Happy 5th of November :)

"Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine- the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, thereby those important events of the past usually associated with someone's death or the end of some awful bloody struggle, a celebration of a nice holiday, I thought we could mark this November the 5th, a day that is sadly no longer remembered, by taking some time out of our daily lives to sit down and have a little chat. There are of course those who do not want us to speak. I suspect even now, orders are being shouted into telephones, and men with guns will soon be on their way. Why? Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the now high chancellor, Adam Sutler. He promised you order, he promised you peace, and all he demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent. Last night I sought to end that silence. Last night I destroyed the Old Bailey, to remind this country of what it has forgotten. More than four hundred years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was to remind the world that fairness, justice, and freedom are more than words, they are perspectives. So if you've seen nothing, if the crimes of this government remain unknown to you then I would suggest you allow the fifth of November to pass unmarked. But if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me one year from tonight, outside the gates of Parliament, and together we shall give them a fifth of November that shall never, ever be forgot."

Good Morning :)

Haven't said hello for a while, damn facebook...

Work From College

A Sad Day

We lost Lara today, she had cancer so we knew she didn't have long. It's still a blow though think i'll be crying for a few weeks..

Lara, The Bee, Queen Bee

I'll miss you so much

XXX

Meh....

I get really sick of the way the government and the world in general likes to have you jump through hoops for their amusement. Why else would they torture their staff and us with their stupid, petty, systems and schemes... Oh well, i suppose it keeps someone in a job.

Sundays....

I usually hate sundays but today wasn't bad. A couple of friends came over and we walked the dog at lunderson bay. We saw lots of crabs, cows, sheep and a baby toad. The dog has a whale of a time and is currently passed out on the couch getting sand everywhere...

Weather was good, and i'm now absolutely knackered.

What a day...

Today wasn't all that bad really, just noisy crowed and annoying, so normal for Greenock then.

I'm kind of shocked to read in the papers and goss magazines to day about a woman who at 22 stone, which she got from having a gastric sleeve fitted, has had her benefits cut down so she refuses to lose any more... not to mention that now she is fit for work, she wont because she is going to need time off for fat removal surgery. I know that more often then not the papers and gossip magazines don't give the whole story, but this does sound a bit selfish to me, after all people on basic benefits manage a healthy diet, it's all down to just not being lazy and pigging out on chocolate and crisps. However, since she has had her money cut down, this lady is going to do just that until she gets her money back... personally i'd rather have the weight loss, healthy life, ability to make my own money and sod the benefits....

Being on benefits can be such a crutch, when you try to get off them, they do everything in their power to make it difficult for you, in the end it's just safer to stay in the comfortable little rut that they constantly grind you into. You actually get scared of what happens when you try to go it alone. No wonder so many people are just content with staying on them, no one wants to be homeless...

Life is confusing, and i don't think benefits necessarily help with that. Maybe they should have a class in school teaching kids how to deal with all these things, like benefit, rent, council tax. Maybe if they explained it all and had them understand it better, they would feel more able to deal with it.