Kids of Today ........SLAP!!!

My childhood was spent growing up in the 90’s.   It wasn’t a bad time to be growing up, things were still kind of simple and technology hadn’t taken over the world yet.  Once breakfast was over we were sent outside to play and told not to come back until lunch time.  We would go out and find our friends, wherever they may have been and we would talk, run, play and get up to mischief.  Our play time was our exercise. 

 

What worries me about kids today is they rarely go outside; they are too busy wrapped up in their own technical bubble.  It’s a rare occasion where I will pass a group of kids on the street anymore and the ones I see in shops don’t communicate with their voice because they all have their faces buried in their phones.

 

These kids are being brought up by my generation and it’s terrifying.  I know we all have to roll with the times but these kids are going to grow up to be thick as shit.  With all this ‘text speak’ that won’t know how to spell and most of them can’t communicate with each other.  Cyber bullying is another thing; at least in my day the bully had the balls to do it to your face in public.  Cyber bullies are the biggest cowards out there and I wouldn’t mind whooping their ass for being spineless little bitches. 

 

Anyway, all this lack of exercise the kids are getting is leading to childhood obesity.  Not to mention how spoiled kids are these day, I know everyone wants to give their kids what they didn’t have and all that but some people are ridiculous.  Society has gone mad with the pressure other kids put on each other to have designer clothes and the best toys.  There was a little bit of that back in my day but not to this extent.

 

Parents have become too soft on kids, I was brought up to have manners and do whatever my parents told me and of course I rebelled a little but I knew when they meant business.  This whole law of your not allowed to hit your kids is ridiculous.  Obviously you should never be allowed to beat the shit out of a kid but a good boot up the backside never hurt anyone.  Kids are vastly becoming the dominant figure in the household as I’ve been told by people around me that their kids hit them! What the actual fuck?? These are small kids too that when they don’t get what they want they punch their mum.  I’m sorry but if I had of done that to my parents I would have go my ass handed to me!

 

Schools have gone completely mad too.  I hear in a lot of schools that in sports day and other activities like it that there aren’t medals for 1^st to 3^rd place anymore and that everyone gets a medal for just taking part.  What a load of balls!  Competition is what drives us to be better and we need it in our lives, not the crazy competitiveness but a little.  How can kids try to better themselves if they have nothing to compete with? I know this rule is so they kids who aren’t good at sports don’t feel bad about themselves but maybe if they are no good at it then they shouldn’t be doing it! 

 

We are all good at different things in our lives and if you good at sport then just don’t compete.  Clearly its just not meant for you.  There is a lot of things I love to do but I’m completely shit at it but I wouldn’t want a medal for it when I know I’m so shit!  Since these kids will have no competitive drive how will they survive in the real world when they leave school?  When these kids are going for jobs will they decide not to compete with the other candidates?  It’s going to be quite a scary place when this happens?  Will there be any bosses?  How could there be when the kids are being taught that everyone is on the same level regardless of their skills or talent? 

 

 

Religion & the Backlash that will come with it (17 August 2015)

Now before everyone goes crazy this is not a debate and it’s not a criticism it is merely an opinion, a personal opinion at that.  When it comes to religion in MY eyes there is no right or wrong.

After years of being brought up within a mixed religion family, attended two different types of churches and grew up in mixed schools I had the holy bible drilled into me.  Not at home though, religion wasn’t strict in our house but my parents no longer go to church but they believe in their own way at home.

Now, coming from the country I come from the religious divide is infamous, sadly. Now the two different religions here are pretty much, in my eyes, the same but unfortunately a book of faith that was supposed to bring people together managed to do the exact opposite. 

There is always the mass debate of religion dividing us or brining us together, I would have to agree with the first point.  All I see, especially these days, is how it it’s tearing our world apart when it should be bringing us together.

I myself used to be a believer when I was young, it’s what I was told by all the adults around me (just like they told me Santa was real and I will never forgive them for that lie) so who was I to question my authority figure?  My education included the teachings of the holy bible.  As I grew and read bits and pieces of other religions I came to the conclusion that if I was to believe in one book why on earth should I not believe in the others?

