Oh dear oh dear, oh sodding dear!

Right now I'm stuck in Richard and Judy HELL (I know, I'm not proud of it, and I will be undergoing a lobotomy this time tomorrow) but there's this piece on some kid who set fire to himself.

"An Outrage!" "Lets blame TV!" "Jckass is Sick" "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, what a cock, he deserved to die!"

Guess which of those quotes was mine?!

This kind of argument comes up whenever theres something the government doesn't want us to know, or the Daily Mail reading masses realise they haven't been outraged by something that really, no one else gives a shit about. TV influences the actions of our impressionable youth. Its Evil, lets all go and join Amish communities.

If only they bloody would. Maybe then it would leave us to get on with our lives and, guess what? NOT MURDER ANYONE!

This kid in question is ten years old. His mates filmed him setting light to himself. Shit how I laughed when I just saw it!Just the sight of a running fire ball who is only ten years old is hilarious. Why isn't it on You've been Framed already? they could get 250 quid, instead they sent it to Richard and Judy, What dicks! I'm not outraged, why the hell should I be? If you ask me, he would have done all of us a favour and burned himself alive.The less dicks on this planet the better as far as I'm concerned.

Now apparantly, TV is being blamed, as entertainment always is when something negative happens. Gun crime goes up and suddenly rap music is to blame. Marylin Manson is responsible for Columbine and so on.

Not only are these kind of reactions way off the mark and reactionary, they are also highly dangerous.
Its just easier to pass the blame and free yourself of any responsiblity than tackle the real issues behind the problem. Where are the youth clubs where these kids can use their spare time constructively? Where are these initiatives that give these children an outlet for their unfocused energies and boredom?

Now why are these kids trying to test the lores of fire? Well, they are ten years old, who hasn't burned down a house or two by the age of ten? Lets face it, fire is cool! Anyway, so what if these people want to hurt themselves to keep people like me amused? Its their choice, and I know they're stupid, but fuck em, they wanna endanger themselves, let em. Its funny!

In anycase, if TV has so much influence over our actions, how come we're not all gourmet chefs or world famous interior designers?

I hate stupid ignorant people. Especially stupid ignorant people on TV. Yes Richard and Judy, watch out, I'm on to you!*

(I wonder how long before the MI5 are on to me now? Humourless jobsworths!!!)

*yet anoher legal note:
I have never thought of...ok, I have, but I have never taken, nor will take steps to track down, maime, gut, or disembowell Richard and Judy.....
- posted by pearly @ 9:09 AM

 
I'm trying, really trying to hate stuff at this precise moment in time, because my hate and pain is your entertainment.

You sick bastards.

But I can't. Now, whether that's a sign of my ever growing maturity or the drink talking, I don't know, but what I do know is how to spell antidisestablishmentarianism.

Oh. Yes. Get in!

So Friday is St Georges day. Yipee, can't fucking wait. Personally, I think its an excuse for a load of skinheads, sorry, patriots, to be proud of their heritage (the sum total of their parents humping in the back of a 1969 ford Escort in Dartford) by drinking nine pints of stella and beating up anyone that looks as though they might be foreign.

Ah, I love England!

Now forgive me if I don't share the sentiments of my fellow inebriates, but I think there's something slightly dodgy about worshipping some bloke WHO WAS FRENCH who slayed a mythical creature. Am I missing something somewhere? Though, where I come from, The Tweenies is considered compulsive viewing among those oh so fucking affluent 16 - 24 year olds....

Anyway, having said that, I'm working in a pub full of said gentlemen and their bints this coming Friday, I reckon I'll fit right in! In anycase, I can categorically state without fear of recrimination that they are all a bunch of useless sad fat twats who hopefully wil buy me drinks. And call me a hypocrite, but MORE BEER!!!!!!!!

Remember me as I am if I happen to be killed on Friday, chin chin!


- posted by pearly @ 1:46 PM

 
Sundays are really boring. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind that its a day off, indeed, days off are good (especially if you've had a months worth of days off..) but Why Sunday?
There are plenty of days instead of Sunday, maybe perhaps a Tuesday. Wednesday would be perfect, but Sunday? SUNDAY?! They are wank!

Lets go through it. Today, Sunday. What has everyone done in my flat? They have gone to watch the London Marathon on the streets. In the cold. Getting wet.

Me? I watched the bloody thing on TV. Warm, comfy AND BLOODY BORING. ITs not the marathons fault, even though in itself is mind numbingly dull. The only exciting thing about Marathon day is tuning into the evening news to see how many of the stupid neanderthols dressed as a really cheap Mr Blobby dropped dead of a heart attck two and a half miles from the start line.

Its the sense of dread and foreboding that you get when you think that work is only twenty four hours away that I hate. I have learnt in fact, that i hate work. Not just my work, but all kinds of work. Thats why I want to be a student again. I worked out that I'd be financially better off as a poor student than in a full time job! How shit is this country!!!!!

I really did not want to be one of those people who take out huge student loans, eat pot noodles, drink lots of cheap french beer, but sod it, it looks like destiny!

Anyway, I hate Sundays. And by the time I'm a student again, I'll hate all the other days too. And you too probably. So there.
- posted by pearly @ 8:22 AM

 
You people out there must be Cure fans by now! If you've been following this pretty regularly over the past few weeks and are still here, you deserve a medal! I have been a right miserable git and no mistaking, and its only due to a handful of people that I am laughing now, so I'd like to say thank you to them. Though I'm sure you know who you are,so I'm not going to embarrass you by naming names, but you are the best. Thank you.

Not that the journeys over. Hell no. I wish I could say that after a lot of soul searching I have found answers, I wish that I could proclaim that I have sorted all of lifes problems out, but alas that will never happen! Its me! I don't think my life would be any cop if I didn't have some kind of trauma every few weeks. I'm fairly useless at pretty much everything! But thats what makes it all so brilliantly confusing. Though the mind bending drugs are helping somewhat, and my dealer is a very rich man now*

*legal disclaimer: Drugs are bad, don't do em, no good at all eeeeeevil.

See, now I've said that, I can now say, They're wicked, do lots....all the time.

Oh dear, slightly side tracked now.

Infact, probably best if I left it there for now, I need food.....
- posted by pearly @ 7:26 AM

 
Ahhh, People...

All is very very confusing in The cell! Over the past two or so weeks, I have had a very early mid life crisis, and decided what?

I decided to make like ostrich and go find some sand!

In truth, I have figured that, while the band is my future, and where I will ultimately find happiness and fulfilment, I need to do something else with my life too.
After alot of soul searching, I have decided to go and be a student.....properly this time, not some poncey drama school student, a right proper snotty smelly stewdent.

I want to be a teacher.

I can try and deny that is what I want, but I would be lying, and look where that gets people! Incase, just incase this search for acceptance within the world arena via music doesn't work out, I would like to help as many kids grow up with the same oppurtunities that I had as a child. And the more I think about it, the more it makes sense. Rewarding, fulfilling, and fun. What more could anyone need?

The band will always be my prority. I've probably denied myself many oppurtunities because of my love the band and the guys in it, but that's what you do when you believe in something as passionately as that. Hell, it may be tough, yeah you feel like hitting objects regularly, you may even be forever broke, but that's the journey my friends, and I wouldn't want it any other way.

But just incase.....
- posted by pearly @ 1:19 PM