What happened to Adventure playgrounds?

I'm sure it was the result of a lawsuit,
I'll bet a middle class parent wanted their child to experience some culture and took their child to the adventure playground,
I'll put money down that this kid fell from the 30ft high monkey bars and broke a leg,
and I'm ready to argue that the government was sued for letting our kids play in 'playgrounds' which were probably built to control the population density of this country.

The government being sued for the use of playgrounds is probably the real reason for the recession, which is more likely than the story about magic mortgages in America.

I remember the adventure playground like a distant memory, I believe I was still young when they became almost hunted to extinction by property developers who turned the sites where boys became men and girls patrolled the tall wooden obstacle courses of death for future breeding partners.

Adventure playgrounds tested you they made you feel alive, separated the brave from the weak, it gave you a reason to be mindful of heights and it instilled a sense of fear in you, that you will not get from todays equivalent, there were no safety nets, instead there would be an adolescent with a first aid kit  a few bandages and some TCP, Ah TCP the staple of any medical unit in the 90s.

Nowadays we don't have no such thing, just a slide , monkeys bars so low that your feet touch the ground, preventing you from even trying to carry yourself across, I think even roundabouts have been outlawed probably as a result of another court case and they've got there eyes on the swing too, dread to think of someone falling off, nothing wrong with breaking a leg I think it builds characters, I don't see enough kids in crutches these days, I remember I needed crutches because I fell of something but nowadays there is nothing to fall off, you can't fall off a Playstation now can you?

 I'm starting to turn into an old man, telling you how kids nowadays don't play out enough but I don't have enough time to talk about that, I'm about to play some Call of Duty myself on the Xbox

anyway I want to know where all the adventure playgrounds are gone, I have my theories, but I do know that if you stick an adventure playground in a few towns and you will watch obesity drop in a generation.

When I get some money , I'll get some of my polish buddies, run down to  B&Q get some wood and build our own playground.

Peace

Under the mask

You come to Japan after a while you will start to realise that there are a lot of people with face masks on, and the main people are allergy sufferers, sick people who don't want to pass on their illness and then people who don't want to catch other peoples illnesses amongst others

. I have stumbled across another reason, hear me out don't dismiss it. Hear me out
I believe some of these people are Ninjas, yes I said it Ninjas.
Some Ninjas fancy a change but at the same time they don't want to reveal their Identity so the prospect of getting a steady job in the city was not previously possible, but now a proportion of the population are wearing face masks, this is a ninjas perfect opportunity to trade in the life of secret sign weaving and life as a assassin of the dark to join the commute and get a 9-5 or in Japan a 9- 11pm. All this without giving up their secret identity.

This theory will give my stay in Japan another edge, I'm going to try and confront a ninja, just have to make sure I don't make a mistake and get sneezed on.

Morning

Man down

I have been downed, I will not release this post until I am well but lets say one of the bites i received was on my Oshiri and I doubt it was by a mos quitoe, sitting down and walking come with a great deal of pain so I've spent most of time lying down or standing up. pain killers and antihistamines and prayer are my weapons for now.
I missed a night out on Saturday and have had to cancel my plans for dinner with my good friend from Osaka so not in the best of spirits. it's humbling how an insect the size of a penny has left big man writing blog entries on his side

Il spend the rest of the day confined to my room only eating so I can get anthistamines into my body/ I'm lucky my boy lives next door so he can help me out with the small things.

Take care of your body and if u have an awkward insect bite, treat it and don't let the bike saddle aggravate it or you will waste time like I am.

But saying this maybe I can do something productive, I have the internet and time so thinking time is upon us.

Thinking pose

Monday came and had to take some popping action, it was the worst popping experience ive ever had, -like i can be gross but I will not share it with you unless you ask me as an individual and sign a disclaimer. I was able to go out so that was okay, tuesday is now upon us and developments are positive but not 100%

I can sit down now but not on a bike, i can walk but not run.

Couldn't go hospital because of travel insurance complications basically i was only covered for 31 days (small print aye)

COma

I could say I've been in a coma  for a few months and that would have been a great excuse for not blogging but I wouldn't wanna wish that on myself. I don't even have time to sleep 8 hours what would happen if I "slept" for 8 months.

Now I only started on this path to explain my absence in a comical way, but it has got me thinking. If i got stung by a tropical bee and plummeted into a coma. what would happen?  who would come and visit me? would anybody talk to me like they do in the films? would i wake up a new man with a new focus? (inception), who would be there when I wake up? would I go on a rampage tracking down the bug that had put me there (kill bee) oly to realise that the Bee had died from a common cold, as it was infact a tropical bee after all.. This is not what i wanted to ponder right now but I've pondered it before and Im pondering it now, Also what wouldnt I have acheived that I had set out to. 

Something deeps coming.

Some people live their lives in conscious comas, they dont do anything they have no goals at all and even worse acheive nothing.

If you havent acheived anything in a certain amount of time then you may as well have been in a coma

I just wanted to tell you about my mums birthday trip to NYC my change in direction - a lot of performances, my new workout and why I need to learn to write again.

next time i guess

Instant ZOMBIE

This is something I have been observing since I was a young man, in fact  since I was a young boy.

It's a strange phenomenon and if you are Male or female I'm sure you would have experienced it or witnessed it respectfully. Well next time take notice as it happens all the time.

So this isn't about Zombies rising from the dead but it is about the transformation of even the most animated XY into a brainless man walking ( which some may argue is us all the time but I digress).

