Foreword: I have always tried to explain to people how I managed to get myself out of my depressions, alone and without help from medication or therapy (I will refer to my depression as “my darkest hour” to annoy those who know a song by that name). Generally, when I begin to explain, I tend […]

I have been in a situation a lot lately with many people where despite the communication being all that it can be; and having a full grasp of what the other person is speaking about, I have failed totally to transfer my opinion across convincingly. Despite all facts, rationale and justifications that can only point […]

Being a dyslexic disabled student I always struggle with exams. Hehe. No! Not in that respect; I meant in the sense that they’re so utterly futile. Practicality aside, if written examinations were to be replaced by a different means of assessment, they’d be less qualified fools without a clue of what they’re qualified in, and […]

Those who know me need not be told that reading is a difficulty for me. This is not because I am uninterested or illiterate; in fact it is more to do with my eyes. As mentioned a couple of posts ago, asfedia has helped my eyes greatly in reading, however my eyes are and always […]

The post title refers to the new design layout of this website and by that: what the imagery running along the top represents. Incase you were thinking it was a festive gesture with iccles hanging from the top of the page: get your eyes examined. The meaning of the illustration in a vague sense can […]

I feel strongly about how people mis-lable themselves and expect you to believe them (…much like banage below). Why should we expect a self proclamation to be true? For example: a bus that says “Deluxe service”, on whose standard are they basing their statement? Worse still are those convenience shops that title themselves “Quality …” […]

Into my second week of uni this year and I’m finding I hate it already. Our modules (for civil engineering) consist of, accountancy matters, how to fill out application forms for jobs and how to write a CV and some subject that seems to cram everything we need to know into a watered down into […]

For the past month or so, I have found myself drawn to sloth on the weekends. Where I could quite simply go to the allotment for a couple of hours tend to the vegetables and keep things sociable with Bernard (my grandfather’s gardening friend). I find myself sat in my pyjamas at 9pm having spent […]

I was roped into visiting my grandmother at hospital today, her having had a hip replacement this week. I have been lately struggling to deal with visiting my grandmother. Her body has already given up on her and this decaying vessel (her body) is sustained by strong medication and regular visits by body/joint movers that […]

I was at work today (duh!) and whilst I was there I overheard two bricklayers speaking about the song on their radio (Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird), they went on to discuss the band and so on; one seemed rather ignorant to the song and the culture. Later, I decided to contribute my penny’s worth […]