day 84... week of revolution/ day 3/developing my revolutionary brand

day 84...revolution week/ day 3.. developing my revolutionary brand.

Every political clan or popoular revolution has a distinct brand, a way in which it is absoloutley recognisable and seperateable from its competitors, you know the kind of thing i mean. Think about the revolution in cuba, its definately all about wild facial hair, unwaranted military dress and fat cigars.

All movements have one.. the nazis favoured the swastika, the side parting and an unnecesary over use of eagles on uniforms.. but they are visable distinguishers, i could absoloutley have a spoken or written revolutionary brand... the soviets for example liked to adress everyone as comrade! it sounds cool  im not sure it works in teesside accent tho.

So i think ive just about decided on a look for me and my troops, i shall model it below for you viewing pleasure.

As you can see ive rocked with a military theme.. i feel it gives a degree of authenticity, and lends an air of authority... the hat.. is not for decoration, if we need to take the fight to scotland we will need hats people, warm thick ones, its flippin cold out there.

And heres how it looks in full... with weaponary!!

See there it is, the epitomy of style within conflict, you cant fail to be taken seriously looking that dope.

So .. i believe my mission has been accomplished. The points of my revolt are there for all to see, i have a styleised logo.. see above, that should reflect the theme of mighty struggle against adversity, and now i have the look that is the distinguisher betwixed me, my troops and the enemy.

mission accomplished

day 83... revolution week/ day 2/ formenting unrest!

day 83...So after thinking up and printing my samizdat yesterday... today my task is to forment unrest among those around  me, this is to be achieved by word of mouth and also of course by getting unsuspecting friends and strangers to read, and be outraged by the points outlined in my shocking pamphlet.

Here is said pamphlet  front and back!

want a close up of the opener? (front of pamphlet) here it is! this is meant to grab the interest, is your interest grabbed? it should be.

Heres my father reading my war cry against the enemy, as you can see he was so shaken by my message that he had to sit down.. stiring stuff.

So... today i went off to spread my message, first of all i thought why not hit up those closest to home with these revelations? so i provided the folks with the neccesary reading, then i took the message to my friends... they too felt shell shocked, how could our government sell us down the river in such a manner? Oh yeah again because those in charge are the enemy (scotish).

serious expresions  for serious matters!

i can almost feel an uprising!

After hitting the friends up with the call to arms (not literally) i decide the general public needed to be aware of what i had uncovered, i mean they cant have known allready..  they would be furious if they knew.... right?

After that i realised the best way to cause unrest away rom home wasnt passing paper hand to hand, but  to inform people online, show them what id discovered, get them behind the cause. So that i did...So now i have people with me, behind the cause...but we need more soldiers.... plege your support people on fb  or here. i have tasks for everyone, We NEED  your help!

day 82... revolution week day 1/ printing my samizdat!!

When starting any revolt/ demo the key thing is to gain public support for your cause, the traditional way to do this is to print a pamphlet, and preferably for that pamphlet to strike such a chord with the public  that said work is passed around person to person, and house to house gathering support for the cause, and bolstering your ranks.

Unsure what samizdat is? may i suggest youcheck this link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samizdat

The book sugested i follow the traditional style of  samizdat pamphlet.. Focus entirely on message, no excesive use of colour, as little paper wasteage as possible etc..

As you are aware, Scotland won the poll i put out there for possible things to revolt/ demonstrate against, Now although it was in the mix, poll wise as a light hearted option, There are several things about scotland politically at present that bother me deeply.

I shall highlight a few here.

Despite Scotland demanding and recieveing an  independent parliament in which ministers north of the border and only them  vote on all matters scotish,
the same ministers still get a vote on westminster issues that effect England and wales. Imagine that somewhere else in the world, american ministers getting a vote in canadian parliament, but canadians  having no say on u.s issues.

Despite years of moaning for independence which they now have, a massive amount of english tax money still goes north of the border, what kind of independence is this? Can you imagine quiting your place of employment and them continuing to pay you?.

The finances for both countries health and education systems come in essense from the same pot,however  north of the border, tuition fees for universities do not exist, though students a mile south of the border will be paying £3000 a year, and patients in scotland do not pay for prescriptions, while ill people in work, south of the border can end up paying a fortune for long term treatment.

So really they wanted and claimed independence of government, yet we still largely fund scotland, and all of its departments. Tax money is divided both sides of the border in such an unfair way that scotland can afford to make the above concesions for its people, while england can not.

