Twisted By Life (Simplify and Exaggerate) The Easy Answers

Mo' Money Mo' Problems

2012-02-16T23:26:00.004+13:00

Paradise Or Oblivion?

Ok so now is pictures of randomly arranged money. As you do.

I hope you are starting to notice the common theme to all these posts.

Don't follow me, Im' Lost

But if you are enjoying yourself and nobody else is getting hurt...

then you might as well make the most of it

moderation is just a concept

Please Save Yourself

2012-02-15T01:37:00.006+13:00

The basic rule:

if you don't like one post quickly skip to the next

as content tends to differ/offend...

Ideas that could have been polished up slightly...

etc...

Things written on my computer notepad:

dream palaces in the sky

escaping one's own circumstances

happentance

Dictatorship or Anarchy??

we'll put the system on trial

This Machine Floats

psychological warfare

coping mechanisms

Listen Buddy...

cave of 100 mammoths

colonial wars

colonic irrigation

the wheel of history

wait for it

Books, Movies, Albums and Television

Stardust Clusterfudge

The Doors OF Perception

Denial Of Service

Abstractions of Abstractions

Sorry For Your Loss

2012-02-13T00:24:00.004+13:00

Ok so we all have decent enough internet connections these days, that me putting a bunch-o-pics on here, is not gonna mean you have to sit there for half an hour waiting for the hourglass to stop spinning? Is it? Agreed! Yay! I like consensus. Democracies are sooooooo messy, all that compromise and debate, then no one gets what they want... Whereas dictatorships have brilliant uniforms, trains that run on time with precision efficiency and a big stick to clobber any complaining weasels with dissenting opinions that aren't on board for the big win. Leaving only one over-arching, non-rhetorical, anti-conformist question remaining; hoovering like a bad smell or insect, above the elephant in the room... "When did you become a nut-bar?" The cries rang out, as machine-gun fire pierced the air in celebration, mixing sports, politics, warfare and prejudice into several imaginary allegories of moral confusion and disconnection from the natural environment. That we had learnt so much about from our time in windowless buildings full of other disenchanted homo sapiens. Boredom is a symptom of time, like life is a symptom of death. More details to follow, that will surely confirm what you had previously thought was nonsense, but never the missing link that barely matters either way.

The Mountain of God

2012-02-12T15:10:00.005+13:00

transcend space and time

or just everything

don't wait to be told

but don't skip the queue

we've been waiting awhile

for things to fall apart

get on board

before it's gone

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All the good posts are the ones you haven't seen yet...

Silent Analysis

2012-02-09T18:25:00.005+13:00

Time for me to try something new?

Or just copy, copy, copy??

I just want to put the lyrics of two songs here and not make any comment at all, except for people to drawn their own conclusions, based on their own feelings and experience.

Just read them and see how you might think they are related.

I may have an opinion or bias, but you will have to guess it your self.

Go Outside - The Cults:

I really want to go out

I really want to go outside and stop to see your day

You really want to hole up

You really want to stay inside and sleep the light away

I really want to go out

I really want to go outside and make it light all day

You really want to hole up

You really want to stay inside and not care where you lay

Well I know what's good

Exactly cause I have been there before

Yeah I know what's good

Exactly those things night cannot behold

I really want to go out

I really want to go outside and stop to see your day

You really want to hole up

You really want to stay inside and sleep the light away

I think it's good to go out

cause if you don't you'll never make a memory that will stay

I think that you should wake up

I think I want to live my life and you're just in my way

Baby Said - Hot Chip

my baby said she wanted some action

i said baby, i can't give you that

i'm a simple man

my baby said she wanted adventure

i said baby, the outside world's not safe

we should sit down

my baby said she wanted some action

i said baby, i can't give you that

i'm a simple man

my baby said she wanted adventure

i said baby, the outside world's not safe

we should sit down

i read all the time about how they fly

like children my mind is filled with playtime

but why must i go out into the cold?

my life is inside, we're safe, we can hide

i read all the time about how they fly

like children my mind is filled with playtime

but why must i go out into the cold?

my life is inside, we're safe, we can hide

my baby said she wanted some action

i said baby, i can't give you that

i'm a simple man

my baby said she wanted adventure

i said baby, the outside world's not safe

we should sit down

my baby said she wanted some action

i said baby, i can't give you that

i'm a simple man

my baby said she wanted adventure

i said baby, the outside world's not safe

we should sit down

NB: I could give you a few questions/ideas to consider, but I would feel too much like I'm spoon-feeding you and trust me you would get sick of that. Isn't it better to have a mystery to solve yourself? You can't cheat in the maze of life, oh wait yes you can...

p.s It's ALL psychological.

Constant Conflict

2012-02-09T18:14:00.003+13:00

Want to entertain, as that is what interests

But in a meaningful way that will stand the test of time

Give the people what they want but also what they need

A way to express and to cope without letting it win

In time determination will triumph over novelty

Aspiring for variety but achieving mediocrity

Get the basics right and the rest will follow

Mixing things that interest me with the odd new idea

Spreading the message of enlightened critique

Enthusiasm for the unknown or non-existent

Would you sell-out if you could?

What about if you had to?

Orchestra In a Brothel

2012-02-01T22:02:00.002+13:00

Eliminate

procrastinate

inoculate

renovate

rejuvenate

populate

Difficult Subject Matter

2012-01-24T19:57:00.003+13:00

The Starts of Thoughts

From Underground credibility

To accessibility in the mainstream?

Do they all merge into one mass culture?

Is there a mainstream for each country?

Or a overall mainstream of meta Western culture?

Death is never funny, unless you are into black humour...

If I were 'crazy' I would say that our global economy

is built on a Ponzi scheme that is addicted to growth...

but I might get labelled an 'activist' for spreading such truth.

Wish I had some insider trading tips (I'm probably on a watch list now)

but I don't want to associate with corporate thieves

Robber barons, raiders, slash-and-burn-merchants

Text goes here

Text goes there

Wait for it

Here it comes

All you wanted and more

Sorry I can't back that up

No pay off this week sister

Find your own meanings

Irony, satire, parody

Logic, reason, wisdom

Humour, witticism, jest

Agony, torture, pain

compassion, mercy, decency

"The world is all that is the case" - (Ludwig Wittgenstein)

I still haven't really worked out what that means yet...

Compressible recession

Depend On Me

2012-01-22T15:34:00.005+13:00

Plan
Create environments

Organise

Manage Contingencies

Lead

Control Outcomes

Intangible

Hypothetical

Theoretical

Conceptual

Abstract

Fairy Tale

Nonsense

Ignorance

Truth Bomb

Time Bar

Think Tank

Sperm Bank

Circle Jerk

Spirit Level

Line Dance

Memory Hole

Phone Booth

Broken Beat

Market Force

Space Station

Fire Brigade

Missing Piece

Street Art

Cyber Poet

Recovery Centre

Black Plague

Trojan Horse

Reverse Logic

Auto-complete

2012-01-22T13:08:00.002+13:00

You just can't rely on anything these days...

Self- aware

Self- indulgent

Self- destruct

Self- saucing

Self- righteous

Self- confidence

Self- conscious

Self- management

Self- help

Self- harm

Self- belief

Self- hatred

Self- recorded

Self- esteem

Self- promotion

Self- employment

Self- motivated

Self- discovery

Self- regulation

Self- fulfilment

Self- fulfilling

Self- inflicted

Self- sacrificing

Self- control

Self- absorbed

Self- appointed

Self- pity

Self- sustaining

Self- portrait

Self- taught

Self- service

Self- made

Self- preservation

Self- repect

Self- ish

Self- less

Once again,

Using repetition to remove all meaning(s)...

Once again...

The General Specific (I'm Invisible)

2012-01-20T18:31:00.004+13:00

Making sense of it all yet?

Cos I'm still kind of confused and finding out that

the more I know, the less I really know...

I mean ya think one thing is certain

and then it goes and changes on ya

No one is really right! Right?

cos there is far too much stuff for us to ever know

like tidal waves of avalanches of untamed knowledge

that has lasted over the years and only grown

larger and more accessible in the internet age

if that is indeed a term that anyone will use

a hundred years from now

I'm not trying to confuse you further (or am I?)

but I just don't think I will work it all out, any time soon

if at all, but I just like taking heaps of wild guesses

and see if I can get one right, but there's always an exception

everything is Just too big really isn't it Toto...

One man's obscure reference, is another's cliché

variety is the spice of different stuff

but if you find what you like, don't pull it apart

unless you are really good at putting it back together

and as long as pulling it apart won't wreck it

temporary portable virtual jargon holistic nonsense

sorry I drifted into buzzwords there for a moment

I am just saying that I can't sum it up into words

but if you put it all together and then forget it again

your almost halfway there...

