Trees, wonderful trees!

People who know me may think I hate this country, but that's just not the case, there used to be a time when I believed some areas were stunning... that is until I visited Italy, than I saw true beauty.

Just walking down Oxford Circus on a Saturday is enough proof you need to tall you how much this country lacks in style and just sheer practicality. You are constantly being shoved by people and the paths are just to narrow to accommodate so many people, and what do the brains of London do...Nothing!

If there is a lot of foot traffic the smart thing would be to make more areas pedestrian friendly, instead of what they have now, which is just more traffic lights and roads- because we have to keep the cars coming through and polluting the air we breathe and looking to knock down a pedestrian at any given time!

And another real difference is the lack of trees or green spaces, why? Because breathing clean air is not a priority for these "people", having more stores and getting you to consume is the real objective. Tree don't produce anything of value so they are low on the list of things to have- Are you kidding me?! You will not be able to breath without trees, almost every major city in Europe has large and stunning trees lining the streets, why, because they are natures air purifiers and absorb the pollution in the air so we don't. Anglo- Saxons just can't see that, they have no vision.

Not only that but there is no where to rest your tired feet, no where to just sit and relax under protection from the elements. And not only that there is rubbish everywhere, you can literrly turn a corner and there will be a strong stench of urine and vomit. No one has any pride in themselves and it  makes me die a little anytime I am forced to venture into London.

Everybody loves Marchisio!

I've mentioned on numerous occasions how much I hate this time of the year, this period of the season is torture to the football fan and it isn't made any easier with the constant rumors of players that you've grown to admire and value... leaving.

I am talking about the absurd notion that Claudio Marchisio might leave. These rumors have been around the last couple of transfer seasons, but that doesn't make it any easier to hear. Marchisio has been at the club for 20 years, that kind of loyalty should not be thrown away. He got his real chance to shine in Juventus darkest period: 2006 Calciopoli Scandal, he was the one bright spark for the future of the team.

In that time he had the chance to shine without the pressure of Serie A, he flourished, and with that under his belt he has grown into a vital part of the team. After Juve were promoted back to Serie A he was loaned out to Empoli, seeing as though he was still very young, being under a constant pressure to perform could have hindered his performance. It was a wise move as he is now a very important part of the team and has even been tauted as the next captain.

The last few seasons have seen him come into his own, this current season may have seen Arturo Vidal take much of the limelight, but he was still an important player providing assists, goals and making intelligent runs from midfield and even some vital goal line clearances. His versatility will be vital to Juventus' European campaign next season and they can't afford to lose him!

The lack of Juventus' denial to the rumors of him leaving may have made him feel unloved, as he has been quoted as saying; "that if Juve don't want him he'll consider other clubs", but he has to know how a move away from Turin will crush the fans. Plus a move to either France or England will hardly be good for his career, just ask Zlatan and Tevez who are both rumored to be heading for the Italian peninsular.

DON'T GO CLAUDIO, WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU!

Progress, What progress?

When you think of progress you think of things becoming better for people like standard of living getting better, corruption starting to disappear, the gap between the rich and the poor decreasing and just a general sense of improvement, unlike now where more and more people are relying on food banks to survive,more people are being forced out of their home due to a massive accumulation of debt and just a general shitty standard of "life".

People have been living in a fantasy, a life where they believed they can just keep on borrowing, keep on consuming and everything will be fine, and why do they think like this?? The Media. The constant bombardment of advertising we are subjected to on a daily basis is absurd. You may be thinking that there is no harm in having advertisements, I mean, after all you still have to make your mind up if you want the item or  not, so no harm no foul right? Wrong, maybe an educated, rational person wont be taken in by these cheap ploys to make you spend the little money you have on things to don't have. But the less educated people will believe all the hoopla and actually start to believe that they can't live without- just take a look at what Apple have done!

Which brings me to my next point, the gradual and strategic way the government is taking away our intelligence, how are they doing it you may be asking, firstly by making higher education too costly so that many kids will drop out at 16, and then they give you a steady diet of sensationalized "news" and meaningless celebrity gossip. And all this time spent obsessing over celebrity will mean less time spent on ACTUAL NEWS that affects everyone no matter how far apart they live in the world.

Another thing, by making higher education so expensive, you're making sure that the poor will never be able to pull themselves out of poverty, and the kids that are lucky enough to get employment without having gone though higher education will be stuck in a dead end job,  most likely Mc Donalds!

We haven't progressed, we've gone backwards to the time of the Aristocracy and the peasants. Guess which ones we are?!
Do we really want this for future generations??

Mediocre Media.

Am I the only one who has grown increasingly tired of sequels and 80's remakes? It's as if the entire film making community have lost the ability to come up with an original idea. Or more likely the movie making machine has been taken over by the accountants, and we all know what their real priority is, it's not encouraging creativity but making sure they can squeeze as much money out of a sure thing, hence Fast and Furious 6 and a rumored 7 in the making.

Something has to be done to counteract this trend, maybe people should just refuse to shell out their limited dosh to watch these mediocre movies, because at the end of the day they just care whether or not it makes a profit, so in theory if this type of movie doesn't make a huge profit they'll have to change their styles and try to come up with something new and challenging.

But I doubt this will ever happen, the kids of the current generation have such a low attention span, that if their isn't any explosions of sex from the offset they will switch. Another reason why it will be hard to change is because of all these awards and rating systems. People just go on the notion that because they have a ton of awards and have been highly praised in the media, that it must be good. Don't people remember Avatar?!! That got some awards and was highly acclaimed in the media but was insulting to anyone with half a brain. Lest we forget Twilight also got rave reviews in the media and we all know how that turned out!

I miss movies and television shows that relied on a good script, excellent story line and with a good group of actors and directors who aren't afraid of going against the grain. Hollywood has been taken over by the bankers, and the bankers do not have the patience to let thing develop naturally and evolve, they are more interested in getting immediate rewards. This is not healthy or beneficial to anyone, but they don't want to wait to develop any show with potential, and hence they all get shut down get cut before they get the chance to become great, while others that should have either died or tried to evolve into something else ( The Mentalist) keep going.

It is just plain insulting when they think they can just get away with the same formulae forever without trying to be creative. All one has to do is look at what happened to show like 24, House and now The Mentalist. You can perhaps get away with using the same formulae for about 3 seasons but eventually you have to start thing outside the box. Maybe Hollywood should fire the bankers and hire some good quality writers, because after all, writing is the main key to good storytelling- I implore you to stop treating the public like children, incapable of comprehending complex ideas, because many of the older generation are growing tired of the same old thing and we do have the majority of the money!

So if you want to make a profit you will heed my words, because I refuse to shell out £16 for mediocre stock!

Happy Birthday Vidal!

It's still hard to believe that he is only 26, and ever since coming to Juventus in 2011 from the Bundesliga, he has become a integral player to the Bianconeri style of play. To many onlookers it felt as if he would be competing with Claudio Marchisio in that midfield role with Andrea Pirlo, yet the genius of Antonio Conte saw a way to play all three players in perfect sync, they are now known as the M.V.P of the team.

He made his Serie A debut in the 4-1 win against Parma, in which he scored within 6 minutes of coming on as a second half substitute

. Since then he has scored 17 goals in 64 game and was vital to them retaining the Scudetto.

His importance to the team has not been overlooked as he was named as player of the month on numerous occasions and was also named as Juventus' player of the season. Furthemore Conte has claimed that he is "untouchable" to make sure that any clubs eyeing up Arturo will not be getting what the want- no matter how much money they decide to put up!

Here's to more success in the black and white of The Old Lady!

Happy Birthday to Il Guerriero!