Capture the Flag

...greater good my ass!

we all in it for the fame, wealth, status, kudos...

you got it the money...

self-aggrandizement, the usual.

we're all against each other...

divisions, tribalism, factions, the elite

isolated pockets of snobbery

out of touch with the real world...

common folk and their revolting decay.

unable to access even modest...

ostentatious displays of wealth

or way to tell everyone to get fucked.

we have it, you don't

we spent it, give us more

too bad, it's gone

the rich don't wanna share

the poor take til it hurts

sweat it out

take a concrete pill and harden up

workers of the world invite...

credit cards, banks, markets, government and the rest

to rule over us stylishly

with awesome news channels

with the best celebrity updates

that's current affairs baby!

analysis of fashion trends

the nitty-gritty questions

and other ways we can spend more

fuck the less well off, they deserve it

orphans, how did u lose both parents...

bit suspicious isn't it? or just careless

sick, tired and/or elderly...

we have pills to sort that out

the huddled masses

watching through the windows...

see: game shows, teeth whitener, fake tans

reality is sponsored by breweries

the implied solutions can be bought

big TVs, alcohol and a constant stream...

of 24-hour infotainment devoid of journalism

or facts, charm, integrity, courage

after the break

something to keep you tuned in

sustain your interest through the ads

has to be new and fresh for our cynical souls

irony is invisible to those inside it

here are some new ways to think/control you

but they are very similar to the old ones

so don't get your hopes up

this just in: follow the leaders or pay the price

did you see what she was wearing?

followed by sports and distracting statistics

Attention Economy

Sometimes it feels like the wheels are falling off...

or we are going down in flames...

like we are swimming in a vast ocean and may never get to land...

there is no cure for life...

and no such thing as total control...

just keep swimming no matter how tempting it is to stop...

things don't always seem worthwhile when we do them...

someday we'll look back and smile...

darkness doesn't have be a bad thing...

we all act out of fear...

no comment...

see you there...

Purple Monkey Dishwasher

Endorphins
Serotonin
Dopamine

All can distort our perceptions of reality or ‘now’

Create your own meaning(s)...


Justice For All*

(*conditions apply)

Professor Professorson

Creativity and Authenticity…

Are these things to strive for?

Well I would say yes, but modern society/culture doesn’t seem quite so sure…

The other challenge is to do so without being…

Pretentious and self-indulgent

a challenge for some

What does it mean to exist right now?

Positive thoughts/thinking

Looking at the bright side

A grateful perspective

Remembering it could have been worse

Etc.

If you believe it, you can make it so

We create our own reality daily

From the unconscious to the conscious

Positivity attracts positivity

Negativity attracts negativity

and vice versa

Message I got from a fortune cookie today:

"Win with humility; lose with grace"

simple but affective and easy to forget...

Spiritual Transformation

Transcendental Mediation

Transcontinental Meditation

Post-modern Speculation

has nothing to do with this...

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Yeah

It’s all about perspective eh!!

There’s only one person that can decide how you feel and that’s you!

So I have decided to feel good and be positive about all the opportunities I will get

If I feel sad about it, then it just isn’t gonna help anyone, especially me!

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Yeah well I am not saying it’s easy…

But some days you just feel ‘good’ for no real reason

But of course other days you feel bad for no reason aswell

Other times there are plenty of reasons…

But underneath it all the choice of how you process/deal with it

Is a choice that we have… we choose our perspective and so that dictates our moods…

But I guess I don’t get periods though,…

so I can’t judge how I would ‘handle’ the feelings that they create…

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(she agreed:)

Think it’s a matter of constantly reminding self of the fact that there is a choice on how you deal with how you feel…

Haha, yeah well, I guess it’s one of those things, it’s almost like women are given an ‘excuse’ not to deal with how they feel at that time… cos dealing can be hard! Heh J

We are just on a constant path of self-improvement / awareness etc!

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Yes that is a good summary of it really!!

We get so distracted with detail and trivialities, that we forgot to choose how we feel

An let ourselves fall into old habits of negativity and pessimism unnecessarily

so there

Ribs and Rumps

We all see what we want to see...

What is the point?

Is there a point?

Does there need to be one?

Who has the point?

When did the point?

Why do I do this?

How do you do this?

Where?

Am I ever serious?

Am I ever not?

I AM

I guess I need to pick my battles...

but it's always so tough at the time

and easy in hindsight

darn you over-thought police!

Whoops

I pulled everything apart

again

it's ok

I usually put most of it back together

again

Feedback loop

The Ravenous Hordes

We are all deluded, that's normal

Memories change the more we remember them.

We will try to find meaning from all things, even if it's not there.

The more you play, the more you learn.

