Thirst
A place exists
mapped on my wrist
locked and unseen
a loner’s dream.
Where hearts love longer
and sap drips from our lips
just so we can feel the thirst
again and again.
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Now
In the span of two hours I saw an old woman shed a tear near a bus station, another elderly woman get angry in the bus, and a 72 years old man tell me that he feels like he is my age. “Old” people are willing to share a lot about their personal lives, as if they have come to terms with who they are. Most of the time they don’t even look for an answer, they just want to exert some kind of energy into the world (as if it’s their last). It is up to the observer, in this case me, to either ignore them, or to try and perceive them.
“Either you love all people, or you shut the hell up” – Bill Hicks said something like that when he was discussing abortion in one of his acts. According to him, it would be more beneficial for “pro-life” people to adopt a kid, instead of trying to save unborn fetuses. He has a point. What about the people who are already living here? We cannot save the ones who are living, but there people willing to blow up abortion clinics in order to save unborn fetuses. Oh, and we also want to save the planet. Big savers we are.
The people I met, however, did not have the desire to cover themselves up with religion, a twisted sense of accomplishment, or boastfulness. They didn’t want to save or be saved. They just wanted for they voice to be heard and I was willing to listen. Well, one of the old women was crying because her adopted grandchild was moving out of town with her husband, the other old lady just wanted to get on the bus, and the old man looked like he could arm-wrestle me and win (easily).
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I’m Back
Yes, I am back. Almost a year later. I could not tell you why I stopped writing here — it could be free time, it could be lack of inspiration, or it could just be laziness. Looking back at what I have written, I can see that I have followed a very distinct path, the beginning of which is documented right here. If I ever have something which expresses who I am, in my entirety, it will be this site. Therefore, it’s sort of sad that I have left this construction unfinished. What started as a diary, turned into therapy. It’s time to heal those wounds again. So, why am I doing this?
It doesn’t matter whether I will be remembered or not. I do not want to compete with rainbows and unicorns. I am raw, uncut and uncensored. I don’t want to be called “sir” by people who are my age, don’t want to be a professional, don’t want to wear a suit every day, or overdose on plastic – it’s a false sense of comfort. I don’t want to cheer on the sidelines, become a leader or sign up for your mailing list.
“I leave symbols to the symbol-minded.”
George Carlin
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Download a Poker Game Here
Ok, after being in heaven for a couple of days (because I have listened to all songs that the band bellow has ever recorded) I have decided to once again spread my love to my web site. Poker seems to be what annoys me right now. I am one of those people who can’t really play any card games which, to tell you the truth, astonishes many people.
- Wow, you can’t play (insert popular card game here)??? What kind of freak are you?
Not a freak, mind you, just someone who doesn’t feel the need to sit in one place and play with luck for three hours.
- But, it is so much more than that!
Yes, that’s what they all will say. They will say that it is about skill, bluffing, reading facial expressions, adrenaline, etc. However, any game that encourages wearing a hat and sunglasses indoors is not really worth it in my opinion. Just watching those dwarfs play their little tournaments rips my heart apart — hours and hours of sitting down, playing with their chips and hoping to get a good hand.
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This is What Heaven Sounds Like
It’s 4:30 in the morning and I discovered a very beautiful song. I can predict that I am going to listen to it for a long time. The stars have aligned again. The band is called “God is an Astronaut.”
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Let’s Smell Each Other Today
I have been thinking about the power of different scents for some time. With today’s emphasis on visual stimulation, I think that people tend to undermine the power of different smells. I often find myself experiencing childhood memories just by walking around, which is quite a trip for my mind.
Of course, people have turned our “scent memory” into a business, by giving different enjoyable scents to bubble gum, detergents, toothpaste, etc. I think that times will come when people will use those artificial scents to judge the real stuff. A scene from the Matrix comes to mind, when the guy is eating a stake and says that even though he knows the steak isn’t real, it is still delicious. Yes, I think that we will be able to trick our minds in the future , but I personally prefer to stimulate my senses the old-fashioned way. Artificial scents, like online virtual worlds, can only go so far. But still, people want to smell (or smell like) tropical forests, vanilla,flowers, or whatever those marketers decide that it’s best for your nose. The shirt that I am wearing right now smells nice, but I really can’t decide if it’s morning dew or something else. It’s funny how all that we can say is “that smells nice,” without linking the scent to anything in particular.
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I am Living in the Ice Age
Lately, I have been fascinated with the isolation that talented people sometimes feel. It seems that even if you have the means to express yourself, you will never truly be understood and you will remain feeling somewhat isolated. Abraham Maslow said that one of the steps towards self-realization is to be “alone but not lonely.” When you occupy your mind with thoughts of real substance, you can never feel emotionally lonely. Now, “real substance” is very subjective and could mean your job, you family, your house, maybe even your furniture. However, the problem is that those things are not permanent, and sooner or later you are going to lose them (well hopefully not your family because that would be depressing). On the other hand, if you occupy your mind with thoughts, dreams and inspirations you are going to become detached from society and start writing songs such as the one mentioned above. Edgar Allan Poe said that:
“They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night” (Eleonora)
Omitting some of the obvious reasons for day-dreaming loneliness, I have to say that one of the main reasons for the isolation that those people feel is seeing that there is no escape, but still searching for it.
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Why McCain is a Complete Moron
I have a couple of things to say about this video, please click continue to read what they are after you watch it.
