What's up in my world?

They say love happens when you least, expect it. I'm willing to believe that <3

Political correctness, or PC for short, is slowly becoming the cancer that will kill Britain as we once knew it. In most cases, PC is caused by a VERY minute minority of people that are slightly offended by something. This in turn leads to said person/object being punished, whereas the other 99% of people who actually enjoyed such things have to suffer. It is also a way of "making the country a better place" but in doing so is actually making the country worse.

I will now reel off a list of examples I can think of off the top of my head (bearing in mind this post is in no way meant to be racial/stereotypical or anything else, lest the PC people come down on my ass!)

1) A person can sue if they recieve a Christmas/Birthday/other card from a person, and it offends them due to the message on the front. Now, not being funny, but lighten the fuck up guys! They're jokes and aren't meant to be taken seriously. To go all the way of sueing the person because of it is downright absurd.

2) Teachers aren't allowed to use red pens to mark childrens work anymore as it "puts a negative respinse on the child." Hmm, so what makes a "see me" message different if it's written in black or red then? They're both telling the same message, but oh no, red is "grr" and "angry". Pity red, for it is an unloved colour.

3) Johnathan Ross and Russel Brand. Yes, what they did was wrong, but for them to be publically witch-hunted by the BBC and the public for a whole week made it blown WAY out of proportion. Just a simple apology and things could have moved on, but no. It had to be front page news for like, 4 days. Absurd. Kinda ironic that Andrew's daughter is in a group called 'Satanic Sluts' and yet not an eyebrow is raised huh? Also, the 'hunt down people who say rude words on air' bandwagon was let loose, what with those Essex radio presenters being suspended and the whole Jeremy Clarkson thing. The word 'lemmings' springs to mind!

4) Muslims. I'm sorry, but it has to be said, they do seem to have more bloody privileges than we do now. Burger King had to stop a line of ice creams because the symbol used looked like a symbol in the Qu'Ran and offended some of them. The Three Little Pigs can no longer be told in schools, because Muslims view pigs as 'dirty' and 'unclean' creatures. We can no longer call it a 'white christmas' instead it has to be called a 'winter festival' so as not to offend them! Now, where does the PC come into this. Well, if a British person were to have complained about these things, they would have probably been pointed at and laughed at in the streets. Am I racist? No! Most Muslims are fine and upstanding people, but it's those few it there that make it so we have to walk on eggshells whenever something revolves around them, and everyone else has to suffer.

5) We can not call people who are of a foreign culture but who live in Britain British, because it may offend them. So, even though they may have been born and raised in Britain, they can't be called it? Soon, 'British' will become the new swear word I tell you!

6) The old classic Baa Baa Black Sheep. Probably one of the first forms of PC. Somehow, Baa Baa Multicoloured Sheep just doesn't have the same ring does it?

7) Illegal immigrants come into our country and immediately get issued with a big house and a swanky car. Whereas Joe Bloggs down the street who is British born and bred, who has worked 20+ years doing hard labour is still living in his matchbox and trying to live while still affording to pay the bills. Where's the justice?

8)There can no longer be any 'winners' on Sports Day, as this supports favouritism. Jesus, next thing you know, the Olympics will all just have one colour medal and everyone will be a winner, including that guy 5 laps behind everyone else!

Im sure there's more, but I can't remember them. Now, the funny thing is, is that mostp eople will agree with what I've just wrote, but will be too scared to agree with me. What's become of this country? All I can say is, god hlep us if there's ever another world war! /rant

Well, it's coming up to about a year now that I'll have been single for. Am I disappointed by this? Well, yes and no.

I see both sides of this. One one hand, I've done a lot of things with some great people which I probably wouldn't have had the time or the money to if I was with someone, and I've thoroughly enjoyed myself.

On the other hand, it still would be nice to find that special someone, and show them that I truly care and love them, cause, well, that's what I'm like.

I'm not fussed either way, but I sometimes stop and think "I wonder why I don't have much luck in that department?"

You can disregard this post if you want, just me rambling on about stuff :P

Geez I haven't used LJ properly for ages. That's about to change!

As I mentioned briefly in my ladt post, I have moved out and am now living on my own about 30 seconds down the road from One Stop. It felt strange to begin with, but I'm used to it now, and to tell you the truth, I really like it! It's getting roomier every day :P, and I've also realised I can't put up straight posters to save my life! You guys are more than welcome to come up at some point, where tea will be served and maybe some friendly banter could ensue, it'll be good to catch up.

