Monthly Archives: March 2010
Reality
It was all rather casual; the loose, habitual discussion about the gruesome, life-sucking disease that is anorexia. We spoke of starvation, excessive exercise and reducing body mass; like a decadent cake, stripped of all its glorious sweetness, left only with the airy flatness of flour.
Heavy-handed but Light-hearted
Think you’re funny? Ever wanted to prove it? We at the Portsmouth Heavyhands want to give you the chance to do so. We’re a brand new society aimed at promoting anything in the name of humour.
This round’s on you officer
‘Test-purchase’ is a phrase to make even the most experienced of bar staff quake in their shoes! For those of you that don’t know what a test-purchase is, it’s when members of the local police force pay an under-age person (17 or under) to go into a pub, walk up to the bar and try to get served.
Nostalgia
Ah, nostalgia. I always find it refreshing to look back on the simpler days – before Facebook, even before Myspace and Bebo – in fact, before I really used the Internet at all.
My Night at Porkies
After my musings had stopped I could see my stripper queen in all her beauty. True, she was carrying a bit of weight but it was firm from all this dancing.
Move over Facebook!
“What’s on your mind?” asks Facebook. Well Facebook, many things are on my mind, most of which I imagine the rest of Facebook aren’t too interested in. That’s when blogs are handy. Blogs give you the opportunity to speak your…
Oh, lazy student!
I personally know that this subject is split pretty much down the middle in my house, but now half way through my second year at University it’s becoming a pretty tedious subject in my mind.
The Winter Olympics
It’s ridiculous. Five men – some with mustaches – line up, then for some reason they attempt to complete “nine laps of the track!”. The track, incidentally, is a tiny oval, within which these men spend a couple of minutes skating like morons.
Tesco take over
Yes, this whole opinion piece is about Tesco. The supermarket I have probably spent about two thirds of my student loan on, and my parents spend a third of their annual wages at; not to mention my sister, who probably spends about a quarter of her EMA there, and my little brother who spends nearly all of his pocket money there.
Governmental target folly
With all the furore over the amount of prospective students applying for university both last year and this, and the developing fear over an increase in tuition fees, I think it is fair to say that the Government’s target of getting 50% of young people into Higher Education has failed.