Whew, I’ve been busy! Haven’t updated in a while. I’ve got exams starting this week… Thankfully I only have six in total, but they’re going to be hard. So much stuff to learn, especially for History and Chemistry, the two subjects I want to do the best in! My first exam is on Friday!

I’ve been working on writing short stories based on 100 word prompts… It’s a fun experiment! I might post a few on here to see what people think. I’m trying to write from different perspectives so I gain a bit more writing experience. I’ve not done much else though… I feel a bit lacking in motivation!

Hm, this is quite short because I can’t think of anything else to say. Hm. Well, I hope you all have a fabulous week!

Oh, and also, I’d love it if some people would apply for advertising! The prices are in pounds, but if you go to xe.com, then you’ll easily be able to check the prices in your currency.

What has everyone else been up to recently?
What do you do to feel more motivated and get stuff done?

Some of you might have heard that Keira Knightley has been in a new advert that has been banned. Keira suffers a brutal assault in the advertisement, which is highlighting the issue of domestic violence, and it has been made for the charity Women’s Aid.

You can see the advert below:

The advert has been banned for being too violent, and the banning of it is something I strongly disagree with. Yes, it’s not a nice thing to see at all. But it happens in real life. People are abused like this every day. As someone who suffered emotional abuse (it did escalate into physical abuse, but thankfully not as serious as in the advert) for many months before something was actually done, I think this advert is brilliant. It’s hard-hitting, shocking, and exactly what people need to see.

There is no point in sheltering people from things like this, and I really believe that an advert like this could help bring about more awareness of what some people suffer on a daily basis. It’s not something that you can just walk away from. It’s very easy for people to say that you bring it on yourself by staying, but they have no idea of how hard it is to walk away. Sometimes there are children involved, sometimes you don’t want to give up your home and your life, because you are the victim and don’t deserve to lose that, and so on. It’s a very, very difficult thing to go through and I think this advert is amazing because it’s showing people how it really is, and hopefully helping people in this situation to find someone to help them.

I could say so much more on this subject, but I don’t want to end up writing a novel about it, so I’m simply just going to encourage people to spread the word about this advert, and about the Women’s Aid charity.

Thoughts? Feelings? How did you feel when you saw the advert?

Did you know that today (April 22nd) was Earth Day? I’m not a big environmentalist or anything, but I’m happy that this day exists. It’s great to have something that creates awareness for our planet and the environment. It really does disgust me the amount of litter that I see, the amount of cars some people have for no reason, the people who don’t recycle… I don’t know. The way I see it is this: we only have one planet and we should look after it. It’s our home! The movie WALL-E is a great example of what might happen to our planet if we continue like this, and it makes me sad.

Anyway, it’s late and I’m quite tired, but that was just a few thoughts I had. Seriously, think about it. You may think that some of these things don’t matter, that dropping a chewing gum wrapper won’t do much, but imagine, 1 or 2 billion people all thinking the same thing… It starts to add up. Is it really that difficult to stick it in your pocket or your bag until you find a bin or get home? Think of animals that could get trapped in some sort of litter or choke on it. Pretty upsetting thought, if you ask me. And is it really that hard to put paper into a recycling bin or compost what can be decomposed? If more people took more care in life and didn’t think someone else will do it, so you don’t have to, then, well, imagine how much we could clean up this world.

The other thing that annoys me is people who think oh, it won’t matter. I’ll be dead and gone before it’s a problem. How would you feel if it was YOU cleaning up the mess left by other generations? Surely you’d wonder how your ancestors could have left the world in a mess and not considered what it would be like for you? I know I would.

This wasn’t really a rant directed at anybody. I’m sure plenty of you out there DO appreciate our planet.

So, any thoughts? Do you recycle? Do you use public transport where it’s possible? Have you participated in any activities for Earth Day?