Ok, I know I have not updated the blogger since november, but lots of issues have affected my life which I would rather not talk about at the mo. But felt I had to give an update,
So the new Website is http://www.calumbus.weebly.com/ and this will be about my bus related activities, however I will still post on here when things have settled down abit as I am sure you have all missed my rants.
Anyway TTFN
Monday, 13 February 2012
Sunday, 6 November 2011
The march of the Lemmings
Society is one big march of the lemming heading toward the edge of a cliff, Tv and mass media help us head in that direction, giving us soap opera's X factor, Coming dancing on ice, where the audience are invited to phone voted at £10 per minute for the minimum of 20 minutes. Magazines and newspapers sell us the lifestyles of the rich and famous, who get up to alsorts, because they are bored and want attention, and the fact those publications have no real new to report
The conditioning starts at a very early age, when the children when they reach a certain age and are taught the ways which are going to help them find jobs and start families in later life, I know this has been touched on in previous blogs
The class rooms are all full of children reciting the same answers as a unit, the ones who dont fit in are singled out and given a label, such as ADHD etc, but maybe there creativity is catered for in other ways, maybe they need encouraging to find there talents, and once those talents are found then those talents are encouraged, rather than being given up on. We all have differant talents
You have those people who think differently in life, those who go against the grain of society, like a salmon swimming upstream and jumping the waterfall, countless fail on the way but there are the few that get there, and good luck to them, What is normal? We are all differant, we are all individuals, every single one of us
How many of us exercise our own thoughts, and set our minds and spirits free, well not many. Our fast paced lifestyles dictate we cant, so we follow the crowd like the lemmings and cast the ones who are differant as misfits. The world is mad and we are all normal, or vice versa.
TTFN
The conditioning starts at a very early age, when the children when they reach a certain age and are taught the ways which are going to help them find jobs and start families in later life, I know this has been touched on in previous blogs
The class rooms are all full of children reciting the same answers as a unit, the ones who dont fit in are singled out and given a label, such as ADHD etc, but maybe there creativity is catered for in other ways, maybe they need encouraging to find there talents, and once those talents are found then those talents are encouraged, rather than being given up on. We all have differant talents
You have those people who think differently in life, those who go against the grain of society, like a salmon swimming upstream and jumping the waterfall, countless fail on the way but there are the few that get there, and good luck to them, What is normal? We are all differant, we are all individuals, every single one of us
How many of us exercise our own thoughts, and set our minds and spirits free, well not many. Our fast paced lifestyles dictate we cant, so we follow the crowd like the lemmings and cast the ones who are differant as misfits. The world is mad and we are all normal, or vice versa.
TTFN
Saturday, 5 November 2011
Self actualisation do we ever reach it?
I'm starting the blog with a question, and to me the answer is no, we never fully reach self actualisation, because we are looking for the next fix, the next opportunity. lets face humans are ambitious beings, they are the ones who made that extra step in the evolution chain.
What is everyones idea of self actualisation? well to some it is being comfotable, living in a new house, with a family, driving that ideal car and having the ideal job. but not many people actually get there, but they dream of it, and media use those dreams and aspirations to sell there wares to the masses, "you too could look good if you buy our product",
Lets look at me, Iam 34, worked hard for more years than I care to remember, I enjoy life, well when not walked over by people, but that is another story. I dont have the best car in the world, At present I still live with my mother, but I have followed my dream, done my ideal job and have many hours of fun in the process.
Iam still single, but the write one hasnt come along yet and doubt if she will because I am one picky bastard, but I refuse to let that get me down, I dont pay to go on dating sites and I dont spend the night going from pub to club looking for someone. I'm not interested and to be honest prefer to sit on my shelf at times observing everyone else. I am digressing.
I suppose if we look at the Maslow the basic needs are shelter, food and companionship, now I have a roof over my head, and I do eat, I have skipped the third, although I was there once. I do have lots of good friends though. Ok so just the Esteem to achieve and self actualisation to get to.
Now Esteem or confidence, well I have it in some ways such as driving, and having a laugh with my mates, but when comes to finding the ideal life partner then it goes out the window.
