I feel misserable about this entire week and my life right now"
GOLD
Wednesday, 24 December 2008
Friday, 19 December 2008
Just Gave a tenner to a homeless man.
He was singing and playing guitar and was genuinely really good.
He said that he was saving for a deposit on a tent and was fed up becaus he had been there playing for 6 hours and hadnt even got 4 quid.
I gave him a quid but then thought it'd be nice to give abit more because honestly i dont really need it and i have a roof over my head. So i went and got a tenner out and gave it to him. He was soooooo happy and like gobsmacked, made me feel real good.
I hope that he was telling the truth, but even if he was lying it was still a generous gesture and i at least brought a smile onto his face for a few minutes.
He said that he was saving for a deposit on a tent and was fed up becaus he had been there playing for 6 hours and hadnt even got 4 quid.
I gave him a quid but then thought it'd be nice to give abit more because honestly i dont really need it and i have a roof over my head. So i went and got a tenner out and gave it to him. He was soooooo happy and like gobsmacked, made me feel real good.
I hope that he was telling the truth, but even if he was lying it was still a generous gesture and i at least brought a smile onto his face for a few minutes.
Sunday, 14 December 2008
True Love via dorkcentral.
Master Chief to wed couple [A Halo love story]
Here's proof not all FPS fans are dual shotgun-wielding maniacs IRL: Desirai Labrada and John Henry are two Halo players who met online, fell in love, and are now getting married. Master Chief himself will serve as the officiant to wed the two. Some sweet.
Desirai and John are big-time "Halo" players. She games under the name SickNDeHead. He plays as PsychoVandal. They met when she lived in New York and he was in Florida. She'd become Xbox Live friends with his roommate, and they slowly started to play games together, regularly. When he didn't show up online one day during the time they usually played, she sent him a message and her phone number.
"I was drawn to her laugh," John said in a phone interview with MTV News earlier this week. "I had made her laugh a few times and thought her laugh was kind of cute."
They played "Halo" as teammates. As they were falling in love, they tended to protect each other a lot, watching each other's back as lasers and grenades fell around them. And in an act of sacrifice only possible during a blossoming romance, Desirai agreed to take Dramamine so she could last through three-hour binges of campaign mode on "Halo 3" with John without getting motion sickness.
That's true love.
"I was drawn to her laugh," John said in a phone interview with MTV News earlier this week. "I had made her laugh a few times and thought her laugh was kind of cute."
They played "Halo" as teammates. As they were falling in love, they tended to protect each other a lot, watching each other's back as lasers and grenades fell around them. And in an act of sacrifice only possible during a blossoming romance, Desirai agreed to take Dramamine so she could last through three-hour binges of campaign mode on "Halo 3" with John without getting motion sickness.
That's true love.
Thursday, 11 December 2008
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Che Guevara of Essay writing
I had to write a 1500-2000 word essay and kept trying to start and just failing because i think its bullshit. I was just going to not hand in anything but then i though Hey wait, i might aswell write something! I might aswell hand in something!And that something is MY TRUE OPINION SERVED RAW ON A PLATE! I hope they like it! Man, i am punkrock! Cya later boundaries!
Ok so here it goes!
“Advertising does not first get attention, and then create an emotion
Advertising creates an emotion, which results in attention”
I am going to start my essay by explaining the meaning of Attention. Below is an extract from the dictionary defining the word.
“1.
the act or faculty of attending, esp. by directing the mind to an object.
Psychology.
a. a concentration of the mind on a single object or thought, esp. one preferentially selected from a complex, with a view to limiting or clarifying receptivity by narrowing the range of stimuli.
b. a state of consciousness characterized by such concentration.
c. a capacity to maintain selective or sustained concentration.”
Dictionary.com (2008) http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/attention
Ok, so the point of this essay is to think on this quote : “Advertising does not first get attention, and then create an emotion. Advertising creates an emotion, which results in attention”
Du Pessis E. (2006) The Advertised Mind., Kogan Page: London, p84
The quote is neither wrong nor right because nothing is set in stone. All I can do is look through a bunch of other people’s research such as Du Pessis E. and then decide whether or not a conclusion is viable. So the question is, are advertisements dependent on creating an emotion to gain attention or vice versa? I have looked over this whole essay criteria stuff loads and loads of times trying to write something actually worthy of a good grading but all that I can think is “This is open ended and all that I can do is quote random psychologists and advertising guru’s in hope that I will somehow get the right answer” but then there is no right or wrong answer and so what would the point be? Surely all that I would be getting correct is the fact that I can look at somebody else’s work and copy the right bits out here and there, Pretty much just filling in the blanks as I go along. My view on the advertising industry has been totally warped by stupid pretentious questions like this one and I now no longer feel much of a desire to pursue my educational path within this subject. I think that by looking into things too much such as whether or not advertisements use emotion to gain attention and if so which way round does it go, we are looking too deeply and potentially over complicating what is in my opinion a pretty simple subject.
“Most of the time around 80 per cent of the budget will be used on media placement, and only 20 per cent on production. It seems intuitively obvious that the impact an advertisement has will depend on both its content and its scheduling.”
“A beautiful quote that I read in Admap goes:
Bad advertising is as good as no advertising. It just costs more!”
Du Pessis E. (2006) The Advertised Mind., Kogan Page: London, p9
I think that this is a really good point. Too much money and time is often spent on scheduling for the advertisement and things are looked at too much. The main point of an advertising campaign is too sell what you have to sell to the consumer be it a shampoo or to donate to charity. If you have a totally uncreative campaign plastered everywhere in the world, you probably still won’t increase your sales/awareness by much as it would just be another bland advertisement amongst a sea of bland advertisements. I am aware that all of my writing so far is pretty much totally off the path of the essay subject but I do not care. I was totally stuck as to what to write because I think that it is rubbish and do not want to churn out 2000 words about other people’s work. I want to come up with new ideas not recycle old people’s ideas. Yes, advertising plays on people’s emotions to sell the product and that’s as simple as it should be. Do we really need to know if the chicken came before the egg? We just need to keep on walking, striving to test people and try new things, challenging people with new ideas. I do not care about the grade I receive for this at all because as I have already stated in the previous 606 words of this essay I do not agree with it. I understand very well that in this life I will have to do things that I do not want to do, but my views on things will not be compromised and I think that advertising on the whole is a very boring study in which a lot of what we are told to learn really doesn’t matter. All you need is basic knowledge and understanding and a creative mind. There is no need for over the top studying. Basic psychology is needed and anything more is just too much in my opinion. I hope that you enjoyed reading this because I enjoyed writing it.
