Had enough

I'm in a bit of a philosophical mood today. Various things have happened over the last few days that have made me think that Orwell wasn't so much a writer as a prophet. Honestly - society is getting so ridiculous and controlled it's not true. I'm not going into a political diatribe here but really - it's all so STUPID! We are controlled and controlled and so many people (although if I'm honest I can't really include the people that are likely to actually read my blog!) are sucked into it without thinking. People don't question. I mean - Europe has decided that sheep aren't sufficiently controlled and labelled (because plastic tags degrade and ears fall off, obviously!) so they are going to make farmers use a new electronic tag system (at a cost of £1.50 per sheep plus a few thousand in equipment costs). Which will cripple their industry completely. It's already almost impossible to keep cows due to the obscene levels of paperwork. The fishing industry is on its knees due to quotas. And school children will soon be banned from wearing anything other than clip on ties because of ... it could only be ... health and safety. So we are getting to a point where unless you grow synthetic food that government can control, (or the organic stuff which is actually almost as bad in regulations), our country won't be able to feed itself. Plus we'll all be scruffy because no-one will know how to tie a tie. (Lets be honest - if you don't learn that one at school when the heck are you going to?!) It's too dangerous to go outside - all that pollution, traffic, murderers etc and you might trip over a kerb which is a health and safety risk. You can't just stay in bed - it's bad for you. You can't drink the water because of the chemicals in it. You can't drink bottled water because the plastic bottles contaminate it. I'll stop that one there but you get the idea...

Now all I really want out of life is quite simple. I want a piece of land (I don't care what it looks like or what condition its in). I want to put a static caravan or log cabin on it. I want to use wind and solar energy, dig a borehole for water, and use real fire for heat. That's all. Not much to ask is it? I'll grow my own food, keep my own animals (and feed them as well) and not bother anyone. My carbon footprint will be tiny. I will reuse and recycle everything. I'll respect the land that feeds me. I'll sell my surplus to get those little extras we'd like to have. We'll build everything ourselves, feed ourselves, make our own clothes from the alpacas and crops, and just drop out of the system. It's really not that difficult a concept - lets get back to what's real in life. Forget your banks and credit cards, your mobile phones and internet connections, your corporate targets and government objectives, your fancy clothes and worrying about what brand of make-up to use. At the end of the day they just don't matter. What matters is having a roof over your head, food to eat and time to enjoy it. Work for yourself rather than benefiting those corporate B*****s in control and reap your own benefits of your labour. It may be old fashioned, but lets get back to living off the land and working for real things like eating rather than corporate objectives and disposable gadgets.

Frustrated with this plastic consumerist centrally controlled life we're in? Me? Hell yes. And I'm growing to hate it more each day.

(You may have spotted the obvious paradox in this blog - well done if you have! And the answer is - yes the facebook page will soon disappear as will this blog. Not immediately - I'm breaking my own social conditioning here which isn't as easy as it should be - but I'm definitely heading in that direction, and sooner rather than later.)

Meet Mr Bobbins.

I forgot - if you want a nosey at my house (or even want to make me an offer!!) click here which will take you to the website.

Life is a little busy at the moment - I feel like I've got headless chicken syndrome right now! Never mind. nothing bad happening - just lots on. No news on the house yet. The market seems to be a bit stop-start down here. A flurry then nothing then another flurry etc. Fingers crossed someone will come and buy it soon!

Work is manic at the moment - waaaay too many politics going on down here - people treading on whoever they can to try and jockey for position in a new structure. It's hard just trying to keep your head down and get on with the day job when all around are trying to sink you. I just have to sit back and have faith that it'll all come right in the end. There's not much more I can do really. But it doesn't make for pleasant working conditions. **sigh**

I had a long weekend last weekend up in Stafford for my friend Zoe's hen do. It was fun seeing everyone although slightly wearing! We had an awful lot of 'activities' to do - including 'Go Ape'. Have you ever tried it? If not - don't! Hanging from a bit of wire while trying to balance on a rope that's swinging around at 70 ft up in the air between 2 trees isn't that much fun - trust me on this.

We've got a new cat - Mr Bobbins - he's a year old, grey, and really quite cute. When I eventually get round to it i'll upload some pictures. (Need to co-ordinate wires, camera and laptop in the same place at hte same time for that - it'll happen eventually!) He seems to be fine with George (the rabbit) as well - to be honest I think in a fight my money would be on George anyway!

What else? Mum came down for easter and we had a really nice time. It was good to spend some proper time together and I think she enjoyed the lack of pace of life here in Cornwall! We'll do everything dreckly. ;-)

We popped up to Kirsty's a couple of weekends ago as well - I had to co-ordinate taking over the caravan business from Dad while he & Lynn are sunning themselves in the Carribean (you really can go off some people...) and it was a good excuse to go and see her as well. Fabulous food and relaxing company all round!

Not sure what else I can report on - this is probably enough waffle for now.

Sx