Where is your spirit going when you die?

who is to say it's not there now?

why would something so existential as a spirit be limited by physics?

does it have to be attached to you?

could it not be infinite?

are our dreams a preview of the afterlife?

will we get to play in our own minds/memories for all eternity?

I should probably not try to work this weird stuff out

but I've got a bit of time to think, so I really can't help it...

The joke isn't:

I have far more questions than answers

and none of them are easy

hope this doesn't sound the least bit tragic

cos I am someone who likes thinking about oddities

I guess I would like some answers too

I mean, who wouldn't want some of those??

but am getting better at accepting

that they don't always exist, to my knowledge

if your happy, your in heaven already...

deeper than than the sea

wider than the universe

and like that! He's gone...

Nutritional Yeast Flakes

2012-01-16T18:39:00.006+13:00

The Ultimate Mega Extreme:

List of My Favourite Fruits:

(In Taste Order)

Strawberries
Plums
Grapes
Peaches
Apples
Mandarins
Bananas
Raspberries
Boysenberries
Apricots
Oranges
Kiwifruit
nectarines

A bit hard to put into order, as quality can vary...

and it's also subjective as.

Funny thing is I eat apples the most off this list, how inane do I sound?

What's your top fruit(s)??

p.s do not recommend to eat ALL at once, as may turn your dirt track into a super highway.

Not To Be Taken Literally Or Orally

2012-01-11T19:11:00.003+13:00

"Desiderata" - Max Ehrmann

Desiderata. Desiderata. Desiderata.
Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender,
Be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly, and listen to others -
Even the dull and ignorant, they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons - they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter,
For always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career -
However humble, it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is.
Many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself.
Especially do not feign affection, neither be cynical about love.
For in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
It is as perenial as the grass.
Take kindly the council of the years,
Gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune,
But do not distress yourself with imaginings -
Many fears are borne of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe.
No less than the trees and the stars, you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
No doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life,
Keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.
Be careful. Strive to be happy.

(But wait there's more...)

"Deteriorata" - National Lampoon

You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here.
Deteriorata. Deteriorata.

Go placidly amid the noise and waste,
And remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Avoid quiet and passive persons, unless you are in need of sleep.
Rotate your tires.
Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself,
And heed well their advice, even though they be turkeys.
Know what to kiss, and when.
Consider that two wrongs never make a right, but that three do.
Wherever possible, put people on hold.
Be comforted that in the face of all aridity and disillusionment,
and despite the changing fortunes of time,
There is always a big future in computer maintenance.

Remember The Pueblo.
Strive at all times to bend, fold, spindle, and mutilate.
Know yourself. If you need help, call the FBI.
Exercise caution in your daily affairs,
Especially with those persons closest to you -
That lemon on your left, for instance.
Be assured that a walk through the ocean of most souls
Would scarcely get your feet wet.
Fall not in love therefore. It will stick to your face.
Gracefully surrender the things of youth: birds, clean air, tuna, Taiwan.
And let not the sands of time get in your lunch.
Hire people with hooks.
For a good time, call 606-4311. Ask for Ken.
Take heart in the bedeepening gloom
That your dog is finally getting enough cheese.
And reflect that whatever fortune may be your lot,
It could only be worse in Milwaukee.

You are a fluke of the universe.
You have no right to be here.
And whether you can hear it or not,
The universe is laughing behind your back.

Therefore, make peace with your god,
Whatever you perceive him to be - hairy thunderer, or cosmic muffin.
With all its hopes, dreams, promises, and urban renewal,
The world continues to deteriorate.
Give up*!

(*No don't it's just a parody!)

This Is Not A Blog

2012-01-11T18:47:00.002+13:00

The following options have always been available for your living pleasure:

Lies and Retribution
Threats and Intimidation
Kindness and Respect
Love and Affection

Choose some or choose all, it's your game anyway!

FYI: Other options always available upon request...

Truth and Beauty

2012-01-05T23:16:00.009+13:00

Ok so pretty sure now it is/was the indoor weather-station thingy (WST) causing the image mangling. I did the bottom two pics with it on, then turned off (took out the batteries) the WST to do the others, it slowly came right...

If I had known you were coming I would have made a mix-tape, well a CD... but with songs specifically selected for you by me for your listening pleasure!

The best revenge is living well.

Starting to Suck Now

2011-12-30T15:15:00.006+13:00

I'm starting to get sick of what is happening to these pics

and I have a new theory...

I think my wireless connection has been disturbed/distorted

since Xmas day, when we set up an indoor weather station

with outdoor remote sensor, I think that must be interfering

with the wireless signal somehow, does that sound likely?

damn it , I was just getting used to knowing the humidity levels

and the difference between outdoor and indoor temperature

Himalayan Salt Lamp

2011-12-30T14:32:00.002+13:00

See the pics are still crazy/faulty!

depending on how empty/full your glass is/is not...

If you hadn't noticed by now...

my post titles often have no relevance to the content, like in this case.

I find it amusing and it might have hidden meanings to me...

that you don't even know about, or it might not, which is usually the case...

Everything that is made, is made to decay...

except the internet!

Data Glitch

2011-12-30T14:02:00.005+13:00

There seems to a fault with my photo uploads

makes it look like I got futuristic with the editing tools

slightly amusing or utterly annoying?

let judgemental people, be the judge

Misplaced Mail

2011-12-29T13:54:00.007+13:00

Whoops, more garbled messiness...

If only I could delete my mistakes

Then you wouldn't have to see them!

There is definitely a difference between "you're" and "your" people!

They are not interchangeable... Look it up!

Unfashionable Prophecies

2011-12-27T12:56:00.002+13:00

The more you know, the more you know you don't know...

Disjointed Musings

2011-12-27T12:49:00.002+13:00

Cynical Wordplay*

(*Would usually live here)

Superficial Glitter

2011-12-27T10:55:00.004+13:00

rest relaxation

recreation recuperation

the cost of free

corporate tyranny

destroying democracy

Quantitative Easing

Prevert

Slogans Win Hearts

2011-12-04T03:26:00.007+13:00

(quote)

We Just don't Care

In beautiful dreams

Don't Believe the Hype

"...people who did lie were, on the whole, more resourceful and ambitious and successful than people who did not lie." (--Milo discovers that deception has its rewards);(Catch-22)

(unquote)

Just because they lie doesn't mean we have to!

Even a broken clock is right twice a day

Life is too massive to comprehend completely

...so just remember that your opinion is most likely a (gross) generalisation

...whatever you may be thinking.

Drum Circle

2011-11-29T18:43:00.005+13:00

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

(--Martin Luther King Jr.)

First they came for the communists,

and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,

and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,

and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for me

and there was no one left to speak out for me.

(--Martin Niemöller)

"The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."

(--James Madison)

"The proper role of a healthily functioning economy is to destroy jobs and put labor to use elsewhere"

(-- Joseph Schumpeter)

Make your own quotes, by saying things that people will remember!

(--Me)

Confidence and Supply

2011-11-27T16:16:00.007+13:00

Speculators control markets

Fractions

Derivatives

Reserves

Ponzi Scheme

Pension Scheme

Social Credit

Social Welfare

A legal scam

Unclosed loophole

Perpetual growth

Unlimited liquidity

Infinite assets

Unmitigated failure

Absolute power

Tapped wires

Nixon gate

Frost bite

Smile over substance

the rich deserve more!

All we have is now... (and next week)

The only safe place for power is in many hands... (unless those hands are misinformed)

Mouth Sounds for Your Ears

2011-11-21T22:55:00.006+13:00

Something not to think about, because it's really just sounds...

Just think of it as mouth practise and brain pause...

How fast can you say it without blinking?

Other random facts to convince you!

Red herring or wild goose chase?

Polished up nicely, logic chills.

Skills pay bills

Thrills spill

And so forth...

Etc.

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finger linger

linger longer

binger singa

singa songa

longer bunga

bunga bonga

ringer dinger

dinger donga

hinder pinder

pinder ponder

hinger pinger

pinger ponger

minder pinder

pinder ponder

simba swimba

swimba swamba

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(NB:) Not something you need to read yo:)( Sorry if you thought that was totally pointless... but I find it fun to sound out nonsensical sounds at times of exuberance or cataclysm, deeply from the bottom of the dodgy comments (not yours) that I get, that are very complementary (not free, but positive) in a vague way, that try to plug their own blog or product. Yes we can all see through your manipulating commercial lies! but I like billboards though and I have been putting up a few stickers lately (that may show later). That sort of thing really. You know the usual stuff that no one else really gives a stuff about (sorry kids for the swear). I guess I just want to contribute, in a prolific quest at achieving complete mediocrity on all levels.)