Hopefully I will pass this course, but all in all I am not sure if I even care anymore.
Bibliography:
Dictionary.com (2008) http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/attention
Du Pessis E. (2006) The Advertised Mind., Kogan Page: London, p84
Du Pessis E. (2006) The Advertised Mind., Kogan Page: London, p9
Ok so here it goes!
“Advertising does not first get attention, and then create an emotion
Advertising creates an emotion, which results in attention”
I am going to start my essay by explaining the meaning of Attention. Below is an extract from the dictionary defining the word.
“1.
the act or faculty of attending, esp. by directing the mind to an object.
Psychology.
a. a concentration of the mind on a single object or thought, esp. one preferentially selected from a complex, with a view to limiting or clarifying receptivity by narrowing the range of stimuli.
b. a state of consciousness characterized by such concentration.
c. a capacity to maintain selective or sustained concentration.”
Dictionary.com (2008) http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/attention
Ok, so the point of this essay is to think on this quote : “Advertising does not first get attention, and then create an emotion. Advertising creates an emotion, which results in attention”
Du Pessis E. (2006) The Advertised Mind., Kogan Page: London, p84
The quote is neither wrong nor right because nothing is set in stone. All I can do is look through a bunch of other people’s research such as Du Pessis E. and then decide whether or not a conclusion is viable. So the question is, are advertisements dependent on creating an emotion to gain attention or vice versa? I have looked over this whole essay criteria stuff loads and loads of times trying to write something actually worthy of a good grading but all that I can think is “This is open ended and all that I can do is quote random psychologists and advertising guru’s in hope that I will somehow get the right answer” but then there is no right or wrong answer and so what would the point be? Surely all that I would be getting correct is the fact that I can look at somebody else’s work and copy the right bits out here and there, Pretty much just filling in the blanks as I go along. My view on the advertising industry has been totally warped by stupid pretentious questions like this one and I now no longer feel much of a desire to pursue my educational path within this subject. I think that by looking into things too much such as whether or not advertisements use emotion to gain attention and if so which way round does it go, we are looking too deeply and potentially over complicating what is in my opinion a pretty simple subject.
“Most of the time around 80 per cent of the budget will be used on media placement, and only 20 per cent on production. It seems intuitively obvious that the impact an advertisement has will depend on both its content and its scheduling.”
“A beautiful quote that I read in Admap goes:
Bad advertising is as good as no advertising. It just costs more!”
Du Pessis E. (2006) The Advertised Mind., Kogan Page: London, p9
I think that this is a really good point. Too much money and time is often spent on scheduling for the advertisement and things are looked at too much. The main point of an advertising campaign is too sell what you have to sell to the consumer be it a shampoo or to donate to charity. If you have a totally uncreative campaign plastered everywhere in the world, you probably still won’t increase your sales/awareness by much as it would just be another bland advertisement amongst a sea of bland advertisements. I am aware that all of my writing so far is pretty much totally off the path of the essay subject but I do not care. I was totally stuck as to what to write because I think that it is rubbish and do not want to churn out 2000 words about other people’s work. I want to come up with new ideas not recycle old people’s ideas. Yes, advertising plays on people’s emotions to sell the product and that’s as simple as it should be. Do we really need to know if the chicken came before the egg? We just need to keep on walking, striving to test people and try new things, challenging people with new ideas. I do not care about the grade I receive for this at all because as I have already stated in the previous 606 words of this essay I do not agree with it. I understand very well that in this life I will have to do things that I do not want to do, but my views on things will not be compromised and I think that advertising on the whole is a very boring study in which a lot of what we are told to learn really doesn’t matter. All you need is basic knowledge and understanding and a creative mind. There is no need for over the top studying. Basic psychology is needed and anything more is just too much in my opinion. I hope that you enjoyed reading this because I enjoyed writing it.
Hopefully I will pass this course, but all in all I am not sure if I even care anymore.
Bibliography:
Dictionary.com (2008) http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/attention
Du Pessis E. (2006) The Advertised Mind., Kogan Page: London, p84
Du Pessis E. (2006) The Advertised Mind., Kogan Page: London, p9
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Rubbish
Hate how lots of friends are going away.
Some are going away for like half a year.
One has moved away for good.
One is working long shifts in the evening time.
And the rest are either working their arses off for christmas or live in stupid areas.
Rubbish!
Some are going away for like half a year.
One has moved away for good.
One is working long shifts in the evening time.
And the rest are either working their arses off for christmas or live in stupid areas.
Rubbish!
Friday, 5 December 2008
FUCK THE POPO!
Police chief faces charges in boy's Uzi death
Police Chief Edward Fleury
A police chief and a gun club have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of an 8-year-old boy who shot himself in the head with an Uzi at a gun fair.
Police Chief Edward Fleury owns the COP Firearms & Training, which sponsored the gun show last month in Westfield, Massachusetts, USA.
Christopher Bizilj shot himself in the head when he lost control of the 9mm micro submachine gun as it recoiled while he was firing at a pumpkin.
The Westfield Sportsman's Club and two other men also were indicted on involuntary manslaughter charges.
District Attorney William Bennett said Fleury and the club also face four charges of furnishing a machine gun to a minor.
