I'm not normally one to repost other peoples material on a blog, but I really want people to see this:
Sunday, 30 January 2011
Stuck
My flat mate pointed out that I have started adding "As it were" to most sentences. Its quite annoying trying to not say it now, but it reminded me of the days where everyone used to add "like" at the start of sentences.
Has anyone else had any funny words that they found or have been pointed out to say a lot?
I wonder why a group or a word can get so ingrained in ones head?
In other news I feel a little stuck and lost. I have had a week of no work (though there should be some more by the coming wednesday) and I haven't really found the energy to meet up with people or do much with my spare time except sleep. I really don't want to get back into my terrible habit of sleeping most of the day and waking up in the evening.
I'm a little stuck with my creative side as well, which isn't helping. I haven't really taken a picture in awhile, I can't think of anything to paint, and I feel a little stuck on my Ukulele (I can play a few songs OK, but not well, and some of the more complicated ones are starting to frustrate me).
I had a very vivid and pleasent dream last night. I dreamt I met someone who I had an increadibley deep conversation with. But she ran and I became quite worried somthing awful had happened to her as when I last saw her she looked a little off the rails and a bit opressed by people (It was more of a feeling than something I saw, you know how dreams can be). I set out to find this person and got my closest friends involved. We looked all over a section of countryside that was pretty similar to where my parents live except it had a giant underground/metal works at the top of a hill. For awhile we though she was dead, but I found a message on couchsurfing asking for some advice on some things I had also previously struggled with. In the end we did find her and we all had a long talk, I held her hand and petted it whilst my friends told stories of hardship and recompense. Then I woke up and things just weren't as pleasant...
Has anyone else had any funny words that they found or have been pointed out to say a lot?
I wonder why a group or a word can get so ingrained in ones head?
In other news I feel a little stuck and lost. I have had a week of no work (though there should be some more by the coming wednesday) and I haven't really found the energy to meet up with people or do much with my spare time except sleep. I really don't want to get back into my terrible habit of sleeping most of the day and waking up in the evening.
I'm a little stuck with my creative side as well, which isn't helping. I haven't really taken a picture in awhile, I can't think of anything to paint, and I feel a little stuck on my Ukulele (I can play a few songs OK, but not well, and some of the more complicated ones are starting to frustrate me).
I had a very vivid and pleasent dream last night. I dreamt I met someone who I had an increadibley deep conversation with. But she ran and I became quite worried somthing awful had happened to her as when I last saw her she looked a little off the rails and a bit opressed by people (It was more of a feeling than something I saw, you know how dreams can be). I set out to find this person and got my closest friends involved. We looked all over a section of countryside that was pretty similar to where my parents live except it had a giant underground/metal works at the top of a hill. For awhile we though she was dead, but I found a message on couchsurfing asking for some advice on some things I had also previously struggled with. In the end we did find her and we all had a long talk, I held her hand and petted it whilst my friends told stories of hardship and recompense. Then I woke up and things just weren't as pleasant...
Monday, 24 January 2011
Traveling times
So I've decided to try and make some plans for some much needed travelling. I've had the travelling itch for quite a few years and something always seems to get in the way. Well I think its about time I stopped making excuses and actually vaguely planned something so I'll do it.
I plan to travel out to Japan on 1st July. I'll have about a week in Tokyo to explore on my own before Tasha (A close friend who is currently working out there) finishes. Then we plan to hitch-hike down to Kobe and (depending on when we get there) catch a ferry across the sea to Tianjin. From there we can work our way to Beijing which is where we'll begin the epic journey that is the Trans-Siberian railway.
I'd like to think I could stop of somewhere on the way to Japan (Maybe India?), but it really depends on how much money I have saved and if I manage to get a decent price for selling my VW Camper (which I'll be really sad to see go, but I feel like I don't have the time to give it decent attention).