This is when I started to doubt to whole God concept.  Now before you get on your high horse remember I said this is my opinion.  If I was to be open minded enough to believe in one, why shouldn’t I believe in others?  I know there is the bit in the bible about false gods etc but there was also the death penalty for cheating wives and fathers killing sons etc.

So after a lot of thought I just gave up on the whole idea.  I’m no religion what so ever now.  I believe what I see, if a God presents themselves to me who am I to deny it then?  For those who are believers they always tell me I’m going to hell, that’s ok to say that cos I don’t believe in hell so you work away with your threats (surely it is a sin to threaten someone with eternal damnation anyway).

Like I said, in my eyes there is no right or wrong religion, there are only the assholes that ruin it for everyone for an excuse for violence, bigotry and war!

I respect everyone’s opinion on religion cos no one on this earth has a right to tell someone that their beliefs are wrong! .........except those who constantly judge you with passages out of the bible telling you that you are living you life wrong according to the book......but when you happen to find something they are doing incorrectly according to the book well then they bend that rule by saying that everyone has their own interpretation of it.   People have a natural instinct to bend rules the way they see fit.

I will probably get a lot of backlash for this but you know what? go ahead, I don't care.  My thoughts are my own just like yours are.  You can tell me I'm wrong but to me I'm not so it wont matter.

8 July 2015 (Work & Aggrivation)

 8th July 2015

11.55am

I'm sitting in work glaring out the window into the car park trying to desperately daydream and all that keeps going through my head is "what am I still doing here".  8 years I have been in the same place gocking at the computer day in and day out.  There has to be something else....

I've decided to take it upon myself to write in this book (and type it onto a blog) to relieve all of these fuzzy feelings which might actually entertain someone one day.....if anyone ever reads it.

I have my blinds in work closed down and only a tiny strip of light is getting in, makes it hard to spy on people in the car park at lunch time running about like headless chickens trying to remember where their cars are.  It's the same people all the time, you think they'd learn for frig sake.

The language in here isn't going to be all clouds and kittens.

1.39pm

Have had my lunch and been for a walk to get out of this dreary office.  I wish it was time to go home.  This is the part of the day where the clock watching starts.  I'm always busy but sometimes I become concerned that the clock doesn't actually move and someone is taking the piss.

I know what your thinking....does she actually work or just write stuff in here? The thought of work is just far too depressing and watching the wind blow the trees is my entertainment for the next five minutes or so.  My work gets done but I need a distraction.

I'm not depressed, it's just hard to make your own fun in this place, everyone always looks so glum all of the time.  I used to make my own fun by scaring people most days but I said I would quit doing that for a year.  I thought it would have lasted a week so I'm exceptionally impressed with myself that I have lasted this long.  Who would have thought that I have the will power to fight every natural urge in my body to prank someone?

2.16pm

Back again so soon.  I'm ignoring the urge to look at facebook on my phone.  Its one of those stupid addictions, like smoking.  I know cos I used to smoke.  You get so used to fiddling with something in your hands that you have to get your daily fix about 10 times a day,  I fight the urge for facebook right now but I know its just shite.  I don't need a photo of what your just about to eat.  I don't even know why I read these things cos the whole site is full of shite, that's including my posts too.  I do like the weather page, it gives me a small glimmer of hope everyday that the sun might come out, it usually just lets me down.

Ever since this morning, since I heard the song on the radio I cant stop imagining Ted singing karaoke, I'm talking about Ted the bear from the movie, singing "I only want to be with you" (i think that's what its called).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjmuRjUMkbA


Great, the rain is on as usual, so much for getting my garden fence painted tonight.

2.45pm

I just drank so much watch I can hear it in my belly!

3.20pm

The aggravating feeling when someone comes into your office for a document that you know doesn't exist but they think it does and they make you look for it anyway.  Grrrrrrr.  But the great pleasure you feel when you get to reveal the news that you were right and it doesn't exist......COFFEE TIME!!!!