Benefits of Obsession

I get obsessed with things fairly easily, it's not a bad thing, it's not a good thing either, its's just a thing. They take hold quite fast, it often only takes one exposure to set it off, sometimes I'll be aware of something for ages then suddenly it will be all my free time for the next month. They can be anything really from Helena Bonham Carter to the 3 Daft Monkeys. The obsession normally only lasts from a week to 2 months, but I will retain the high opinion that lead to it in the first place (For example, I haven't listened to a Katherine Jenkins song for well over a week, but I still believe that she is one the best singers I have ever heard).
Anyway, as the title implies I've noticed a definite change in my actions between phases where I have an obsession verses ones where I do not. Converse to what even I expected of myself, during an obsessive phase I find much easier to deal with myself and others ("easier" as we all know I'm not likely to ever find human interaction easy). I noticed this recently as I realised I felt total apathy towards everyone, even people I know matter to me. In my current phase, without obsession, I find myself more violent and argumentative than normal, angering people I want to be happy, for reasons I cannot even justify to myself.
So I've thought about why something I'd expect to make me more reclusive actually brings me closer to being a balanced and well rounded person, I have an idea but I'm sure there's no psychological basis for it all at. I think because the obsession works away in the background, I don't get as bored and therefore feel the need to create a scene through violence or provocation. Plus having something I wish to talk about can make social interaction easier (however, although I have never hid any obsession of mine, I don't always talk about them). This makes it easier for me to sit an just talk, even when the topic changes I'm ok as I've settled into the conversation.
So put simply, don't worry if you get a little obsessive, it might just stop you doing something stupid.

God isn't Listening

"Everything happens for a reason" "God has a plan for us all" "God is all knowing" all comments you'd expect from a follower of any major religion. Most of these religions will also contain some sort of prayer system. So my point today is this: If everything happens according to some divine plan, why would god change it for you? And if god knows everything, that surely includes your wishes, so how does saying them out loud help?
Even if we assume the universe is run according to the whims of some divine entity, how self centred and egotistical must you be to believe you are important enough for it to intervene in your life? Do you really believe your problems are so important that they eclipse every other issue in the universe? The very idea of preying is basically saying that you are all that matters in the entirety of existence.
And regardless of your opinions on religion and prayer, you have to admit that there are better things that you you could be doing on your knees.

Homophobia, its Against Nature

I'e been thinking a lot about the main argument used by homo-phobics "it's not natural to be gay" and I already knew that wasn't really true as I knew of Roy and Silo, the 2 male penguins that raised a chick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_and_Silo), so I knew that it wasn't just humans that have the capability to be homosexual. Being me I thought I should look into it some more before writing on it. It turns out that homosexual behaviour has been observed in around 1500 animals, which makes it seem fairly natural.
Although strictly speaking it's more often bisexual (except in sheep where 10% of males are exclusively homosexual), in black swans for example a male will mate with a female, wait until she lays eggs and then drive her off for another male. The signets raised by the two males are more likely to survive than those raised by a male-female pair. So male-male pairings are not just  natural but beneficial to the young. In fact humans exhibit a much lower rate of homosexual behaviour than many other species (the highest is in bonobos where 60% of all mating rituals are between 2 females)
So if homosexual pairings are so common across the animal kingdom I think its fairly safe to say that it's perfectly natural to find homosexuality in our species. Homophobia on the other hand, like all prejudices, is an exclusively human idea. It's strange to think that the people who pride themselves on being the natural type of human are the only ones exhibiting unnatural behaviours.