Tuesday, 2 December 2008
PeePee
Special car for police to pee
Police using an isolated shooting range in Austria have been banned from urinating in nearby bushes if they are caught short.
After complaints from local environmentalists they have been ordered to use a special car that takes them 250 yards to the nearest lavatory.
Police chief Kurt Berger said: "A man in uniform urinating in public in a water protection area - no one wants to see that."
Monday, 24 November 2008
GOOD
Vice is good.
Cookies are good.
Scarlett Johansson is good X 10000000.
Bear VS Shark are good X 10000000 also.
Tommorows Early skate best be good.
Cookies are good.
Scarlett Johansson is good X 10000000.
Bear VS Shark are good X 10000000 also.
Tommorows Early skate best be good.
Monday, 17 November 2008
Ludacris
The United Kingdom....A place where a nation wide epic financial fail is less important news than a comedian accidently insulting a radio guest.
Sorry to anyone who died for this country but its a sinking ship and we are ALL going down!
Sorry to anyone who died for this country but its a sinking ship and we are ALL going down!
Wednesday, 12 November 2008
They fear may never be able to launch an investigation.
"Officers discovered what was initially believed to be part of a child's skull - but it was later found to be more likely wood or part of a coconut."
Monday, 20 October 2008
Shuntaro Hida
I have just finished reading an interview with Dr.Shuntaro Hida in Vice Magazine. Shuntaro was a doctor in the hiroshima area of japan when the A-Bomb was dropped in 1945(i think that was the year it happened) He witnessed horrifying scenes of people suffering from radiation poisoning. He stayed in the area for days after, helping the sick & sorting the dead from the potential survivors. He is 80 odd now and has lived the majority of his life with the constant worry that radiation symptoms could attack his life at anytime. Also his bones have aged quicker than they should for most of his life.
If he was a teenage boy living his life in this day and age he would probably say something along of the lines of this - "A-BOMBS SUCK!"
Ok so that was nuclear technology over 60 years ago. Nowadays we aparently have the know how to produce explosions so many times bigger than that of the Hiroshima incident.
Its depressing to think that we live in a world full of total dick heads with too much technology at their finger tips. You cant possibly move far enough away from it. Its just there, war & conflict is everywhere and we cant even escape it. Stupid fools are in charge of enough weapons technology to wipe this planets slate clean and they persist in creating more weapons & conflict the world over.
I dont know if i have come to a conclusion or not or if i even needed too i was just kinda writing...thinking....writing,Ok im just gonna post this.
If he was a teenage boy living his life in this day and age he would probably say something along of the lines of this - "A-BOMBS SUCK!"
Ok so that was nuclear technology over 60 years ago. Nowadays we aparently have the know how to produce explosions so many times bigger than that of the Hiroshima incident.
Its depressing to think that we live in a world full of total dick heads with too much technology at their finger tips. You cant possibly move far enough away from it. Its just there, war & conflict is everywhere and we cant even escape it. Stupid fools are in charge of enough weapons technology to wipe this planets slate clean and they persist in creating more weapons & conflict the world over.
I dont know if i have come to a conclusion or not or if i even needed too i was just kinda writing...thinking....writing,Ok im just gonna post this.
Saturday, 18 October 2008
NEWS FLASH!
A.) DOGS ARE FUNNY!
B.) DOGS IN CLOTHES ARE FUNNIER!
C.) DOGS WITH GLASSES....I DUNNO...DEBATABLE?
Oh and....
CAN DOGS SMILE?
If so, i think one smiled at me.
This makes me happy, i hope dogs apreciate me.
B.) DOGS IN CLOTHES ARE FUNNIER!
C.) DOGS WITH GLASSES....I DUNNO...DEBATABLE?
Oh and....
CAN DOGS SMILE?
If so, i think one smiled at me.
This makes me happy, i hope dogs apreciate me.
I AM EVIL
Ok so i have recently been informed that i am Anti-Semetic, Evil and pretty much a damn fool!
...All because i said Adolf Hitler was a relatively intelligent man and that he had to have balls to do what he did.
Aparently that means that i totaly dig the fact he killed off so many innocent people and caused so much sadness.
Conclusion: Read into things more, dont just hate because you heard someone did something wrong.
Example:John Wayne Gacy was a serial killer that raped and killed many innocent teenage boys, yes thats horrific and it makes him a monster, but until people found that he was responsible for those crimes he was a highly respected member of the community and seen as an all round nice guy.
Point being, just because someone is responsible for something bad, doesnt mean they are an idiot thats scared of their own shadow.
...All because i said Adolf Hitler was a relatively intelligent man and that he had to have balls to do what he did.
Aparently that means that i totaly dig the fact he killed off so many innocent people and caused so much sadness.
Conclusion: Read into things more, dont just hate because you heard someone did something wrong.
Example:John Wayne Gacy was a serial killer that raped and killed many innocent teenage boys, yes thats horrific and it makes him a monster, but until people found that he was responsible for those crimes he was a highly respected member of the community and seen as an all round nice guy.
Point being, just because someone is responsible for something bad, doesnt mean they are an idiot thats scared of their own shadow.
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
Mustache Problem Solving.
Question:
"How do you grow a mustache?
I asked my parents, teachers, friends and some smart looking strangers and none of them had logical answers."
Answer:
"when you see hair above you lips and you don't shave"
....Conclusion: Yahoo Answers is obviously the place to go if you have a problem!
"How do you grow a mustache?
I asked my parents, teachers, friends and some smart looking strangers and none of them had logical answers."
Answer:
"when you see hair above you lips and you don't shave"
....Conclusion: Yahoo Answers is obviously the place to go if you have a problem!
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
The Shape Of Punk To Come...
I was going to title this thread something along the lines of "Is punk dead....Most Probably".
But I don’t actually believe that punk is dead, it’s just in a real state.
