The painful search for perfection

The recent passing of Hollywood actress Brittany Murphy has shone a bright light on the rather grim reality of the human drive to achieve absolute perfection. Though no conclusions have been formed on the Murphy death, and I would not like to speculate on this, it does have to be said that Murphy was a victim of this drive. A number of plastic surgery 'improvements' and what some would define as a food disorder (judging by recent pics that emerged shortly before her death), Murphy highlights the lengths that people are willing to go to, in order to reach their distorted goals.

'Tis the season to be greedy and miserable as sin.

What is it about this time of year that manages to turn most people into sneering, raging grinch's....People walk around supermarkets and shops with faces like slapped arses, ready to snap at anybody for anything, no matter how petty. Arguments over the last bag of parsnips, or the last trifle at the supermarket, are sure to be common place. What ever happened to festive spirit and goodwill to all men. If anything this season brings out the absolute worst in everyone.

Also this time of year manages to bring out everyone's greedy side. People stock up on the most ridiculous amount of food, that they would never manage to eat over the rest of the year, let alone the festive period. Trolleys stacked full of enough food to feed a starving third world country, and yet the same people will be back shopping on boxing day; (yes most shops are now open on boxing day, might as well just not bother closing for christmas day anymore), stocking up on even more food, you would think the apocalypse was coming, or that these people were never going to be able to buy food again,

So this year why not have a smile for your fellow man, and only stock up on things you actually need, enough of this senseless greediness. Enjoy your holiday season.

Nobody deserves it more

Ha Berlusconi...you utter twat.

Oh how the mighty fall

Tiger Wood's fall from grace has been alarmingly dramatic. Woods has now been dropped by a number of his biggest sponsors, as they shy away from his new tarnished image. The once squeaky clean golfer, a role model to many, will find it incredibly difficult to recover his image, which is seemingly damaged beyond repair. It just highlights how those in the public eye need to be very careful with their personal lives. Frankly, i do not give a fuck how many women Tiger has been screwing, or what he gets up to in his private life, but I do think whatever punishment he receives (in the form of dropped sponsors etc) is the correct price to pay for someone who put out such a clean image. If Woods had been a bad boy then things would have been different, but the fact that he projected himself as whiter than white; so to speak, means that he deserves everything coming his way.

Turning Vegan

I have been a vegetarian for over 6 years now, and for a while now I have been thinking about becoming a vegan. I still feel as though having a vegetarian diet; though infinitely better for the environment than a carnivorous one, is still harming the environment, and I do not want to contribute to the harming of animals in any way. So I am going to trial going vegan for a week, I will post my progress/failures here. I am a Vegan...starting now.

Just get a real one!

It has emerged this week, that the number one kids toy for this Christmas (a.k.a the stuff of parents nightmares, when rushing around last minute trying to get hold of one); the go-go hamster has a potential health risk. Our furry little friend has a potentially high amount of toxic chemicals, which can be linked to cancer. This again brings up the question for me...Why not get a real one? These toy hamsters are £9.99 a pop, plus the seemingly infinite range of toys and accessories you can purchase to go with it. My real hamster was free when I bought the cage (around £17), obviously you have the food/bedding/sawdust, but I imagine his longevity (despite him being just over 2) to be a lot longer than the go-go toy, which will probably fall the way of all the other christmas toy favourites, played with for a few weeks, then discarded as some new trend comes along. My real hamster does not pose any health risks to me, and he is not that high maintenance either. So parents/children why waste your money on the toy, when you can have the real thing which will give you a lot more joy in the long run, and will not pose any threat to your wellbeing...Well at least until it's time for him to pass into hamster heaven.