some of them, though not many, are well founded and have plenty of evidence, such as the theory that Lee Harvey Oswald did not kill President Kennedy, but then there are the hundreds which have no real evidence and are there only to either confuse matters or because people believe that the government are plotting against us all as is the case in so many of these foolish theories. I'm going to give a few examples of theories that really annoy me as well as explaining why they annoy me so much in a more specific sense. So here goes...
Theory 1
theory 1 is the theory surrounding the death of Bob Marley. To be quite honest i wasn't actually aware of this conspiracy theory until last night when i quickly researched some facts surrounding Marley's death out of sheer interest. Bob Marley died of cancer which started in his toe and was first brought to light after a football (soccer in america) injury didn't get better. Marley could have been treated by amputating his toe which although would have physically changed him it would have saved his life. He refused this treatment on religious grounds as his religion forbade him from physically altering his body. Eventually he did accept a skin graft although still refused amputation. This was not the theory though this was the facts. The theory came when conspiracy theorists began to claim that Marley's football boots, supposedly given to him as a gift by a CIA operative, had a hidden radioactive wire inside them which caused the cancer in his toe. This theory is dicussed in much greater detail in an article found at this link http://worldmusic.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=worldmusic&cdn=entertainment&tm=224&f=10&su=p284.13.342.ip_&tt=12&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//hightimes.com/lounge/ht_admin/6951 The information in this article however is highly debatable which can be seen by some of the comments at the end of it. Personally i find this entire theory ludicrous and highly doubt that the CIA would murder anybody by giving them cancer. Marley was, according to these theorists, murdered in order to silence him. But if that were really the case then why would they kill him in a way which would take so long instead of just shooting him?
Theory 2
the second theory is one that personally i am sickened by. It regards the Aurora shootings in which a gunman, who shall never be named on this blog as i don't believe he should be remembered in anyway and by giving him no name he is easier to forget, killed 12 people and injured many more when he entered the theater hall in which the dark knight rises was playing. The theory behind this one is that the man who was arrested at the scene of the crime sis not the right man. This is despite the numerous people who saw him and could verify that the same man is in court for his sick crime and the fact that he was arrested AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME. the theory started because of an image which shows the gun mans ear on the left of his face in an old photo and compares how much it sticks out to his right ear in his mug shot. The person who created this photo clearly failed to notice that in the mug shot he is actually leaning his head slightly making his right ear ever so slightly more prudent. the picture also looks at his nose which does admittedly look different although there could be numerous reasons for this such as drug use or facial reconstruction. the thing that annoys me most about this subject though is that people would even dare give this man the time of day never mind their sympathies.
Well there you have it another blog down and many more to come. I thank you for taking the time to read this and hope you agree but if you don't please feel free to comment with your opinion
thank you and Goodnight
ENTRY 2
In life there are always going to be people who aren't satisfied with what they are being told, there could be a number of different reasons for this dissatisfaction and many of them are fair enough. Personally i myself believe in one conspiracy theory and that is the conspiracy theory surrounding the assassination of JFK. The problem i have with conspiracy theories however is that there is always going to be one in pretty much every major news story. Some of them, though not many, are well founded and have plenty of evidence, such as the theory that Lee Harvey Oswald did not kill President Kennedy, but then there are the hundreds which have no real evidence and are there only to either confuse matters or because people believe that the government are plotting against us all as is the case in so many of these foolish theories. I'm going to give a few examples of theories that really annoy me as well as explaining why they annoy me so much in a more specific sense. So here goes...
Theory 1
theory 1 is the theory surrounding the death of Bob Marley. To be quite honest i wasn't actually aware of this conspiracy theory until last night when i quickly researched some facts surrounding Marley's death out of sheer interest. Bob Marley died of cancer which started in his toe and was first brought to light after a football (soccer in america) injury didn't get better. Marley could have been treated by amputating his toe which although would have physically changed him it would have saved his life. He refused this treatment on religious grounds as his religion forbade him from physically altering his body. Eventually he did accept a skin graft although still refused amputation. This was not the theory though this was the facts. The theory came when conspiracy theorists began to claim that Marley's football boots, supposedly given to him as a gift by a CIA operative, had a hidden radioactive wire inside them which caused the cancer in his toe. This theory is dicussed in much greater detail in an article found at this link http://worldmusic.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=worldmusic&cdn=entertainment&tm=224&f=10&su=p284.13.342.ip_&tt=12&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//hightimes.com/lounge/ht_admin/6951 The information in this article however is highly debatable which can be seen by some of the comments at the end of it. Personally i find this entire theory ludicrous and highly doubt that the CIA would murder anybody by giving them cancer. Marley was, according to these theorists, murdered in order to silence him. But if that were really the case then why would they kill him in a way which would take so long instead of just shooting him?
Theory 2
the second theory is one that personally i am sickened by. It regards the Aurora shootings in which a gunman, who shall never be named on this blog as i don't believe he should be remembered in anyway and by giving him no name he is easier to forget, killed 12 people and injured many more when he entered the theater hall in which the dark knight rises was playing. The theory behind this one is that the man who was arrested at the scene of the crime sis not the right man. This is despite the numerous people who saw him and could verify that the same man is in court for his sick crime and the fact that he was arrested AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME. the theory started because of an image which shows the gun mans ear on the left of his face in an old photo and compares how much it sticks out to his right ear in his mug shot. The person who created this photo clearly failed to notice that in the mug shot he is actually leaning his head slightly making his right ear ever so slightly more prudent. the picture also looks at his nose which does admittedly look different although there could be numerous reasons for this such as drug use or facial reconstruction. the thing that annoys me most about this subject though is that people would even dare give this man the time of day never mind their sympathies.
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| the photo of the differences in the killer and...the killer |
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| proof of how easy it is to imitate the photo in the way shown above |
thank you and Goodnight
Saturday, 25 August 2012
Bob Marley is an inspiration...but is he really?
Welcome to things that just p**s me off. First off i'd like to say that i'm really not bothered about how many people read this i just find myself frustrated with a lot of different things and need some way to vent my anger so i'm trying this. But since you are reading i hope you enjoy this and feel free to leave a comment.
okay so i'm gonna start by setting the scene I currently find myself in. I am sitting on my couch typing this blog on my laptop and directly opposite me is the 'family' computer. My dad and 13 year old sister are both sitting listening to reggae music. This isn't what annoys me I think it's fair enough people have the right to listen to the kind of music they want, who am I to judge. What enrages me is my sisters random obsession with 'inspirational quotes' especially those by Bob Marley...as a result she has been listening to his music repeatedly over the past few weeks and claiming that it is all so deep and meaningful and inspirational. This tortures me for a few reasons. Firstly she's 13 she doesn't know what half of it means. Secondly not all of his music is deep and meaningful and inspirational, okay some of it may be, but seriously whats inspirational about the lyrics "no woman no cry"? to me it sounds just like some semi literate man trying to proclaim enjoyment of single life. Also the lyrics "I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy". C'MON where is the inspiration in that? what kind of message is being put across? he claims to shoot the major authority figure but spares the assistant? it all just seems a bit silly to me.
This isn't the only thing that annoys me about the situation though. the other thing is my dad not only condoning this, in my opinion, idiocy but he is actively encouraging it. It's absolutely ludicrous, observing the pair of them mindlessly conversing over a topic they both appear to know next to nothing about. Furthermore what kind of role model is Marley supposed to be? in my opinion a good role model doesn't smoke weed. But that's a whole other issue I guess.
thanks a lot for reading this I know its short but it's 2am, I'm tired and feeling a bit better knowing that i can vent freely. Thanks for reading and goodnight.
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