*As a heads up this post was written listening to the Home Movies Bonus CD which was a magical little surprise that greeted me when I purchased season 4 of said show and it happens to contain all of the brilliant little songs written for the entire series. This information may be required to put the post in better context*
*...... Further heads up would be that my ability to end sentences at a good length has apparently yet to materialize. Also it would seem that my typing has reduced in proficiency since school.... Carry on...*
For one reason or another I just was not in the mood to make a new blog since April whatever that date below is. What can I say? It wont be sorry because neither you nor I care THAT much. Also there is that point about my computer not being hooked up since this week but that can always be overlooked. On to the bulk of the matter which is um... yeah... about that... *awkward pause accentuated by Jazz Fight which actually makes it a rather amusing awkward pause*
With the long awaited start of my summer job time is yet again flying by at a greatly accelerated pace. Due to this I shall recount my adventures and mishaps in an equally accelerated fashion!
School ended/last time I will ever see some people, sat on my ass, watched star trek, rediscovered my passion for old Lucasarts adventure games, downloaded a bunch of said games, watched Over the Hedge (far better than Madagascar so a step up for Dreamworks), went to see Sunset Rubdown/Frog Eyes at Broken City which was a double hit of awesome combined with a discovery of one of my new favourite bars, bought some awesome hipster esq shoes (sad this is a milestone I know), saw the Constantines as a pre Sasquatch warm up and they were as great as always, went to the much hyped Sasquatch which lived up to every single aspect, had my cool black/yellow coat and passport among other things stolen at Sasquatch, bought various CD's all of which were good purchases, discovered Bottlescrew Bills for the first time and enjoyed it, discovered an amazing beer at Bottlescrew Bills which I will probably never find again, saw The Breakup which can be summed up by Meh, hung out with various peoples, haircuts were performed, went to my sisters graduation, started a job, and finally got bored enough to write a pointless blog.
If I happened to miss anything it sucks to be you missed event because I'm not going back to that 'paragraph' for quite some time. I have happened to take up the art of reading yet again which believe me has already been the source of much guff due to the paradox of learning on my own time. I blame the schools and their lack of an engrossing curriculum. Just started a seeming interesting one called How to Read and Why by Harold Bloom. Very well written and lets hope I can renew it yet again so that it can eventually be read. The Science of Discworld series has taken up some of my focus due to a few various reasons. My appreciation of the Discworld series for one, but what really gets me is the extremely well written and interesting science that makes up the majority of these books. A very good read for the lay person who wants to learn something about life, the universe, and everything. My favourite portion yet comes from the end of the second book when discussing memeplexes, religion and culminating the theme of the book which was how the mind works and is created. So for your glancing over enjoyment:
Science alone is not The Answer. Science too has its myths... The ideal of the scientific method is often not realized. Its usual statement is an oversimplification in any case, but the basic worldview captures the essence. Think critically about what you are told. Do not accept the word of authority unthinkingly. Science is not a belief system: no belief system instructs you to question the system itself. Science does. (There are many scientists, however, who treat it as a belief system. Be wary of them.) The most dangerous myths and ideologies, today, are the ones that have not yet been destroyed by the rising ape. They still strut their stuff on the world's stage, causing grief and havoc- and the tragedy is that it's all to no purpose. Most of it doesn't matter. Issues like abortion do matter, to some extent; even 'pro-choice' adherents would prefer that the choice should not be necessary. Issues like short skirts or lengths of beards do not matter, and it's foolish and dangerous to make a big fuss about them on a planet that is bursting at the seams with an excess of people. To do so is to promote the memeplex above the good of humanity. It is the action of a barbarian mind, a mind sufficiently removed from reality that the consequences of its resident memeplex do not affect it directly. It is not the actions of the naive young men who carry the suicide bomb, or fly the airliner into a skyscraper, that lead them to behave like that, all for the sake of a few memes. The key memes are not religious, in this case, we suspect, even though religion is often blamed: that's mostly a smokescreen. Those old men are motivated by political memes, and the religious memeplex is merely another of their weapons. But they are also trapped in their own stories, and this is high tragedy.
So that was probably needlessly long but I enjoy it and I hope you took the time to read it and enjoy it as well. If not the I officially hate you with the passion of a slightly annoyed muskrat. Seeing as how this has turned out far too long of a post I shall cut things short with just one final thing or two.
First I have discovered what I desire for my annual celebration of the date of my birth. If you do happen to care enough about this information and desire to know what it is (hey I can only lie to myself so much about the readership of this) and maybe even the possibility of getting it for moi I must warn. It will be a race to see if you order it first or if I break down and get it for myself rather than run the risk of leaving its ownership to chance. So..... GO!
Second I had wanted to post another video clip but sadly it was impossible to find at the time of writing so in its stead you get well something else. Enjoy! (Behold My control over this magic called TECHNOLOGY!)