We all want to belong, be part of that clique and we do get there, its all about following the crowd, going with the flow. Unfortunately something I wont do, I refuse to follow the crowd, simply because just because everyone else watches X factor then why should I?. This probably explains why I get frustrated with things.
I suppose to get where we want in life we have to think for ourselves, open up our minds to new thinking and get out the comfort zones and live a little. Maybe have a read of Maslow yourselves. We all have times of caos but we just have to get through them.
ttfn
What is everyones idea of self actualisation? well to some it is being comfotable, living in a new house, with a family, driving that ideal car and having the ideal job. but not many people actually get there, but they dream of it, and media use those dreams and aspirations to sell there wares to the masses, "you too could look good if you buy our product",
Lets look at me, Iam 34, worked hard for more years than I care to remember, I enjoy life, well when not walked over by people, but that is another story. I dont have the best car in the world, At present I still live with my mother, but I have followed my dream, done my ideal job and have many hours of fun in the process.
Iam still single, but the write one hasnt come along yet and doubt if she will because I am one picky bastard, but I refuse to let that get me down, I dont pay to go on dating sites and I dont spend the night going from pub to club looking for someone. I'm not interested and to be honest prefer to sit on my shelf at times observing everyone else. I am digressing.
I suppose if we look at the Maslow the basic needs are shelter, food and companionship, now I have a roof over my head, and I do eat, I have skipped the third, although I was there once. I do have lots of good friends though. Ok so just the Esteem to achieve and self actualisation to get to.
Now Esteem or confidence, well I have it in some ways such as driving, and having a laugh with my mates, but when comes to finding the ideal life partner then it goes out the window.
We all want to belong, be part of that clique and we do get there, its all about following the crowd, going with the flow. Unfortunately something I wont do, I refuse to follow the crowd, simply because just because everyone else watches X factor then why should I?. This probably explains why I get frustrated with things.
I suppose to get where we want in life we have to think for ourselves, open up our minds to new thinking and get out the comfort zones and live a little. Maybe have a read of Maslow yourselves. We all have times of caos but we just have to get through them.
ttfn
Friday, 4 November 2011
Well heres to the dawn of a new age
So last nights blogg was a catch up and reflection of the past few months, little did I know that life would have turned out the way it has. Got to ask the question where do I want it to go next?
This is the first in a serious of blogs, that will chart my progress as I get some projects in life off the ground, My life plan or business plan of my life if you like. I am holding alot of cards close to my chest, as events will unfold, but it will be interesting.
One thing I did forget to mention was the return of a long lost friend back in to my life, I have known this person on and off for about 20 years now, and I used to spend many weekends sweeping his buses out as a kid. He has shaped some of my ways. This person came back in to my life just before the weekend I went to Scotland.
Talking about Scotland, the Gorgious city of Edinburgh which is one of my favourite places, is part of my Clans ancestoral home, (the other place is Inverness), which explains why I feel at home there.
Right down to business, I am now 34, at a stage in life, where I have done my dream job now I want more out of life. I know I am not ready to settle down, marry and start a family yet, dont think I ever will be to be honest, as I know there is so much I want to do and would be unfair on a future wife and family. Sounds harsh but I am being realistic.
If I was to have a family I would want to devote alot of time to them, I know I cant at the mo, but maybe a year down the line I will think different.
So the last few years have been interesting to say the least I know I havent really spoke about the events but Somethings are best buried. But they have taught me a vital lesson, and that is the most important thing we must learn, we can all sit a University course, but sometimes the school of life is the best way to learn.
Now we all reach points where we have to take a look at our selves and see where we are going wrong, where we need to improve, our strengths our wekaness. How many of us actually take time to sit and and actually do this, I dont, because I am caught up in the rigours of life.
A very wise man,(and he will know who he is), once said to me, you have a problem, stand back and look at it, then the solution will be staring you in the face.
The Chinese have the same word for opportunity and threat. Infact the chinese are wise people, they speculate, well they leased a piece of land to the British empire, and what happened? Well it was developed in to a world centre of commerce for the brits to hand it back in 1997 fully delveloped. They only subscribed to communism in the last century, But I am digressing.
