Welcome to my blog. It varies how regular I write posts here. I sustained a 'Traumatic Acquired Brain Injury', and a six month coma from a 'road traffic accident' whilst cycling, in October 2006. I spent the following 4 years (22-26yrs old), in a combination of hospitals and rehabilitation homes. Now, I have been living independently in Surbiton, England since October 2010. This blog begun life in December 2010, as i realised that there are many people worldwide that i want to share experiences with. I know that, as a wheelchair user, I am obviously not as mobile as i wish, so, use the internet to connect to you. I enjoy letting my thoughts represent through type. I type honestly. As numerous readers, as well as email recipients, will understand, I find typing to be very therapeutic. Thank you :)
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Tuesday, 20 September 2011

We've got to hold on.... against SHREWSBURY!!

Sorry about the title. I type as I listen despairingly to football commentary! I am an Arsenal fan, but i hold faith in Arsene, despite difficulties.

Right, anyway......
Sorry. My phone tells me that the first note is simply 'plastic bags'. It provides me with a chance to explain my simple theory. RE-CYCLE plastic bags. When one goes on a trip to Kingston town centre, shopping, carry-bags are offered at every shop, giving so much rubbish away. These simple bits of advertising, are often instantaneous rubbish, and so after we have the first bag, we do not need another. Reject the offer of surplus plastic bags. The Low Density PolyEthylene material is rarely recyclable, and it is non-biodegradable, so if requirement is negligible, please PLEASE refuse the 'offer' of being a free advert for the shop.

My next note is expressing my confusion. I do not really know how to feel by the fact that I am now used to being given seemingly totally random "hiya"s by various people out on the street. Whilst it is clear that no harm is intended, as said in a friendly way, it is sad that it often provides myself with a negative feeling. I often take it as a reminder that I am often seen by people as 'different'. As I am in a wheelchair, people so often work things down to 'the lowest common denominator'. I am immediately seen as someone who needs help. I can't walk, and therefore, people often assume that i can't think. Oh, whatever, sorry. I must accept what people see, is usually a wheelchair first, then, me.

Match finished. 3-1 phew!!
Although i gave instructions earlier, on how I believe we should act to best affect our environment/ecology, I mustn't. I have now learnt to accept, and have 'found peace' in knowing that I do what "I" can do for the environment/ecology. There are endless problems which exist on a large scale, but we must remember that we can only do what we can do. If enough people  act in a certain way, change can be made.

My final note this week, allows me to explain my love of the road racing bicycle. Essentially, I believe that  the bicycle is a simple, purely mechanical, beautiful design. I fear that it is in danger of being damaged by the popularity of  electronic gear shifting. The bicycle is a mechanical design, cars and motorbikes can use electronics NOT BICYCLES! I may have an old-fashioned view, but the bicycle is an old-fashioned design of beauty. I stop there.

      

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