The incedibly mundane and rare ramblings of Benji

Good evening people of Earth, Just thinking about this tonight and I wanted to share. I am so super excited about marrying Jessica, and I wanted to share it. As no one knows, because none of you exist, I have been engaged twice before. 'What?' you ask, before exclaiming, 'scandalous!' Yes, it is true. The first time I was engaged I was twenty years old. We'd been dating for a few years and marriage seemed like a logical step. I was pretty much dragged through the process, not offering much in the way of opinion on anything really. Luckily I saw sense (and that she wanted to root one of our friends) and we ended things. She went on to marry the guy in question and they had four kids. They later separated, but you get that. I think deep down I knew we weren't ready, and so did she, which led to the situation being that way. The next time was even weirder. We had lived together for a few years, it seemed like the right thing to do. We never set a date, an...

Good evening all, Surprisingly this isn't a rant about the media. The last couple of days has pushed Mental Health into the spotlight for me, but it seems like no one else noticed. maybe I was just in the right place at the right time. Yesterday on the news they had an article about Ben Cousins and his drug issues, an article about Matthew Newton and bipolar, and a story about a young man who pushed a girl who was trying to suicide by way of a train out of the way. Then this morning I heard a story about the pilot in America who flipped out and started ranting about terrorism and Iraq and Israel in the aisle of the plane. I have no real observation based on this. no witty comments. All it makes me think is that mental health effects us all, and the sooner people realise it the better it can be dealt with by society. Unfortunately most of the reactions I have seen, particularly to Newton/Cousins is that they are dickheads using bullshit excuses for their issues. Fuck man, th...