Just when I think the world could not get any more twisted and sadly bizarre shopping centre Santa's here in Australia can no longer say "Ho ho ho" Only seen hourly updates and they were enough to make me upset. So am making assumptions, and they are that someone somewhere has gotten offended by the word and even though its once a year and a well recognized fictional character they have kicked up a stink. That is what blows about the world. Its not majority rules, if you don't like something and can book and complain loud and long enough then you can ruin it for everyone else. People are just so selfish theses days. Worse still most don't even realize this...
Here it is... this week we have had several children eat these toys call Bindeez and become ill. First I would just like to point out a few things. This toy is designed and labelled for children 4+. Yet several of the children who have become ill have been below that age. Not one mention of parental control responsibility. What the hell were they even doing with these toys. Yes these toys should be safer, but either way, they are clearly marked with recommended age. So they can not be held solely responsible. Parents step the fuck up!!! Ohh then there is the 10 year old girl who ate them and got sick. She's 10 she should know better than to be sticking toys in her mouth. Her parents should have taught her better. But not neither of those was mentioned. It is all the maker of Bindeez fault. That is what is wrong with the world. Take responsibility for you actions, and as a parent the actions of your child. You are their carer. Five children at least that should not have even been playing with these Bindeez, (due to size, and choking hazard alone) have got sick, but NO of course let us not tell the parents they were at fault for letting their child under the age of 4 play with a toy designed for children 4+.
Not one of these times where i do not think there is a story here. There is. But it is not solely around the toys, it should focus on the parents too. Make them stand up take responibity.
Alright the view from my high horse on this matter.
Here in this great brown land of mine, Australia, I understand that we are not getting both parts of that set. I personally have seen them both. And think that they are both good movies. Not A grade Hollywood flicks, I feel they were made for the viewing pleasure of their creators. Movies they would like to see. They are good in that regard. My thing about them here in Oz they are only screening Death Proof. As i have said they are both good, personally though Planet Terror is slightly a better flick. Likely to appeal to a wider group of people. But its not being shown here. WHY? WHY? And not just we are only getting one of them. The fact is in most parts of the world they were shown as a double feature. We get television shows fast tracked.. why are we being ripped off on this front.
This week has begun just smashingly. It rained tonight, which is great. We need the rain, and it was a good solid down pour too. The thorn of this lovely rose be that my room as a result of all that lovely rain, has flooded. The fact that my room can get flooded isn’t new or shocking. This I knew when I moved into my suburban cave. Still it really isn’t normally flooding. Just a bit of water making its way in at the entrances. Nothing to harmful. Yet tonight the rain was hard heavy and fast. The water didn’t have time to soak into the dry parched earth or find itself a channel that bypassed my cave.
These events have displaced me for the night, not to mention done god knows what damage, well water damage of course, to my stuff. As well as a very less than desirable start to my week. Going to have to spend tomorrow going through my stuff, and then cleaning and reordering my den of torpor. Going to have to delay an appointment I have in the morning to. As I refuse to let my stuff sit in water and get more ruined than is necessary just so they can assess me again. (Different tale that one). They can deal with it. I am learning that I come first. Whose place is it to tell me how I should be living my life. No ones other than mine. Starting to veer off track so I’ll rap it up.
This is probably somewhat of an insight to me. It was an interesting thought set to stumble upon at 2:44am. My issue here is well not real sure what group to place it in so I’ll just get on with it. As I’ve already stated its early in the morning so forgive me.
I have an aversion towards work, not so much as I am lazy or that I don’t want to work. I use to believe I just didn’t see the point in a lot of the jobs that are around, or the need for such demand on the staff. Survival by no means depends on paperwork or sales figures for example. The thought set I have stumbled across which I am calling “Contracts of Slavery” just adds to my aversion.
I have know people 19 years of age or so who are in debt to figures of 5 even 6 digits. Trapping them in their contracts of slavery. For you see as long as you owe someone or some company a debt you need to work. Not for yourself your survival, but for your debts. And why are people so young willing and continually giving up their freedom. For a whiz bang new surround sound entertainment system and gaming unit of course, or a shinny new car. Or sometimes a house. And that last one is a long contract of slavery to be agreeing to at such a young age. Considering the way things as are going your life is likely to be exceed a 100 years. If not at least get close.
It is a tricky little world we have constructed too, for once you start along that path. The one were you become accustom to being a slave. It becomes difficult to break free.
I’m not saying don’t want stuff. Don’t get stuff that is whiz bang and shinny. Just I feel better when I work for the shinny whiz bang stuff I want, then get it. That way I have my stuff but still owe no one anything. And at any time am free to pursue, well what ever I want. As long as I can survive.
