God?

To everything there is a ‘God’… to the spider beneath my heel, I am it’s God. Yet I do not speak it’s language, do not write a book of rules for it to live by and do not demand its dedication or worship. I simply create an environment for it to exist and decide when its existence shall end.

I don’t see spiders killing one and other in my name or disputing my existence. Sometimes I don’t exist to them, then un-announced I enter their world and crush them… or not. The spiders exist happily, having never known of my existence, though some fall fowl of my wrath.

Such is life, get over it and get on with it!

Thoughts for the day…

15/07/09

• Poison comes in many vessels, the most lethal being stilletoes!

22/07/09

• Normality is a construct of the un-original.
• Normality and conformity serve only to maintain the status quo. Individuality and originality serve to enlighten and challenge.
• Sarcasm is merely a challenge by a bored mind! Rise to the challenge, not the sarcasm.

05/02/10

• Life is a story, some people choose to be readers, others authors.
• Some live life like a magazine; shallow, full of sound bites and enticing photos, but no depth or meaning and ultimately unfulfilling.
• Some like a good long read; emersing themselves in their own world, but remaining a voyeur, at the mercy of the author.
• Others see a blank page and pick up theirs pens in order to write the next chapter, aware that the story is yet to be written and choosing to be the author!
• Then of course there are those who sit on their arse and wait for the story to be televised as a Soap!!

Are You Unplugged?

This blog is voyage into discovering the unplugged amongst us.  Does this sound like you?

• Those who are one of a kind, not one of a herd
• Those who are painfully aware of their own existence, their own mortality and humanity’s ignorance
• Those who just ‘don’t fit’ and have always wondered why
• Those who refuse to accept their ‘place in society’ without question
• Those who see the ‘bigger picture’ and are willing to step outside of it
• Those who seek similar spirits, not just gang members
• Those who look at mass popular culture and think “WHAT THE F**K?!”

Do you live your life in the eternal hope that one day someone will understand you? Do you have faith that there is so much more to life when you simply unplug your mind from the mass consciousness? Then this may be the blog for you! Don’t limit your life, unplug that feed!

Sleepless….

I find myself eternally sleepless; Try though I may (or maynot) I do not fit within the mass-populous construct and so my life is a conflict. I spend 24 hours each day simply questioning the sanity and morality of the society within which I exist and so sleep has become a luxury that is only afforded to the mindless and unquestioningly subserviant  masses which surround me. I question and I am uncomfortable with the answers which reveal themselves to me… hence my mind is constantly awake, afraid to sleep in case it should awake dull and accepting…… Good night.

Rage Against The System!

What fantastic news; finally the undercurrent of individualism has broken through to the mainstream in a rebellion against the crap they feed us on TV and Radio every week! The populist show X-FACTOR has generated so much dusgust among those with a brain that a new FB site has been started, in an effort to wake people up and put an end to this televised Karaoke, which is re-packaged and re-sold to us as entertainment!!

Please visit this site and show your support Rage Against The Machine for Xmas No1

Lets knock these talentless, brainless shites off their perches!!

What kind of world?

 

What kind of culture are we a part of, where whores and slags are worshipped, gambling is considered an honourable career, where kids are encouraged to give up education in favour of playing a schoolyard game, then rewarded a lifetime’s riches for an hour’s exercise, only to abuse their wealth by excess, leading to assault and manslaughter, wife-beating and public disgrace. Where those youths without goals and without respect are allowed to run riot without fear of retribution? Too many people idolise false idols and worship mother fame, seeing it as their only way out of mediocrity, while doing nothing deserve it, anymore than deserve the respect of the next generation….

One of a kind, not one of a herd

This world is full of talentless, blind ignorant followers, willing to be lead… needing to be SHOWN how to exhibit imagination, taste and intelligence. The following definitely do not fall into that category, they are definitely self styled individuals, unafraid to forge their own path in life:

• The Prodigy
• Michael Jackson
• Regina Spectre
• Johnny Depp
• Ralph Steadman
• Tim Burton
• Marylin Manson
• Bob Geldoff

More to come….

Stay True to yourself

If by some fluke you do manage to find yourself, despite the best efforts of those around you, then embrace the truth, ignore the lies and be true to yourself… no matter how many people point and stare or disagree!

In the imortal words of Friedrich Nietzsche:

“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”

 
“The overman…Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life’s terrors, he affirms life without resentment.”

 
“For believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and greatest enjoyment is – to live dangerously”

These are words and thoughts to live by

 

Discrimination? “I  s**t  it!”

I have lived my life on the fringes of society, in the constant pursuit of ‘something different’. My life choices have included some body modification, including facial piercings and visible tattoos. These choices have undoubtedly shaped my life and my 41 years have been a constant struggle to overcome prejudice of ‘the Masses’ (only to find the very same discriminators now embracing my sub-cultures as a part of their mass-culture on the whole). However I was recently shocked and appauled by the attitude of a prospective employer, during an interview with me.

I had been forced to apply for a menial driving job (delivering cars for Vauxhall) which was minimum wage and on a ‘casual’ basis. Upon interview I explained that I was available 5 out of 7 days each week, totally flexible and had a clean driving license. On top of this I added that I was currently delivering motorbikes for a company and that I had my own business. I felt sure the mention of my degree, own home and own business would impress the interviewer. I was assured a place on the team but as I left the office I was instructed to ‘remove my lip and nose studs’ for work. I was a little shocked but agreed. I enquired about my ear tunnels and tattoos. I was told that the Branch Manager ‘wouldn’t have let me into the interview’ as he was ‘not a fan of that kind of thing’. I was slightly speechless, as I hadn’t made any personal comments regarding the interviewer’s hideously cheesy comb-over hair or wearing of a nasty gold necklace, but confident of my abilities I moved on and waited to hear from Vauxhall.

I had represented Vauxhall some years before, when launching a new model around the UK and had been rewarded with a handsome wage in excess of £150 per hour, with glowing references. Therefore I was sure of securing such a basic job within the same company… surely?!

Several weeks passed when I finally received a letter explaining that I wasn’t going to be offered a position… delivering cars for a minimum wage of £5.30 ph.

I am in no doubt that the job eluded me purely due to the prejudice of the interviewer, as no other reason was given. The struggle against narrow minds never ends!!

Michael Jackson caricature

The King of Pop, definitely Unplugged!

Michael Jackson, in his own unplugged world!

Stay Tuned

These writings are based on the musings of my mind which sometimes flow and othertimes lay dormant. I will endeavour to update these pages on a regular basis, but forgive me if my mind wanders.

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