(I had a nice barbecue feed today in the sun and got burnt slightly, remember cancer kids, don't fry your skin into leather, unless you really want to. But that's just another summer dilemma wanting to distract you from the real issues in the tabloids, like celebrities and sideshow carnivals;)

(Sharks and Nazis.)

(Context and sense be damned.)

(Obscure references to annoy everyone!)

(Self indulgent mind vomit designed to record nothing.)

(Blessed by your life and legacy in this universe for eternity.)

Trend Spotting

2011-11-19T19:24:00.003+13:00

Is it just me or do Rorschach test pictures sometimes look like a monochrome butterfly that was squashed by a stretched Hummer limousine driven by corporate greed on a highway to oblivion?

In the kingdom of fools the easy answers are fighting to control the rapidly disappearing middle-classes lost ideals of nostalgic imagination, we always knew how to sweep it all under the carpet. So the collective lessons are never learnt, so every generation has to overcome another tyranny.

Pressing all the buttons again and again, without remembering what the result was last time.

Nah, I'm just messing with ya! I don't really believe that we can save the world tomorrow. But I guess that doesn't mean that we can't try, in our own small ways to make things better for the future. It's the little things and all that.

Total Molecular Disintegration

2011-11-17T18:22:00.006+13:00

I just really wanted to use that title, since I saw that recently. It was the name of a type of extremely (warning understatement) spicy (not joking, could not only finish one piece and was not coping well in the tongue and lip department, whoops haven't even told you what it is yet...) chicken snack, at a pub/restaurant in town (roughly) that we had won a bar tab in a quiz (competitive knowledge is awesome! sample question: Name the three band members from the band Nirvana), but that is another story that I'm not going to tell you. Well not here right now anyway.

I wish I had a time machine (but only sometimes)

I don't know what I want (but I want it now)

Don't be sorry (just be better)

Build your confidence and condense your frustrations (if you feel like it)

War is over (if you want it and the other guys stop shooting too)

A Trip to The Moon

2011-11-17T00:02:00.006+13:00

Wires Crossed

Brain Explosion

Mind Flip

Thought Burp

Theory Fart

Mental Vacuum

Cerebral Meltdown

Consciousness Crossfire

Critical Error

Epic Fail

...on an unrelated note, I heard a radio review today of the new Lou Reed/Metalica album. It didn't seem like my cup of tea. The bits I heard sounded like they might be for an acquired taste and apparently other reviews aren't that great. But oh well Lou Reed has been on his own trajectory for awhile now, so any true fans he has left might be keen on some masochistic art rock. I didn't need another reason to hate Metalica though, I was never really into their music (full disclosure: except for maybe one or two songs from the past if I were really drunk) and we may still have Napster if it wasn't for old Lars (well probably not but I still thought he was a right wank about the whole thing). Some kind of fucking ego monster alright, but not one that I want to subject my ear holes to...

But I have to also admit I am currently as writing, listening to the Trainspotting Motion Picture soundtrack (playlist to follow) (another example of a movie which I should probably read the book, but I don't think I will cos I have heaps of other shit I want to read, but I won't get around to because of the internet and other excuses), which includes the song Perfect Day by Lou reed, which I like.

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Lust for Life"	Iggy Pop	5:15
2.	"Deep Blue Day"	Brian Eno	3:58
3.	"Trainspotting"	Primal Scream	10:36
4.	"Atomic"	Sleeper	5:11
5.	"Temptation"	New Order	7:02
6.	"Nightclubbing"	Iggy Pop	4:15
7.	"Sing"	Blur	6:03
8.	"Perfect Day"	Lou Reed	3:46
9.	"Mile End"	Pulp	4:33
10.	"For What You Dream Of" (Full-on Renaissance Mix)	Bedrock (feat. KYO)	6:30
11.	"2:1"	Elastica	2:35
12.	"A Final Hit"	Leftfield	3:17
13.	"Born Slippy .NUXX"	Underworld	9:46
14.	"Closet Romantic"	Damon Albarn	3:09

(source: Wiki, cos I can just cut and paste easy, see it still has links.)

Diplomacy prolongs supremacy

Do I need a new catchphrase?

Go back and look, I never really tried to make sense to you.

Going Going Gone Go

2011-11-13T23:51:00.004+13:00

Going...

Going on or going off

Going hard or going soft

Going up on going down

Going through or going round

Going short or going long

Going right or going wrong

Going yes or going no

Going friend or going foe

Going out or going in

Going fat or going thin

Going fast or going slow

Going con or going pro

Going young or going old

Going meek or going bold

Going big or going small

Going none or going all

Going from or going by

Going low or going high

Going fake or going true

Going me or going you

Going this or going that

Going tit or going tat

Going live or going dead

Going heart or going head

Going straight or going bend

Going start or going end

(so there!)

Now try to replace 'Going' with: 'Lining', 'Winding', 'Standing', 'Falling', 'Wheeling', 'Dealing'

and see how that sounds...

"Art is what you can get away with" - A. Walhol

Honeyeater

2011-11-13T15:09:00.006+13:00

My Favourite Bird is the Tui!

They sound and look completely awesome!!

Keep It Unreal

2011-11-12T15:32:00.008+13:00

The ABC of Nonsensical Alliterations:

(A through H edition)

Angry amphibians analyse ancient allegories, against artificial accusations alleging accidental acrimony.
Bored Bohemians blatantly berate bemused behemoths, belligerently baking befouled brownies.
Cautious caretakers carefully clean constant crumbs, colloquially convincing crazed corpses completely.
Dignified digital downloads don't delay dainty dinosaurs, designing distant demographics detaining diplomacy deliberately.
Egregious elephants eating eggplants endeavour elegantly, engineering enough elements emissions everyday.
Futile fundamentalists fixated for funerals, fund feudal females financially fighting fraudulent forecasts faking florescent flows.
Glorious gentlemen gainfully gravitate generosity, guaranteeing glamour grows gradually gregarious ghoulishly.
Hedonistic hypochondriacs hyphenate heroically heralded hyenas, hydrating hypnotised hypothesises hyperbolically.

Basic Pattern: Adjective noun verb adverb noun, adverb adjective noun verb adjective noun

(I think?) Not always used, but great guidelines gallantly garrotted generations grown goat gains gender generally garnished.

Sorry if you actually wanted meaning, by the way...

Lasting Memories

2011-11-08T18:33:00.003+13:00

we all love you

collective noun

it's only natural

far out experience

remembered now

back in the past

not dates and times

just feelings

words deeds

yearning for meaning

opinions aren't real

abstract concepts

excitement fades

stories linger

ghosts in time

I ponder more

than I ever need

over think much

Cynical Times

2011-11-08T18:30:00.001+13:00

No Regrets

Sorry

Congratulations

...for everything.

Words + Words + Words = word

2011-11-06T13:26:00.002+13:00

don't ask me

I didn't say there was an answer

in the first place

oh wait...

start

leave it out

we just don't care

intro to nothing

mainly misled mindless mayhem

mocking mainstream maybes

mellifluously melodiously

mere melancholy

the stuff that ideas are made of

and produce

the place we go to

and come from

unexplained and

uncompleted

on to the

Vague Yet Complementary

2011-11-05T18:47:00.002+13:00

I received this posted as a comment today, on a previous post:

It's quite hard to find a good website. And I am very satisfied to have come here. The publications are doing great and full of good insights. I would be glad to keep on coming back here to check for a new update.

made me laugh enough to put it here

but not enough to accept it as a comment

as it is blatant spam possibly translated

badly from another language of commerce

I'm not letting them advertise on here

Biological Experiments

2011-11-02T17:54:00.003+13:00

Words are like knives you sharpen with your tongue

But then I go and cluster a few random ones together just to see if they will

get on, interact, merge, combine, bleed meaning into each other...

Illogical conclusions

Temporary Abstractions

Rust Juice

Brain Bucket

Drama Magnet

Dhama Bums

Serial Maker

Darwin's Pitbull

Cyber Attack

Reality Distortion Field

Pack

Tribe

Group

Colony

Swarm

Flock

clique

mob

rights are imaginary if they can't be used

Idle Speculation

2011-10-29T16:21:00.004+13:00

Our ancestors, ancestors, ancestors... (repeated/recurring)...

probably wrote their blogs on cave walls...

Or not...

Here's a few things I shortened lately:

(Every1 lyks a gud shortnin dnt they?)

