So, very first blog post. I guess I'll follow some advice I once heard from somewhere I can't remember and from someone I don't recall: "start at the beginning and end at the end." So seeing as this is the first post on MY blog I'll start with why I decided to create one! I mean whenever I've thought of blogs, a few things came to mind. Firstly, a blog was something I had as a kid when it was cool and secondly I have always kind of been of the opinion that people who update their Facebook statuses have a high opinion of themselves, I never understood why they would think they were so important others would want to read about their lives - blogs and Twitter were similar in my mind (not corporate ones but those owner by individuals) until I gave them a chance six months ago.
I think it relates to my lack of admiration for famous people (apart from real comic heroes of mine, people like Ricky Gervais for example but I think that's because he is down to earth anyway and I appreciate their work rather than the fact they’re on the telly and make money). I'm completely indifferent to fame and fortune, the only thing I hate about them is when people think they are somehow better because they are rich and famous. The real heroes, the people my knees would go weak around are the WW1 and 2 allied veterans. The people that gave so much, who went through so much and didn’t ask or expect money, fame and admiration, they literally saved the world, fighting for everything that is good without a film crew following them around. People who do good without anyone ever knowing are the real heroes, the people who are steadfast in what is right regardless of peril and completely uncompromising in their conviction.
Anyway this has started to feel a bit self righteous, something I would never want to be as I am a complete believer in the expression "The only real wisdom is knowing you know nothing". I also accept human limitations, as a evolutionist, I believe most human behaviour can be explained by a desire to survive and carry on. The world can be a very simple place when you actually accept the fundamental fact of how we came to be in our current form and stop trying to find a reason that increases chances of survival (religion, the ultimate survival by way of internal life) which is a convenient but very farfetched belief in my opinion.
Anyway, this has been a long about way of getting to why I started this blog. I was in the gym and I saw a poster with my MMA coach’s website address on. When I had a moment I went on and saw all the interesting things he had done. Having studied journalism throughout my education and now working in PR, I love cutting through the crap and just taking the best bits. Who the hell wants to hear "so and so" on Facebook “likes” the Apprentice? But a guy at your local gym has fought in the UFC 4 times; it’s interesting to take a look when you have a moment. And to be honest, if I do this properly, the only people who will ever look at it or care what I do will be friends and family who are bored at work and think, oh I know, I’ll see if he has thrown anything interesting up there or had a rant. That's all I want it to be and that's what it should be.
In my job I have to write a lot, a lot of content for other people’s blogs and websites, never truly opinionated but backed up by other people’s opinions, this is more like therapy and come on, opinion can be fun right!?