I am a fan of punk music from the X-ray Specs and Sham 69 to sick of it all and Cro-Mags, so my views on the whole genre (and sub genres) isn’t anti punk bias as such. The whole early UK punk thing was basically the soundtrack to the pissed off working class am i right? Do drugs, get fucked up, Pierce your face, dress ridiculous, hate everyone and shock the general public as much as possible.
The punk stereotype was born.
As punk was dulling down a bit in the UK, American latched onto it and created their own version PUNKROCK. Black flag etc etc.
Blah blah blah, year’s n years later...here we are.
There is so much more shit going on and so many more genres and sub genres within music.
Here’s what I really wanted to write about.
The old 77 punk fashion is still around yet so many more kids (and grownups alike) wear the uniform without knowing the roots or acting the part. Like people going around covered in anarchy A's claiming to be all anarchy yet not caring about anything, not attending rallies and just genuinely not standing their ground at all.
Then you get the whole political punk kid that goes round slagging off presidents, prime ministers and the government saying how shit it all is when again they don’t attend rallies, vote or anything.
If you’re going to be so liberal about your views at least put some effort in and prove your not just all talk.
Obviously tartan, bondage straps, chains, padlocks, ripped clothes, Mohawks, tri hawks, liberty spikes etc are all still standard attire...but a lot of the time now it just looks like the kids went on Google and searched punk clothes and emptied their bank on a wardrobe...so punk rock!
A lot of the attitude seems to have been lost also. Back at the start of punk obviously like all genres you have your fair share of dickheads, but there was a lot of political & clever means behind it. Now a lot of the time it just seems to be people saying their angry when they really dont seem it.
And for a scene full of people wanting anarchy.....you can’t go round slating someone because of their hair, clothing and general preferences and believe anarchy would work. Anarchy would work if people were more accepting and joined in a unified state. To me it seems like a totally bad idea, largely because of the majority of its flag bearers are small minded fools, and not because I don’t think an anarchic state would totally fail.
Punk is now apparently more about complaining and less about doing.
Here’s a perfect example...recently I spoke to a local kid about a punk show and they were complaining about how it was too rough...... (Yes a punk show that is too rough, what is happening?!)...people were jumping of tables etc etc and apparently that kind of behavior at a punk show is totally unacceptable. When I asked why go to the show if you can’t handle a bit of harmless fun she replied with something along the lines of "I’m all for pogo and skanking but when you could get punched or someone fall on your head it’s not fun, shows shouldn’t be like that".....hmmm.
I also had another "conversation" with a local "punk" kid over an image that was on their MySpace profile. You might have seen it before, it consists of 2 images. The one at the top is a gritty photo of what looks like an early 90's American hardcore show and the lower image is of some fashion kids posing at a prom or something for a professional photo.
It says "what hardcore used to be....what it is now".
First of all if you are a real fan of hardcore.....you will know that hardcore is still alive and well, possibly even more so than before. Secondly, how do you even know if the kids in the bottom picture are even into hardcore? They are wearing suits and posing for a professional photograph. And thirdly isn’t hardcore & punk supposed to be about unity and freedom of expression? So judging these kids on the fact they want their hair to look good surly goes against what hardcore is supposed to be about.
The kind of attitude that makes me feels embarrassed.
When I first found out about hardcore & punk and the unity, positive attitude and acceptance that it stands for, I was really syked on it...but now I have kind of witnessed how within the walls it’s so full of egotistical plane people that adopt pretty much a uniform mentally and physically. Totally going against what i thought it was all about. A real let down and kick in the teeth.
So is this really the way it’s got to be?
It seems like the punk genre has gone head over heels for hypocrisy.
But I don’t actually believe that punk is dead, it’s just in a real state.
I am a fan of punk music from the X-ray Specs and Sham 69 to sick of it all and Cro-Mags, so my views on the whole genre (and sub genres) isn’t anti punk bias as such. The whole early UK punk thing was basically the soundtrack to the pissed off working class am i right? Do drugs, get fucked up, Pierce your face, dress ridiculous, hate everyone and shock the general public as much as possible.
The punk stereotype was born.
As punk was dulling down a bit in the UK, American latched onto it and created their own version PUNKROCK. Black flag etc etc.
Blah blah blah, year’s n years later...here we are.
There is so much more shit going on and so many more genres and sub genres within music.
Here’s what I really wanted to write about.
The old 77 punk fashion is still around yet so many more kids (and grownups alike) wear the uniform without knowing the roots or acting the part. Like people going around covered in anarchy A's claiming to be all anarchy yet not caring about anything, not attending rallies and just genuinely not standing their ground at all.
Then you get the whole political punk kid that goes round slagging off presidents, prime ministers and the government saying how shit it all is when again they don’t attend rallies, vote or anything.
If you’re going to be so liberal about your views at least put some effort in and prove your not just all talk.
Obviously tartan, bondage straps, chains, padlocks, ripped clothes, Mohawks, tri hawks, liberty spikes etc are all still standard attire...but a lot of the time now it just looks like the kids went on Google and searched punk clothes and emptied their bank on a wardrobe...so punk rock!
A lot of the attitude seems to have been lost also. Back at the start of punk obviously like all genres you have your fair share of dickheads, but there was a lot of political & clever means behind it. Now a lot of the time it just seems to be people saying their angry when they really dont seem it.
And for a scene full of people wanting anarchy.....you can’t go round slating someone because of their hair, clothing and general preferences and believe anarchy would work. Anarchy would work if people were more accepting and joined in a unified state. To me it seems like a totally bad idea, largely because of the majority of its flag bearers are small minded fools, and not because I don’t think an anarchic state would totally fail.
Punk is now apparently more about complaining and less about doing.
Here’s a perfect example...recently I spoke to a local kid about a punk show and they were complaining about how it was too rough...... (Yes a punk show that is too rough, what is happening?!)...people were jumping of tables etc etc and apparently that kind of behavior at a punk show is totally unacceptable. When I asked why go to the show if you can’t handle a bit of harmless fun she replied with something along the lines of "I’m all for pogo and skanking but when you could get punched or someone fall on your head it’s not fun, shows shouldn’t be like that".....hmmm.
