Tuesday 31 July 2007

Big Brother Fiasco

Why do they try to stir things up in Big Brother by swapping housemates between the two houses through a silly stunt like the jack-in-a-box timer?
This could seriously damage the longevity of favourites like Liam.

Anyway what is the point of Big Brother unless it is a metaphor for how our society is run. This is by using the people to herd other people into conformity. Sheep herding sheep. Our society is becoming more and more like a cross between 1984 and Brave New World.

Sunday 22 July 2007

Big Bother

Big Brother gives an indication of who people interact in a closed situation. It is interesting to observe behaviour patterns that are like people I know in the real world. For example, Ziggy and Chanelle are acting a lot like a couple that I know (with the bickering and breaking up and getting together again). Also, I think that I am more like Gerry than anyone else. There are people, like Charley, who are grabbing attention and argue for no proper reason. I think some of the things that Big Brother does are childish and trashy but what do you expect from reality TV?

I would like to see a house full of intelligent people and people who can do a lot more than talk about wanting to be famous or arguing about some food going missing. It is boring. There should be people in the house who can tell jokes, imaginative stories, talk about culture and politics and come up with games to play in the house. Also, what is wrong with a series long plant to mess things around in the quiet weeks and a hidden task for boys and girls to get off with each other?

Anyway enough said for now. Bye.

Monday 9 July 2007

Smoking ban in UK

A lot of people smoke in the UK. They often use pubs and some go gambling whilst others smoke at work. So the government should be glad they are getting their money worth. Now there are a lot of people struggling at the work place and who cannot drink and smoke at the same time. Yet alcohol and stress are bigger killers than smoking.

People who do not smoke need smoke free environments. They can have smoke free areas and smoke free restaurants, workplaces and bars. So why make all places of work and all public places that have food totally smoke free? This defies logic especially where some pubs only serve hot food for two hours each day and bingo halls have a clientele that are very unlikely to stop smoking even if the price of a pack of cigarettes doubles.

This is a strange one by the UK government and one of many things that Tony Blair put through before he handed the baton over. Remember it was his government that put marijuana down to class C and who decided to invade Iraq with the Bush baby.

On yes the companies that benefit are those that manufacture and sell those nasty (and probably addictive) nicotine replacement treatments. I suppose the government is getting a huge cut on those products from the taxes levied.

The best advice anyone ever said is to never start smoking and drink in moderation. So many of us binge drink and smoke pot!

Sunday 8 July 2007

Peroxide Blondes and Clones

I find it annoying when people buy or do things just because they see someone on TV with this item or looking that way. Examples include extreme slimming to look like emaciated supermodels, wearing designer clothes that cost a bomb, and buying the latest gadgets that depreciate to half their value after a couple of months.

What I am interested in knowing is the percentage of natural blondes who live in the UK and how many more people dye their hair to look like them. Whilst it is disgusting to see the roots of the natural colour peek through it is even more worrying to find so many people that naive and gullible to look like other people just to attract the opposite sex.

It is one of many instances of clone-washing that stretches from the use of mobile phones for idle chatter, overpowering make-up and perfumes and laptops taken everywhere so the owners can continue working when they leave their offices. It is called progress and its price can be seen all around us.

There are all the CCTV cameras, the smoking ban and the massive increase in depression, stress and mental illness. Fear is increasing as we enter the 19 Brave New World 84 zone.