I pity the fool who's illogical!

Hi everyone from around the world!!

The Olympics has arrived! And following the social trend of blogging about it, guess what I’m doing....So far the Olympics have been on TV for 3 days, and all I’ve watched is the opening ceremony, and even that was in the wrong order.

I should explain....

I work in the evenings so on the night of said opening ceremony, I wasn’t able to watch the first 2 hours. The bits I watched live were the people walking in with the countries and the lighting of the torch....which was amazing! Not gonna lie (My mum says this is my catchphrase) I was crying through the torch lighting. It was so lovely. Go Sir Steve Redgrave!!! I then proceeded to watch the previous 2 hours which was just as good. Everyone was saying that the technology bit was not needed, but I thought it was just great! My favourite bit was with Rowan Atkinson and the “Chariots of Fire” sequence....enough said.

Here, if you missed it, have a gander now:

So with the ceremony over, the games began. As I said before I haven’t watched any of it. That’s not being patriotic, that’s me being honest. Who else will willingly admit they haven’t watched it without feeling embarrassed. I honestly don’t have much interest in sport unless I am actually participating in it. I will make the odd excuse from the rule when a fit athlete makes an appearance, which can only mean one thing....Tom Daley. He is everyone young girl’s dream, and every adult’s dream child. He is studying his A Levels a year early and passing them with nothing lower than an A grade. He also keeps himself healthy and is a lovely person. He is also smokin’ hot.....I’ve never used that phrase before; god knows why I’m saying it now. Anywho, today he competed for the synchronised 10m dive with his diving partner Pete Waterfield. They started off being joint top but slumped to 4^th place, just missing out on the medal stage.

Now coming 4^th place is still a damn good achievement. To get to that point where you can say that you are the 4^th best at something in the world deserves a round of applause

But what did Tom Daley get.....abuse.

I believe in naming and shaming, so the name of the internet troller that abused on Twitter was called @Rileyy_69. He tweeted to Tom Daley “You let your dad down I hope you know that.” Now that is a horrible thing to say, especially after he lost his father to cancer May last year. And that wasn’t the only comment that he made: “Hope your crying now you should be why can't you even produce for your country” and “You really didn't try your best tommy you said you'd do your country proud and you let us all down rather support a tramp” where comments this guy decided to make over the internet. What blooming cheek! Tom has made a brave decision to go out and compete for his country....did you do that too?

People have said that I can get on with pretty much anyone, but there is no way I could be friends with someone that bullies someone else to make them feel better about themselves. I can’t stand the way people think they can get away with saying comments like that over the internet. The World Wide Web is not a mask for your mean side. If someone decided they were going to be mean to me online, and believe me there have been people that have done it, I wouldn’t stand for it. I would stand up for myself and fire back the comments made towards me, which is exactly what Tom Daley did. To think there are people out there capable of doing stuff like that and not even caring is even worse. But to add to it, the guy tried to justify and apologise for what he said, claiming that he just got so excited about Tom and the Olympics that he was really disappointed that he didn’t win and that he was sorry.

I have one thing to say to that.....WHAT THE F**K!!

You just don’t do that!! If you were truly sorry about what you said it, here’s a thought...DON’T SAY IT IN THE FIRST PLACE! God, logic obviously failed today.

I really should stop writing; I’m turning into that guy on Twitter. I don’t know who @Riley_69 is, I probably never will, but I’m starting to say mean things online, which is exactly what I am against. Too many times has social pressures changed me into something I’m not, but this time I’m stopping myself before I go too far.

Let’s hope the rest of the Olympics is filled with team spirit from everyone: The team, the supporters....everyone.

Go Team GB!!

Live Long and Prosper

H.x

A Geeky Soul Search

So I do believe a little celebration is in order....

Yes that’s correct, this blog has over 1000 views. Not gonna lie, this is amazing!! I didn’t even think I could get to 100 views let alone 1000. I just want to thank everyone who has taken the time out of their day to read my blog every time it has popped up on the inter-web. Thank you!

I would like to share one comment I received on my last blog post which made me extremely happy that I started blogging. It’s from a user called “essentialreach”. This was their comment:

“Dear H,

I've been reading your blogs recently and have found them very moving. Your passion for writing is unprecedented as is your vigour for life. I love the idea that you can achieve anything at the moment and the world is your oyster. I'm currently studying sports journalism at staffordshire university and have recently passed with a first class honours, you are example to lead by and I hope and pray you continue blogging as I feel you have great potential.

May the Force be with you

ES”

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw that comment. I was absolutely astounded when I read it. I had to read it at least twice just to make sure I wasn’t seeing things. It’s one thing to know people like your blog, it’s another to know that someone is moved by your blog, that I’m an example to lead by and that I have great potential. Essentialreach, whoever you are I want to say thank you so much for your wonderful comment. Plus, you signed off with “May the Force be with you” which is awesome!

Anywho, back to the blog at hand. It’s been a weird couple of weeks. Due to the lack of funds in my bank account and now that my job takes up my evenings nearly everyday of the week, my social life has taken a down turn. I feel very spaced out from my friends. If you’ve ever felt this before you’ll understand why I feel like I do. My friends are a massive part of my life, so without them, I feel like a part of me has gone. Luckily I get paid soon and everything will be back on track, but for now I’m stuck in my house with nothing to do with only my laptop and the TV for company. I have never seen so many episodes of “Big Bang Theory” and “How I met your Mother” in one sitting. I’ve chatted via Facebook and texted my friends, but it doesn’t even come close to chatting to your best mate in real life. You don’t get the same emotional depth in a face-to-face conversation as you do in a text message conversation. But being the home-bound person that I am, I make do, and I do like a good text message conversation.