I also had another "conversation" with a local "punk" kid over an image that was on their MySpace profile. You might have seen it before, it consists of 2 images. The one at the top is a gritty photo of what looks like an early 90's American hardcore show and the lower image is of some fashion kids posing at a prom or something for a professional photo.
It says "what hardcore used to be....what it is now".
First of all if you are a real fan of hardcore.....you will know that hardcore is still alive and well, possibly even more so than before. Secondly, how do you even know if the kids in the bottom picture are even into hardcore? They are wearing suits and posing for a professional photograph. And thirdly isn’t hardcore & punk supposed to be about unity and freedom of expression? So judging these kids on the fact they want their hair to look good surly goes against what hardcore is supposed to be about.
The kind of attitude that makes me feels embarrassed.
When I first found out about hardcore & punk and the unity, positive attitude and acceptance that it stands for, I was really syked on it...but now I have kind of witnessed how within the walls it’s so full of egotistical plane people that adopt pretty much a uniform mentally and physically. Totally going against what i thought it was all about. A real let down and kick in the teeth.
So is this really the way it’s got to be?
It seems like the punk genre has gone head over heels for hypocrisy.
Wednesday, 17 September 2008
Sunday, 31 August 2008
Commitment
As of recent im meeting more and more Vegan,vegetarian and Straight Edge people. Its pretty cool.
Im not vegan or even vegetarian but i respect the choices.
One thing ive recently realised is that i hate alot of the preaching attitudes thrown upon others by militant seeming vegans,vegetarian,straight edge people.
Save the world, save animals, save yourself blah blah blah.
I am straight edge but dont go round preaching to people about it, because its a general preference and most people dont understand it let alone embrace it.
Its kinda hypocritical of me because i dont really preach as such but do have convosations with people about how smoking and stuff is a bad choice (whats good about smoking?)....but whatever,fuck it.
Yes, preach if you have stuck at something for years and know what your talking about but recently ive seen a number of edge kids actin all "DONT TALK TO ME IF YOUR NOT DRUG FREE"......stupid!
Alot of kids actin that way are most probably putting up a front anyway and will change it to
"ALCAHOL IS MY LIFE!" or something equally dumb.
for example a guy/KID that goes to local shows (occasionaly) has a huge edge chestpiece but has a huge picture of jager on his myspace page and is at shows with a pint acting all full of himself.
Fair enough if he stuck to it for years previously, but he didnt.
I know what im saying has kinda gone away from the fact i dont like preaching but this is my blog and its my rules so suck it.
From personal experience i know that if your straight edge and walking around preaching thinking your ultimate and that people have to get below you to kiss your drug free shoes, that in this country your not gonna have a lot of friends.
UNITED KINGDOM
PUB CULTURE 1 - ME 0
Im not vegan or even vegetarian but i respect the choices.
One thing ive recently realised is that i hate alot of the preaching attitudes thrown upon others by militant seeming vegans,vegetarian,straight edge people.
Save the world, save animals, save yourself blah blah blah.
I am straight edge but dont go round preaching to people about it, because its a general preference and most people dont understand it let alone embrace it.
Its kinda hypocritical of me because i dont really preach as such but do have convosations with people about how smoking and stuff is a bad choice (whats good about smoking?)....but whatever,fuck it.
Yes, preach if you have stuck at something for years and know what your talking about but recently ive seen a number of edge kids actin all "DONT TALK TO ME IF YOUR NOT DRUG FREE"......stupid!
Alot of kids actin that way are most probably putting up a front anyway and will change it to
"ALCAHOL IS MY LIFE!" or something equally dumb.
for example a guy/KID that goes to local shows (occasionaly) has a huge edge chestpiece but has a huge picture of jager on his myspace page and is at shows with a pint acting all full of himself.
Fair enough if he stuck to it for years previously, but he didnt.
I know what im saying has kinda gone away from the fact i dont like preaching but this is my blog and its my rules so suck it.
From personal experience i know that if your straight edge and walking around preaching thinking your ultimate and that people have to get below you to kiss your drug free shoes, that in this country your not gonna have a lot of friends.
UNITED KINGDOM
PUB CULTURE 1 - ME 0
Saturday, 23 August 2008
No Rockstars in Hardcore?
Oh yes there is.
Its a kick in the nuts to think really.
Most real hardcore bands dont really make much profit if anything at all, they tour nonstop and play the smallest shittest venues to sometimes shitty crowds, sleep in a van and eat what they can. Its one of those more niche music genre's that will never make them chart topping money makers, more for the fun and the fans.
Recently after seeing Madball play the Whiterabbit in plymouth (a real good venue) i found out that they charged the promoter over a couple of grand, i cant remember how much exactly but i know that it was alot.
Also on a seperate occasion after seeing Sick Of It All play the Whiterabbit i was really let down by the fact that they didnt even come out to meet the fans after, they merely stayed backstage and then left in there tourbus.
Even Agnostic Front ,after arriving at the venue late due to getting lost on the way & Vinnie Stigma being really ill and looking it....they managed to play an awesome energetic set and then meet the fans after.
So there really is no need for these bands to act like old grumpy money hungry pricks.
This annoys me greatly.
Its a kick in the nuts to think really.
Most real hardcore bands dont really make much profit if anything at all, they tour nonstop and play the smallest shittest venues to sometimes shitty crowds, sleep in a van and eat what they can. Its one of those more niche music genre's that will never make them chart topping money makers, more for the fun and the fans.
Recently after seeing Madball play the Whiterabbit in plymouth (a real good venue) i found out that they charged the promoter over a couple of grand, i cant remember how much exactly but i know that it was alot.
Also on a seperate occasion after seeing Sick Of It All play the Whiterabbit i was really let down by the fact that they didnt even come out to meet the fans after, they merely stayed backstage and then left in there tourbus.