CBF =Can't Be Fucked
GID = Good Idea

---=--=+=$=+=--=---

The pressure of no pressure

The stress of no stress

The way of no way

Works End

Thank You

Offensive Language

2011-10-27T18:58:00.003+13:00

Civil Rights

Civil Authority

Civil Action

Civil Disorder

Civil Aviation

Civil Liberties

Civil Union

Civil Defence

Civil Engineer

Civil Ceremony

Civil Affairs

Civil Disobedience

Civil Servant

Civil Law

Civil Society

Civil War

FML & Co Inc

2011-10-24T18:14:00.012+13:00

Found these Sites/blogs recently, thought I'd share their goodness:

_______________________

Now some cut/paste action:

NSFW (Swearing)

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Life's a piece of shit
When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.

Worse things happen at sea, you know.
Always look on the bright side of life...
I mean - what have you got to lose?
You know, you come from nothing - you're going back to nothing.
What have you lost? Nothing!

(Monty Python - Always look on the right side of life)

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There are reasons each of us are born. We have to find those reasons.

(Uncle Iroh - The Last Airbender)

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Everybody knows that the dice are loaded

Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed

Everybody knows that the war is over

Everybody knows the good guys lost

Everybody knows the fight was fixed

The poor stay poor, the rich get rich

That's how it goesEverybody knows

(Leonard Cohen - Everybody Knows)

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{"I wanna be a goodtime lover, I wanna be a good time girl!"}

[Joint Forces ft. Claudja Barry - Good Time girl]

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"Power don't come from a badge or a gun. Power comes from lying. Lying big, and gettin' the whole damn world to play along with you. Once you got everybody agreeing with what they know in their hearts ain't true, you've got e'm by the balls. "

(Senator Roark - Sin City)

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Life is short

And if your lookin' for extension

With your time

You had best do well

'Cause there's good deeds

And there is good intention

They're as far apart

As Heaven and Hell

(Ben Harper - Ground On Down)

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Since the dawn of time, Man has questioned the origin and meaning of his existence. Work? Relationships? Justin Beiber?

And it’s just that sort of useless fucking around that has got us where we are today, in the middle of a self-congratulatory, bargain-priced, capitalist-induced anxiety wank storm. Thats right, wank storm. Don't look it up. Chopper just invented it.

(Chopper A.K.A Heath Franklin)

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BE A GOOD HUMAN

(Painted message on a van I saw today)

Flesh Tunnels of Love

2011-10-23T15:12:00.003+13:00

The Revolution will not be...

Televised
Biodegradable
Unanimous
Publicised
Sponsored
Wholesome
Without conflict
Perfect
Painless
Obvious
Commercial
Subtle
Easy
Simplified
The End
Gluten-free
Predictable
Tolerated by the ruling Hierarchy

Jiggly Wobble or Wobbly Jiggle

2011-10-21T18:33:00.005+13:00

LENNY BRUCE

GEORGE CARLIN

Important comedians who pushed boundaries

Fought for Freedom of Speech

Questioned Religion/Society

Fun Fact: Unauthorised reproduction and distribution of copyrighted work, or just generally stealing ideas, has helped many large companies (multi-national entities) achieve great success at shafting rivals who's brilliant inventions where never quite marketed (or simplified) for mass consumption. But hey, to the victor goes the spoils, the winners get to write history and erase the losers that didn't fit their paradigm. The world's too fucked to fix anyway. The meek will inherent a chance to dig their own graves. Power comes from the barrel of a gun. If your motives are justified, you can lie to the whole world, to kill more enemies than we ever knew existed. If we don't murder, then I guess only the opposition would, so we might as well make it fair. Fair is fear.

Unorganised Mob?

2011-10-20T23:33:00.001+13:00

The 99%

Signs displayed at #OccupyWallStreet March:

"Just because we can't see it doesn't mean it's not happening"

"Corporations are psychopaths, My friend"

"I can't afford a lobbyist - I am the 99%"

"End Corporate Personhood"

"Commodity Inflation Causes Starvation"

Use It Or Lose It

2011-10-19T14:10:00.004+13:00

Mindless Phrases:

Enough is Enough

Not in My Backyard

Mind Your Own Business

Fortune Favours the Brave

"A root is a flower that disdains fame" - Khalil Gibran

Two completely unrelated but high quality musical albums I am currently thrashing to death:

Boxer by The National
Good things by Aloe Blacc

That is all.

No need to reply.

Self-Indulgent Twaddle

2011-10-17T02:58:00.001+13:00

insert text here...

Not everything can be of absolute top quality

but don't ever believe that we have to accept crap

we can do far better, but also far worse I fear

Pretty much everything one here, is just to amuse myself

I even like looking back at my own posts sometimes

how narcissistic is that? well I don't really know

Change can be a frightening yet necessary process

not everything needs a new logo or a makeover though

we survived before rampant commercialism took over

I wish I could write better short stories more, or a novel

create narrative, detail, emotion and ideas that survive

envision a character who transcends the archetypes

I found this one I quite liked.

Time is of the essence and all that.

Another Bunch of Odd Pictures of Nothing in Particular or Fascinating

2011-10-17T00:21:00.010+13:00

Some more easily-overlooked oddities spliced with unconventional irregularities

Neglected by meaning, camouflaged by fear, plagued by inconsistency

Obvious obliviousness, unassumingly tedious, yet thoroughly refreshing

Sprinkled with nostalgia generated from shared experience and faulty memories

Injecting an order to the narrative, regardless of hindsight or better judgement

Ambushed by Facts, Overwhelmed by Statistics

Branded with delight. Resistance is futile. Established Hierarchies

PUBLISH POST? SAVE NOW?

Order History

2011-10-16T13:13:00.003+13:00

You Make Me Smile

2011-10-10T22:31:00.002+13:00

"I will tell the god's honest truth.

Though im not sure how much that's worth.

Because I'm pretty sure God has fibbed a few times.

Told little white lies, mostly to cancer paitents

and certainly the Jews... Anyway."

Quote from stand-up dvd:

David Cross - Bigger and Blackerer

P.S (my wee addition, bit of a ramble if you will*...:)

justice delayed is justice denied
Style, Hype and Distraction are King
Substance is for the Historians to dig up
music makes me feel brand new
Special special Daze

the word epic is very overused at the moment
Bravery is by far the kindest word for stupidity
staunch upper-lip and all that carry on

*not that refined though

Yankee Doodle Dump

2011-10-08T23:55:00.006+13:00

Just to prove it's not all serious turmoil and political blustering...

as it may be below

weird pics appeared for all to see...

repetititiousoususnessnessss

ohhh how terrifyingly freakish delight of madness

unexplainable mystery of unspeakable vagueness

or whatever.

Free Markets, Kill People

2011-10-08T17:42:00.004+13:00

Historically famine is not caused by food shortages

it's caused by war, greed, politics, denial, markets, bureaucracy,

human indifference, apathy, instability, corruption, conspiracy,

irony, lack of co-operation, breakdown of societies, lies,

unnecessary interference in rural economies, etc...

history is full of liars, cheats, thieves and charlatans

our greatest strengths are also our greatest weaknesses

our greatest virtues can also be our worst vices

opportunities threats

MYSELF

Shouldn't (human) life always be more valuable than economic progress or rare commodities?

CHARACTER A

why are we here?

CHARACTER B

Because there's a terrible draft in the lounge...

CHARACTER A

No, I mean why are we here?

CHARACTER B

Well, I don't know if there really is one reason in particular... You just sort of have to make your own and it can be different for everybody.

(Borrowed from my memory of a 'Shameless' Ep.)

The Whole World's Watching...

2011-10-08T12:44:00.005+13:00

The people united will never be defeated!

"NYPD is Wall Street's Private Army"

Hey hey, ho ho, corporate greed has got to go!

this is a peaceful protest...

Police reinforce the dominant social structure... no matter how fucked it is

shame shame shame

Justice delayed is justice denied

social justice now, tomorrow, today!

