Some Introduction Type Thing...

I'm pretty lame at this blog thing, I'll admit that I've started blogs in the past and they fail because I lose interest. I kind of realised what the problem was: I tried to specialise in one subject and I have many interests I also do this weird hyper-focus thing where something really interests me for a while and I really get into it, then I get bored and hyper-focus on something else. There are a few things however that have managed to not bore me:

• My friends, family and boyfriend - I love these people and they could never possibly bore me.



• Working with people with learning disabilities - I'm making a career out of this and training to be a learning disabilities nurse (RNLD).



• Philosophy - I have always had a nerdy interest in world views, religion and answering so-called "big questions"



• Football - Crystal Palace FC for life, there is no changing that. I follow Reading FC as a second team.



• Pubs - I can sit in one for hours on end as long as there's good company and enough money to buy another round.



• Holidays - I love getting away because home, as lovely as it is, can bore me!

I'm sure there's plenty to add to the list. So I'm an eclectic person, I like many different things that sometimes don't go together for example pretty flowery clothes and heavy metal. I decided to create a general personal blog, I figured since I now have over 800 twitter followers my views can't be that boring! The next paragraph would probably be a good indicator of what I'm planning on writing in this blog, but I have got coming up an interview with @MissRaissa because I always like to hear from someone with a completely different world view to mine.

More about me: I'm an atheist/freethinker/Humanist with some strong opinions on religion etc, I talk about religion and philosophy because it interests me and it's an important subject, it's a subject that affects all our lives. I don't see any religion as better than another, I view them all equally. I am also a bit of a feminist, I believe that women should always be treated as equal to men, I am not however, a man hating, bra burning maniac (I need bras - bras are my friend!). I am a caring person, I love people, people fascinate me in fact and I my passion is to help people with learning disabilities get the most out of life. My ultimate goal is to get a PhD in Learning Disabilites from either University of Kent or University of West London, but for now I'm focussing on getting a 1st or 2:1 in my BSc in LD Nursing.

My other interests are: 60's music, heavy metal music, 1950's musicals, photography, evolutionary biology, reading, skiing, swimming, partying, cooking, clothes, make up, writing and whatever else takes my fancy.