I suffer from sleepless nights. When everyone else is tucked up in bed and dreaming. I'm wandering about the place, and wondering what I can possibly do to make me sleep. JU helps me at this time, because I usually end up reading articles. My favourite thing to do at the moment is read old articles, from current and past users. Because I'm in a state of half asleepness (don't think that's a word...but you get my drift) it's nice to read old articles, and appreciate what you already have ...

I read an article in the News today that was quite interesting, I thought I would share it here, for those people like me, who aren't exactly completely computer literate. The News here is calling these people Internet Pirates, however I think that is slightly glorifying them, so I shall refer to them as what they are, and that's online criminals. Police here are investigating a hijacking of home computers. These people then request payment to return valuable files. A woman here logged ...

I'm a chick. Well I was last time I checked. As a chick, I realise that women bitch about other women ALOT. Not all women do it, but a fair few that I know bitch, and moan about other women, and I don't understand why they do it. Men are equally as guilty of this behaviour, I have listened to some men bitch, and they put us women to shame, they have it down to a fine art. I'm not talking about men though, because it is the women doing it that really bothers me. I come from a family ...

I have the internet to thank for many things. One of the most recent things I can thank it for is opening me up to music that I normally I would of just passed by. Now some people love music. Their world would not be complete without an injection of some kind of music on a daily, hourly basis. I'm not one of these people. I like music, and if I don't listen to music I do start to miss it. However it isn't something that touches my life, songs don't drift into my soul, and give me someth...

I sometimes wonder how my sisters and I turned out so well adjusted (well two out of three isn't bad). My Dad is a lovely man. I completely adore him. However, some of his views leave me wanting to bang my head against a brickwall, and any attempt made on my part to discuss these views with him, usually leave me feeling like I have banged my head against a brickwall. Since I was at school, I have read books, and learned alot of things. This means I have really strong and opinions on th...

When I was eighteen I worked in a shop whilst I was at college. I worked there for about two years, and quite enjoyed it. I'm the kind of person that lacks motivation, I need a good kick up the backside to get started on something, but once I do, I like to do well at it. I don't like to fail, and I try my very best not to. Now this was a reasonably small shop, and I was given more responsibilty than I probably should of being given at eighteen. One day the Manager organised job intervie...

After hearing the sad news about Heather Mills and Sir Paul McCartney, and their divorce, it got me thinking about marriage. Many people think that Heather was only ever with him for his money. Well I suppose that is something we will never know. She had a baby with this man and spent 4 years (ish) with him. So I guess there was some feelings there. However, she is set to recieve quite a settlement deal. If it was true love would she take all that money? Or would she accept just enoug...

I read this article today Link Why are people so offended by nudity? Is it not a natural thing? Especially when you are exercising that right in your own garden, and you are only trying to get a tan. Is it really that offensive to someone who is looking in YOUR garden because you are naked? I could understand if you was walking down the street butt naked, or you was dancing around like a mad person in your garden, and your nakedness was just to get at people or to annoy them. But su...

In the world of celebrity the key word is 'ME'. Everything is about ME and ME alone. I suppose considering the attention they recieve their idea of self worth is inflated a great deal. Not always rightly so. Celebs get alot of attention. They get alot of attention, for the wrong reasons. The media builds hype around them, and the only thing worse than that is those that begin to believe their own hype. They begin to believe that their opinion matters more than the next persons. That t...

Lordi Lordi! Hehe....So I have a guilty pleasure, that I indulge myself in once a year. Every year the reason for doing so becomes less and less unclear, but yet I still put myself through it. So what am I talking about? Well that my friends would be the Eurovision song contest. *Holds head in shame*. Now for those of you who don't know what it is, first of all consider yourselves lucky, it pretty much explains itself. Musical artists (I use that term loosely) represent countries from...

I am a typical Brit. My heart is always with the underdog. I can't even really explain why. I like it that you can expect the unexpected from people. That someone works so hard for something, they pour their heart and soul into it, and they get there in the end. I have so much respect for that. I believe that have people put their mind to something, no matter how far out of their reach it is they can achieve it. Hard work and dedication can get you a long way. I am only young, and I h...

This is the apple of my eye...my little niece Maddy Mae. She is two (and a half) going on fifteen. Ever since she was born I have been amazed at just how fast she has progressed. One minute she was a cute little baby that could do nothing for herself, and now she is into everything, constantly asking questions, and thinks she knows best. How quick did that happen? She listens, and picks up on everything you say. A friend of my sisters has a son that is alot older than Maddy, h...

I don't like Barbie dolls. Mainly due to a rather traumatic experience as a child. My sister is what's known as "sadistic". I admit that as a child I was quite annoying. I was a bit moany (not alot changes). I had alot of Barbie dolls. I didn't have a Ken. I really wanted a Ken. So badly. I wanted to make him and Barbie smooch, and make them hold hands, and dance around the room together. It was rather magical in my mind. So I asked my Mum for a Ken. I asked my Dad for a Ken. I ...

I am SICK of seeing Friends. I don't think a single day goes past when I don't see a little bit of an episode of Friends. I was watching television today, and saw an old episode of friends. Fine...I guess, I can just about live with that. I watch a bit of it....then I flick through the channels again, and yet again I stumble across Friends! So again I leave it on, and I'm thinking to myself, this looks familiar (forgetting the other hundred times I've seen it) and it's only the episode t...

So I have a deep dark secret.....I haven't read The Da Vinci Code. I remember ages ago my sister ranting and raving about this book (her and the rest of the world) and I thought to myself, oh this isn't really my thing, I won't bother. Little did I know that I would be left to feel like a circus freak for not reading this book. So now I have to. Don't I? Or I could cheat and just watch the film. This is my dilema. Do I watch the film, and then read the book? Will watching the film rui...