People are ruled by governments

governments are ruled by markets

Borders are imaginary, restrictions man made

all governments are fraudulent, protect the status quo

Not that I have anything better to replace it, the law of the jungle

rat race, no morals just laws, exceptions, bribery, corruption

All suggestions welcome

I guess were only human

N.B:

(Disclaimer:)

SORRY that's just some insane theories that would ruin the perfect world we currently live eh... the current economic inequalities are totally justified, people should just have to go without higher education, social services can be cut, etc... but we can still have an opulent wedding with affluent guests for the future King/throw a party for the state/bail out a bank, people should have to live in poverty (if it balances budgets) while others live it large, some are job-creators after all and far more important than the poor, who pretty much deserve it, you know their parents were poor so it's in the genes, wealth redistribution would just make them lazier and even less entrepreneurial than they are currently, their portfolios diversified with all the great gifts of the corporate masters: gambling, alcohol, cigarettes, fast food, credit cards, bling, flat-screens TVs and other stuff they waste money on things like rent, food, electricity, medical bills, childcare, headstones, clothes, etc... whereas rich people are so much classier, they do cocaine and live in the 1980's, holiday in the sun, adore yachts, plastic surgery and dead artists, increase gross domestic product, use phrases like 'per capita'... even though most of their wealth was inherited, they have become accustomed their daily burden, of knowing their fabulous because they donate to tax-deductible charities that can give a shit for them, safe in the knowledge that although mo' money means mo' problems, it also hires/buys more reinforcements, militia, mercenaries, intelligence agents, helicopter gun-ships, cluster bombs, police, soldiers and other ways to prop up the system. This may have happened by accident or random chance, but were damned if were going to try to equal things up!!! Any guilt arising from the above does not apply to self made millionaires, their dramatic rise from poverty and cunning social mobility, is worthy of a biopic, private security detail and freedom to enslave... if they can do it, then you must just be less motivated, get off your arse and stop reading stuff on the internet and you might just be able to be successful too, ideas are for schmucks, actions speak louder than, go develop and invest, mess things up a bit, as we obviously can't fix things, well not without making things worse...

Te Blogosphere

2011-10-08T12:31:00.002+13:00

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Critical Masses

Integrity Structure

Sinking Lid

Capital Gains

Violent Repression

Market Forces

Unbalanced Majority

Inequality Rising

Trickle Down

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It All Comes At Once Sometimes

2011-10-08T12:00:00.004+13:00

Tyrannical leaders

Wasteland (non-teenage)

Illusions (Cypress Hill)

Saturated media

Travesty of Justice

Educated by Listening

Denial of service

Blame other cultures

Yello Submarine

Little of no value

Insufficient funds

Fear and Loathing

Everything in it's right place

(yawn, snore....zzzzzzzzzzzzz zz zzzzz)

Hyperlocal

2011-10-02T16:33:00.002+13:00

facts behind media ownership are scary

so darn concentrated into few hands

commentary and opinion mix

corporations etc...

spew out bile

eww fox

not sure if that means we should all #OccupyWallStreet

a peaceful protest being meet with pepper spray?

and NYC cops with orange plastic fences

#GlobalRevolution or #AmericanSpring?

No it won't be, but it might scare a few big-wigs

mostly ignored in the mainstream media

hmmm... I guess ideas can be scary

someone else's twitter posts:

TheNewDeal TheNewDeal

0 Bankers Were Arrested After Purposely Crashing Our Economy. Nearly 1,000 Have Been Arrested for Speaking Up About it. #OccupyWallStreet

TheNewDeal TheNewDeal

Nothing Scares the Rich More Than the Thought of the Poor Refusing to Take it Anymore, Coming Together, & Revolting #OccupyWallStreet #OWS

Things and Stuff

2011-09-29T12:29:00.002+13:00

Random Word Generation:

I'll supply the words. You do whatever it is, you normally do...

--------------------------

Reality Shock

Gumption Traps

Premier Combat Unit

Insidious Paranoia

Omnipotent Forces

Anonymous Informants

Emotional Manipulation Machine

Standing Army

Mental Health Day

Mad Magazines

Sexaholic Nymph

Remorse Addict

Sympathy Junkie

Dominant Hegemony

Insurgent Militia

Migrant Species

Nomadic Ideologies

Economic Contagion

Ethnic Disharmony

Historic Struggles

Unending Clashes

Genocidal Conflict

Imperial Overlords

Stagnant Superpowers

Empirical Research

Unprovable Rumours

Shared Illusions

Mass Hallucination

Common Nonsense

Spiritual Denial

Inconsistent meaning

Class Divisions

Subconscious Battles

Impenetrable Logic

Intellectual Stalemate

Subliminal Hate

Consolidated Funds

2011-09-27T20:02:00.002+13:00

Safety net

Original Sin

Death Panel

Sour Grapes

Weakest Link

Silent Majority

Support Group

Sexually Active

Lost and Found

Rescue Package

Culture of Denial

False Dichotomy

Awkward Silence

Motivational Fear

Mindless Backlash

Popularity Contest

Divide and Conquer

Austerity Measures

Immediate Superior

Supply and Demand

Intellectual Vacuum

Marketplace of Ideas

Survival of the Fittest

Delusions of Grandeur

Government Injection

Collective Memory Loss

Inefficient Bureaucracies

Apathetic Social Structures

Greed Envy Hate Lust Sloth Lies

Bingo

Stage Fight

2011-09-24T11:12:00.002+12:00

Can particles travel faster than the speed of light?

Nobody alive can tell you for certain.

Isn't that reassuring?

At least we pretend we're not as superstitious as we once were

just use better modern excuses instead... touch wood..

Heavyweight concepts

tyranny of distance

Adrift on an ocean of time...

expedition

exhibition

exposition

find (y)our own meanings chump arse

Sad Cat Post

2011-09-24T10:38:00.003+12:00

I don't usually use this space to mention my own personal events too much,

well I guess, I do in a vague roundabout fashion, omit names to protect identities, etc

but anyway here's some raw uncensored info...

I received sad news yesterday:

My Cat died.

He was born in 1989 and lived his whole life in the same house/garden

so in human (calendar) years he was about 21 and a half,

but in cat terms that is far far older, almost 100 I think?

he was very old though and had a mostly sedate, carefree life

besides the odd nocturnal fight in his younger years.

So RIP Speedy the cat I got when I was 7*

what a good bastard he was.

Speedy relaxing (Circa. 1999)

*If u know maths u can work out my age.

World Of Sarcasm

2011-09-22T18:28:00.005+12:00

"The U.S Government totally cares about the fate of the Palestinian people!"

...in opposite land maybe? Where Pigs are frequent flyers, the cheque is in the mail, your farts smell like freshly baked cookies, your bosses are not retards, it's not you it's me, I really want to help you, we are doing this for your own safety/benefit or to enhance traffic flow, that aggression really suits you, the earth can still be fixed, you have nothing to worry about, nuclear arms are the best deterrent, global warming is scaremongering, other people aren't trying to use you, the Trojan horse was a thoughtful gift, I take full responsibility for my actions, I won't do that again, a full inquiry will ascertain all the details, I am not a crook, I'd like to hear your criticism, I am sorry for everything and will never put my own desires ahead of the common goals of humanity, internet message boards are full of constructive feedback, I believe whatever the authorities on television tell me, rumours are a good basis for opinion, legislation, policies and processes always make sense, pointing out the faults somehow solves them, if you're not part of the problem you're part of the solution, this post hasn't gone on too long, cynicism makes it all better for me, peace in our time, myths are true, there is not a whole bunch of crazy shit currently happening all over the world, and I forgot the punchline again...

Irresistible and Irrelevant

2011-09-21T22:08:00.005+12:00

Life is tough

perception is reality

we could have had it all...

for as long as we've had a broadcast media

they've had us perpetually petrified

the camera never lies

a nation victimised by crime

harbingers of horrible truth

statistics were to blame

Insanity, creativity

mental illness, depression

bi-polar mood swings

fast, fresh, new, now what?

plain old-fashioned

dependable stable structure

morals, things we need to do

are tedious and dull

we love a good conflict

it's either chaos or boredom

lonely or frustrated

How do we project ourselves to the world?

Please inspire me...

(p.s some concepts in this post were 'borrowed' from...

"The unauthorised history of NZ" {TV series})

Lost Weekends

2011-09-20T19:15:00.004+12:00

As opinion ignites discussion...

------=-------=------------

Entirely pointless lists:

Quick Top 5s!...

Top 5

British Bands*:

----------------

1.doves

2.radiohead

3.elbow

4.gomez

5.kasabian

--(-)-(--&--$--&--)-(-)--

Top 5

Birds Around the Place:

--------------------------

1.Tui

2.Fantail

3.Chaffinch

4.Silvereye (waxeye)

5.Wood Pidgeon

--(-)-(--&--$--&--)-(-)--

Top 5

Days of the week:

-----------------

1.Saturday

2.Sunday

3.Friday

4.Thursday

5.Wednesday

most calming song ever: What a wonderful world = Louis Armstrong

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(*guitar-based rock derivative, but can explore many genres)

The Spirit of Ecstasy

2011-09-19T22:46:00.004+12:00

Writing off the Wall

infinite loops...

play within a play

idea within an idea

game within a game

story within a story

world within a world

movie within a movie

dream within a dream

scenario within a scenario

equation within an equation

abstraction within an abstraction

Hold the Line (No Regrets)

2011-09-19T15:16:00.004+12:00

(Social Instincts)

reputation, revenge

pride, shame

dignity, humiliation

anger, remorse

frustration, empathy

pain, delight

denial, responsibility

tension, resolution

----------

A direct translation

of the lyrics for the song

"Non, je ne regrette rien"

as performed by Édith Piaf is:

"I regret nothing

no, I have no regrets

I regret neither the good things that were done to me nor the bad things

They are all the same to me

The past is paid,

swept away, forgotten

I don't care of the past any more

I set my memories on fire

My agonies, and my pleasures

I don't need them any more

Swept away in the agonies of love

Swept away forever,

I'm restarting with nothing..."