Even Agnostic Front ,after arriving at the venue late due to getting lost on the way & Vinnie Stigma being really ill and looking it....they managed to play an awesome energetic set and then meet the fans after.
So there really is no need for these bands to act like old grumpy money hungry pricks.
This annoys me greatly.
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
People First
I am not a vegetarian nor a Vegan yet can understand the many reasons why people would be.
But one thing that kind of makes ZERO sense to me is when you get people that are real anti-animal cruelty ie. anti meat, anti fur,anti fox hunting, anti testing etc etc......yet they are pro drugs, pro smoking, pro binge drinking etc.
How does it make sense to be overly concerned about animals yet treat your life like a toilet?
Im anti-animal cruelty and stuff apart from the fact i eat meat of course but all in all id favour my own life over a pig, cow,sheep,chicken etc.(How can you be anti-animal cruelty whilst eating meat i hear you say?...Well, just because i enjoy chowing down on a nice piece of cow doesnt mean i take great satisfaction in the animals potential pain & misery does it.)
I dont understand why people want to pay to pollute themselves and the world with smoking, long for friday night so that they can pay to sick their guts out, pay for sketchy drugs that could of been cut with anything or any other stupid cheap temporary high.
Im drug free (not really for any other reason more than morals) so obviously im gonna seem abit more bias than the usual social drinking kinda guy, but still i feel that it is a fair point and that people need to take a look at their values.
Value your life, kos you only get one.
But one thing that kind of makes ZERO sense to me is when you get people that are real anti-animal cruelty ie. anti meat, anti fur,anti fox hunting, anti testing etc etc......yet they are pro drugs, pro smoking, pro binge drinking etc.
How does it make sense to be overly concerned about animals yet treat your life like a toilet?
Im anti-animal cruelty and stuff apart from the fact i eat meat of course but all in all id favour my own life over a pig, cow,sheep,chicken etc.(How can you be anti-animal cruelty whilst eating meat i hear you say?...Well, just because i enjoy chowing down on a nice piece of cow doesnt mean i take great satisfaction in the animals potential pain & misery does it.)
I dont understand why people want to pay to pollute themselves and the world with smoking, long for friday night so that they can pay to sick their guts out, pay for sketchy drugs that could of been cut with anything or any other stupid cheap temporary high.
Im drug free (not really for any other reason more than morals) so obviously im gonna seem abit more bias than the usual social drinking kinda guy, but still i feel that it is a fair point and that people need to take a look at their values.
Value your life, kos you only get one.
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
Monday, 11 August 2008
Officialy the worst summer ever!
Yes,this is fucking stupid!
So far we have had about 8 days where its been nice and dry.
What a great summer!
garuntee that it'll get nice as soon as i go back to college.
fuck!
fuck!
fuck!
fuck!
fuck!
Sunny Cornwall!
FUCK!
So far we have had about 8 days where its been nice and dry.
What a great summer!
garuntee that it'll get nice as soon as i go back to college.
fuck!
fuck!
fuck!
fuck!
fuck!
Sunny Cornwall!
FUCK!
Invest in Twin Peaks...
Ok, so ive just finished watching all of Twin Peaks (excluding the movie).
Its an addictive show and keeps getting better and then all of a sudden you got a hugely shit ending.
Not just slightly shit, BULLSHIT!
I now feel cheated of the 30 odd hours ive invested into this show.
Lynch is a sucker!
hopefully the movie is better than the ending.
Its an addictive show and keeps getting better and then all of a sudden you got a hugely shit ending.
Not just slightly shit, BULLSHIT!
I now feel cheated of the 30 odd hours ive invested into this show.
Lynch is a sucker!
hopefully the movie is better than the ending.
Saturday, 9 August 2008
I went to Ripcurl Boardmasters 2008...
...and what a waste of time and money it turned out to be!
a typical cornish summer day....full on rain, freezing cold bloody rain!
my coat aparently isnt waterproof at all so i was soaked through all my clothes.
stood up for 9 hours freezing to death waiting for the 4 or 5 bands i paid 30 quid to see.
half way through the day the rains so bad they decide to give a "30 minute break"
which turns into an hour and a half break to fix up the stage....apparently they werent ready for these conditions even though cornwall really isnt sunny cornwall its 80% shit 20% sunny cornwall.
so...2 bands to the end and we decide "fuck this, lets goooo!"
ive just been told that gallows....the headlining band.....played 4 songs.
which must be due to the hour and a half delay earlier on.
so basicly its a huge waste of money and a huge let down.
some advice....never goto it,or any boardmasters things because they suck.
best part about my day was getting into a warm car,warm clothes and warm mcdonalds meats. Cheers treggs.
a typical cornish summer day....full on rain, freezing cold bloody rain!
my coat aparently isnt waterproof at all so i was soaked through all my clothes.
stood up for 9 hours freezing to death waiting for the 4 or 5 bands i paid 30 quid to see.
half way through the day the rains so bad they decide to give a "30 minute break"
which turns into an hour and a half break to fix up the stage....apparently they werent ready for these conditions even though cornwall really isnt sunny cornwall its 80% shit 20% sunny cornwall.
so...2 bands to the end and we decide "fuck this, lets goooo!"
ive just been told that gallows....the headlining band.....played 4 songs.
which must be due to the hour and a half delay earlier on.
so basicly its a huge waste of money and a huge let down.
some advice....never goto it,or any boardmasters things because they suck.
best part about my day was getting into a warm car,warm clothes and warm mcdonalds meats. Cheers treggs.
Monday, 23 June 2008
Interesting Old People
Despite what i previously wrote on here, not all old people are total cunts.
This is more like me writing a note to myself, than something for the world.( although no one really reads this)
I want to get hold of a tape recorder and ask a bunch of old people to share some storys, good and bad as i think it would be a good idea for my zine.
I also need to make a start writing stuff for the zine that im gonna work on this summer with jason(who i barely know). Should be some good fun though.