My strengths are I work hard, and care about things, my weakness is I work hard and care about things, we have to look at differant perspectives. You watch the news about the war in Iraq and we get one side of the story, watch Al-jazeera and you get the other side of the story. I do look at both sides of a story. To quote Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow in one of their songs there is are 3 sides to a story, mine and yours and the truth. never a true word said.
I know Iam at that time of life where I can still be in control before age starts going against me. Only time will tell, Stay tuned for the next installment.
TTFN
This is the first in a serious of blogs, that will chart my progress as I get some projects in life off the ground, My life plan or business plan of my life if you like. I am holding alot of cards close to my chest, as events will unfold, but it will be interesting.
One thing I did forget to mention was the return of a long lost friend back in to my life, I have known this person on and off for about 20 years now, and I used to spend many weekends sweeping his buses out as a kid. He has shaped some of my ways. This person came back in to my life just before the weekend I went to Scotland.
Talking about Scotland, the Gorgious city of Edinburgh which is one of my favourite places, is part of my Clans ancestoral home, (the other place is Inverness), which explains why I feel at home there.
Right down to business, I am now 34, at a stage in life, where I have done my dream job now I want more out of life. I know I am not ready to settle down, marry and start a family yet, dont think I ever will be to be honest, as I know there is so much I want to do and would be unfair on a future wife and family. Sounds harsh but I am being realistic.
If I was to have a family I would want to devote alot of time to them, I know I cant at the mo, but maybe a year down the line I will think different.
So the last few years have been interesting to say the least I know I havent really spoke about the events but Somethings are best buried. But they have taught me a vital lesson, and that is the most important thing we must learn, we can all sit a University course, but sometimes the school of life is the best way to learn.
Now we all reach points where we have to take a look at our selves and see where we are going wrong, where we need to improve, our strengths our wekaness. How many of us actually take time to sit and and actually do this, I dont, because I am caught up in the rigours of life.
A very wise man,(and he will know who he is), once said to me, you have a problem, stand back and look at it, then the solution will be staring you in the face.
The Chinese have the same word for opportunity and threat. Infact the chinese are wise people, they speculate, well they leased a piece of land to the British empire, and what happened? Well it was developed in to a world centre of commerce for the brits to hand it back in 1997 fully delveloped. They only subscribed to communism in the last century, But I am digressing.
My strengths are I work hard, and care about things, my weakness is I work hard and care about things, we have to look at differant perspectives. You watch the news about the war in Iraq and we get one side of the story, watch Al-jazeera and you get the other side of the story. I do look at both sides of a story. To quote Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow in one of their songs there is are 3 sides to a story, mine and yours and the truth. never a true word said.
I know Iam at that time of life where I can still be in control before age starts going against me. Only time will tell, Stay tuned for the next installment.
Thursday, 3 November 2011
I'm still here, just had alot on recently.
I have looked at when I last wrote a blog and it was just after losing my dad. I was going to write my thoughts on the 10th anniversary of the murder at the world trade centre, and thoughts about my birthday but had too much on my mind.
In the time past I have been dianosed with type 2 diabetes, buried my dad, and tried to get on with things, Just want to say thank you to everyone who sent kind wishes, it is amazing how many people out there genuinely care. I also know I have some very good friends.
So what has life taught me so far, well it is a stupid and sometimes corrupt world we live in, infact, those rioters should have concentrated less on getting their 5 fingered discounts from PC world. No they should have concentrated on going to every freemason lodge in the country and burning them down and smashing those places up. What started off as a political statement, got railroaded by a bunch of kids and selfish bastards.
It has also taught me to look for opportunities, I am always looking at where I want to be in the next few years, but time will tell. The biggest thing I learned following losing my is that life is too short, Why worry about the after life, because we are all living for the now, our lives are the biggest adventure we will all have, we all hold our future in our hands, so all this media that trys to manipulate us, and sell us shit we dont actually want or need can get lost.
Being diagnosed with Diabetes has made me look at my ways, now before I didnt eat properly and would be up for hours on end, I do eat a bit better now and have lost a load of weight. I am still living my life for me and not letting it get me down. I still have loads to do in this life.
so on that thought I will go for now
TTFN
In the time past I have been dianosed with type 2 diabetes, buried my dad, and tried to get on with things, Just want to say thank you to everyone who sent kind wishes, it is amazing how many people out there genuinely care. I also know I have some very good friends.
