Today's weather was pissing me off in any way it could. Firstly, despite it being only 14.5C if you stood in a sunny place, it was so hot that you wished to be naked. Then cleaning a balcony in a 7 story house I was freezing from the wind up there. And short after getting off the bus and on the road to my next and final work-place for today, it started raining heavily.
The only thing that annoys me even more than our silly weather is our silly GEMA (German Society for Musical Performing Rights and Mechanical Reproduction Rights) due to which I am incapable of watching nearly anything on youtube while being German/in Germany. (Sure there's ways around, but for some reason (maybe because I run fucking XP) my Tor quit working, and HSS puts a quite heavy load not only on my computer but also slows down the connection to the point that would make watching stream-videos close to impossible. Even more annoying if you actually own several versions of those songs played in the videos on CD/DVD/LP.
Now, in an ideal world, I would have a Mac instead of a PC for somewhat more stability and reliability and speed. In an ideal world, the only time Internet would be down is when there is a maintenance someplace.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Why I hate 1991
I dislike 1991 for several reasons, one of them being that it seems to be the year that has struck a lot of my heroes (famous and non-famous) with pretty devastating illnesses.
It also took away some other pretty influential figures:
July 1st: Michael Landon, who was an American actor, writer, director, and producer, who starred in three popular NBC TV series that spanned three decades. He is widely known for his roles in Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, and Highway to Heaven.
October 24th: Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry,who was an American television screenwriter, producer and futurist, best known for creating the American science fiction series Star Trek.
November 24th: Farrokh Bulsara a.k.a. Freddie Mercury, who was a British musician, best known as the lead vocalist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen.
And it was also the year in which Mendax was discovered to be hacking into an Australian university, into the USAF 7th Command Group in the Pentagon and into other organisations such as Nortel. "Mendax" being Julian Paul Assange.
Shit year was shit. And I was just 7 years old, so I had no clue. :(
It also took away some other pretty influential figures:
July 1st: Michael Landon, who was an American actor, writer, director, and producer, who starred in three popular NBC TV series that spanned three decades. He is widely known for his roles in Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, and Highway to Heaven.
October 24th: Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry,who was an American television screenwriter, producer and futurist, best known for creating the American science fiction series Star Trek.
November 24th: Farrokh Bulsara a.k.a. Freddie Mercury, who was a British musician, best known as the lead vocalist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen.
And it was also the year in which Mendax was discovered to be hacking into an Australian university, into the USAF 7th Command Group in the Pentagon and into other organisations such as Nortel. "Mendax" being Julian Paul Assange.
Shit year was shit. And I was just 7 years old, so I had no clue. :(
Monday, May 23, 2011
Looking to be employed by Al-Quaeda, also looking for assistance from Wikileaks to uncover local injustice.
I'm so pissed off, I'd actually take a working position with Al'Quaeda over my current work, because eventhough I love my work, I hate working for the people I work under. People from a care organization that is run by the church, forbid me to actually care about people, and treated me like a terrorist for being human and for being the kind and friendly person I was raised as.
I also see the point now in the quote of Muhammad Ali, who once said "At home I'm a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far".
So many quotes of very well known people surrounded me today. I find them to be true. But sadly most other people won't agree.
"Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system." ~Bruce Lee~
"However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you don not act by them?" ~Siddhartha "Buddha" Gautama~
"We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection." ~Dalai Lama~
"Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist. ~Yassir Arafat~
"Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds. ~William Shakespeare~
"We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty." ~ Agnes "Mother Teresa" Gonxha Bojaxhiu~
And not to forget a song that has been circling my mind ever since I first heard it:
Well, you wonder why I always dress in black,
Why you never see bright colors on my back,
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone.
Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on
I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he's a victim of the times.
I wear the black for those who never read,
Or listened to the words that Jesus said,
About the road to happiness through love and charity,
Why, you'd think He's talking straight to you and me.
Well, we're doin' mighty fine, I do suppose,
In our streak of lightnin' cars and fancy clothes,
But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back,
Up front there ought 'a be a Man In Black.
I wear it for the sick and lonely old,
For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold,
I wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been,
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men.
And, I wear it for the thousands who have died,
Believen' that the Lord was on their side,
I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died,
Believen' that we all were on their side.
Well, there's things that never will be right I know,
And things need changin' everywhere you go,
But 'til we start to make a move to make a few things right,
You'll never see me wear a suit of white.
Ah, I'd love to wear a rainbow every day,
And tell the world that everything's OK,
But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back,
'Till things are brighter, I'm the Man In Black!
~Johnny Cash~
I live by it.
I also see the point now in the quote of Muhammad Ali, who once said "At home I'm a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far".
So many quotes of very well known people surrounded me today. I find them to be true. But sadly most other people won't agree.
"Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established style or system." ~Bruce Lee~
"However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you don not act by them?" ~Siddhartha "Buddha" Gautama~
"We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection." ~Dalai Lama~
"Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist. ~Yassir Arafat~
"Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds. ~William Shakespeare~
"We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty." ~ Agnes "Mother Teresa" Gonxha Bojaxhiu~
And not to forget a song that has been circling my mind ever since I first heard it:
Well, you wonder why I always dress in black,
Why you never see bright colors on my back,
And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone.
Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on
I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down,
Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town,
I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime,
But is there because he's a victim of the times.
I wear the black for those who never read,
Or listened to the words that Jesus said,
About the road to happiness through love and charity,
Why, you'd think He's talking straight to you and me.
Well, we're doin' mighty fine, I do suppose,
In our streak of lightnin' cars and fancy clothes,
But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back,
Up front there ought 'a be a Man In Black.
I wear it for the sick and lonely old,
For the reckless ones whose bad trip left them cold,
I wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been,
Each week we lose a hundred fine young men.
And, I wear it for the thousands who have died,
Believen' that the Lord was on their side,
I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died,
Believen' that we all were on their side.
Well, there's things that never will be right I know,
And things need changin' everywhere you go,
But 'til we start to make a move to make a few things right,
You'll never see me wear a suit of white.
Ah, I'd love to wear a rainbow every day,
And tell the world that everything's OK,
But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back,
'Till things are brighter, I'm the Man In Black!
~Johnny Cash~
I live by it.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Going (Wal-)nuts
Some days are simply best thrown away. Last Wednesday - which I was actually looking forward to - ended up with me being scared and worried because I didn't get to see who I wanted to see at work. Now, tha may sound weird, but let me elaborate a bit. I'm working for a care organisation which offers various services for elderly and disabled/ill people. And every Wednesday I am doing the house-cleaning for an elderly woman which I immidiately liked ever since my first visit there. (She is very very loveable, but also has gone through a lot of physical and emotional distress in her life - and she reminds me to 99% of one of my grand-aunts, on of those sweet and good people that you simply just want to hug when you see them, to show them that somebody cares). But this Wednesday - I came in at our dispatch place at work early in the morning - I got told that she didn't want any cleaning done today. I just got told that, but not the reason for it. So I went and finished the rest of my work for the day, and still decided to visit the lady. Came to the house, rang the bell, but no one opened. Waited a while then decided to run up to the 5th floor where she lives to see if maybe just the bell doesn't function. But no one opened either, and the window-curtain was half-closed - normally it is open.
Now, I know that she doesn't go out a lot, due to various health problems, and due to not really having anyone who cares about her. So my assumptions are that she either 1) went to the city with a neighbor, 2) was feeling really bad and turned phone and doorbell off, 3) had to go see a doctor or hospital. Now, you can probably see why I am scared/worried. So I figured, yeah well, I shouldn't even be here today but, may as well write a message for her that I had been there (not for work, but in my own free time) to see if she was ok. I guess I won't know for sure until Wednesday, I hope I'll be back there then. I hope she is allright. I hope I can visit her many more times and give hugs whenever she needs them.
Now, I know that she doesn't go out a lot, due to various health problems, and due to not really having anyone who cares about her. So my assumptions are that she either 1) went to the city with a neighbor, 2) was feeling really bad and turned phone and doorbell off, 3) had to go see a doctor or hospital. Now, you can probably see why I am scared/worried. So I figured, yeah well, I shouldn't even be here today but, may as well write a message for her that I had been there (not for work, but in my own free time) to see if she was ok. I guess I won't know for sure until Wednesday, I hope I'll be back there then. I hope she is allright. I hope I can visit her many more times and give hugs whenever she needs them.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
A beautiful day.. sort of.
From a personal point of view, my week has been pretty awesome, got to talk to a very dear friend of mine and met some nice people at my new work and even found 2 new Assange interviews. <3
From a political point of view, however, I am a bit...let's say...sad. Granted, I do not endorse terroristic activities and I even was one of the first people to write a song (sadly in German) against Osama BinLaden and against what happened on September 11th, 2001. But nearly 10 years later, I have my doubts. Firstly, was it really Osama and is gang who blew up the Twin Towers & Pentagon, or was it someone (someone hired perhaps?) to make it look like it had been done by the Taliban, but was initiated by true and blue Americans who wanted to hide a lot of debt (which could have been found in the destroyed wing of the Pentagon)? Then, actually not long ago, I was wondering, where the heck is that goat-lover (BinLaden) anyway, seeing as it had gotten rather quiet around him. So I looked and looked, and according to some sources, he had already been dead for a while. And all of a sudden, you get the news: "YIPPIYEAH THE USA KILLED BIN LADEN". (Now, I assumed that he had been long gone, so I wondered who did they kill, was it really him, or was it just something fake but something that encourages people to love the blood-shedding that the USA seems to be doing nearly every day). Alrighty, next day in the newspaper, big article, blablabla BinLaden blablabla no phone or internet blablabla...ok, so I figured, atleast BinLaden wasn't a "high-tech terrorist" (Joe Biden's favorite name for Assange).
