My thought of the day

Ok so i have already failed in keeping up with a daily post.
So i will try to make it up to, although i am not sure how.

Anyway today was a Doctor Who speacial - i like doctor who, i am a fan of sci-fi.
It was presented as if it was going to be the scarest doctor who yet, it wasn't. If you haven't seen it i recommend an episode called blink. It builds the tension though out really well and does scary the hell out of you. Anyway my point of this post is not too go on and on about doctor who.
See during the rest of the day i did the ironing for my mother, and watched another show i love.
Battlestar Gallactica - is an amazing American Sci-fi Drama and it is miles in front of doctor who.

American Entertainment tv seems so much ahead and it is. They're writers aren't being driven by money as much as they are entertainment and good writing. I am not saying there are not talented writers in britain i am just saying maybe they are not being pushed to their full potential. If Doctor who wasn't being played to maxium cheese factor it would be a much stronger programme, if it was made with more grit and dark i surpose it wouldn't be as family friendly but at least it wouldn't be like a panto at times.

Maybe if we we where more engaging it would be better, or if the compertion increased for staurday night tv so the bbc would have to up it's game so they don't just have three and four to compete with.

Anyway I still love Sci-fi, and i hope that TV drama just keeps getting beter.

my thought of the day

Today we had a lecture on Craft and one question was put to the whole lecture hall.

It was i had to claim to be an Artist, Designer or Craftsmen, what would i say i was?

and i thought, does it really matter?

I am able to draw and paint and enjoy it making me an artist, i am able to come up with a way of communicating though design making me a Designer and i am able to make and craft objects making me a Craftsmen.

I feel there is no reason to be put into these groups, most would be competent at all of the above. So apart from what my Degree will say at the end of the day i don't really want to sit there and put a label on what i do, just thought that maybe this labeling thing is holding back a lot of potential of a lot of people. So why make everyone's potential smaller?

i am happy either way. But it is just another way to label and once you have a label people can start to assume things about you.

Just a thought.

Sustainability Forum (includes my thought of the day)

On tonight was the Sustainability Forum so I signed up for it as I feel it is quiet close to home (I will explain why in a minute). After my project in the summer I think it is quite important to continue to educate myself on how much our world seems is being affected and what I can do about it. Most of the time I feel completely and utterly hopeless and confused. It makes me quiet angry, I am by the way fully aware I am coming across as an angry person, although I would prefer to think of it as passionate about issues that really matter. The two speakers where
Dr Keith Skene and Vivien Collie, I enjoyed both of their talks and they did both make me think.

The main topic tonight was food Sustainability. I admit though I had already done a small amount of research on this myself, not that I wasn't educated tonight. I just already understood a few of the issues that where discussed. This might be because I love food, I love to cook and I love to watching cooking shows, another reason is for my slight understanding might be my summer project where I chose to do it on water which inevitable lead on to food. There is also the factor that I am in a relationship with someone studying conservation, in which he constantly explains things to me.

Anyway the fact that we are running out of food due to the growing population and with that less energy that is needed to over come our future problem. Eating less meat was one suggestion, it is something I personally might struggle with, I love vegetarian options, but I also love meat and am not sure how much I could take of a reduction of a food group I crave for. Anything I "crave for" is children, which was another thing Dr Skene suggested we reduce the amount of by having one each, although he wasn't sure if that would work, personally i think you need siblings as a strong foothold in reality, it gives you more time to develop social skills and the fact that my brother has easily with no question shaped who I am make me think and wonder how we can change the way our family unit is, although I guess it is changing by it's self anyway.

Vivien Collie hit different issues that still held my interest her idea of community and local produces is something my own father encourages. She talked about how she set up a farmers market in a couple of place in fife, one of which is my home town. i have been to this farmers market, I personally love them but I can not afford them. I wish I had the money to support local farmers but I do seem to feed the giants of food. She has been to the place I work Cairnie Fruit Farm, and looked at other local produce I have grown up with a known about. Another thing is the idea of the big four supermarkets that monopolising the market. One of the things that people who are from Cupar say is that it is just charity shops and estate agencies, Tesco killed the local economy and admittedly. some of our most unique shops lost so much business to tesco and now they are gone. Although the town councils have finally taken a positive step, Tesco's brought an area of land next to their current site in Cupar and they planned to turn it into a Tesco's Extra, the town council said they had to reduces their non food goods in ratio to their food goods to go ahead with they plans so as not to damage the community economy (anymore).

So after the event I have decided to avoid Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys and Morrisons, I will only buy food when I need it unless it is something that will into go out of date and I will try to plan my week. As well as eating more Vegetables and less meat. I do need to lose weight (I'm not being a silly girl here i am overweight according to the doctor) and there is nothing wrong with trying to better my health. Anyway I put to you to try it with me, buy what you need as you go, plan for the week ahead, eat less meat and think about trying to put your money in smaller business pockets.

Thought for they day 10/11/09

Radio 4 today covered a new Torry policy in which Cameron is setting out a policy to get rid of child poverty by the end of the decade if elected. Which in all honest has got me fuming at the mouth. Not because I disagree with with it, I believe all children should have the same rights, which can not happen if you have a divide of their parents earnings. The fact that it is not possible (I feel so sad that I feel the need to be so sceptical) has nothing to do with my irritation either, and why Cameron does not just aim to drastically reduce it puzzles me rather than making unachievable polices.

But instead of me getting into the basics of political campaign and manipulation of the media. My point is simply -

Why is it that the idea of removing child poverty has just been presented as a new policy to me? I know it is not but I feel appalled that it isn't something that is among the top problems of the country considering the current state of the coutry.

Though for the Day

So i had this idea that seems very self explanatory, but here is what i am going to try to do. Every day i am going to write down a paragraph of something i thought, just once a day. You know like they do on the radio. I know that now and again i will probably forget, although i will try not too, but give me a poke if i do forget and i will try to do two in one day. i know i am maybe setting myself up for a fall but i feel the need to try to be more engaging and if i don't try i won't succeed. I will also from now on try to comment on other people's blogs. Of course this is only if i feel it is relevant. but i invite you all to comment on mine especial these thoughts for the day things that i am trying. Lets get talking cause maybe, just maybe we'll all come up with something and become rich.

That is my thought for the day on 09/11/09