Saturday 23 May 2009

The Loosest Of Cannons

My opinions have never been popular. My friends call me a champagne socialist (which really hacks me off, especially as poorer people who vote for right-wing parties never get labelled in a similar way- Vimto conservative, anyone?). My own mother regularly asks me, given that I seem to disagree with everything and everyone, what it is that I actually do like. My forthright opinions get me into trouble with plenty of people, my refusal to be censored in any way doesn't make for a very popular person within student media, and I even seem to get stick for the things that I don't have an opinion about either way, like 'student politics'. Whatever the hell that is.

I see nothing wrong with being dissatisfied, however. I am not a naturally unhappy person. Anyone that has ever spent time with me, been to an event with me, had a beer with me, will know that I'm pretty easy going, like a laugh and enjoy myself immensely. The things that make me happy are multiple. But there is no good in being happy with everything. Countless things in this world make me angry, irritable or upset, from the serious stuff like nuclear weapons and MPs ripping off the public with their expenses claims, to the extremely mundane everyday occurrences like people walking slowly in front of you when you're in a rush, vegetarians that eat fish, or pesky girls that mess you about. The purpose of this blog is to give me a forum in which to vent my fury and distaste at certain aspects of life. In a way, it's therapy. In a way, it's an attempt to save numerous friendships that are nearing disaster because I can't keep my (mostly cynical and negative) thoughts to myself. If I choose to vent my feelings, people around me have no choice but to listen, or create a row by not doing so. If I write what has particularly irked me here, then you are choosing to read it. Which of course makes you a very sensible human being.

So, here it is, 'The World Is Red', a blog devoted to the ramblings of a man who is very possibly insane.

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