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Deep Song Lyrics at 10:40 am
This one of my favorite songs. Very rarely do we hear a song that makes so much sense and has substance to it. It is called “Ize of the World” and is from The Strokes’s album “First Impressions of Earth” (which is their most recent album). I actually recommend this album and their other two -”Is this it” and “Room on Fire.” The Strokes received attention with their first album and were claimed to be one of the bands to revive the “punk movement.” After that, everybody calmed down and they have been keeping a low profile. I started listening to them a few months ago and have been hooked ever since. It is strange how I go from hip-hop to alternative rock so many times. They both have their strenghts, but right now I prefer more subtle lyrics than punchlines.
I chose this song because it has a lot to do with my previous post. I have taken a more philosophical path latelely, but I hope that my readers enjoy it (as much as I do). I don’t really claim to be anything more than your ordinary guy, I just like to record my stream of thought and see what emotions it evokes in other people. Anyways, I can’t really choose what to cite from this song, because every part is a masterpiece on its own. Here it is:
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I Believe Today in What You Will Believe Tomorrow
I guess most people are aware how amazon.com has this thing where “if you like this, you might also like that.” Thus, if you like the movie 1984, you might also like V For Vendetta (which I do actually). This had me thinking whether we are really that much predictable. From liking certain movies, to songs, to even colors, we invest so much of ourselves in what we prefer that we gradually begin to search for our “self” in things that other people like. This is where recommendations, similar interests and hobbies come into the picture to turn us into pieces of an endless puzzle. But we are determined to find someone who shares our interests, because we want to fit, regardless of our attempts to distinguish ourselves from everybody else. Thus, we want to find a unique way of means to belong somewhere, instead of doing it in a straight forward way. To sum it up, the crux of all of this seems to lay not in where we end up (because we always end up somewhere), but how we end up there. Let me tell you, we have some pretty creative ways of getting where we want to end up.
Books seem to be the all time favorite history-wise. It is fascinating how something written hundreds of years ago can inspire the modern man. I think that we
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Enter the United States of Advertising
I remember watching a Bill Hicks interview when he described his censoring from the David Letterman show with the words “United States of Advertising,” which basically means that the companies that are sponsoring your favorite shows also control what can and cannot be shown during the whole time. So, it makes sense when Bill was fully censored (after being told that his show that night was great), because his jokes that night had to do with abortion. Little did he know that a pro-life company sponsored the Letterman show. That’s some serious business.
Watching commercials is something that I don’t particularly like to do, but it gives me a great insight of the world that we live in. The more I watch the more I see how those commercials reflect on the way that people behave. The same thing happens with movies. When people do something cool they say “it was like the movies.” Isn’t that strange? Movies are supposed to imitate our life, not the other way around. Come to think of it, the same thing happens with songs, magazines, etc. A commercial, however, has to be short, so all the gimmicks that we see have to be over exaggerated and memorable. Step inside the United States of Advertising.
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How to Buy The White House
I recently came across a video of a Bush lobbyist, Stephen Payne, who tells a person that a donation of a hefty amount of money to Bush’s Library private library can guarantee a meeting with Rice, Cheney and even Bush himself.
“I think that the family, children, whatever [of Akayev], should probably look at making a contribution to the Bush library. It would be like, maybe a couple of hundred thousand dollars, or something like that, not a huge amount but enough to show that they’re serious.” (source)
The story gets more interesting when we find out that the person who needs that publicity is Kirghistan’s past president Askar Akayev, who basically wants to use the opportunity as a PR service. It becomes more than apparent from that video, that the representatives from the White House are ready to say “positive statements” in order to give him a shot at the presidency:
“I think the main thing is that he [Akayev] comes, and he’s well received, that he meets with high-level people in the administration and most importantly we send positive statements made back from the administration about ‘This guy wasn’t such a bad guy’, [and] ‘Many people have done worse.’ Those kind of statements from a couple of people in the administration.”
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Family Christian Stores, Merchandise for Your Soul
I really wanted to have a vision problem when I saw a “Family Christian” store last night. I don’t really talk about religion very often, because I believe that it is something personal and people always get very “jumpy” when they argue about it. However, after seeing a store with that name, I just have to say something about it. Why in the world would you call it a “Family Christian” store? Does that mean that Muslims and Buddhists can’t shop in it? Now, I know that some boil-brained filthy rogue is going to say to me:
“Hey Ocean, you close-minded punk! You should at least give Christianity a little respect”
I believe that every religion must be respected, at least because of the people who have devoted their lives to it. But things get a little out of hand for me when someone decides to call a place intended solely to making money, “Christian.” According to Wikipedia:
“Family Christian Stores is the world’s largest Christian retailer, and it is located in the United States.[1] The retail chain had 4,600
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iPhone 3G Gets a Special Treatment
I have nothing against phones, or technology for that matter. I just don’t think that people should go crazy over it. There were people sleeping outside of stores, in order to be the first who get the new phone. Are you kidding me? It is also a perfect example of how you can promote anything, anywhere if you have enough money. Your news talk about it, your radio talks about it, blogs talk about it…for about two days. After a month, they will make a new, slightly altered phone and the cycle continues. After seeing a video about that new phone on YouTube, I decided to gather my “Trippin’ News” studio and do a little make over. I know that it won’t appeal to some, but still, you should see it.
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