So what has life taught me so far, well it is a stupid and sometimes corrupt world we live in, infact, those rioters should have concentrated less on getting their 5 fingered discounts from PC world. No they should have concentrated on going to every freemason lodge in the country and burning them down and smashing those places up. What started off as a political statement, got railroaded by a bunch of kids and selfish bastards.
It has also taught me to look for opportunities, I am always looking at where I want to be in the next few years, but time will tell. The biggest thing I learned following losing my is that life is too short, Why worry about the after life, because we are all living for the now, our lives are the biggest adventure we will all have, we all hold our future in our hands, so all this media that trys to manipulate us, and sell us shit we dont actually want or need can get lost.
Being diagnosed with Diabetes has made me look at my ways, now before I didnt eat properly and would be up for hours on end, I do eat a bit better now and have lost a load of weight. I am still living my life for me and not letting it get me down. I still have loads to do in this life.
so on that thought I will go for now
TTFN
Saturday, 27 August 2011
Saturday 27th August 2011 more words of wisdom
Looking back through my blogs, I have noticed that it is a while since my last rant, which was probably about the riots, the break down of society, probably more critisism of this government, yes does not matter who is in power, they will be corrupted by that power. I am not going to talk about that tonight, I know the Government are a bunch of zips, Mind you looking at the wars in Afghanistan and Lybia, takes me back to the dicks pussy's and arseholes speech from team america. good film might watch after writing this.
No I am dedicating tonights blog to my dad, who sadly passed away last week, this combined with a mini holiday, means that I have not been around. My dad was a kind man, honest man, he served on the local council in Nottingham for many years.
He was a socialist in every sense, who fought peoples corners, tried to make a differance to the City of Nottingham, a city I know he loved. No words can describe the good he did, as well as a all round good man, and public figure, was a family man, who would give time to his four children. I know from my own events of the last few years he was there for me, and in a way provided guidance and helped me long during some real dark personal times.
He was an armchair sportsman and historian, and quite often I would come to find him watching documentaries about the battle of Starlingrad or the cricket. He was an avid follower of formula one
His biggest love after his family was music. He enjoyed a wide variety from blues through to current stuff, Looking at his Ipod reveals a wide variety of songs, and he is indirectly responsible for my wide interest in music, although i'm not so bothered about pre 1977 pop music.
I hope you are reading this dad, where ever you are, and I hope you are proud of me, I hope I can make you proud in the future, what ever I do. I know he will be with us all in spirit, so lets keep that legacy going.
One thing you do learn when you lose someone, is you look at yourself, look at your past mistakes and thing about what we can do in the future, now as far as I am concerned we have one shot at this life. So we can look at our past and regretting things or we can use the past to help us look to the future, make those plans and do our best to see those things through, and yes our circumstances will change, but where there is a will there is a way.
What holds us back, we the simple answer is go and look in the mirror, life might be hard but things will get better, sometimes you have to stick your middle right hand digit in the air and say fuck you life, I am going to do this. Dont put yourself down because there are plenty of bastards out there who are more than happy to do that, and there is no such word as cant. bollocks to cant, you find a way, it might just take you slightly longer to get there, but when you do then you and look satisfied and say I did it, I got there.
I am roughly half my dads age, I know what I want out of life, and ok there are some barriers to some of the things I want out of life, but I am going to find that way, fuck the mass media manipulation, I know what is wrong and right. I have made past mistakes, and I have learned from them too. Now this is something that irriates me. Society in this not so great britain are happy to judge people on past mistakes and not what that person could offer in the future, we are all individuals we are all differant, lets celebrate the fact.
Right I am going now talk soon
TTFN
No I am dedicating tonights blog to my dad, who sadly passed away last week, this combined with a mini holiday, means that I have not been around. My dad was a kind man, honest man, he served on the local council in Nottingham for many years.
He was a socialist in every sense, who fought peoples corners, tried to make a differance to the City of Nottingham, a city I know he loved. No words can describe the good he did, as well as a all round good man, and public figure, was a family man, who would give time to his four children. I know from my own events of the last few years he was there for me, and in a way provided guidance and helped me long during some real dark personal times.
He was an armchair sportsman and historian, and quite often I would come to find him watching documentaries about the battle of Starlingrad or the cricket. He was an avid follower of formula one
His biggest love after his family was music. He enjoyed a wide variety from blues through to current stuff, Looking at his Ipod reveals a wide variety of songs, and he is indirectly responsible for my wide interest in music, although i'm not so bothered about pre 1977 pop music.
I hope you are reading this dad, where ever you are, and I hope you are proud of me, I hope I can make you proud in the future, what ever I do. I know he will be with us all in spirit, so lets keep that legacy going.
One thing you do learn when you lose someone, is you look at yourself, look at your past mistakes and thing about what we can do in the future, now as far as I am concerned we have one shot at this life. So we can look at our past and regretting things or we can use the past to help us look to the future, make those plans and do our best to see those things through, and yes our circumstances will change, but where there is a will there is a way.
What holds us back, we the simple answer is go and look in the mirror, life might be hard but things will get better, sometimes you have to stick your middle right hand digit in the air and say fuck you life, I am going to do this. Dont put yourself down because there are plenty of bastards out there who are more than happy to do that, and there is no such word as cant. bollocks to cant, you find a way, it might just take you slightly longer to get there, but when you do then you and look satisfied and say I did it, I got there.
I am roughly half my dads age, I know what I want out of life, and ok there are some barriers to some of the things I want out of life, but I am going to find that way, fuck the mass media manipulation, I know what is wrong and right. I have made past mistakes, and I have learned from them too. Now this is something that irriates me. Society in this not so great britain are happy to judge people on past mistakes and not what that person could offer in the future, we are all individuals we are all differant, lets celebrate the fact.
Right I am going now talk soon
TTFN
Monday, 15 August 2011
The aftermath
Ok, we have seen 2 press conferances today. Cameron spouted out the usual toryboy crap, threatened to bring back a sort of National service for 16 year olds, declared war on gang culutre and blaming the problem on the break up of the family unit credos, IE blaiming single parent families living in deprived council estates full of ferral kids.. Milliband made more sense, saying that it does what the background or the area that person is from, it is the upbringing that is the problem. For example one of the so called ferral kids could come from a very affluent area, with parents bringing in a good income and that kid attends private school, where by a kid from a single parent family, could be in every night, is polite and respects the community.
The people rioting in particular areas were the minority, most of the people from that area are good honest genuine people, who go to work, struggle to make ends meat. They just want live their lives.
Some of the greedy selfish immoral bastards who did the looting, came from good backgrounds, had good jobs. Some had travelled great distances to take part. One of the looters was the daughter of a millionaire, and another was a teenage ambassador for the olympics. One of the looters in Nottingham was an 11 year old girl.
Why do we have the problems? well the country has gone too PC, people are scared to discipline their children, the same children are too familiar of their rights. We have had hysteria caused because of the register.
Now here is an example for you, Your child is playing up. you try and discipline them. they get angry and tell tales. the next thing the social services are involved. next thing you end up on the register, and guess what, because of the press about sex offenders etc. you become tarred with the same brush. Society has alot to answer for.
So cameron is blaming single parent families and gang culure. easy targets, I blame the state of the country and society's letting these things happen, letting the liberal PC brigade dictate, saying "you cant say black coffee" and " you cant smack your kids". Allowing the trouble causers to know about their rights, so they keep pushing the boundaries.
Gang culture has been a around since the dawn of time. look at the Mods and Rockers during the 1960's with the punch ups on Brighton beach. The teddyboys from the 1950's, the skinheads from the 1980's. fact of the matter is young people are rebelious, and this is good,( I believe that the establishment, IE the government need to be constantly challenged to keep them on their toes), and they also need a sense of belonging, with people of the same ideals,. Gangs will be their forever. So you have a group of lads who hang out together, like the same music, dress the same, is this a gang? are they going to get targeted? and the forced national service for 16 year old. What cameron forgets is that these people he is on about will be eligable to vote very soon, IE by the time of the next election,(unless he decides to meddle with the voting age and raise it to 21), what are these people going to do. Well they could vote him out. These teenagers are our future.
