Over-reacting

This is a topic that is very close to my own heart. It seems to me that so many people over-react about the little things in life that they never get to enjoy the more important things, like friendship. It is so sad that they can not seem to get over little things and look at the big picture.

In my news feed on MSN there was the story of a 13 year old boy who was interviewed by the police for throwing an apple at another student at his school. The father of the child said, "They came round here being brutish and bullying and scared my children very late on a Saturday night." In my opinion this is a gross over-reaction from the parents of the other child. It was reported that the apple caused a slight bruise but to report a 13 year old boy to the police over a thrown apple is just ridiculous. Furthermore the police forced the young boy to sign a piece of paper saying he would never do it again. It is a plain view at what our society has become and how such a small thing can be blown way out of proportion.

Also, just one more thing to mention on this topic, so many people over-react when you are joking about something! These people need to just chill out and relax a bit and learn to be slightly less paranoid. Not everyone is out to kill you or hurt you ALL the time.

And on to something I am enjoying, 1984 by George Orwell. I have just finished it and, although I do not agree with the ending, it is a truly compelling book. At times whilst reading this I struggled to put it down and found myself reading until the early hours of the morning. 1984 is, of course, a classic and was finished in 1948, hence the name 1984. The story its self is Orwell's view of the future if what he sees happening continues. It is a very political book but you don't need to be politically-minded to enjoy reading it. I am a fan of George Orwell, as some of you may know because of the reference in my title. I encourage you to read this book, whether for the first time or for the hundredth. If you have already read this book and don't wish to read it again, although I can not see why not, you may wish to try A Brave New World, another classic. Both books are personal views of the future, A Brave New World is, to some extent, more extreme than 1984 however. Should you have any suggestions as to books that you think I would enjoy please leave a comment.

Finally onto something of a slightly lighter feel, and yes, I am afraid this is a game. It is of course the Sims 3! I expect that all of you will at least have heard of the wonderful and creative game franchise of the Sims. It is my opinion that it is one of the best games currently out there. Others may talk about CoD or WoW but in my opinion the Sims is a much more well-rounded game. For those of you that say that I'm a girl so of course I would think this way, I would like to reply that I don't think all of these games are bad, I love Oblivion, but just that Sims has a much wider audience. At the minute I am enjoying their new expansion pack, Generations. The addition of this to the game has dramatically increased the number of interactions that your Sims can perform on a daily basis, both with objects and with other Sims. The next expansion pack is going to be Pets and will include a much wider range of pets than the Sims 2 expansion pack under the same name did.

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Peace out,
Abi

An assortment of (possibly) interesting things...

Firstly, the weather. Yes, ok, this is a pretty obvious topic when talking about England but MY GOD it has been warm recently. Normally I am fine with it but the sudden heat is a killer. And then the sudden rain. Why can't the weather just make up its mind and be one thing or the other? Why it decides to be both at the same time is beyond me. Apparently we are to blame Spain but that seems pretty harsh...

In other news gay marriage has been legalised in New York! This is something that does not affect me personally seeing as I am English but in my opinion this is a great step towards the future and a more open-minded world. I am a firm believer that people should be allowed the freedom to do whatever they wish and that the vast majority of society's older rules are no longer valid in today's society (murder and treason obviously not included XD).

One thing that I am enjoying at the moment is Dollhouse. I am not referring to the toy of course but a TV show. This show stars Eliza Dushku (Faith in Buffy) as "Echo" the main doll in the dollhouse. It is a gripping drama/sci-fi show which I am sure many of you will enjoy if you enjoy sci-fi. It is set in this era for the most part although it flashes forwards and backwards, this is more noticeable in the first episode. The show its self is written by Eliza Dushku and Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy). There are 26 episodes overall including the un-aired pilot. In my opinion it is a shame that the series did not continue because towards the end it seems rather rushed and as if they had planned it for far more seasons than just the two that it received. Yes, this is a cancelled show but that in no way means that it is a bad show.

Just one more topic for this entry. SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR IS GOING TO COMIC-CON!! It really makes me wish I could go to meet her but unfortunately I am here in England. D: Of course she is there for her new project Ringer.

I hope you enjoyed this entry, if you have any queries or comments please feel free to leave a comment in the comment section below.

Peace out,
Abi

So, this is my first time actually blogging and I just thought I would say hello.

Many of my friends have taken it upon themselves to enter sections into what I thought was an entirely pointless past-time. Then I checked it out and it actually seemed pretty cool. Which is when I found myself here, faced with the mammoth task of actually writing something, which turns out to be not as easy as it sounds...

I can't really tell you what you will find here but I can tell you that you most definitely will not find just one thing. I hope that this will be a blog that the vast majority of people can connect with and enjoy. Also, if you are looking for something that is aimed at a "popular" audience and would therefore only talk about celebrities and soaps then you are looking in the wrong place.

I hope that in the future there will be a wide variety of different topics brought up here, some more serious than others.

Peace out,
Abi