The title of this blog is a fantastic song by Simple Minds. It was made famous by an even more fantastic film...The Breakfast Club. The reasoning for this title is...this may well be my last ever blog. *Gasp* I hear in my head (and not to mention a few cheers.) I just have definitely lost it. I mentioned this in passing last week...the desire to complain...it's just not worth it. I'm not even that funny any more, it's just shit. I haven't fully decided on this issue yet...though I would love to hear people's opinions. To be honest, Should I Stay or Should I Go by The Clash would have been more appropriate but I like to use a different band each week if I can. The challenge I set for myself of writing one every week, and coming up with a decent, long blog with a catchy, fitting title is one I have found so hard. I aim to please, but I am human...just ;). This blog will attempt to tackle all the things going on in my head. I'll just have to hope my stream of consciousness flows in some way that keeps it coherent.
The main problem I've had is...any issues lately, not only aren't worth ranting about but I certainly shouldn't rant about them. I'm not saying I'm funny, but I do try...and that's the problem. My blogs shouldn't be taken too seriously and so that immediately cuts out any news that is...well serious. The news story capturing most people's attention right now is the Jon Venebles' case. I won't go into too much detail, because A) I don't know a whole lot about the new quarrel the country has with him, apart from obviously being a baby killer and B) You should know the story, if you don't, you're either foreign or live under a rock, so both ;)
Basically, it's a serious case that needs someone to analyse it properly, do the research and give you a valid opinion. I don't want to do that! It just angers me too much, and so all you'd get would be "Blug, hsah, AHHSAHD!" rather than a well-informed opinion. And that's the case with a lot of serious news stories. There was one recently on the Catholic Church and their antics with Little Boys, but I have a good friend who's Catholic, and for once thought "I won't rant about this...even if it does piss me right off."
So now we know why it's so hard. What am I left with? Comedic rants about minor things? Please... Ok, this is the first and only time I'll admit this. I've read both of Charlie Brooker's Dawn of the Dumb and The Hell of it All. (Buy them, they are brilliant despite what I'm about to say.) However, they are a bit...samey if read too much at once. He's obviously intelligent, and is so spot on with comparisons/references that you can't help but laugh. Yet, it gets tedious, like all things, too much at once, you'll go off it (except with cigarettes apparently.) I want to write every week, but I don't want to bore you, and I feel I already am. So what else would you suggest? A philosophical teaching? A posting dedicated to one thing that I love? If we did that, what we end up with is my opinion taking up your time. If you wanted my opinion, which you don't, you'll ask, which you won't. Simple.
NEXT. Wrestlemania's coming up. I don't watch/like Wrestling at all...but goodness me, they do make it look fun! One particular promo (see end of blog, but don't skip ahead you tosser) made me more excited than
I'm entering Letchworth's Got Talent. I can hear you haters guffawing now, "What talent?!" I'm going in for Stand Up Comedy. It's one of those things...you only live once etc. I have mixed responses when I mention Stand Up to people. My own mother doesn't think I could do it, brilliant. I am also worried that my material might get censored...my brain works on awkward and sometimes offensive mode only. But here's hoping eh?
NEXT. (This seems to be a way to get out of making it flow...I'll try harder if there is a next time, promise. I did it once ok?) Anyway, another thing that does anger me...but a bit redundantly is the Kent State Shootings (in Ohio, not Kent University...). If you listen to Neil Young (which you should if you don't), it's one of his songs...aptly named Ohio! It wasn't the worst case of Police/National Guard brutality...see other cases, namely Rodney King (video is on youtube, you sick bastard) but it's enough to make you go "What the hell!". As one of my good friends Joe put it, "It was a middle finger to Freedom of Speech." Police brutality cases...or anything unjust make me angry, but I'm not going to bore you with the details of why it makes me angry...should be obvious enough. I'd be a hypocrite anyway. I complain when people say "Stop the Iraq War!" O for fuck sake, we know it's a bad thing, stop telling people. Or when people state they think Hitler's a bit of a bastard. WELL DUH. I only want to hear your opinion if it's controversial...and it should be the same for me.
NEXT. One minor thing, my history coursework is coming along great now with the research and now I just need to do a tad more and start writing it. Brilliant. Who of you gives a shit...really?
Last but not least, one thing that was going to be my original focus...nostalgia. It got scrapped because of this whole "Should I do more...etc" and also, not a lot I need to write.Instead of doing my history coursework, I've been youtubing old shows I used to watch, Rainbow being the chief show of interest. Do you know what nostalgia is? It's a double edged sword. You watch whatever it is with fond memories...but then you realise how rubbish it all is. The acting is bad, the scripts unbelievable and who thought up these wacky songs? WERE THEY HIGH?! But yes...I love it all the same...Geoffrey Hayes is a bit of a God in my child eyes (Now you can see why I didn't do a whole blog on it.)
Talking of nostalgia, I went to the zoo yesterday. I recommend you go, it's brilliant, it seriously cheers you up.
I suppose that's all folks...ideas would be appreciated in the comment section below...and like I said, should I stay or should I go? (I am such a natural poet.)
I know who should go for now...you. I mean it.
Now go away.
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