New Endings - Old Beginnings

Everybody knows how time flies, but you know what grinds my gears? Time is literally speeding up. Hustle and bustle are words that describe life now, not just a busy day. With the advent of social networks, news at your fingertips and media exchange on the fly, information is being transferred at rates unimaginable barely five years ago. Only now are we beginning to see the true meaning of exponential technological growth (just take a look at advances in robotics in the past year).

Is it a bird!? Is it a.. Nope! Time. -_-

Time is relative, so for example if we were twins we'd still look at time differently. My 1st birthday might be over in a heartbeat (excitement, heartbreak, happiness, who knows?), whereas yours might feel like it never ends, maybe because Tommy ate all your cake, or Johnny broke your new toys, or daddy wanted to play his "special game" again. You get the idea.

So, so special.

What I'm saying is that, yes I haven't posted in a year, but that year has seemed far shorter to me than what it might have to you. We're not in a competition, winning doesn't matter where time is concerned, and I'm not saying I'm any better than you, all I'm saying is that time is mine and time is yours, but it can almost never be ours. The special people in your life are the ones who see time like you do, who've shared similar experiences, whose play-speed is set at the same tempo as yours.
I've had more endings than I can count, and too many beginnings to mention. Maybe that explains my serial dating as a youngster. Merely an observation, before I hear how I was so mischievous when I was younger. Was that not the point of youth?
If you weren't even a little bit of a rebel, stop reading my words right now(yes, I own them) and get the hell away from my site before I burn your face, you waste of a life. Life is way too short.

Anyway, so here's the plan. I'm a bit of a fitness/sports/martial arts buff (just a tad), an avid gamer (I know right?), crazy about all forms of engaging and stimulating media, believe in knowledge being our salvation, obsessed with nothing in particular, generally good at anything I put my mind to, and basically trying to be the best all-rounder I can be. Trying your hardest to be good in as many situations as you possibly can is pretty much the best advice I can give. Not that I'm lecturing anyone, you make your own bed my friend, what I'm saying is that I've chosen to keep writing because who knows, I might just save a life one day, or a few, or maybe a Siberian tiger.

Soon my friend, soon...

I've said before that I'll blog when I blogging feel like it, so it's good to see I'm at least sticking to my word.

Ha.

We might look at time differently, but we all look at death in the same way, so share mortality and love it for what it is... Life!

"The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time." - Abraham Lincoln

Depressionism (trademark alert!)

Emo depression seems to be in the in-thing these days. Psychiatrists, psychologists and psychoanalysts feed over 70% of their patients anti-depressants, for problems ranging from clinical schizophrenia all the way through to Johnny-boy not getting enough ice cream as a kid.


Johnny-boy all grown up!

 This is all good and well if you can't face the world, or if hanging from your bedroom ceiling is better than making the best of what you have (which it never is), or even because your parents were helicopters (I'll explain that soon enough) but there just seems to be way too much false depression going around. Being sad used to be normal, a part of life one had to face and deal with, but not anymore. It has alot to do with younger generations being so heavily influenced by mass media. The sensationalisation and dramatisation which fills the programming schedules of today create an effect which has no existential body (meaning there is no tangible explanation), some kind of a mind-altering subliminal influencer if you will...I like to call it The Box of Deproness, or Depressionism, whichever tickles your fancy.


This phenomenon is illogical and therefore very dangerous, for what it does is it makes everyone believe that sadness (a NATURAL emotion) has become a treatable illness, that sadness and hardship is something we are not meant to face as human beings. The problem is that sadness and hardship (along with the other emotions) are what make us human in the first place. We are slowly becoming desensitized, losing our humanity and falling deeper into consumerism, for if sadness is cancelled out, then surely happiness becomes a mere state of being, if you understand what I mean!?



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Depressionism is part of the reason we fall for advertising. We have lost the reality of tangible satisfaction, the happiness that comes with being thankful for what we have, so we always want more. Happiness has literally become a shopping bag (still think retail therapy is harmless?).

What I'm trying to say is that we need to watch the world around us, be observant and realize that thinking outside the box is now more important than ever, because the box is no longer a box...It's been renovated, upgraded with glass facades and other pretty stuff like aircons and artificial grass and Google adverts, and now we dont even know its a box. Being in your own world now means being in Nike's world, or Adidas' or Reebok's or whatever. It's ok to be a sad panda you know, being sad makes us realize there are things we need to change. I for one know that fighting depression and attempting to absorb whatever life throws at you most definitely makes you a stronger person, and who knows you might be the next Abe Lincoln (who openly expressed his battle with depression).  

Now I understand why the Matrix was so damn awesome! The blue pill was an anti-depressant ;)

Talk about schizo

Collateral!?

I never use this, maybe 'cos I like english too much who knows, but... O.M.G!
In real life soldiers are supposed to be honourable and precise, the ideal weapon of warfare. But I stumbled upon a video the other day featuring a routine operation run by Coalition Forces (America) in Iraq.

I have never seen anything or anyone more redneck, moronic and trigger-happy than the cowards piloting the attack helicopter featured in the video. Everyone's heard of the stories of misconduct during the occupation of Iraq, and thanks to Wikileaks the world is a more open and un-espionage-ish place, leaving no chances for abusers of power. You can check the vid here: http://www.collateralmurder.com/ (Be ready for some stupid, stupid violence.)You've been warned...

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