Sucker Punch to the Face!

Whassup, bro's!

Well, that was certainly unexpected although, upon closer inspection with the weather changing maybe it wasn't... a meeting with a new friend got called off! :(

What I'm talking about tonight is one of those little subjects that oftentimes causes people to go off half-cocked and complain how a 'last minute change of heart' caused everything to fall apart in life!

You know the situations I'm talking about, the ones where everything seems to be going a-okay only for something to happen to send them askew (usually something out of your control!). Now, it's at this point that you can react one of two ways: -

Better Things to Complain About...

Whassup, bro's!

Well, this post certainly has been overdue, even though it's only two days since my last one!

What I'm addressing today is the class of people (I'd want to say 'idiot' but that's a tad harsh, only a tad, mind!) out there that seem to have nothing better to do than complain about things that are of no consequence to them and their livelihoods (or at the very least not as much as they are making out!)!

You know the sort, they seem to be waiting for the Idiot's Lantern (or "TV" for the mooks out there!) to churn out something that they find so offensive that they just HAVE to complain to the TV watchdogs that they "had no right to show that because they found it offensive". It's like they're saying they have a right not to be offended instead of simply picking and choosing properly what offends them!

F1:Australia - A Sodden Melbourne...

Whassup, whassup!

Well, the 2013 Formula 1 season is finally underway with Kimi Raikonnen taking the chequered flag ahead of Fernando Alonso and, in my view, he was well worthy of the win as, from the moment he took that lead, his team worked out a 2 stop strategy was the way to win that one!

Life to the Full...

Whassup! :)

Someone once said that you've got to take a look around every once in a while and appreciate your current situation no matter how bad it seems and there's many a truth in a statement like that because we can be so easy at times to snap-judge what goes on around us and assume it's all, well, s***e!

At this point, I say "don't be so serious all the frickin' time"! Life's too damn short to spend it looking at the speed bumps we hit, and we should just, as my good mate Johnny says "crack on" and get doing what we're called to.

"But how do I know what that is?" you cry and I say take a look at what you're good at and BE THE BEST AT IT!!!

Getting Into the Groove

Well, I certainly feel like a groove has been attained now that I'm onto my eighth post in this here blog...

Early impressions for me are certainly that I'm enjoying this (can you not tell already?) as it gives me a chance to just vent about stuff that pecks at my head, grinds my gears and just in general is better put down in digits than it is trapped up top.

Last night, as an example, I sat down to watch my fix of Family Guy and, lo and behold, who was parodied? But Leonard Hofstadter & Sheldon Cooper from the excellent sitcom "The Big Bang Theory"!

Motoriffic Thoughts...

Hey bro's!

Given that I said in my last entry about making it quick and then going on to ramble about what was really grinding my gears, I figured this time I'd correct that by stating my thoughts, as clearly and as concisely as possible, for the new F1 & MotoGP seasons.

From the Sublime, to the Ridonkulous!

Well, it's that time again folks!

It's just hit 1:20am UK time when I started to write this, so I'll try and keep it brief because, whilst I still want it to count towards my 17 in 25 challenge (which it tot's does!), I don't wanna be up for too much longer tonight!

First off on my hit list is my so called 'Sublime'...

Wembley For Wigan!

Well, this was certainly an unexpected event!

I've already declared my footballing loyalties in a previous post, a London red (for you to figure out, but it's not hard really!) but as a neutral, I could not go without commenting on the Everton vs. Wigan Athletic game in the 6th Round of the FA Cup.

On paper, it looked as though this could have been a walk in the park for Everton against a Wigan Athletic side who were looking to put some solidarity in their results and performances after a straight 50-50 split of two wins and two defeats, scoring 10 whilst conceding 5 in the process. This compares with Everton's also 50-50 split of two wins and two defeats, yet their goal tally tells a slightly different story, scoring 7 whilst leaking 4.

With that in mind, maybe this result was foretold!

Within the first half hour Wigan were all over the Toffees like a rash and let me tell you, when I was putting the finishing touches to my lunch (cheese & onion quiche, wedges & veg thank you kindly!) in the kitchen, I heard the commentators go ape as the first goal went in. I thought 'here we go, Everton have started like they did against Oldham the last time out...'

How wrong I was...

A Week To Remember... Not One To Forget!

Hey bro's!

Well, this is the start now of my 17 in 25 challenge, in that I aim to, over the next twenty five days, write seventeen posts in my blog, so I'd best get racking my brains to figure out what I'm gonna rant about, right?

This time it's gonna be a brief synopsis of a subject I've always put a lot of myself into; goal setting.

I'm all for setting goals for oneself especially if it helps you achieve the things you know you want to achieve before this year's out. What I'm not for is those who talk the talk, but when it comes down to the crunch, when the challenge is laid bare, they just cannot be arsed to do anything about what they've set out to do.

Resolutions for one thing... I cannot stand them, I think they're a pointless waste of time (I was going to say 'waist of time' because most are to do with some people's innate desire to get fit every time a new year comes around), why? Simply because most of them are so far-fetched and the person so ill-equipped to live up to their own expectations!

A Red?! Really?

Having just finished watching the Man Utd match against Real Madrid, I can honestly say that I do think that they (Man U) were unlucky to be reduced to ten men like that and that Lee Dixon's comments about a yellow being sufficient are spot on.

Now personally, I don't actually support them, never really have but the game was definitely an enjoyable affair for a neutral such as myself (my loyalties lie in the red half of London) as both teams looked to seize the initiative in the second half of the tie. Wouldn't you know it though, that Cristiano Ronaldo scored?! It was at least decent of him not to celebrate out of respect for a former club, I'll say...

Anyway, onto what's really grinding my gears at the moment at that has to be... employers!

Having spent almost a year now in the market for a job, I find that my options despite coming from an IT background, are only as limited as my imagination. This way, it means that I can never be bogged down in circumstance and start b*tching & complaining that I 'haven't got this/that', when the reality of the situation is that I have a whole heap more than some and yet a great deal less than others.

The key here is to be satisfied with whatever one has at any one given moment. To some this is not easy because their eyes are always a-wandering around looking for what they want/need next, when the reality of the situation is (for me anyways, which is what this blog's about if you hadn't figured out by now!) that we are all part of a much bigger picture...

Take me for example...