What this boils down to is that in the scenario where a woman leads a man into a female clothes shop the transformation into zombie commences,  the personality side  of the male like a light switch is turned off. I feel it is an evolution of the male brain. It's like the brain is trying to save energy as it has learned that you will only be needing to use motor functions here. Any opinions should not be ones own as it could result in trouble.

As soon as you enter the shop it is your strength and tracking skills that are put into play. The excess amount of bags accompanying female is carrying are placed on your person and you must now follow your master  not letting her wander further than 2 steps away from you, so she can use you as a walking hanger. The brain does not want you to complain as you will not win so this function has been shut off.

All brain power is transferred to the areas responsible for movement so you have enough energy for zombie walking the aisles and lanes for what may seem like light years due to the zombie state you are in. Elapsed time is probably no more than 15 minutes, but what do zombies know about time?

I noticed this as I too am caught in this trance but something snapped me out of it, I think catching a glimpse of myself in the mirror. I remembered that I was in fact a real man. I looked around and saw mindless men, from all walks of life , but all seemed soulless following their frolicking "better halves" no more than 2 steps away. I wanted to free them but before I could think another thought I found my brain going back into shutdown.  Back to carrying and shuffling forward, magnetically drawn to the Mrs ,the Master.

The only words you can utter in this state are words of affirmation recycled from your past, " that looks great" " they suit you"  "I like them"  with half a zombie smile

When asked to form an opinion you make a random selection from the comments you have heard your partner  make and just pass them off as your own. Smile and thumbs ups are very difficult to pull off in instant Zombie state but they can be done.

If you wish to see this go to Forever 21 or somewhere like that but do this alone  but take heed you must be quick because if a solo  female catches you- it's lights out for your brain until she has no need for you in that store, and how long that is. NOBODY KNOWS.

scary

Weak Lee

No this not the name of a discarded Street Fighter character based on a martial artist with a matching surname.

I just didn't feel like spelling correctly, because sometimes I don't feel like spelling correctly.
I'm exercising my freedom of Speech (well text)
I take this as being my space where I can just release whatever thoughts on my mind, but I haven't been using it nearly enough. My last post was in January and Mayday Mayday is fast approaching.

Initially I said everyday I'll write on my blog, and now it seems like every quarter so now I think , i'll try a healthy once a week at least. WEEKLY which brings us back to what Bruce would have been if he never learned how to one inch punch. (if you don't get the joke look at the title and read the pening sentence and think harder)

So much has happened and I havent documented it so let me make a boring bullet point list

• signed up for JLPT 2 exam Japanese Language Proficiency Test (yeah I need to study more and more)
• Joined a dance performance group
• Joined a dance project , and may have an appearance in the Big dance
• (Surprise)
• Started another secret side projecy
• Another one, which I will mention when it bears shoots
• Fixed my mac- finally
• erm running out of things to say, - I wear a Tie sometimes at work.

 Boring right.

I prmise next time will make you smile a bit more.

Absolute...Absolutely

It will not be on headline news of course or maybe it is I don't get much time to watch the news.

But my brothers and sisters (figuratively) are striking big time.

In Nigeria where I'm from the government have decided to remove the fuel subsidy.
In short its like raising taxes like to the roof. Bus fares are in some some places more than quadrupuling, businesses are having to shut down, people cant afford to get by!!

This is our Prime minister Goodluck Jonathans plan to stabilise the Nigerian economy,

obviously something has to be done to change Nigerias situation but some things need to be done gradually maybe I mean its literally stopping people from living. We are not wealthy anyway although we should be.

Why does he think he can get quick results like that? why not decrease the subsidy or regulate it or do a million and one other things. In fact why do Nigeria, Africas biggest oil producer have to hire outsiders to refine oil for us, why are you not focussing on getting this in place. Why? Too many backhanders people just worried about their short term gains while the country loses in the long run.

I have to put my hands up and say I do not know all the ins and outs and I'm not living it but, as a leader your number one focus maybe even your only purpose is the people. if you are upsetting your people, you're not doing a great job. Abi?

The £5billion pounds saved will apparently spent on improving health, education and the notorious nigerian electicity supply. To make sure NEPA doesn't take light
but myself and many other Nigerians have heard this tale time without number.I hope certain fat cats will not line there pockets while the rest of Nigeria is forced to suffer and starve.

Don't let them suffer in vain.

as the world turns

Based on the time it takes for the earth to orbit the sun, some of us take it upon ourselves to reflect on our lives and plan for the future in time for the next time we pass the same point on the sun.

There are some changes which are basically tradition, it's usually around this time that i decide to eat more and exercise less, and its only a few months down the line when i end up doing the opposite.
There are also the big game changers that will stick with you, the decisions that will change your live forever whether you know it or not. It's a shame that we as a people tend to wait for new years resolutions BUT saying this it is good that we do take time to evaluate what is going on in our lives.

If i look on facebook so many people are complaining about their first day back, me i usually do the same but i am sick of my own voice complaining.I'm using that energy to work on changing my situation instead.

thanks to a meeting I had with some of my like minded friends i was able to plan positive changes into my life personally , spiritually and career wise. Key thing here is to not wait till 2013 before you evaluate these again, schedule some time in a month or two and review your goals, how are you doing? Is this challenging me, am I on the right path? Yes?, NO? okay what next?

I'm a very good talker and action is hard for me I struggle at it, I know where I want to be, and kind of what I want to do, but I'm not there and I'm not doing it.
I'm praying and hoping that checking in on myself every now and then and being around people that will push me will help me climb to new heights.

I'm gonna eat some goals for breakfast even though it's 16:15 but you understand