So for the moment I have to bide my time save some money. Which isn't going exceedingly well as I realised there are a few things (for one) I need for my camera if it is to travel with me (e.g. a Monopod, Camera armor, and a decent second lens). Still I have a bit saved already, I just have to be a bit stingy money wise for a bit...
I plan to travel out to Japan on 1st July. I'll have about a week in Tokyo to explore on my own before Tasha (A close friend who is currently working out there) finishes. Then we plan to hitch-hike down to Kobe and (depending on when we get there) catch a ferry across the sea to Tianjin. From there we can work our way to Beijing which is where we'll begin the epic journey that is the Trans-Siberian railway.
I'd like to think I could stop of somewhere on the way to Japan (Maybe India?), but it really depends on how much money I have saved and if I manage to get a decent price for selling my VW Camper (which I'll be really sad to see go, but I feel like I don't have the time to give it decent attention).
So for the moment I have to bide my time save some money. Which isn't going exceedingly well as I realised there are a few things (for one) I need for my camera if it is to travel with me (e.g. a Monopod, Camera armor, and a decent second lens). Still I have a bit saved already, I just have to be a bit stingy money wise for a bit...
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
Protests
Last night me and my two flat mates ended up in a very heated discussion on politics (pretty much out of the blue as well). One of the interesting things that was brought up was protesting, due to the recent jailing of a (stupid I may add) protester.
One flat mate thought that protesting should be controlled as it partial is in England. He reasoned this, that recently the Nazi party wanted to do a rally in Germany. Obviously the government and pretty much everyone else wasn't very happy about this and they were banned from doing so. In the end they took the city to court and they were allowed too.
This is a interesting reason, BUT in my opinion I agree that they should have the right. Freedom is all or nothing, you can't pick and choose who gets to exercise their freedoms, otherwise its not a freedom.
Example B:
Whilst this is pretty amusing I also find it a fairly valid back up for the freedom to protest. So you don't like what some protests are protesting about? Well protest against them then... Obviously this could get out of hand in a silly manner, but the point is that just because someone holds a placard or is protesting doesn't mean you/anyone agrees with them. You still have to stand up for what you believe in though.
Speaking of which, here are a few of my pictures from the recent Education Cuts marches in London
One flat mate thought that protesting should be controlled as it partial is in England. He reasoned this, that recently the Nazi party wanted to do a rally in Germany. Obviously the government and pretty much everyone else wasn't very happy about this and they were banned from doing so. In the end they took the city to court and they were allowed too.
This is a interesting reason, BUT in my opinion I agree that they should have the right. Freedom is all or nothing, you can't pick and choose who gets to exercise their freedoms, otherwise its not a freedom.
Example B:
Whilst this is pretty amusing I also find it a fairly valid back up for the freedom to protest. So you don't like what some protests are protesting about? Well protest against them then... Obviously this could get out of hand in a silly manner, but the point is that just because someone holds a placard or is protesting doesn't mean you/anyone agrees with them. You still have to stand up for what you believe in though.
Speaking of which, here are a few of my pictures from the recent Education Cuts marches in London
Oh yes! I forgotted to say...
I have also joined the tumblr revolution=. So I'll be using that for posting my photo's that don't really have much to do with anything I would write etc.
http://trees-are-weird.tumblr.com/
In other news, I really need some decent sleep. Only slept about a total of 5/6 hours in the past 2 days... Which has had some odd... effects. (Such as 'doing a Rezi' "I really like this song, though I've heard it too often... oh wait... there's no music on...").
I think I might post one of my incredibly terrible short stories on here, just to fill the gap.
http://trees-are-weird.tumblr.com/
In other news, I really need some decent sleep. Only slept about a total of 5/6 hours in the past 2 days... Which has had some odd... effects. (Such as 'doing a Rezi' "I really like this song, though I've heard it too often... oh wait... there's no music on...").
I think I might post one of my incredibly terrible short stories on here, just to fill the gap.
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