But this got me thinking (I probably shouldn’t do that a lot, it hurts my brain) about what my life has turned into since I’ve been home from university. I summed it up in a few points:

·         Wake up

·         Watch TV/Go online/Chill out

·         Eat food that my mum prepares for me

·         Go to work

·         Go to sleep

My life in 5 bullet points. Oh the joy! Then it occurred to me something I wish I had never thought of. My life follows a very simple pattern, one which has been used by something for nearly as many years as I have been on this planet. My life follows the pattern of a Tamagotchi. If you don’t know what a Tamagotchi is, it is a computer-like game where you have a little pet that you have to care for from birth or it will die. (Then you reset it and start all over again) The Tamagotchi will only survive if you give it food, love, attention and plenty of exercise. Basically if you do all of the 5 points above with it, it will stay alive for a long time! If you starve it of attention (and food, don’t forget food) it will die and you have to reset the Tamagotchi. Other than the major difference of that if you starve me of attention I won’t die (However, according to WTF Facts you can die of boredom) I am a living, breathing, walking Tamagotchi. That is probably the geekiest comparison of my life I could give without going into depth about “Big Bang Theory”

When August comes in  7 days time, I am hitting the social scene! I am going to go out and have fun with the money I’ve earned at work. I am going to make the most of this beautiful summer weather (Sods law the moment I step out of the house the heavens will open) and I am going to have the best summer! I hope you all have a wonderful summer, making more out of the weather than I do.

Live Long and Prosper

H.x

......Red Vine?

Wow! what a couple of weeks

It’s not even mid-week yet and it’s already been jam-packed with tons of things! I best start with what I mentioned in my last post...my exam results...

Drum roll please..........I PASSED!  I am officially a second year student of university now, and that prospect is terrifying! I now have to go back to university and have people in a younger year than me again. It’s like being back at secondary school, only cooler and filled with a lot more takeaways. I am no longer a “fresher”, but to be honest I will always be a fresher at heart. I loved my first year with every fibre in me. Yes, I experienced stuff that I hoped I would never come across again. Yes, I challenged myself to try new things. And yes, I got my heart broken a few times, but that’s life isn’t it? You’ve got to roll with the punches and take what comes your way. I am very much a believer in fate, and that everything happens for a reason, but I always believe that we can all choose our own paths in life. We always have a choice. Corny as it sounds (and believe me it sounds corny) I live by that philosophy. I also live by the saying that “In life, it’s not about the amount of breathes you take, it’s about the moments that take your breath away.”

God I’m oozing with cheesiness today!

Getting these exams results has given me a new lease of confidence. I feel like I can accomplice anything that university throws my way! Bring on second year!

In other news, I have a job!! How awesome is that!! I genuinely thought I wouldn’t stand a chance at getting the job, even though my interview went really well. I got the e-mail today saying I got the job and as I was out at the time, I couldn’t really celebrate in my usual fashion (running around shouting “I got the job!! I got the job!!” I literally skipped home, which is very hard to do with 2x2 litre bottles of Dr Pepper in my hands, and I danced and pranced around my living room. Suffice as to say, I got some weird and confused looks off my dog Daisy. I am now an employee of Sainsburys, the giant supermarket about 10 minutes from my house. I am working the night shifts, which means I might actually be tired when I go to bed. I become something of a night owl recently due to the combination of doing sod all during the day and the large amounts of caffeine entering my blood stream. I’m sure if doctors took a blood sample from me today they would find large quantities of Dr Pepper. I have a serious addiction to it, but at least the first stage of curing an addiction is admitting you have a problem.

To fill you in on another piece of exciting news, my brother has now flown off to America for 6 weeks. I am so proud of him for making quite a big decision to do this. He’s been looking forward to this trip for months, and even purchased his ticket on our birthday. He seemed so happy when we dropped him off at the airport this morning at 5am (Yes you read that right, 5am!) I, unfortunately, couldn’t stop myself from crying. It was an extremely emotional moment, seeing my brother off into the unknown, but I’m glad that he will be safe out there. I am going to miss him an awful lot. After all he is my little brother (It’s only by 2 minutes but I’m still older) and me and him have been pretty much been a constant in each other’s lives, and so him being 4,600 miles away from the person you grew up with is very hard. He would hate me for calling him my little brother, especially as he is about 6 inches taller than me, but he’s nearly 5,000 miles away, so I’ll just face his wrath over Skype. He said to me he will try and bring me back some” Red Vines”. (If you have ever seen “A Very Potter Musical” and “A Very Potter Sequel” then you’ll understand my excitement over getting this sweetie) He also said he would try and bring us back some “Twinkies” which I am incredibly excited about. To basically round this paragraph up as I appear to be rambling, is that I am so proud of my brother and I hope he has the best time out in America. I will miss him so much while he is out there.

Anywho, not really had much to say today, but I shall write more once I’ve started my new job!

Live long and Prosper

H. x