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Post by KiwiMonkey on Feb 22, 2009 18:18:12 GMT
Why is it so difficult to choose what to do with your life? I'm so angry at myslef for being too picky or too undecisive. It feels like everyone else is moving on with their lives and I'm just stood here like a d**k  |
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Post by nobody on Feb 23, 2009 14:59:55 GMT
Why are people complaining to the BBC because there is a CBeebies presenter with one arm how stupid can people get.
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Post by TheDaisy on Feb 23, 2009 15:01:57 GMT
Why are people complaining to the BBC because there is a CBeebies presenter with one arm how stupid can people get. You ARE joking, aren't you? Surely it's good for kids to see that somebody with a disability can get on in life? Some people obviously have nothing better to do with their time  |
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Post by nobody on Feb 23, 2009 15:22:02 GMT
I wish i was making it up but here why people are upset 1.People are forced to discuss difficult issues with their young children before they were ready. (Wait till these kids see a pregnant women ) 2.The new woman presenter on CBeebies may scare the kids because of her disability? (What have these people been saying to there kids to give them nightmares)  3.They only hired her to be PC.(because the tv is so full of disabled presenters) I know this is a DM link but it is on other sites as well. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1152466/One-armed-presenter-scaring-children-parents-tell-BBC.html |
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Post by TheDaisy on Feb 23, 2009 18:38:53 GMT
Dear grief. Heaven forbid that parents should have to discuss things like disability with their children We're all going to come across people with disabilities at SOME point in our lives. My ex-bosses son had to have both his legs amputated (one above the knee and one below) when he was two years old. I'm sure he must be the root cause of the nightmares of all the kids in my old town |
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Post by Wyvern on Feb 24, 2009 16:41:56 GMT
I saw that on the BBC website. It made me unbelievably angry. In case they hadn't noticed, the lady is a very good children's TV presenter, and I don't know anyone whose children have been traumatised by the fact that she's a bit different from them. At least the comments on the BBC website have been supportive. If a child is old enough to ask the question, they're old enough to have disability explained to them. And if they aren't old enough to ask the question, the chances are they haven't actually realised that she isn't 'normal' *not that she isn't normal, but you know what I mean. |
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Post by Vixen on Feb 24, 2009 19:19:06 GMT
Ok, I may be wrong in what I'm about to rant, but I don't care. I'm sick of it.
Jade bloody Goody. I have never liked her, and I'm now sick of seeing her all over the shop because she's not got long to live. No-one deserves to go through what she's going through. I'm not saying it's fair, but the fact that she's being praised as being a 'brave person' is totally beyond me. She's no braver than the people who have to go through it day in, day out, outside of the media spotlight. She's not brave because she's putting a brave face on for the media, she's splashing it all over the media to make money to secure her kids' future. Which makes her a good mum, I agree. But no, it doesn't make her braver than anyone else who has to suffer with the same thing. And she is choosing to be all over the glossy magazines. No-one is forcing her. I don't understand why the world is now trying to make everyone love her. Especially when hardly anyone I know loved her in the first place.
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Post by KiwiMonkey on Feb 24, 2009 19:29:50 GMT
I have to agree. Thousands of people go through this, and thousands of families are left distraught. A couple of years ago everyone was bashing goody and branding her a racist - Now she has cancer and everyone loves her  It's ridiculous. Of course I'm sorry for Jade's family and her son's but it's the fact Jade's face is splashed everywhere with people saying how sorry they are. People go through this everyday and get no publicity or worldwide support. It's ludicrous. |
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Post by Korri on Feb 24, 2009 19:31:36 GMT
My best friend's mum died of cancer a few years back. He is understandably incensed by all of this.
I have always ignored Jade Goody - she has done absolutely nothing worth taking notice of her for, and she still hasn't.
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Post by Mayfayre on Feb 24, 2009 20:44:11 GMT
The only good thing i can think of that this is doing is raising awareness of how devastating cervical cancer can be.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2009 22:05:14 GMT
I have to agree. Thousands of people go through this, and thousands of families are left distraught. A couple of years ago everyone was bashing goody and branding her a racist - Now she has cancer and everyone loves her It's ridiculous. Of course I'm sorry for Jade's family and her son's but it's the fact Jade's face is splashed everywhere with people saying how sorry they are. People go through this everyday and get no publicity or worldwide support. It's ludicrous. Sadly it sells magazines and newspapers. Although her awareness of cervical cancer is a good legacy to leave behind. |
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Post by lymaze on Feb 24, 2009 22:09:48 GMT
Have to agree Vix. I don't like her but she doesn't deserve this. But then no one does and we all know or will know, or will be, people who develop and die from cancer and they're not getting anything. Many celebrities have gone this way too and not done this. She has lived her life like this and now she dies like it.  |
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Post by Wyvern on Feb 24, 2009 22:15:52 GMT
I have been thinking along these lines too. Having a terminal illness doesn't turn you into a saint. Nobody deserves to die like this and it's very sad for her family, but I've lost several members of my family to cancer and I don't need to watch it again. Still, if it makes even one person get checked out who otherwise wouldn't, then it hasn't been entirely pointless.
