As I have been saying all day, 'an uninformed decision is worse to make than no decision'. Politics, politicians. It's ridiculous. The media frenzy over the election is ridiculous. Every word that has ever been written about politics is so 'spun' it's untrue. I don't see how anybody could make an informed decision based on media, a good P.R team and historical knowledge of previous primeministers.
Let's face it. Not much is going to change for a 21 year old girl, maybe if I had any particular kind of inclination I would have voted.. Britain isn't going to change through democracy, the only way it will change is through every individual thinking about their actions; that'll never happen.
So what's the point in arguing? Taxes will go up, taxes will go down. It's basically natural selection and you know whatever each party says it will do, will never ever happen anyway. It seems to me, like people judge each other by whom they choose to vote for; obviously, a certain parties policies segregrate people into certain categories. I don't believe in this, I don't believe in politics and I certainly don't believe in the true meaning of democracy.

So, this blogging thing appears to be quite addictive.

India, the ultimate adventure. The ultimate fear, for me anyhow. As a known stress-head and control freak, the thought of going to an unknown area/ regions scares me slightly. I went travelling around Europe two years ago and thought nothing of it, it was amazing. I had the time of my life, but this round the world trip is so much more than that. It's a new direction, path of my life that my mind wants to take but is willing to torture me before I actually jump to do it.
Take last night for example... I come home from work at the lovely Folk Cafe Bar, and try to get six hours sleep before my next shift starts. Somehow I manage to torture myself awake at six in the morning after dreaming about being tortured by terrorists (thank the metro, I always dream what I read..), massive killer rats and bombs. This is not normal, I am ultimately aware of this but my brain seems to feel the need to overthink everything. As I have already stated in this blog, I love fantasy books but I can't help feeling that they have become a little bad for me, like a drug addiction for a geek like me. I now fantasise every area of my life... I walk down a pavement and in my head some ninja from like two doors down comes and attacks me or something. It's ridiculous. So anyway, yes, I'm scared about travelling around India. Nowhere else, just India. I'm not even sure how this fear has come about, apart from random people telling me horrific stories about the country. I'm gonna go anyway and make my own experiences but I know, as I'm walking down a street with my lovely boyfriend I'm going to constantly be expecting a horror movie, a carnage, I will be chased by giant killer rats and ninjas and it won't be good, but I'll deal with it and possibly write a great fantasy book...

The comment on the side of my profile states that this blog will review fantasy books, it may do that, but it may talk about my life and my travel plans as well. Unfortunately, I am not incredibly computer literate and can't work out how to change it.

The hardest thing about writing, is knowing where to start...

Fantasy books are my passion. They contain a kind of escapism that no other genre can create for me. I love the intrigue, the endless plot twists and the fantastical aspect but mostly I love a flawed protagonist. The realism of a character that is incredibly flawed, for me, maintains a some might say 'false' symmetry to our own society, no matter how fantastical the fantasy world is. The Kushiel's series by Jaqueline Carey then, are my absolute favourite set of novels.
Phedre, the main protagonist is flawed beyond belief. Her occupation; prostitution. Her goal; 'love as thou wilt'. Her main flaw, that she turns to her advantage, is that she gets off on painful sex. She manages to save her country, and live vaguely happily pursuing knowledge. Throughout the three novels she overcomes some serious adversity, and also manages to basically kick ass through intelligence and espionage. Carey writes her, as a role model in the fantastical world and this transcends through to modern day society. Is this what feminism was for? To be able to have an amazing protagonist, that is independent, powerful and does what she wants? I think so. She has the absolute power and knowledge to do anything, even speak the word of God... It's just amazing.
I could write about it for hours, the novels encompass so much historical context and religious context that is so so fascinating but it's late and I'm tired and this is my first ever blog so yes. Little gratuitous ramble about books is over for now :)