Some thoughts that happened to cross my mind: I Finally Took the Plunge

After years of putting it off I've finally given in and have spent literally the past ten minutes design and trying to find out where everything is on this here blogging site. Blogging is an interesting term, makes me wonder if it was initially thought up by someone call Jo or Joe or maybe Joey. But I doubt that.

So anyway, guess you'll be wanting to know a little about me. Well my name is Ben, barely an adult in both mind and years. Nice to meet you :). I'm living here in London UK and I left school and little early just over a year ago after deciding I'd had enough of sitting in a classroom and wanted to actually do something. Well I say that, what actually happened was I failed all my exams but hey, that was my decision right?

After 3 months of filling in forms and a couple of interviews I finally ended up working in a top London grammar school near Croydon as an IT Apprentice. Am into my computers quite a bit and I will admit I'm a bit of a geek but that's certainty not all I am. I have been playing piano for the past 7 years and I'm told, even though I've never been tested, I play to a Grade 5 standard which is something to be happy about. I also picked up guitar last year and have been slowly but surely building up my skills. You see I think it's very important to keep both the logical and creative sides of your mind open to make you a well rounded person and with my job how it is, I need to get through a lot of music to make up for it.

Finally you may be wondering why this blog is entitled "Don't let the Buggers Grind you Down". (If your not then don't bother reading this bit.) Well it's because I first heard it in the BBC sitcom Porridge starring Ronnie Barker. That was his mentality and it's what I stick to as well. Life can be tough but you always have to find the lighter side no matter how small and use that.