The benefits of peer pressure?

Basically my friends and I are sat in the school's computer room, desperatly avoiding doing our UCAS personal statement and we start talking about blogs (after googling ourselves, like all good bored teenagers) and I brought up mine (after a quick disclaimer that it was basically just me talking aloud to myself online.) So, as they try and decide whether or not to create their own, they challenged me to write one right now, completely kill any attempts at productive work.

Anyway, I'm taking up their challenge and writing about the benefits of peer pressure (rather suitably, I thought).

Why can't I be an astronaut?

Okay, so if you ask a little kid what they want to be when they grow up, they may well say something like policeman, fireman or astronaut. However, if you ask someone who is in the process of applying to university what kind of job they want, you wouldn't expect astronaut as a response, probably. Which means I may have a slightly awkward time during any interviews (To be honest, I'm also considering being a firefighter. But that's a different post).

42 - The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything (including procrastination)

Okay, if you haven't assumed this from my sporadic blog postings and recent 3 month hiatus, I procrastinate a lot. A LOT. It's an art form I perfected, somewhat accidentally, over the years. I can just waste time without realising it. Which is problematic considering this year, I'm trying to pass exams, go to university, train for my sport, write a 50,000 word novel in a month and maybe, just maybe, have a social life.

Fortunately, I've found a kind of helpful way to help me get some more work done. And, as you might be able to guess from the title, that involves that all-purpose answer: 42.

An assortment of writing totems

I stumbled across my writing box again today. (Yes, I have a writing box. Who doesn't?) Having been buried since November's Nanowrimo, I dusted it off and looked through it. And nestled on top of a sheet of paper, were my four special writing totems. Each totem was given to me by someone and each one now reflects a different part of writing. And here, in no particular order, they are:

Evil change to blog #1 - Jump breaks

So, in an attempt to cut down on front page clutter and a devious way to force interested readers to go on the page to read each article in full (which means I get to see more stats), I have started to add jump breaks to things! I've done this to the current 7 posts on the main page because I'm too lazy to do all of them. Except for this, because I've kept it (relatively) short.
Blog change announcement over. That is all.

Theme Parks - Way too much exercise!

Having recently been to a theme park, I feel like this is a topic I have a good knowledge of. Theme parks are a lot of work and are very tiring! This may seem odd at first - after all, most rides involve sitting down - but when you really break it down, you can find many pyschially challenging activities in theme parks.

The fun bits of shooting

By shooting, I here mean ISSF rifle shooting, at paper targets (the poor defenceless things!). This is a sport (yes, it is a sport even though I spend an hour and 15 minutes trying not to move at all) I've been doing for several years so it's kinda obvious that I enjoy it. So, for the purpose of informing others, here is a list of things I like about shooting: