Conspiracy Theory

I realise that I havent blogged in a while probably due to the big move to my new Casa del Cathays, but now the events which have occurred in the last week have forced me to get into blogging action. My new crib is cool; Im sharing with Jen, Greg and Chris, who I all look forward to living with. I have such a girlie room! Complete with dressing table and pink wall bordering! Oh well, I will pimp it up a bit when I have the chance to. Plus cheers to Jen and all of her family who donated lots of cool stuff for us!!!!

Its weird that Grangetown has become a revolving door of late. As Im off to my new digs, me mate Gaji has returned to the ghetto from his previous residence in Pentwyn. Grangetown has always been my home since I was born, so one could say I have particular loyalty to this small suburb. But when I move out properly this week, no love will be lost between this area and I. The front page of the Echo last Friday which had shown a picture of a man chain-whipped and robbed at 8.30am, in a lane just off a main street in Grange was enough to convince me that times have changed in this community. Guns, gangs and general car crime have gripped Grangetown so tightly that it is now living up to the perception of many that it is a bad area. Shame really.

In my spare time between moving house and working, my current anarchist streak compelled me to create a playlist full of anarchist and politically outspoken greats (e.g. Rage Against The Machine, Manics, At The Drive In) and I have been closely watching the events of Live 8 and the G8 Summit. Chris Martin the next Bono? I dont think so. I still dont understand how a random selection of people who entered a text lottery to see a music gig for free is 'making poverty history'. Or those who wear writsbands to look cool and insist they are helping the cause by buying them, yet I'm sure the Live 8 banner clearly stated that they 'did not want your money'. What do you want then?!!?!!

With these controversial overtones streaming through my body, I am drawn back to a web site time and time again like a fly on poo. 'Pentagon Strike' (www.pentagonstrike.co.uk) is a flash animation devised upon the hottest conspiracy theory at the moment. This conspiracy is the fact that whether the plane which hit the Pentagon during the 9/11 attacks was not actually a Boeing passenger aeroplane, but actually a missile or a fighter jet. I don't know if I believe it but hell, its's really convincing and puts on a really good argument. Tell me what you think!!!

Finally (perhaps the most important), I have received my results for my degree. I got a 2:2, which means that I will not be able to go on the postgraduate course next year :( I am disappointed but not surprised. Im just waiting for the breakdown of the marks to see how far I was off a 2:1, so I can decide on what to do for next year. Im pretty sure that Im going to do another year to get that 2:1, but I have to sort that out this week. Overall I didnt deserve the 2:1 anyway and I know its a case of too little too late. So let it be a lesson to you - if you don't put the work in, you will get fuck all back.

I hope to write my next blog in the comfort of a Cathayian domacile, so until then, ta ta.