I personally do not like any of the political parties, but that is because I have seen crap government after crap government going right back to when I was a babe in arms. So one who comes along and gets the economy going, and allow us to have a decent standard of living will get my vote.
So Mr Cameron, once you sort this problem out are you going to sort out the people who really looted us. You didnt see them on the streets, but they have robbed every single one of us. They are the greedy fat cat bankers, the phone hackers and the MP's who fiddled the expenses. In my opinion these people should be brought to trial. But it is not in the public interest, or in the case of the banks they are just too big to fail. Trouble is Cameron went to the same public school as half of these people, and it is going against the code, if he investigates. The fabric of society is unravelling, just hope we are not too late.
One last thing before I go. To stop more problems I think the TV companies should stop broadcasting the fly on the wall programmes showing children of millionaires, who live of the fortunes their parents worked hard to build up, Programmes like this show spoilt rich wastes of space living it large, spending money like water. These tossers have never had to get up and go to work. They have never had red overdue letters coming through their letter, or dreaded the phone ringing. No wonder people were looting. These programmes glorify the something for nothing bling I dont have to go to work culture. And the viewer following the programmes like lemmings and have to live the same. just a thought.
TTFN
The people rioting in particular areas were the minority, most of the people from that area are good honest genuine people, who go to work, struggle to make ends meat. They just want live their lives.
Some of the greedy selfish immoral bastards who did the looting, came from good backgrounds, had good jobs. Some had travelled great distances to take part. One of the looters was the daughter of a millionaire, and another was a teenage ambassador for the olympics. One of the looters in Nottingham was an 11 year old girl.
Why do we have the problems? well the country has gone too PC, people are scared to discipline their children, the same children are too familiar of their rights. We have had hysteria caused because of the register.
Now here is an example for you, Your child is playing up. you try and discipline them. they get angry and tell tales. the next thing the social services are involved. next thing you end up on the register, and guess what, because of the press about sex offenders etc. you become tarred with the same brush. Society has alot to answer for.
So cameron is blaming single parent families and gang culure. easy targets, I blame the state of the country and society's letting these things happen, letting the liberal PC brigade dictate, saying "you cant say black coffee" and " you cant smack your kids". Allowing the trouble causers to know about their rights, so they keep pushing the boundaries.
Gang culture has been a around since the dawn of time. look at the Mods and Rockers during the 1960's with the punch ups on Brighton beach. The teddyboys from the 1950's, the skinheads from the 1980's. fact of the matter is young people are rebelious, and this is good,( I believe that the establishment, IE the government need to be constantly challenged to keep them on their toes), and they also need a sense of belonging, with people of the same ideals,. Gangs will be their forever. So you have a group of lads who hang out together, like the same music, dress the same, is this a gang? are they going to get targeted? and the forced national service for 16 year old. What cameron forgets is that these people he is on about will be eligable to vote very soon, IE by the time of the next election,(unless he decides to meddle with the voting age and raise it to 21), what are these people going to do. Well they could vote him out. These teenagers are our future.
I personally do not like any of the political parties, but that is because I have seen crap government after crap government going right back to when I was a babe in arms. So one who comes along and gets the economy going, and allow us to have a decent standard of living will get my vote.
So Mr Cameron, once you sort this problem out are you going to sort out the people who really looted us. You didnt see them on the streets, but they have robbed every single one of us. They are the greedy fat cat bankers, the phone hackers and the MP's who fiddled the expenses. In my opinion these people should be brought to trial. But it is not in the public interest, or in the case of the banks they are just too big to fail. Trouble is Cameron went to the same public school as half of these people, and it is going against the code, if he investigates. The fabric of society is unravelling, just hope we are not too late.
One last thing before I go. To stop more problems I think the TV companies should stop broadcasting the fly on the wall programmes showing children of millionaires, who live of the fortunes their parents worked hard to build up, Programmes like this show spoilt rich wastes of space living it large, spending money like water. These tossers have never had to get up and go to work. They have never had red overdue letters coming through their letter, or dreaded the phone ringing. No wonder people were looting. These programmes glorify the something for nothing bling I dont have to go to work culture. And the viewer following the programmes like lemmings and have to live the same. just a thought.
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