New Year

   2011, on the whole, has been a crap year. True there are some people who managed to achieve a lot this year and I salute what you have done. For others, including myself, it could have been a lot better. Will I be glad to see the back of this year. In a word yes. This year has involved death of loved ones, heartache for others and a general "bad times" feeling that is best left to the past. If it was going to go wrong then this was going to be the year it happened. It sucked as many balls as it could place in its 12 month wide mouth and carried on chewing for far too long. Now that is a scary image indeed.

   Will 2012 be better? I think it has a fighting chance (unless those mayans have anything to do with it!). I think (and hope) that a hurdle has been jumped. Its time to take stock of what is needed to make a difference in our lives and target all the good things. Personally I intend to take more chances in the coming year and grab some of the stuff i apparently missed this year. I have a list of New Year resolutions but will keep them secret. I do hate people pointing out where I went wrong and how I could have done it differently etc.

   If you feel hard done by with 2011 then fight for a better 2012. If you are already doing well then keep doing it. I'm gonna take a year to concentrate on what I am not so good at to make myself a more rounded person. I may even get better at playing the guitar and restarting my comedy shows!.

   Right now may be the time to shine. Don't let anyone or anything hold you back :-)

Electric boogaloo...

I'm trying to write at least once a week. It seems a great way to have a rant without being interrupted. We shall see.
Apparently we have to look forward to yet another price rise in the U.K. due to some issue or other. I can only assume that the energy companies are working harder than ever to make sure that we get the best service. That statement is,of course, complete bulls**t. Personally I have found that the internet age has caused the companies to prefer to get customers (I feel so special!) to log on and send the meter readings straight to the company. Sadly when I tried to set up an account the system wouldn't take my number ( there weren't enough spaces to even fit the numbers needed!). Fail.
You can also use the same kind of service over the phone line due to the automated system that I assume was state of the art 10 years ago!. After 5 attempts at telling HAL the readings needed a real human being appeared on the line to take the numbers. Apparently that is common practice. Hooray for technology!
I love the irony that all this time the whole green movement has been to save energy and cut costs while saving the planet and the energy companies raise their prices as some form of compensation to themselves.Very bizzare.

Its been a while...

      I haven't written a blog for ages. I think I have been waiting for something exciting to write. I haven't come up with anything so I figured I would write the usual crap I spout out in a vain attempt to get it out of my body like a bizarre exorcism!.To say that I had low expectations for 2011 about 2 months into it would be an understatement. It's been a weird year so far but I won't go into details. I'm a firm believer that life in general is cool, it's just there are outside forces that tend to f**k with your inner calm. Wow I just censored myself there with asterisks. That would be for all the little cherubs that haven't grasped the art of swearing yet (I'm sure there must be one or two of them out there!)  


     I'm gonna use this as a sounding board. If I see something of any interest (or none at all in some cases) I'm gonna type it out. I'll even share the secrets of how I achieved the body shape I have now (a clue would be alcohol and processed foods!).  Ah the days when I gained no weight despite a crazy lifestyle are sadly done. A boy of no more that 10 years old ran past me at 8 o'clock this morning carrying his breakfast - a bag of crisps (or potato chips as my overseas friends would call them). I swore under my breath partly due to the poor kid having no proper guidance but mainly through jealousy. I remembered when I could run (and eat delicious food that could clog an Elephants heart!) 


     Not smoking should make me even more grouchy and angry with the world. That should be fun!!! :-)