This is more like me writing a note to myself, than something for the world.( although no one really reads this)
I want to get hold of a tape recorder and ask a bunch of old people to share some storys, good and bad as i think it would be a good idea for my zine.
I also need to make a start writing stuff for the zine that im gonna work on this summer with jason(who i barely know). Should be some good fun though.
Saturday, 7 June 2008
Is Fox hunting wrong?
Ok,Ok.
Yes-Foxes are pests.
No-They dont really suffer when Brutaly Destroyed by a vicious dog.
...Yes-People actually enjoy chasing them and making rabid dogs rip them apart.
Yes-Foxes are pests.
No-They dont really suffer when Brutaly Destroyed by a vicious dog.
...Yes-People actually enjoy chasing them and making rabid dogs rip them apart.
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
Sarcasm is sooo uncool
heres a few bits from my student journal that i thought might benefit your life somehow.
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I do not know why we embarked on a trip to Plymouth University as it was like 2 days into the course. Apart from loitering around Plymouth our trip consisted of a brief look around a half finished college building and watching a relatively short video that some of the students had produced. In all fairness the video did inspire me to say the least- but that is only because of how it consisted largely of very poor work to which I know that I could if given the right tools produce better. When we were there, we were rushed in and rushed out, Bad organization on Plymouth University’s behalf. This doesn’t really give me enough confidence to make me want to further my education there.
An actor John Macneill came in to college to give us an acting workshop to help us with our presentation work. I feel that it did help me out a great deal with confidence issues to which I am very grateful for. However I do feel that he was very tongue in cheek and I felt almost embarrassed for him as he attempted to throw lame jokes at a crowd of un-amused students. The kind of jokes that only young children and dull middle aged people honestly find funny made the whole experience slightly painful but never the less I feel that I have improved my skills from this workshop if not my tolerance to bad humor."
Sunday, 1 June 2008
Grouphug.us
Such an amazingly funny website.
people can post their secrets anonymously for others to read.
It is so full of hilarious secrets.
heres one..
" I got drunk thursday night, started pickign fights with white people because i am an angry asian man and then when i was comming home got a prostitute and she came up to my apartment but then when i realized what i was doing (i am completely wasted), i told her to fuck off and pushed her down a flight of stairs.
people can post their secrets anonymously for others to read.
It is so full of hilarious secrets.
heres one..
" I got drunk thursday night, started pickign fights with white people because i am an angry asian man and then when i was comming home got a prostitute and she came up to my apartment but then when i realized what i was doing (i am completely wasted), i told her to fuck off and pushed her down a flight of stairs.
Monday, 26 May 2008
Age Of Quarrel
WOWOWOW, John 'Bloodclot' Joseph messaged me on myspace asking how i am.
oooooh yeh.
basicly in Cro-Mags now, best mates.
oooooh yeh.
basicly in Cro-Mags now, best mates.
Wise Words
I dont really know much about Tricky nor his music, but i read this article this morning and he couldnt be any more right.
http://entertainment.aol.co.uk/hip-hop-fuelling-gun-crime-tricky/article/20080525192109990007
We need more "famous people" to stand up and give their oppinions on tough subjects like the increase in street crime. Weapons are so much easier to get nowadays and kids are dumber.
look at places like manchester...We are gonna end up living in a warzone.
http://entertainment.aol.co.uk/hip-hop-fuelling-gun-crime-tricky/article/20080525192109990007
We need more "famous people" to stand up and give their oppinions on tough subjects like the increase in street crime. Weapons are so much easier to get nowadays and kids are dumber.
look at places like manchester...We are gonna end up living in a warzone.
Friday, 23 May 2008
Where did Sloth go after the Goonies?!
....Mexico by the looks of things.
This looks like the offspring of Sloth and Russle Brand actually.
Excellent!
This looks like the offspring of Sloth and Russle Brand actually.
Excellent!Wednesday, 21 May 2008
Royal Rumble 1994
soo soo amazing.
an amazing array of mullets and multicoloured spandex.
inspiring! so inspiring!
if i was to cut my hair i think i would peroxide badly so i had dark roots, then shave the sides straight off.
and then once i felt that my mullet was perfected i would then go out and buy a vast range of vibrant spandex outfits.
id make a sweet wrestler.
an amazing array of mullets and multicoloured spandex.
inspiring! so inspiring!
if i was to cut my hair i think i would peroxide badly so i had dark roots, then shave the sides straight off.
and then once i felt that my mullet was perfected i would then go out and buy a vast range of vibrant spandex outfits.
id make a sweet wrestler.
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Being old Must Suck
Apparently being old sucks.
Everytime i sit on the same bus as old people (everytime im on a bus)there is at least one elderly man or lady that has to complain about something.
usually something very stereotypical such as a young girls skirt being too small, the price of bus fair(even though they dont pay),students etc.
They complain so much about teenagers getting the bus, But teenagers pay and they dont so they can suckit.
I have been raised to respect my elders and dont get me wrong i do, Yet i believe that respect is earned and not just handed out on a plate like a buffett of fun.
I will let an elderly lady go through a door before me, onto the bus before me etc.
Yet when i walk to town and theres a bunch of O.A.P's blocking the pavement i will say excuse me please,get looked at wierdly and then have to walk in the road.
So my conclusion is that you just get old, forget manners, forget happiness, get overwelmed with hate for pretty much everything other than M&S, Dodgy Soaps and How terrible everything new and young is.
Being Old is so Old
Everytime i sit on the same bus as old people (everytime im on a bus)there is at least one elderly man or lady that has to complain about something.
usually something very stereotypical such as a young girls skirt being too small, the price of bus fair(even though they dont pay),students etc.
They complain so much about teenagers getting the bus, But teenagers pay and they dont so they can suckit.
I have been raised to respect my elders and dont get me wrong i do, Yet i believe that respect is earned and not just handed out on a plate like a buffett of fun.