We make rapid decisions based on limited information, everyday.

I may not appear in my own profile pic, but I'm in the background on other peoples...

Friendly Fire

Sometimes to create things you have to make a bit of a mess.

Or have a few attempted versions before a success.

I guess life is a bit like that when you're trying to improve.

Sorry if you were around when I was making a mess

but I feel like I'm getting it sorted far better now.

I wish I could stop my brain thinking sometimes though.

But I guess it's better than not being able to do so...

This isn't always going to entertain or stimulate you

as it's a just a way for me to remember my weirdness

I'll still give it a go though

I just document the non-existent

So you're welcome to come along for the ride :)

NB: Oh crap my photo uploads have gone weird again

trying to get that sorted...

Joint At The Hip

oh ironic

drugs increasingly coming in

to high demand luractive markets

because laws focus on symptoms

of addiction and abuse

never the causes of dependence

high prices just compound issues

and reward the people you're trying to stop

laws making them illegal

only increase the street value

shouldn't we let market forces decide

and not interfere in the market

by placing restrictions (e.g. bans)

on products

but ohhh i forgot you can only

use market forces as a justification

of proverty, starvation and price-gouging

not for aguing that although

drugs cause many problems

making them totally illegal and unregulated

is obviously not helping

I would like to see studies that

compare periods of prohibition

to other times when items are legal

just to see if people actually

use contraband more

when it is deemed

outside the law

ban sale and importation of certain narcotics

but sell liquor at the local shop

and target the youth demographic

dope the masses, only with taxable evils

the gangs will sort the rest

if the demand still exists and not confronted

then what use trying to restrict supply?

sorry we can only use that argument in regards to fossil fuels...

Commercially Sensitive

All systems: nominal

Fall to pieces/into place

Ways to speed up time

Things we do for fun

Longing for the unattainable

Squandering the status quo

Rejecting responsibilities

Injecting liabilities

Culture of denial

Control through fear

Tyranny of distance

Self-regulation (oxymoron)

Private Equity

Public profanity

Courage respect honour

Conflict is the essence of drama

It's ALL about me!

Hurting no one

Living out loud

The House of Next Tuesday

The anti-socialist, the anti-hero,

Inconsisted dedication, variable motivation,

unclear aims, distant goals,

lack of ambition,

inertia,

If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention...

PTSD - STFU

Robot Fighters Only

Technology Loop

Was it a weakness that made you strong?

Each armpit has a different smell…

I have pressed [Esc]ape, but it doesn’t seem to be working….

cos I'm still here

Famous For Being Famous

Every now and then I do this:

Time for some more quotes, repetition cut and paste, etc.

But if some one else already said it better then why not copy them?

They are quite interesting some of them, hopefully all of them...

Warning: Maybe slightly controversial too, for the rigid of thought.

• "The Old World buckles under its weight of statues: callous bishops, oily statesmen, lucky generals, all now attended only by pigeons." - Joe Bennett
• "We're all in this alone." - Lily Tomlin.
• "God did not create man in his own image. Evidently, it was quite the other way about, which is the painless explanation for the profusion of gods and religions, and the fratricide both between and among faiths, that we see all about us and that has so retarded the development of civilisation." - Christopher Hitchens.
• "We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people." -Arthur Schopenhauer.
• "We differ from dogs partly because of our vanity; we assume that what happens to us matters. And partly because of our emotions: we are the only beasts that laugh or cry. And partly because we have a sense of time. Like all creatures, we can live only in the here and now, but unlike them we hold on tight to the past." -Joe Bennett
• "A blog is not writing. It's graffiti with punctuation." -Unconfirmed source.
• "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move." -Douglas Adams.
• "You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty." -Sacha Guitry.
• "To be able to fill in leisure intelligently is the last product of civilisation." -Bertrand Russell
• Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance." -Sam Brown.
• "When we are unable to find tranquillity in ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere" -Francois de La Rochefoucauld.
• "Say howdy to George Carter, and thank him for taking the pistol from you when you were shooting at me." -Jourdon Anderson
• If there is anything the non-conformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another non-conformist, who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity." -Bill Vaughan.
• "Art is science made clear." -Jean Cocteau.
• "The world abounds in ruined places of worship. Consider the great slabs of Stonehenge, the jungle-shrouded temples of the Incas, the towering columns of the Parthenon. All were built to gods we've no longer got, gods created by people to explain the mysteries of the world. Gods begin, in other words as bad science. In time they are institutionalised and are used as tools of government." - Joe Bennett.

Boomtime

Erratic erotica

Neurotic spasmodica

Focus group

Feedback loop

The age of ads

and changing fads

Non-contextual nonsense

Unconsensual unconscious