Everyone's a professional......?

I've been thinking about this for the past few days now, I'm supposed to be revising for the exams that contribute to 40% of my final degree, but why do that when you have the cognitive ability and wisdom that I possess.
The other day, I slacked off a pound a pint night at my local pub for a good bit of wife swap, what a student i am.....! I live with 4 lovely girls, b ut only ever see three of them, and during the show we were sat there shouting at the screen....we had all become clinical/family psychologists. Comments such as 'she doesn't pay enough attention to her son' or 'it's not a problem with him, she has some inner problems herself' were thrown in the mix. We had all become psychologists.
Next up was American Idol (oh yes, I live in the house of fun), oh my word, we were on form, we were professional voice coaches, giving advice and bitching about bad performances. The same happens in so many different programs (Nanny 911 is a particular favourite), we all sit there thinking that we are the trained knowledgeable professionals that we obviously are not.
I think that's what these programs do though, they make us feel liberated, make individuals feel better about themselves purely because they are able to take a role in 'How little jimmy should be going to bed half an hour earlier, and because he's not he'll grow up into a f**kwit.'
Ah well, life goes on.

Me

Just so all you inquisitive people can see me here is a photo, wasn't sure how else to do this so here it is.
Some of you may recognise that background, yes, that's bully's category from bullseye!
I was a contestant throwing the darts with one of my housemates answering the questions, how cool is that!
If you're not too sure what bullseye is, check out wikipedia, its got a brilliant description of it that I purely can't be arsed to write!
Peace

Why can't i work

Work has never been my strong point, I have always struggled with keeping my mind focussed on one particular thing for longer than that of a rather intellectual goldfish.
I'm not quite sure why this is, maybe it's too much caffeine, not enough exercise, too much greasy food, too much television, too many computer games......whatever it is i'm sure i've had too much of it! (except exercise of course)
I've never been much of a positive thinker, it's something I struggle with, it always seems so much easier to look at negatives. Whilst on the phone to mum on the way home complaining about how 'I can't do this, I can't do that', mum pointed out something ver profound to me - 'I've not heard you say a positive thing about you and your work so far.' - I think she was onto something there.
Lets be honest, I have done a lot of revision (for me), but all I see is the massive mountain ahead of me, not the half mountain that I've already conquered. She reminded me that it is important to remember the positives, PMA and all that jazz. From now on I'm going to do my best to try and be positive about what I've already done, and even more positive that I can carry on and not let the dreaded exams beat me.

Religion....not Revision

My older brother Nick has his own block at http://learningtowalk.blogs.com where he likes to put down his everyday thoughts and puts his own religious spin on things. I really enjoy reading what he writes, and for someone who has been out of full time education for such a long time he writes damn well.
Whilst reading his blogs on a variety of different topics (check it out - defo worth a read) I often reflect on his religious beliefs and the difference between him and myself.
I think ultimately we are extremely similar, we look alike (i'm better looking), have (mostly) the same principles and live our lives as well as we can. One thing is majorly different and that is our view on life. He is an optimist and, although he might struggle sometimes, he always manages to see the positive side of things no matter how crappy they may be. This is a massive change from myself who is the synical pessimist of the century.
I was always brought up with religion rammed down my throat, this combined with modern society and the people I socialise with has really put me off religion, I don't especially fancy living my life according to what I see as an (extremely) ellaborate story, which is what I essentially see religion as. This is in NO way meant to offend anyone, but is purely my view. But I can't help but realise, and be jealousof, the happy, social and altogether close community that my brother seems to be a member of, no pressure, no need to impress your peers......this is purely down to his beliefs and others that share that same factor.

I have thought for a long time about religion, I have tried my hardest to make myself believe, but it was upon being told 'If you have to force yourself, it is not a true belief.' This rang true and I have (for now) given up, who knows what the future holds.
I think ultimately, I like the idea of believing, it answers unanswered questions and generally makes things a lot easier, the community religion provides is also outstanding and that is something that no-one can ever take away, the support given and the friendships made is truly amazing.

the world of the blog

I've been meaning to do something like this for a long time. I has been a while now that we have been hearing about the phenomenon that is 'blogging'. I never really had time to do it before, but now I've actually got something to do, i thought I'd take the time out to actually set one up. I hope you enjoy reading my words of wisdom.
Leave any comments, good or bad, all reactions would be appreciated!
Peace