I've stopped reading the news for a couple of days now. It seems like I didn't have the time, though to be honest I don't really know what I did instead. IMing with a couple of friends mostly. Trying to gain some ground before going back to Poland, if you catch my drift. If you don't, I mean sex.

I've used to say that the intelligence isn't that important, but I think I was playing it down to look good. A mind mighty strong is as crucial in everyday life as beauty is. It helps you calculate how much change you should have got, or analyze which tube station to get off on, or perhaps it could let you understand how to set the clock on the damn vcr.

So another social stigma destined for us to get rid off — differences in intelligence. We're starting to see, I hope, that beauty is just something some people have. It's useful to have it and if had, should be used to gain money and respect. Or it might be just my morality, lacking in compassion for the ugly.

But while most people aren't much pissed off when you call them ugly, they take strong offence when called stupid. When asked, eighty-some per cent of people consider themselves to have an above the average intelligence, which is of course bollocks. Most people have an average intelligence, hence the name of it, average. But again, while most people don't mind being of average looks-wise, average intelligence is considered somewhat inferior.

Oh, and I'm of average looks and a higher-than-average intelligence. But I guess you already know that.