What Ales You?

2011-09-02T18:42:00.001+12:00

beer companies care about the social costs on the people that consume their products

rather than just making profits

- yeah right

Something About The Duality of Man Sir

2011-08-12T20:19:00.004+12:00

Just to stir debate

controversy

argument

a bit of give

and take

I shall name my opinions of

"most influential..."

in these categories:

Movie of the 90's: Pulp Fiction
Album of the 90's: Nirvana - Nevermind
TV show ever: The Simpsons
Band: The Beatles

reminder: these are not my favourites

just my opinions, but they are the only

one's that matter, unless you wish to

insert yours below, by way of comment

otherwise I win and so does my shouting

Destroyed In Seconds

2011-08-10T23:28:00.002+12:00

I don't condone the random destruction of people or their property...

But don't tell me there is no reasons or causes behind it,

no matter how misguided or opportunistic these acts are,

there must be something that has caused this situation

sort it out

best tweet I saw about this today:

JohnitoBlog John Ito

by Yossarian25

The UK riots are not revolutionary.In a revolution you bring down a corrupted elite,not your hardworking neighbours. #londonriots #UKriots

Features and Analysis (Only Joking)

2011-08-06T12:20:00.004+12:00

humans thrive on conflict (don't we?)

what would Rome have been without Carthage

The state of the Union without the Confederacy

to spur things along, clash, compete, invent railways

atomic energy, radar, advances from warfare

competition motivates us to achieve

better ways to kill and fix the wounded

efficiency, economic growth, jobs, commerce

all that stuff that we can't live without

but unfortunately is slowly killing the planet

whoops-e-doodle, doodle do, don't

cash moves everything around me

money squawks and bullshit runs everything

capitalism is built on looting and plundering

colonisation diverts income to the core

slavery did happen and sweatshops exist

we've outsourced our manufacturing

to places without rights or labour laws

then wonder why nothing is made here

c#nts are still running the world (or well their money is)

tourists are (almost) (f*ck@n) EVERYWHERE!

especially when I go travelling...

all things move toward their end

you cannot kill what does not live

renegade master, power to the people

a life lived through sound bites

The Price of Milk

2011-08-05T23:59:00.003+12:00

carbon

pollution

emissions

water quality

ozone protection

environmental purity

native forests/wetlands

gosh we're thirsty (for disaster)

I like bacon and non-sequiturs

what's you're carbon footprint?

Stop thinking! ...it will only get you thoughts...

No keep it up! ...it's not illegal yet!

find the white Pukeko

Gypsy Family Slugfest

2011-08-05T23:49:00.003+12:00

settling scores

bare knuckle boxing

escalated Irish clan squabbles

feuds so old the origins are unknown

brothers and cousins fighting brothers and cousins

Tea and Crumpets

2011-07-27T14:14:00.000+12:00

"The World's First Industrialised Ghetto" - shameless

I'm always (well usually) trying to find the balance...

between negative and positive.

Melancholy and Joy.

Success versus Anger.

Resentment against Contentment.

Happiness without Fear.

Anxiety tinged Euphoria.

Etc...

You can't completely have one without the other.

As life is a vivid mixture of the good and the shit.

Never completely wonderful if you look too far,

but not ever as depressing as brains can think.

Anything can be dealt with, it can just take time.

Nature kills without conscience, but that doesn't mean we should.

So what if we have done since the beginning of time...

I'm sure at least some of those were needed.

But we can change can't we?

Rationality away!

Choose 'Life'?

It might not be sunny, but I'm sure there's warmth somewhere...

They may not listen to you, but someone out there will...

sometimes just one more day is all it takes...

hold on for the next big adventure!

Next time I might try to be funny again or I might just try to be really deep and pretentious, so that I can alienate the mainstream. I seem to have writer's block, but it's only blocking the good stuff from coming out, so this is what you're left with. I love my life really, because I have made some good choices and been lucky. But I did make a few bad choices first that helped me learn and had to deal with some bad luck along the road. Blah blah blah, morals.

Hope you're well!

The Saturn Return

2011-07-24T14:36:00.004+12:00

Curse of the 27 club...

" "Turning thirty is a big deal. Many experience the last years of their twenties as a transitional phase between youth and maturity. Thirty marks the real entry to adulthood—an age where most people have completed their university degrees, found their vocation, and are comfortably settled in a relationship—or not.

It takes the planet Saturn twenty-nine and a half years to return to the same position it occupied at the time we were born, a significant event as it marks the end of one cycle and the beginning of another.

Astrologers argue that Saturn Return is one of life’s most important thresholds as it intensifies one’s feelings of sadness, isolation, and purpose. In the words of Rob Hand, author of Planets In Transit, it’s “a time of endings and new beginnings,” a fitting characteristic for Saturnus, the Roman harvest god, the model for the grim reaper." "

http://www.the27club.net/saturn-return-27

Debt Crisis Sandwich

2011-07-23T14:11:00.004+12:00

Things I thought or heard while watching the news one night...

Horrific crash, torrential deluge

Greek Tragedy, widespread panic

Record-breaking weather, anarchy

Bitter-sweet catastrophe, riots beaten

Negotiations deadlocked, scapegoat found

Space shuttles retire, adventure over

Ending the dreams of a generation

Barely visible in the dawn darkness

Milk prices sour, debris strewn

Just a few stories manipulating fear to get your attention. The "You just got infected with a virus and we'll give you the recipe for the antidote, plus a quick summary of the meaning of existence! AND the best way YOU can enjoy it! All coming up after some brief words (and imperative directions) from our generous corporate overlords, I mean sponsors..." scenario. Typical. All promises to be fulfilled, once credit card details verified.

By the way... (Security Warning:)

Have you noticed? (I'm guessing it's worldwide?) the increasing number of scams, (phishing or otherwise) going down everywhere? All the time I hear about fake emails (& phone calls, etc...) going out that can look/sound semi-legit and seem to sucker in the (possibly temporarily) gullible peeps to give their personal deets over,

bad news... funds transferred, game over. You lose.

Other bad news:

that's not Microsoft ringing on the phone offering to fix a mystery "virus' on your computer for only $200.
that Nigerian Prince won't pay you $3 million dollars if you send him a small amount of cash now.
there is no expedition to find sunken treasure in the ocean that just needs your small investment to fund the expedition.
you haven't suddenly got a tax refund for a business you don't actually have.
giving credit card or personal details to anyone you don't trust or know is completely https-type trustworthy, can be really regretful
the person you met online and wants you to bring a suitcase to another country, could be using you as a drug-mule.
there is no such thing as a free lunch*
official looking fake emails/websites/letterheads are easy to create.
urban myths and rip-offs are common.

pretty much never trust an unsecured email or cold call, from a bank, Govt. dept or any other large institution, that ask you for details or promise you something, it could be a scam. Big business and Govt.. departments are usually careful enough to only contact you securely through online log-in or some verification mechanism, as they know how easy fraud is...

so don't get credit card or identity frauded people!!!

But the great irony (and conceit from me) is that if you reading this, than I guess your already smart enough to know all that stuff.

Better safe than sorry though, overkill rather than under kill isn't it?

Add your own safety warning/scam below as a comment if you wish!

*conditions apply.

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“What is a cynic?

A man who knows the price of everything

and the value of nothing.” -- Oscar Wilde

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World of the News

2011-07-20T18:39:00.002+12:00

The Truth is Lies

Lies are Commercial

Everyone has an Angle

Some better than Others

Schadenfreude in Your Face

2011-07-11T23:46:00.004+12:00

Random intangibles of recent time:

I wanted to write a short story but haven't got round to it yet, may do that soon as I have a (road/ferry) trip coming up. Watched 'Bad Boy Bubby' again tonight, a very interesting movie indeed. I had forgot some stuff in it...

So I did another pic with paint again, is it a montage or a collage?

juxtaposition or partial superimposition?

by the way... (other misc. thoughts, loosely in the form of questions)

When did the role of media change from reporting the facts to scandalising them? Distorting the to add excitement and intrigue, for no good reason...
What would the history channel show if it wasn't for world war II?
What were the eighties thinking? I mean really, the hair, etc....
Ever noticed that Rupert Murdoch looks like Mr burns with glasses?
Where is the next big thing hiding right now?
Whatcha' doing?