I will let an elderly lady go through a door before me, onto the bus before me etc.
Yet when i walk to town and theres a bunch of O.A.P's blocking the pavement i will say excuse me please,get looked at wierdly and then have to walk in the road.
So my conclusion is that you just get old, forget manners, forget happiness, get overwelmed with hate for pretty much everything other than M&S, Dodgy Soaps and How terrible everything new and young is.
Being Old is so Old
"I just wanna bake them into a cake and eat them up"
I was just reading a magazine and the words "I just wanna bake them into a cake and eat them up"
were said.
I get that its a fairly normal thing to say if someones real cute or something
but if eating a human is bad, why is it like all really lovely to say you would like to cook a person and eat them?
a burnt person probably isnt very nice.
If its ok to say this about cute people maybe Gein & Dahmer were just misinformed, i dunno.
were said.
I get that its a fairly normal thing to say if someones real cute or something
but if eating a human is bad, why is it like all really lovely to say you would like to cook a person and eat them?
a burnt person probably isnt very nice.
If its ok to say this about cute people maybe Gein & Dahmer were just misinformed, i dunno.
Friendship
Ok, i have a bunch of closefriends.
and recently im soooo sick of people being fucking idiots.
ditching and stuff.
I consider myself to be a reliable friend And it seems that by being nice and reliable i get fucked over more.
I just want friends on the same wavelength that actually value my friendship enough to show they care.
Nice Guys Finish Last...or not?
and recently im soooo sick of people being fucking idiots.
ditching and stuff.
I consider myself to be a reliable friend And it seems that by being nice and reliable i get fucked over more.
I just want friends on the same wavelength that actually value my friendship enough to show they care.
Nice Guys Finish Last...or not?
Friday, 25 January 2008
My Theory on good old Religion
I think the whole religion thing is just 1 story/idealoligy that has been added to and exagerated more and more over the years.
basicly, If there was 10 people in the world all of which had a child.
and they all taught there child about how dinosaurs still live and can talk like humans. Those children would have children and would then teach them the same,then they have kids and teach them, thats a new religion/idealoligy.
if you start a powerful foundation with enough people, you can create a religion. Just like adolf hitler moulding the minds of so many people to hate jews and think of them as monsters. Obviously its not true, but he created that just the same as a religion and it worked.
basicly, If there was 10 people in the world all of which had a child.
and they all taught there child about how dinosaurs still live and can talk like humans. Those children would have children and would then teach them the same,then they have kids and teach them, thats a new religion/idealoligy.
if you start a powerful foundation with enough people, you can create a religion. Just like adolf hitler moulding the minds of so many people to hate jews and think of them as monsters. Obviously its not true, but he created that just the same as a religion and it worked.
Wednesday, 23 January 2008
RUBBISH RUBBISH RUBBISH
Rockstar attitudes are not cool.
arrogance is not cool.
arrogance is not metal.
being drunk and getting with drunk chicks....is so very uncool.
fuck i hate generic rockstar attitude!
arrogance is not cool.
arrogance is not metal.
being drunk and getting with drunk chicks....is so very uncool.
fuck i hate generic rockstar attitude!
Sunday, 13 January 2008
Murder mystery & Learning
so, last night i had a bloody murder mystery kind of thing going through my head.
My friends had been messing about outside someones house, and i came along and everyone was damaging the side of a car. And then we all ran off or something, and later on it ended up being like realy wierd.
i was at the top of some castle type building, climbing back down through a hatch thing and i found this chicks head that had been there when i damaged the car.
and i was just walking round not knowing what to do with it, scared.
Then we had to try and make it seem like it was some innocent guy so that i wouldnt get put away.
anyway end of that part, i think.
Next thing i remember is being in some kind of school classroom full of computers with a load of random people that ive known from different times.
Loads of talking went on for ages, and then the teacher who was a female stood up and insulted someone i know for being budhist, saying hes not and that hes probably lying and has no idea like everyone else.
So i stood up and shouted your a fucking cunt, then everyone shouted and stuff.
So i just got my stuff and walked out.
and my dream ended there.
My friends had been messing about outside someones house, and i came along and everyone was damaging the side of a car. And then we all ran off or something, and later on it ended up being like realy wierd.
i was at the top of some castle type building, climbing back down through a hatch thing and i found this chicks head that had been there when i damaged the car.
and i was just walking round not knowing what to do with it, scared.
Then we had to try and make it seem like it was some innocent guy so that i wouldnt get put away.
anyway end of that part, i think.
Next thing i remember is being in some kind of school classroom full of computers with a load of random people that ive known from different times.
Loads of talking went on for ages, and then the teacher who was a female stood up and insulted someone i know for being budhist, saying hes not and that hes probably lying and has no idea like everyone else.
So i stood up and shouted your a fucking cunt, then everyone shouted and stuff.
So i just got my stuff and walked out.
and my dream ended there.
Saturday, 12 January 2008
Orcs & Hobbits
I remember a few things briefly from lastnights dream.
1 of them being the fact i was with hobbits on some kind of quest and the orcs being the opposing threat.....so basicly just lord of the rings.
and at the end of my sleep i was at some kind of club, where old people where playing bowls, but like pointing cats towards the balls and making them walk at them. I kept kicking the balls out a door.
oh, and ive just remembered the fact i was looking for a baseball.
oh how i wish i could understand dreams.
1 of them being the fact i was with hobbits on some kind of quest and the orcs being the opposing threat.....so basicly just lord of the rings.
and at the end of my sleep i was at some kind of club, where old people where playing bowls, but like pointing cats towards the balls and making them walk at them. I kept kicking the balls out a door.
oh, and ive just remembered the fact i was looking for a baseball.
oh how i wish i could understand dreams.
win & loose
night before last imagened that i was eating a bag of crisps, and found 1000 pounds inside. I was so happy because it ment i could goto america, but then on my way home i lost it and then spent the rest of the dream annoyed and trying to find it.
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