One day further, and another newspaper headline, made me re-think the word and meaning of what a high-tech terrorist is, or could be. If Julian Assange is a high-tech terrorist for publishing truthful data, then what about The New York Times, etc? Or is Assange just a high-tech terrorist because he often is seen with a Macbook (maybe poor American politicians can't afford one, or heck, are even jealous of Assange's capability of having sex at all)? Am I the next high-tech terrorist because I bought myself a netbook which I use for the sole purpose of getting annoyed at Windows 7 (and eventually use it for photos and videos and music once I figured out how to decimate atleast 40 of the standardly running processes on it to make it usable)?
The newspaper headline & picture opened up to me who the *REAL* (high-tech) terrorists are, though. The headline was "Obama witnessed it live". The picture showed lots of high-ranked american politicians, including Obama, Biden, H. Clinton, sitting on their laptops and "watching" the BinLaden murderer.
From a political point of view, however, I am a bit...let's say...sad. Granted, I do not endorse terroristic activities and I even was one of the first people to write a song (sadly in German) against Osama BinLaden and against what happened on September 11th, 2001. But nearly 10 years later, I have my doubts. Firstly, was it really Osama and is gang who blew up the Twin Towers & Pentagon, or was it someone (someone hired perhaps?) to make it look like it had been done by the Taliban, but was initiated by true and blue Americans who wanted to hide a lot of debt (which could have been found in the destroyed wing of the Pentagon)? Then, actually not long ago, I was wondering, where the heck is that goat-lover (BinLaden) anyway, seeing as it had gotten rather quiet around him. So I looked and looked, and according to some sources, he had already been dead for a while. And all of a sudden, you get the news: "YIPPIYEAH THE USA KILLED BIN LADEN". (Now, I assumed that he had been long gone, so I wondered who did they kill, was it really him, or was it just something fake but something that encourages people to love the blood-shedding that the USA seems to be doing nearly every day). Alrighty, next day in the newspaper, big article, blablabla BinLaden blablabla no phone or internet blablabla...ok, so I figured, atleast BinLaden wasn't a "high-tech terrorist" (Joe Biden's favorite name for Assange).
One day further, and another newspaper headline, made me re-think the word and meaning of what a high-tech terrorist is, or could be. If Julian Assange is a high-tech terrorist for publishing truthful data, then what about The New York Times, etc? Or is Assange just a high-tech terrorist because he often is seen with a Macbook (maybe poor American politicians can't afford one, or heck, are even jealous of Assange's capability of having sex at all)? Am I the next high-tech terrorist because I bought myself a netbook which I use for the sole purpose of getting annoyed at Windows 7 (and eventually use it for photos and videos and music once I figured out how to decimate atleast 40 of the standardly running processes on it to make it usable)?
The newspaper headline & picture opened up to me who the *REAL* (high-tech) terrorists are, though. The headline was "Obama witnessed it live". The picture showed lots of high-ranked american politicians, including Obama, Biden, H. Clinton, sitting on their laptops and "watching" the BinLaden murderer.
Monday, February 21, 2011
How to save a world that does not want to be saved?
First off, I'm bored since the amount of news regarding Wikileaks/Assange seems to get smaller and smaller every day.
I usually try to be nice to everyone on this planet who also is nice to me and others. And technically, that shouldn't be a bad thing. Technically.... But reality looks different, and I sometimes even get ignored for being nice and helpful to others (others who actually do the same, who are nice and helpful to others). Because they (according to themselves) don't deserve to be treated nice, because they aren't "good" in their own view. But who defines what's good and what's not? And how can I show those people that they are good, and that they are worth it to be helped, made happy and cared about?
I just don't know...maybe I shouldn't care so much about others. But my heart won't let me. Nor would my brain. :(
I usually try to be nice to everyone on this planet who also is nice to me and others. And technically, that shouldn't be a bad thing. Technically.... But reality looks different, and I sometimes even get ignored for being nice and helpful to others (others who actually do the same, who are nice and helpful to others). Because they (according to themselves) don't deserve to be treated nice, because they aren't "good" in their own view. But who defines what's good and what's not? And how can I show those people that they are good, and that they are worth it to be helped, made happy and cared about?
I just don't know...maybe I shouldn't care so much about others. But my heart won't let me. Nor would my brain. :(
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Swine Flu?
Right. Just woke up and my mother tells me that the neighbor's daughter got swine flu.
She works in an office...so someone tell me how? O_o
She works in an office...so someone tell me how? O_o
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