After consecutive nights of disturbed sleep (thanks to our delightful daughter), my despairing brain actually tried to give me some rest last night by dreaming I was in a coffin. Not actually dead, but lying peacefully in an elaborate dragon shaped coffin….. whilst my daughter repeatedly knocked on the coffin lid and shouted at me
I’m looking forward to tonight’s dream, if I’m lucky I’ll be impailed on a spike whilst some small child demands jaffa cakes!
I’m imagining the pitch now…’this is a real groundbreaking show, picture this…. people watching people watching television’.
‘Gogglebox’. What seems like endless hours of watching strangers, who I have no interest in, comment on television programmes that I never watch.
Let’s not forget those other televisual gems: ‘a day in a hospital’, ‘exciting car crashes, dead or just badly maimed?’ and of course ‘screaming women in labour’.
Then we have the staged versions such as ‘Creosoted toffs of Chelsea’ and ‘tangoed teens of Tyneside’ etc. (you get the idea!)
The news stands have also drip fed us bullshit for years so now its the norm. ‘womens magazines’ are merely catalogues of sensationalist hate, charging you money so you can read how you could be hotter and thinner and ‘omg look at the state of her!’
What do we gain from all this? There’s no stimulation of imagination or learning, no enhancement of wellbeing.
Why are we being fed voyeurism television and trash reading?
We’re consuming junk.
Junk food, drink, television and magazines.
Junk makes you distracted, vegetative and compliant.
Now who benefits from that?
Are you feeling rubbish about yourself? Bit fed up, flabby and generally wondering what the flipping point is as it’s sodding Monday and there’s not enough coffee in the world.. ..blah blah wah wah…moan moan…RIGHT stop that!
Time to get off your fat bottom sunshine! Want to feel brilliant about yourself for free? AND make someone else feel brilliant too?
Then simply register to donate blood.
I realise some of you can’t, maybe because of illness, but the majority of you can!
You simply register online and then you’ll get a list of dates when the blood team are next in the area so you can book your appointment.
You get biscuits and snacks afterwards and the nurses are so nice. The best thing is the text you get to tell you where your blood has gone.
You have done something truly amazing and probably helped save someone’s life. Be proud of yourself!
Give blood and feel bloody brilliant!!
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