And heres the final sting... our prime minister, secretary of state, chancelor and about 5 other senior cabinet ministers are all Scottish, and so all decisions relating to england  and its people are all made by Scots, who have their own parliament.

I will bosh a photo of said pamphlet up tommorow when i hand them out!

Thats right people, its revolution week, I ran a poll on the blog site , asking what you would most like to see me revolt/ campaign against. The options were our socialist government, climate change bores OR Scotland.

To my absoloute delight the latter was victorious, and so for the next week, hold tight as i go on full attack, full revolt against Scotland.

day 81... travel plans

day 81... travel plans. Today my task was to get a map of the world... view, and consider. Then divide the map up into 4 colours each colour to represent  one of the following categories:-

*places you have been

                    *places you intend  to go this year

                                   *places you would like to go at some point

                                *places you never intend to set foot upon

The colours and their asociated meanings are listed below on this tastefull and informative  (trivial pursuit) pie chart.

AAAnd below you will find  the map itself decided then divided, feast your eyes my friends...

So as you can see i basically want to visit most o the world... i felt ashamed while gazing across the map  and seeing how much of the world was coloured green considering my love of travelio.

You be astonished  upon seing n.z and aus red, however this is merely due to the 24 hour flight required to get there from the u.k.. and for me day long flight sound similar to "chop your fingers off then scran them you proper doil".

The axis of evil is defo worth a visit i reckon, sun, sand ,burkha's, islamic extremists.. road side bombs. They cant guarentee a 5 star hotel but they certainly could promise an eventfull holiday.. high octane. Ideal destination for adrenalin junkies maybe.. i should be its marketing man.

map divided- colour coded- decisions made- dadeesh

day 80... primal scream!!!!!! day.

day 80... and today is  "primal scream day"

screamadelica.. a classic album by primal scream

Just some doil screaming!!

Allow me to point out at this stage tha i in no way buy into alternative therapy's be it yoga, reiki, pilates crystals or any other "therapy" given the thumbs up by middle class stay at home mothers with too much time and money on their hands.

Similarly primal scream therapy is not something i would like to align myself with (unless it involves listening to the compete works of primal scream, in which case i would happily participate) However the book insisted that that was todays task.

I was provided with a choice of 4 screams...below you can view my menu of screams.

1. YEEEAAARRGGHH!!!!!
2. RAAAAHHHHRGH!!!!!!!
3. WHOOOOOOARRR!!!!!!
4. EEEEEEEEEEEEKK!!!!! (women only at the books insistance)

So i took my choice, and considering myself a bit of a beast, naturally i chose option number 2. I pictured my scream before i exuded it... what i saw was a bellow of superhuman proportions, knocking fragile ornaments from the shelves of neighbours homes. smashing windows, causing water to spill from aquariums,the streets  satelite dishes being slightly moved and picking up obscure foreign speaking channels.

All that actaully happened when i let the primal scream rip was my cat sprinted from the room fast as a cheetah, and my next door neighbout banged on the wall in a manner that sugested i should cease my venting immidiately.

So i gave it a blast.. literally, did it work for me? No... you can give me screamadelica over just plain old screaming anyday.
primal scream - screamed
all stress relieved - defo not

day 79... day 79... today return to childhood

day 79... my task was "today return to childhood" The book wasnt overly specific on what i was required to do, however a few sugestions were made, i took them on board and jumped headlong into a day of childlike behaviour ( some might say this isnt dis-simlilar to a usual day for me).

As highlighted in previous tasks i got into the odd bit of mischief as a child , despite as far as i remember being a fairly pleasent and easy going.
 However  luckily no scandalous behaviour involving the general public  was required of me today, it was more to do with those day to day things younger children love doing.

Heres what i did:-

I stomped about the house making as much noise as was humanly possible.

I acted as any normal child would and kicked off about the lack of ice cream in the freezer as if it was a war crime.

I tied my shoes incorrectly (i do this every day)

Like all children, i despised having my hair washed today, i huffed and puffed like an angry bull ...as the shampoo streemed into my eyes causing bearable yet vexing stingage.

I played with my food , which was spaghetti bolognese... it got messy.

I considered peing myself, but i couldnt be bothered to get changed or jump back in the shower so gave it a miss.

I drew with the lack of perspective, accuracy and colour recognition that only children and world famous artists can muster.

So i acted like a child all day.... and it was fun.