Massive News

I have big news people, huge news, MASSIVE news!!!

Ever since I started this blog, millions of you have too been asking the question "whatever happened to Ja Rule?".

Well, thanks to a heads up from +Helen Strike I can finally put your minds at ease...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/21544826

Good news yes? Yes. But I have mixed emotions. Having spent so much time and energy into exploring the whereabouts of Ja Rule, now I know I wonder what purpose my blog has, and indeed what purpose my life has. But one thing is for sure...I'll see you all at the comeback tour!!!

Movember 2012

Ok, so I admit it, my last two blog posts stink of contradictions and hypocrisy!!! But don't worry this is not a theme (in fact I haven't even thought of one). Sometimes I do follow through with things I believe strongly in...cue Movember...

Day 1

Day 5 Video Experiment

Day 11

Day 23

Day 23 Video Experiment

Day 30

Day 30 Video Experiment

and for those of you who wandered how it was all done...

....see, I'm not a complete hypocrite.

http://hanneh44.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/remember-remember-month-of-movember.html

"The firt rule of business is to make money"

Don't get me wrong, I love a Starbucks Coffee...but the fact they pay next to nothing in tax pisses me right off. How can a company of this size so blatantly get away with such corruption? Is there no morals or ethics in modern day business?

At the grand old age of 22 I set up a business with a friend, and was told "The first rule of business is to make money". Well yeah, makes sense I guess, every business needs money to survive. But why is the first rule of business to make money? Who decided that the success of a business should primarily be based on their economic results? Why can't the success of a business be based on their effect on society and our environment?

Ok. So Nike make decent trainers, employ lots of people and make lots of money, which I'm sure they record with great pride in their end of year accounts. But what about the 12 year old children in Cambodia who are used for slave labour? Where is this recorded in their end of year accounts?

Coca Cola, a tasty beverage, a huge business, makes millions and millions. All proudly accounted for. But what about the small communities of India that have faced chronic drought and polluted water since the arrival of a Coca Cola bottling plant. Where is this recorded?

So, the answer?! I'm not sure. Maybe it should be mandatory for businesses to produce social and environmental accounts the same way they legally have to produce financial accounts?! Maybe there should be fines for businesses having a negative affect on society and our environment?! And maybe like minded people should boycott these over powerful and unethical businesses?!

I could rant all evening about this, but must dash...need to grab a Maccies on my way to Tesco.

David Attenborough vs Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino

Hello, and welcome to my blog, and more specifically welcome to my observations on modern day life.

My first observation is the one of everyone's mind (no not 'what ever happened to Ja Rule?')...'why is there so much trash on TV?'.

I am not only talking about the likes of Jersey and Geordie Shore where we seemingly watch a bunch of wasters get completely annihilated and act like utter morons, but also the likes of Big Brother and X Factor that give celebrity wannabes the platform to achieve their fifteen minutes of fame.

Trash TV is sometimes disguised by clever TV producers as Reality TV, and lets face it for how many of us is it a reality to get paid $5 million a year to live in New Jersey and get as drunk as physically possibly. Maybe this is the secret. Maybe this is why people love this awful TV so much...escapism. Ordinary people can watch these shows, see people (supposedly) like themselves and imagine they too could lead this 'celebrity' life and get paid millions for doing very little.

David Attenborough. Stephen Fry. Trevor McDonald. These are true legends of television. Hard working, intelligent people who have delivered quality broadcasting for years and years. So why is it that Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino and Joey Essex are the modern day heroes of television. What does the future hold when our role models own only a handful of brain cells between them? And finally the most intriguing question of them all...

...why am I about to sit down to watch Season 6 Episode 4 of Jersey Shore, having already watched all 61 previous episodes?