Disfluency

2011-07-09T12:31:00.004+12:00

Arial
Roman
times new

cognition
education
recognition
reeducation
comic sans italicised

easier is better?

complex is more substantial

certain types of difficulty can actually be beneficial

disfluency could improve learning

from rnz:

making something harder to read helps you remember more information

making things harder to read makes you remember more of the information.

So giving someone a textbook to read in a subtly unusual font will help learning.

It sounds a bit wacky

but it's been trialled in schools

and is an idea

that's being taken seriously.

Foreign Accent Syndrome

2011-07-06T18:33:00.005+12:00

Seriously...

A 67 year-old woman of Blenheim who has never left New Zealand, has developed a rare condition after suffering a stroke in 2008. She now speaks with either Irish, Scottish or American accents randomly all of the time, due to the affect on the left side of the brain, which controls language.

Odd.

(quote)

"The impression of an accent is conveyed by the cluster of speech characteristics a person exhibits, such as prolonged vowels and alterations to speech rhythm patterns."

(unquote)

Q: When does an accent/colloquial phrases become a dialect?

NB: Rhythm is quite a weird word if you look at it, only a 'y' for a vowel in the first syllable (which ain't too rare), but definitely nothing but consonants in the second.

Hybrid Cloud

2011-07-04T23:15:00.007+12:00

Personally...

I would have to say this one is a bit too busy for me, but I'm allowed to say that...

as I ripped it kicking and screaming onto the virtual world of accessible visual space...

that we have in here in the land of spam, hype, diversion, propaganda, promotion, etc...

not really something that you could handle having on your desktop, but so what eh?

I was trying to download paint shop or something new free... it didn't work,

so instead I stupidly played around with paint, that's right paint... :(

and decided to put that up here to share the pain with all of you,

by virtue of you clicking something somewhere

that brought you here, either intentionally...

or otherwise by blind co-incidence,

ohhhh! the laughs we had...

and by 'we' I mean me.

Enjoy it! or don't

don't look

filler

and now! without further adieu (or more precisely rambling about blah blah and drawing this post out slightly longer tha intended...) a picture/mess/digital image/creation/cop-out

Sorry, wanted to offend your eyes :)

No Free Bees

2011-07-04T18:25:00.005+12:00

Make Something From Nothing

oBey...

-Be lively...

-Bet little...

-Beat liars...

-Beaut listeners...

-Beauty lecturers...

-Beautify life...

-Beautiful Losers

"The greatest cultural accomplishments in history have never been the result of the brainstorms of marketing men, corporate focus groups, or any homogenized methods; they have always happened organically."

Thought Crime

2011-06-28T21:19:00.002+12:00

Graveyard of Abandoned Fads

Eulogy to lost optimism

The desire for meaning and the quest for knowledge

Future measurements of current fortune

Addicted to targets and goals

Reduce the impact of negative stress

Knowledge dispels fear

Educate your self

Domination is strategy

A Leap Second

2011-06-26T23:50:00.000+12:00

Doing...

planning, waiting

living, dreaming

hoping, voting

winning, leaving

giving, learning

sharing, being

tracing, mapping

looking, seeing

charting, graphing

minding, daring

using, asking

hiding, caring

Misplaced aggression

2011-06-25T22:56:00.001+12:00

Death or Liberty or Convenience!!

lynch mob

band wagon

captive audience

target demographic

home detention

personality cult

gossip forum

rumour mill

social fabric

stalk fest

public outcry

fickle opinion

brand loyalty

freedom fighter

fan club

market forces

charity case

focus group

special interest

splinter cell

human resources

violent backlash

bloodless coup

criminal war

peace palace

judicial organ

legal minefield

execution summary

knuckle Sandwiches

2011-06-18T14:42:00.004+12:00

pita perversions

fraudulent focaccia

fellatio fingers

carbo-carnage

bakery brewhaha

taco terrorists

bagette bangers

ciabatta cheats

sour-dough psychos

wholemeal hooligans

mixed-grain grifters

flatbread flick-knives

tortilla transgressions

wrap rumbles

naan nasties

roll rackets

rice revenge

pasta plunder

Nerdsack

2011-06-13T19:32:00.006+12:00

personal ad for humanity (condition applies)

interests include:

seeking out new stuff, classifying all we see, chavanism

travel, study, breathing, complaining, manipulating, calculating

long walks on the beach, dinner, brunch, lego, birds, madness

reproduction, collecting, empire building, replication

sunsets, drinking, lunar eclipses, toys, distractions

fashion, fads, crazes, repetition, changing old stories

nostalgia, rewriting history to create a false past, myths

legends, oral traditions, poetry, rumours, tales, scadal, lies

apathy, mood-swings, revenge, remorse, redemption, relapse,

retirement, recovery, lethargy, cathassis, relocation

humour, aggression, leverage, politics, unrequited love

beverages, survival, competition, charity, greed, romance

lust, envy, speed, clarity, nonsense, flora and fauna

bragging, conciet, loathing, hoarding, flaunting, corruption

feathering our own nest at the expense of others at times,

shooting things, taking photos, sports, hate, ignorance, fear

order, debate, democracy, rules, restrictions, destruction

hope, predictions, gambling, destractions, theft, piracy

tools, cars, machinery, technology, speculation

rebellion, revolution, resistance, repetition,

and the rest

looking to meet similar

In My Happy Place

2011-06-12T16:34:00.007+12:00

A series of cynical/simple haiku poems...

developed for the open-minded post-rational

non-conformist belligerent naive fools...

insecure yet non-selfish lovers...

surface-dwelling enablers.

Birth

beginning cycle

life coming into the world

thinking survival

Space

infinite expanse

where no one can hear you scream

the final frontier

Ocean

the source of life

amazing, vast and immense

blue place that we fish

Diversity

cosmopolitan

multilingual migration

globalisation

Nature

barbaric, wild

exotic and colourful

but lacks opinion

History

will never repeat

nor repent, beg, steal or lie

humans can do that

Health

under the weather

vitamins and supplements

faith in placebos

Patience

lacking in many

but needed to develop

I can't be bothered

Body

celebrity skin

DIY-work required

can't leave it alone

Time

flies, crawls, yearns, glides, stalks

steam-rolls, does not wait for us

however we feel

Knowledge

different from wisdom

accumulation of thoughts

I know more than you

Justice

massive expenses

adversarial system

deaf, dumb but not blind

Science

current hypothesis

experimenting with life

the path to doomsday

Co-operation

combined strength unit

alliance, syndicate, tribe

against all the rest

Mathematics

measured quantities

graphs, relationships, patterns

counting everything

Television

ubiquitous filth

mass media in the lounge

make the voices stop

These viscous attacks and undetermined narratives have not come cheap.

They devour their host from the inside, causing random outbursts and pessimistic thoughts, until his soul is crushed, then reborn as a cute wee kitten on an island of sherbet, with rainbows, etc.

This was my tribute to Wonder Showzen*

(the funniest, most darkly disturbing [in a nice way] and sickening non-children's humour show, I have ever had my funny bone giggled by...)

NEXT WEEK:

Limericks about existentialist toilet graffiti in the Middle-East...

Recycled Vatican gift shop homeless shelter, free holiday, give-away lies for the gullible.

Words won't end here.

You are elite!

Sorry for the fuss :)

*titles taken from their episode list, but Haiku made up by me on the couch at home.

Butterfly Kisses

2011-06-12T01:46:00.006+12:00

Best quote I have heard about sex lately:

"It's a wonder that humankind

has constructed

any

kind of civilization

with this monumental distraction at hand."

From: Youth In Revolt (2009)

Enduring Nonsense

2011-06-11T18:42:00.004+12:00

Permutations of human existence

affectionate combinations

live love life

life love live

love life live

life live love

love live life

live life love

3 x 2 = 6

Inspired by Knitting...

Knit-links:

The Easy Answers

2011-06-02T22:52:00.004+12:00

A B C D E F F S

2011-05-29T16:52:00.006+12:00

Inappropriate two-word insult slogans for things/people you despise:

turkey galore

tool burger

wank station

monkey slut

cheese pie

bikini roulette

slut bucket

micro mini

sectarian slaughter

scorched earth

whale spew

super injunction

Cutetiful/National Trust

2011-05-29T16:32:00.005+12:00

Stuff that is of extreme Importance/Does not matter: (click)

Things to look out for/take photos of...

when travelling by road through small NZ towns:

(if marginally bored or precocious)

Four Square stores (see above)
War memorials
Fonterror signs
Rural Graffitti
Urban decay
Old Train stations
Welcome signs
Kiwanis/Lions/Rotary Club logos* (pictured below)
Quirky monuments e.g Giant Kiwifruit
Misc. remnants of the past e.g old wharves.

