ethics

This blog is completely off-topic from my usual posts, however it is something that I feel strongly about and would like to give my point. In recent news, France have passed the law for gay people to marry, being the 14th country to do so. I ask out-loud, why are people still offended by this? My parents have other views bordering the fence with being okay with it and thinking its not right to marry in a church. Quoting, "it's against nature and isn't right". Well neither are a lot of things in this world.

Is the human race meant to be this advanced that we forge together and wield weapons of mass destruction, blowing our own kind to pieces?
If we are the superior race, is it right for us to kill or torture animal species?
We are the top of the food chain, is it right to eat each other (seeing as fish eat fish)?

Maybe the answers are no but it still happens.
If evolution has taken other species to new, higher, immoral levels then why is it frowned upon for our own species to evolve also? Our earth goes through many dramatic changes in its life time; ice ages and fireballs, thus killing off species. Global warming may just be the start of another, maybe this reason is that there are too many of us. We are overpopulating the earth with high birth rates and lower death rates. My point being; why do we frown upon the people whose choices disable them to reproduce?

If we want to adopt a multicultural society, this means accepting other peoples faiths and religions (reluctantly). A decrease in our own religion, Christianity means that less people follow the Bible. Those who marry do not wish to commit themselves to God, but to each other in a way accepted by society, which is marrying in a Church.
Most people do not have a problem with gay marriage, it is the churches and groups of people belonging to different religions that appose to it.

Maybe it isn't natural for someone to be attracted to the same sex, but neither is the desire to kill, or the desire to take lives for the sake of religion. What we want from society is to build a picture of the perfect race, and cover up all that is "wrong".
Two people of the same sex wanting to marry is not on the same scale as taking a life, so why is it looked down on that way? If two people love each other and want to commit like any other loving couple they should be allowed to do so.

There are some people who are not apposed to gay marriages, but are apposed to the adopting of a child. "If you chose to be with the same sex, you give up that right to have a child".
Firstly, gay people do not "choose" to be gay. Second, a person who owns that right may abuse the right. A woman may sleep around and have children by multiple men. Does she still own that right?

If a gay couple would like a child, how is it different from a straight couple not wanting a child?
Thousands of pounds are spent by individual STRAIGHT couples on IVF treatment for a child. If they cannot produce a child, are they not in the same predicament as a gay couple who also cannot produce a child?

It should not be imperative for every living human to produce offspring, why does society say you have to have children?
I am a straight female who does not want children, I have always known I do not want children.
If I had always known I wanted a child and then later on in life were gay, why should that instinct be taken away from me from something that isn't my choice?
There are plenty children in the world up for adoption, who need loving parents to take care of them. Why should it matter what sexual preferences you have if you know you could love a child that isn't biologically yours, unconditionally?

There are bigger things in this world to appose to.

BAKING AND GAMING COMBINED

I feel I have share this with the world. I MADE MINECRAFT CUPCAKES! 

I made these for Valentines day as a less cliche/cheesy and more imaginative gift for the other half. According to more experienced bakers' recipes, these creatures are very hard to make but thanks to eBay i was able to achieve it more reasonably using Minecraft Cake Toppers! 

FIRST STEP: Purchase Minecraft cake toppers (and any other ingredients) 

Next step, pre-heat oven to 180/gas4 and put cake cases in your cake/muffin tin

I used a basic recipe for the plain cakes (for the piggies and creepers)

110g/4oz butter of softened margarine 

110g/40z caster sugar

110g/4oz self raising flour

2 medium eggs

1tsp vanilla extract

2tbsp milk

I used an all in one method to mix all of the ingredients then used a hand mixer to make sure the mixture was free of lumps. I spooned the ingredients into the cases and baked for 20-24 minuted until the tops were springy. I took them out and left them to cool on a rack.

I then re-made the mixture, but substituted 1oz of flour for 1oz of cocoa, making the mixture chocolate. I repeated the steps until I had chocolate and vanilla cupcakes. 

Now the fun begins!

I used butter cream for the frosting. I followed the recipe on the back of the icing sugar box to create the butter cream but I added cocoa for the chocolate cakes (cows). Before adding the butter cream to the cakes, I smeared a small amount of strawberry jam to the top of the cakes, then layered on the butter cream, sticking the cut-out rice toppers whilst still wet.

For the creepers I made a new batch of butter cream, instead adding green food-colouring  and following the same as before.

And you can guess, for the piggies, I used pink colouring in a new batch. 

They are time consuming but totally worth it and they went down a TREAT! 

And the finished result!

Enjoy!

Christmas is upon us!

I have been slacking with my blogging! Firstly, there is the lack of time I have, juggling college, college work and a job. I have just had a sort of epiphany about my future. I was sat here, cleaning my room as per until I felt the urge to do college work. But not the college work that needs to be done, not the fun stuff but a game review for a pointless English lesson I have once a week. This proves to me that when it comes to work, I'd rather do the writing, weather its because i enjoy it more or because it's easier. from this, I gathered I would be better off studying writing as the work wouldn't be as such a chore.
My advance to others has always been, do what you're good at, not what you like doing. The reason for this:

If you have to do a whole career on what you like, you will do that much work that it will change from a hobby to a chore and you will dislike it.
If you do what you're good at, you will not have to find motivation to work, it will come naturally to you and will never be forced. you then still have your hobbies to enjoy and release the stress from the work.
I should listen to myself more instead of offering others advice.

On a lighter note, all my Christmas shopping is done and dusted, I'm about to wrap some of them. Getting excited now although I don't feel the spirit is there just yet!

I hope to report back in the next few days as I shall be going to the clothes show live <3