It's also been months since I've had a night out in Colchester (I honestly cant remember the last time!) So it's good to see that November is a busy month for me. The 5th is naturally the big Castle Park display, and I intend on going to that if I can, then on the 7th is Phil's 21st (which I hope you are also going to!?) After this, one of my COS friends is coming all the way down from Scotland for the weekend on the 15th, so it'll be good to catch up with him. On the 22nd and maybe the 30th I'll be Carol singing with the COS lot and on the 25th, one of my workmates has a gig at the Twist (Life in Excess is their band name, and he also happens to have the same surname as me :P) To top it all off, I've been invited to a Christmas bash on the 27th December, and I have to dress up for it. The theme is movie sequels or number 2 related. Any suggestions, please throw them out, as I have no idea what I'm going to go as!

and just a little reminder, Fiddler on the Roof is showing from 28th Jauary to 7th February, and tickets are on sale now! Get them while you can :P

I was showing someone how to sign up to facebook, and in the box where it says to input two words, these came up:



I shit you not!

....with Imogen Heap's music. Seriously, I can't get enough of her at the moment....oh wait, you thought I was interested in a girl? Oops, sorry to disappoint you :P

On a darker note, my foot packed in again at practise today. It's really shit, it looks like I'm gonna have to miss a few practises until it fully heals :(

I've decided to create my own community here on Livejournal, it's all about anime, whether you have any questions regarding a particular anime, want a suggestion on what anime to watch next, or just general banter about animes, then join up and feel free to post. The link can be found below:

http://community.livejournal.com/all_about_anime/

Ok, it seems the nasty Glandular Fever that I have seems to be clearing slowly but surely. My throat is certainly nowhere near as sore as it was last Wednesday, it's still there, but it's not unbearable.

At this rate, I should hopefully be able to come back to work on Friday. However, the tiredness and weakness are the lasting symptoms, and so I'll have to let the managers know that I'll sometimes suddenly have no energy in me at all, and may just have to sit on till for a little bit. It's almost as if a demon or something saps every last ounce of energy inside you, it makes you feel quite useless. Apart from that though, the outlook seems positive, looks like I got off lightly with GF then.

PS, the ironic thing about the title is if I DID have any excessively sweet thing now, I'd be doing more harm than good, take THAT Mary Poppins!

Saturday was the annual RAPFF, and once again, it was an awesome night with awesome people. we started down at the quay, we tried to get Josh to come out, but he basically couldn't be arsed, so we decided to screw him "Josh....what a bastard!" After staying at the Black Buoy for a bit we went in to town and did the usual bar-hopping, going to such delightful places as The Purple Dog, Playhouse, Edwards and Twisters. Naturally we ended the night with Crystal and then got the cab home (with comments about "cookiiiie?!" and gypsies. Without further ado, here are al the photos taken that night:

( RAPFF )

And that's your lot, hope you enjoyed looking at them!

Thunder, thunder, thunder, Thundercats, HOOOOOOOO!

Thundercats are on the move
Thundercats are loose
Feel the magic, hear the roar
Thundercats are loose

Thunder thunder thunder Thundercats
Thunder thunder thunder Thundercats
Thunder thunder thunder Thundercats
Thunder thunder thunder Thundercats

*Awesome guitar part*

Thundercats!
--------------------------------------

Our world is in peril, Gaia, the spirit of the earth, can no longer cope with the terrible destruction plaguing our planet. She sends out five magic rings to five special young people:

From Africa, Quami with the power of earth
From North America, Wheeler with the power of fire
From the Soviet Union, Linca with the power of wind
From Asia, Ghi with the power of water
and from South America, Maati with the power of heart

When their five powers combine, they summon earth's greatest champion, Captain Planet

GO PLANET!

The power............is YOURS!
----------------------------------------

Life is like a hurricane, here in Duckburg
Racecars, lasers, aeroplanes, it's a duck blur
Let's solve a mystery, or re-write history

Ducktales, wooo!
Everyday they're out there making
Ducktales, wooo!
Tales of daring-do bad and good luck tales wooo!

D-d-d-danger looks behind you
There's a stranger out to find you
What to do just grab on to some

Ducktales, wooo!
Every day they're out there making
Ducktales, woooo!
Tales of daring-do bad and good luck tales, wooo!

Not pony tails or cotton tails, but Ducktales, wooo!