Ideas I had for photo books that would no longer work:

Churches of Christchurch
Pictures of old MED (Municipal Electriciy Dept.) sub-station buildings.

*usually located on the welcome sign

Qunkadelic

2011-05-24T23:28:00.003+12:00

"defiance, disobedience, dissent, heresy, insubordination, insurgence, insurgency, insurrection, nonconformity, revolution, rising, schism, uprising, rebellion

In law, sedition is overt conduct, such as speech and organization, that is deemed by the legal authority to tend toward insurrection against the established order. Sedition often includes subversion of a constitution and incitement of discontent (or resistance) to lawful authority. Sedition may include any commotion, though not aimed at direct and open violence against the laws. Seditious words in writing are seditious libel. A seditionist is one who engages in or promotes the interests of sedition."

Random Facts:

space stations are orbiting

bob dylan turned 70 today

jet planes look awesome

Obama is Irish

news is fake

Ectospasm

2011-05-05T00:29:00.002+12:00

Throwing out thoughts; like they were ideas...

rock communication conflict primitive culture herbal news hunter tribal art consciousness pirate radio wave lunar psycho soup pie tampon bomb black market box burger lame stream media assassin twins ninja mess blade mixed vacation cannibalism spear lever market control consumer network mass excursion hoax backlash deception lies nouns remorse nonsense joy resolution achievement leisure contentment nostalgia hindsight regrets enlightenment truth peace justice space love

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is our stress inherited?

how do we find balance?

are our minds controllable?

FOMO MOFO

2011-05-05T00:13:00.004+12:00

digital natives

Oh my,

isn't the world getting so modern

so quickly?

The Sad, Beautiful Fact That We're All Going To Miss Almost Everything...

wanted

dead or alive

If "well-read" means "not missing anything," then nobody has a chance. If "well-read" means "making a genuine effort to explore thoughtfully," then yes, we can all be well-read. But what we've seen is always going to be a very small cup dipped out of a very big ocean, and turning your back on the ocean to stare into the cup can't change that.

Popular Misquotations

2011-04-26T23:54:00.002+12:00

"Beam me up, Scotty" is similar to the phrase,

"Just the facts, ma'am",

attributed to Jack Webb's character of Joe Friday on Dragnet,

"It's elementary, my dear Watson",

attributed to Sherlock Holmes,

"Luke, I am your father",

attributed to Darth Vader, or

"Play it again, Sam",

attributed to Humphrey Bogart.

All four lines are the best known quotations from these works for many viewers,

but not one is an actual, direct quotation

An Ephemeral Nature

2011-04-20T15:10:00.008+12:00

Conversation Topics for your next mind blank:

A.K.A: Oh god , not more bl00dy links to wiki articles I found slightly interesting or even enlightening....

Potsherd (Pottery shards)

Medeshamstede (Mede's house)

Benedictine (Ordo Sancti Benedicti)

Antiquarian (Past enthusiast's)

Angles (Early English)

Evel Knievel (Man of Legend)

Captain Morgan (Ambitious Privateer)

Port Royal (City That Sank)

Stonewall riots (Gay Uprising)

Franklin's Lost Expedition (Northwest Passengers)

Marshall McLuhan (Media Theorist)

Surface Tension

2011-04-18T22:48:00.003+12:00

You're one

of us

you're

one of them?

better things

are on

their way

again!

people v land

mother v nature

environment or prosperity

values or security

economy or ecology

trees or jobs

present v future

action v thought

false dichotomies

we don't always have to choose...

Accidental Molecules

2011-04-18T22:40:00.002+12:00

Watching Stephen Hawking documentaries before sleep...

...certain words cling to the page.

gravity

hydrogen

unevenness

fusion

helium

ejaculation

super massive

black hole

heavy minerals

burnt out

collections of dust

luck/coincidence

imperfection

self-replication

explosion

Gdnyt n Gdluk

2011-04-18T21:40:00.004+12:00

Did You ever read/see 'The Crucible'?

\Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow:

Became known for broadcasts during WWII, followed by millions of Nth American listeners. Considered one of journalism's greatest figures, for honesty and integrity in delivering the news. A pioneer of TV news, produced a series of reports that led to the censure of Senator McCarthy. Used excerpts from McCarthy's own speeches and proclamations to criticize the senator and point out episodes where he had contradicted himself...

\Senator Joseph McCarthy:

Fueled fears of widespread Communist subversion, during high tension cold war years. Noted for making claims of large numbers of Communists, spies and sympathizers inside the US federal government, etc.. Inability to substantiate his claims led him to be censured by the Senate...

Lent his name to the political practice of "McCarthyism", character assassination masquerading as the exposure of a threat.

I'm Sorry, I Forgive You.

2011-04-16T00:08:00.001+12:00

"There is no such thing as perfection...

weird to view complete normality

change as good as a holiday

everything is temporary

nothing lasts forever."

I heart nip slips?

Digital Natives Find Ancient Rebellion

2011-04-13T00:05:00.003+12:00

Interesting:

Graffito (plural "graffiti"), in an archaeological context, has been created by humans since Homo sapiens have been traversing the Earth. There are even scratchings, doodlings, drawings, symbols, andart, etc. etched on bone pieces from prehistoric times.

Polyamory (from Greek πολύ [poly, meaning many or several] and Latin amor [love]) is the practice, desire, or acceptance of having more than one intimate relationship at a time with the knowledge and consent of everyone involved.

Culture jamming, coined in 1984,^[1]^[2]^[3] denotes a tactic used by many consumer social movements^[4] to disrupt or subvert mainstream cultural institutions, including corporate advertising. Culture jamming is often seen as a form of subvertising. Many culture jams are intended to expose apparently questionable political assumptions behind commercial culture. Common tactics include re-figuring logos, fashion statements, and product images as a means to challenge the idea of "what's cool" along with assumptions about the personal freedoms of consumption.^[5]

Street art is any art developed in public spaces — that is, "in the streets" — though the term usually refers to unsanctioned art, as opposed to government sponsored initiatives. The term can include traditional graffiti artwork, stencil graffiti, sticker art, wheatpasting and street poster art, video projection, art intervention, guerrilla art, flash mobbing and street installations. Typically, the term street art or the more specific post-graffiti is used to distinguish contemporary public-space artwork from territorial graffiti, vandalism, and corporate art.

Wheatpaste (also known as potato paste, flour paste, rice paste, Marxist glue, or simply paste) is a liquid adhesive made from vegetable starch and water. It has been used since ancient times for various arts and crafts such as book binding, decoupage, collage, and papier-mâché. It is also made for the purpose of adhering paper posters to walls and other surfaces (often in graffiti). Closely resembling wallpaper paste, it is often made by mixing roughly equal portions of flour and water and heating it until it thickens, or by smearing cooked rice into a paste. A similar flour and water formula is taught in elementary school minus the low heat simmer as an easy substitute for ready-made adhesive.

The Crying of Lot 49 (1966) is a novel by Thomas Pynchon. The shortest of Pynchon's novels, it is about a woman, Oedipa Maas, possibly unearthing the centuries-old conflict between two mail distribution companies, Thurn und Taxis and the Trystero (or Tristero). The former actually existed, and was the first firm to distribute postal mail; the latter is Pynchon's invention. The novel is often classified as a notable example of postmodern fiction.

The New Normal

2011-03-31T18:38:00.004+13:00

The phrase finisher....

Whatever doesn't kill you...

will let you live longer
gives you something to think about when alone
can only haunt your nightmares
reminds you of priorities
updates your mental bucket-list
could encourage you to greatness
jolts you back to reality
adjusts your mode of thinking
can stall progress momentarily
can leave a nasty scar and/or rash
will give you tales to tell when inebriated
can alter your existence

A stitch in time...

saves ninety nine
keeps you in your prime
brings the rest in line
supports design
fights decline
turns water to wine
adds lemon to lime
sets off a mine
tips with a dime
smells like pine
overthrows a swine
talks like a mime
doesn't drink wine
makes up a stupid rhyme

People in Glass houses...

are friends with gnomes
don't live near piles of stones
obliviously don't value privacy*
should not detonate explosives
sleep with the television on
need to be mindful of nakedness
can grow their own herbs and vegetables
don't want to be alone or listen to Billy Joel
see you before you ring the doorbell or knock
hopefully have a nice view of an ocean or wildlife
might wish to invest in double-glazing to prevent heat loss
would be absolutely sick and tired of the premise of this post by now

*unless it's tinted glass