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Post by KiwiMonkey on Feb 28, 2009 22:24:22 GMT
That's the only good thing I can think of. Is that people will get checked out as they now see what it does  |
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Post by Liz on Feb 28, 2009 22:31:32 GMT
First time I spotted this!... thank god I'm not alone here. Two years ago this girl was getting hate mail, now she's ill, she's a national treasure! As Vix said, I've never liked her, and I'm not going to start now! If this is the way to turn your 'career' round, I've got a great idea for a certain glam rock singer! |
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Post by inky on Feb 28, 2009 22:40:10 GMT
I know I'm not alone when it comes to losing someone to cancer but am I the only one finding the whole 'milk it for all it's worth' scenario in poor taste? I appreciate she wants to leave her kids secure but does she really need to document every last minute of her life?
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Post by Liz on Feb 28, 2009 22:43:04 GMT
Not at all inky! Like you, I appreciate she wants to leave her children well set-up, but most sufferers don't have that luxury, and I also blame the media for giving her that opportunity. |
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Post by Vixen on Feb 28, 2009 22:45:03 GMT
That's exactly what I was trying to get at! Except I didn't word it right But no, Inky, you're not alone there. |
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Post by Liz on Feb 28, 2009 22:47:37 GMT
To a certain extent, I think the media are slightly more to blame than her. Why do they think the public are really interested in all this? Sad thing is tho', in this 'cult-of-celebrity' times, some people are! |
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Post by inky on Feb 28, 2009 22:48:40 GMT
Glad you appreciate how I feel Liz. There was no media coverage about when I lost my lovely stepdad and also the bestist friend I ever had to the big C. How a Zeleb can attract this much publicity is beyond me. At least Jane Tomlinson used her illness to raise awareness and money for the country as a whole. I doubt her family benefited anything at all.
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Post by Vixen on Feb 28, 2009 22:51:02 GMT
Nor for me when I lost my nan or my dads best friend, he was like a proper uncle to me. But nithing was done. She's not even famous really, so why all the glossy mags are interested, I don't know |
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Post by Liz on Feb 28, 2009 22:54:41 GMT
I think Zeleb is putting it kindly inky! She was runner-up in a lame reality show, had money thrown at her to start a business, started a massive media row, following which she was 'exiled', and nothing much was heard about her until now! I get sick of hearing about her 'braveness', when thousands of people face this struggle every day of the year! At this rate, she'll be canonized, or at least a statue erected in her memory!
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Post by inky on Feb 28, 2009 23:00:29 GMT
I think Zeleb is putting it kindly inky! She was runner-up in a lame reality show, had money thrown at her to start a business, started a massive media row, following which she was 'exiled', and nothing much was heard about her until now! I get sick of hearing about her 'braveness', when thousands of people face this struggle every day of the year! At this rate, she'll be canonized, or at least a statue erected in her memory! I was being 'kind' liz. didn't want to speak ill of the dying  I couldn't think of another description than Zeleb without being really cruel As you so neatly put it, there are thousands of people facing the same awful struggle every day of the year but sadly, they haven't been on a pathetic 'look at me, I'm talentless but on the tele' TV show. I, for one, will not be crying into my cup of tea when she passes  |
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Post by Liz on Feb 28, 2009 23:06:49 GMT
Neither will I inky (I'm sorry, rant over after this) but the best I can say about this situation is, when you think about it (as I have as I've been posting), maybe our annoyance is aimed at the wrong target? As I said, it's the bloomin' media that's put her in a position that allows her to broadcast her 'tragedy', and if they're throwing money at her to do so? |
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Post by Liz on Mar 1, 2009 18:56:53 GMT
*screams* Bleepin' men! Hubby moanin' how hungry he is, so I pointed out that there was nothing to stop him starting tea sooner, if he was that hungry... and he told me to 'F off', and slammed out of the room!! Why is it only he's allowed to have a day off!? |
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Post by Vixen on Mar 1, 2009 21:17:42 GMT
*hugs* Liz |
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Post by Korri on Mar 1, 2009 23:53:21 GMT
Liz, sounds rubbish *hugs* I've put this is the sin bin but I'm putting it here too cos I'm really upset - my best mate is losing his gf and it's going to leave him completely alone - he doesn't know many people at all where he is. I don't know why she's being like this and I'm really really worried about him. Lots. And I'm too far away to be helpful |
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Post by Vixen on Mar 2, 2009 0:06:43 GMT
Aww Korri *hugs* The best you can do for him, is just let him know you're there if he needs you. Being far away, a friendly ear and a chat is sometimes all it takes  |
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Post by Korri on Mar 2, 2009 0:18:35 GMT
Thanks Vix Still worried for him. If it gets really bad I'm going to speak to my tutors and get a week out. Don't really care what it does for my grade, just don't want him to be alone. |
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Post by Jacksgirl on Mar 2, 2009 5:22:40 GMT
I've had a absolute rotten day where i felt  &banging my head against a brick wall! I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE U.S.A SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BADLY!!!Pretty much all day i've been saying under my breath gosh i need james may just to get myself though,i'm soooooooooooooooooo glad Top Gear is on tonight YAY JAMES ;D!! I'm going back to more james pics now |
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I held you, you felt me, I touched you, you kissed me.......
I couldn't think of another description than Zeleb without being really cruel 
&banging my head against a brick wall!