All Appears to be Peaceful and Quiet Now

Somebody down our street has constantly been letting of fireworks most of last night and also during today. It stopped about an hour ago at about 22.00 hours. Once again, I will be glad when the nights surrounding Bonfire Night are over (the actual celebration day is 5th November). For all you people not of English origin, this day is commemorated to celebrate the anniversary of stopping Guy Fawkes and his men committing the act of blowing up the Houses of Parliament.

The shops start selling these fireworks about six weeks before Bonfire Night and I and many other people feel it is far too early. A week beforehand should be sufficient. The question is, are these fireworks that are set off too early purchased from the shops or are they of a dubious nature i.e. illegal imports. We may never know.

The thing that worries me is why the need to constantly annoy the neighbours with noise pollution from these things. That is another thing we may never know.

Smoking

I am a smoker and yes I know that it is bad for me. Bad for my health and also bad on the old wallet.

I have smoked since I was fifteen which makes me a smoker for twenty eight years (not quite, as I gave up for eighteen months over nine years ago).

I have no problem with other people smoking and when I gave up I did not pester anybody as I felt I did not have the right to tell smokers what to do. Some ex smokers are the worst for preaching on the subject of giving up. Mind you, I have known non smokers really go to town on the subject and they will never understand because they do not known how difficult it is to give up the weed.

I myself actually think that smoking is a disgusting habit, especially in this day and age as there are now so few smokers. Smoking makes your clothes smell, your breath smell and it is a very unsociable habit. I sometimes feel as though I am an outcast, but this is only because of the way I feel in my mind when smoking within a public area.

When I gave up smoking, it was great. I had more money to spend on tangible goods and even had money left in the bank at the end of the month. I was able to smell nice smells but people didn't tell me that you could also smell horrible smells just as well.

It was hard at first, but I used my willpower and was able to succeed until I reached a point were I was able to cope with the cravings. The reason I started again was because I had not been in a pub for a while, but when I did venture back into the pub, I started smoking large cigars which in turn led to small cigars and you can probably guess the rest.

I want to give up again, but am finding it hard the second time around. It did help the first time when I had people I could gauge myself against, this time I don't. I also especially need to give up to encourage a relative of mine to quit as well due to their health issues.

I am writing this as I hope somehow it will give me a well needed kick up the backside and help me quite.

Wish me luck.

ps. Thanks to the person who posted a comment on my previous post about Cigarette smoking.

Cigarette Smoking

I intend at some point to give my viewpoints on smoking. I smoke myself so do not think
that I am having a go at other smokers, but feel that I would like to have my say on the subject. I might write about it tomorrow, the day after or later on in the week, who knows!

Stay tuned to this blog for further details.

Strange Dreams

It is very rare that I remember any of my dreams as I tend to be a heavy sleeper, but today I slept for a while longer and had one of the strangest dreams that I have ever had.

My dream was quite long, but the bit I do remember is when somebody advised me to push a burning chair down the roof entrance of the pub next to my house. This is what I did and I could hear all the screams and the shouting down below. I awoke as this was quite a nightmare, but could not stop laughing as I kept re-enacting in my mind the part when the shouting and screaming occurred. I was laughing because this part of the dream was quite absurd.

I fell back to sleep again and just before I awoke, there were two people examining the lock on my front door. I sensed that one of them was the brother of a victim of the pub fire and that he wanted revenge. Obviously, I was quite frightened.

I know it was a strange dream and quite unusual for me to carry on a dream after waking up, but must have something heavy on my mind at the time.

Communication

Isn't it funny that we have more ways to communicate with people we know than ever before and yet we actually seem to communicate less. Why?

My personal opinion is that time is short and people seem to think that they have more to do in their lives. Also we have become more insular over the recent years and more and more people are pouring over their computers rather than actively meeting people in the flesh regardless of whether they are interesting or not.

It frightens me a little that within the next twenty years computers will become more adaptable to where you will not have to leave your home at all. Depending on your circumstances, you could work at home, take school lessons at home and even now you can order almost anything you want on the internet (including food) so you do not have to leave the comfort of your abode.

Bobby's Bright Blue Baseball Boots

I've decided to name my new blog with the above title. You may think i'm mad or what!
There's a perfectly logical reason for this - to pay tribute to my younger brother living many, many miles away from me .

When he was younger, my brother had a friend and they were both into playing synths. Our kid said that if they was to form a group they would go by the above moniker. Good original thinking by a clever and wise teenager. Well it amused and tickled me at the time and still does.

Music

I am a massive fan of a number of types of music and am rather pleased that I am able to have running more than one blog. I will therefore have my blog centred on a number of prog rock groups up and running when I can be bothered. I have to think of a title for this new blog. I'll be back.

Invasion on My Property

I was feeling very good today but this has not lasted as my back- yard gate was open which was locked from the inside. Upon going out I found that my shed door was open and a ladder was taken out. Nothing was taken as the contents of the shed is rubbish awaiting to be disposed of.

What has really annoyed me is that these people think that they have certain rights to enter another persons property. They do not, and this shows that they have no respect for anybody.
I wouldn't dream of entering another persons property without their permission probably because I was brought up to give respect.

I know I will be feeling better later on today as I do not bear any malice but just do not like the feeling of being walked over.

What's This, a Picture of Me?

What Shall I Write About?

I was just thinking what to write about and the thought crossed my mind that will I act the like the typical Aquarian that I am and soon get bored of this and move onto something that will be new and exciting. Well, for a short while anyway.

I feel quite calm at this moment in time. It probably helps that I am going out tonight - yippee!!!

The above sentence may make me appear to be miserable. I can assure you that I am not. I tend to have a very happy go lucky nature and get along with almost everybody I meet. I was going to say that I don't have any enemies, but to use the word enemies is a little strong. I do tend to think that there are some people in this world that are not of the same nature as myself and therefore our paths do not have to be intertwined and leave it at that.

I do have moments when I feel a little fed up. Who wouldn't if they were in the same unemployment situation as I am. The one thing is though, I am able to bounce back as I know that there a better moments around the corner. I would also like to point out that the little amount of family I have left and the few real friends that I have help enormously. You know who you are!

Cherrio.

First Posting

Well, Hello. This is my first ever, ever blog and I thought that I would like to comment about what is happening in my world and what my thoughts and feeling are at the moment.

Please bear with my grammar as I am not always quite adept at putting my thoughts into words. I tend to be a little ham-fisted and find that when I read things back they can be quite stilted. Spelling is generally quite fine.

Anyway, I hope there is somebody out there that gets to read this and provide comments when required.