Thinking about it recently. This act of blogging ( I believe we are calling it these days) since no one is reading them. Rarely if at all. Lets not rule it out completely now. It occurs to me that this then is pretty much an act of masterbation. I mean I am doing it just for myself then are I, so my own beneift, pleasure. What I find more distrubbing still. Is that instead of just typing it up and saving it to some obscure folder on my hard drive I displaying it for anyone to see. That stricks me as a lot like chocking the bishop with the curtains drawn on some sort of hope that someone will pass by, see, maybe like. And I guess in some way come back for more. I have said all this, I know all this, yet I am still Blogging.
What can i say I'm enjoying myself. Hahaha
What's the best late-night TV talk show?
I'm an aussie, we don't have a lot of choices when it comes to this one.. so going to have to go with Letterman
Asimo Do get me wrong. His cool. Not to mention it is a great achievement for humanity creating a humanoid robot that can walk and the rest of what he does. I really have nothing against Asimo as I said I admire that creation. But really a tour? Does he deserve a tour? In this day and age surely his own television special, mini serious or documentary would be fair more fitting.
Mankind has domesticated many things over the millennia. The one thing that became domesticated if we realize it or not. Is mankind itself. Which I think is part of the reason for many of mankind’s current problems, issues, dilemmas. The most clear one to myself, since this is still a young thought to myself, is that for the most part we are our own masters. Yet we have this whole free will belief. So how can we be our own masters. See it is sort of a catch 22. We want and believe in this free will ideal yet at the same time are required to be our own or allow another of our kind to be our master. Because lets be real about this, even in the best animal partnership. Lets say for example man and horse. A great level of trust and faith and companionship is required between these two at the highest level. Still lets be real there is still and always must be a master. Even if to the littlest degree. Someone needs to be in control. Yes to a certain degree the governments are meant to do this yet if you do have trust and faith and so for in your leader too then you are not likely to allow him to be your master. Well unless he uses strong force. But that’s control through fear not respect and trust. Again another catch 22. For if the governments worked more for the people the trust and respect would grow and they would better be able to be our masters for we would be more likely to let them.
I think this applies more to the male of the species. Though they are more likely to deny it too. But they want to be controlled. Not strong handed, but guidance, watched out for, controlled with respect(love, in this case) not fear. Now that sounds weird and men reading this are probably going what the ??? But I am a man too, this is just how I feel. From what I see what I hear. Men don’t like to be nagged or bugged. We still like to think we have a choice somewhat. And its ask, make us feel we are needed. Its like a wolf, you can’t control it totally but if you feed it you are not likely to lose more sheep. And it’ll protect the herd for you until you try and collar it. It made sense to me, and I do trust I used the words I wanted to so, I’ve said I’ll I’ve got right now. As I said its still a young idea. But none the less get your teeth into it. I guess ultimately in a relationship you should be looking for a symbiotic relationship. One that allows you to feed off each other. Where each is the others masters yet both are free. A good relationship is a prefect example of the whole being greater than the some of its parts. Better as a whole than either part could ever be by itself. A human is a unique creature that if it is of the ilk it is capable of becoming its own master. But for the most part that is not the case. That illusion may be constructive to the social order, man believing he is his own master, but it has to hold. Like the government thing. If he does not believe it in his master then, he let resist. (Even himself) The one statement or group of statements I keep coming to thinking about humanity, my fellow man and the whole works is that we could be so much. We are capable of anything, everything in a perfect world. Or for the individual you could have it IF. That’s the big thing IF. If everything was in place, if you truly became your own master. If you could master all around you. IF. IF. IF
You know those people that show up at your door. Normally wanting to sell you something or tell you about their religion or get you to support something right. Recently I had a couple of people show up at my stairs. I go out to meet them, find out what their deal is right. I say, “G’day, how’s it going?” The chap reply’s “ Good, just want to talk to you about the dam water levels” I’ve gone “Yeah” He’s gone “You know they are low, only 17 percent” Which I do know, how could you not. The media plasters it every where. Anyway I continue with “yeah and.. ?” The young bloke goes “nothing that’s it we just want to talk to you about the water levels” Weird right? I followed with a bit about I know about the water levels its all over television and the radio and what not. And that if I wanted to have a conversation about it with strangers I would make the effect. I also noted that surely they were being paid. Which the guy said “yeah of course” To which I replied.. “then its not even a open and free conversation, because you are being paid by someone to conduct it, so it some manner they want you to lead the conversation and hence my train of thought or get my thoughts for free” I then wished them a good day and turned to go inside. I did hear the bloke say “you’re funny” But I think the whole idea of going around wanting to talk about the water levels is funny. They didn’t appear to be selling anything. If they were that dude needs to work on his sepal. I gave he time to get into it. I just find it horribly amusing that I am being harassed at home, not by sales people or people singing the praise of their religion but people wanting to talk about the bloody water levels in the dams. I can’t be just me, I truly hope it isn’t.
