Blog Posts

I went to my usual "news" sites this morning... at least this where I can get some interesting stories as to what is going on in the world without having to be bashed on the head with the "Fear and Consume" brainwashing waves coming from other news outlets. Well, I went to wired.com and saw this story about the 7 Basic Blog Posts . Brought to mind the un-originality and apparent deceit of the blogworld, and the thought that this is what made me stay off the internet for about a year. I just could not take the bullshit anymore. At first, I was addicted when I first started reading blogs about 3 years ago (I also was addicted to forums or websites that dealt with some type of "cause"... rights, truth, poverty, etc. Maybe another post about some of those pieces of crap later). I used to read the Craft type blogs. Oh my goodness, these women seemed so perfect and their lives so perfect and their photos so perfect. I tried to do the same, trying to achieve the perfect life. Of course, I fell short and ended up beating myself up at how imperfect I was. Women telling stories of how they had 3 young children, a new baby and stayed up all night making this cute little purse. And she was going to have 5 of them to sell to you tomorrow. And little gullible me was like "oh my god, what is wrong with me? I have 4 grown children and I can't do this". The only way I could achieve what they were doing would be to have beckoning assistants and nannies, be independently wealthy (or married to a rich man, who gave me a "busy business") and snort big lines of cocaine on a regular basis. I am not saying these folks are lying or even that they may be stretching the truth, but dayum are they cyborgs then??? This post is eventually what got me to thinking that maybe some of what folks were putting on their blogs might not actually be all-the-truth. I even dared to go so far as to wonder if these were real people at all and not actually representations of some corporate entity... I mean corporations masquerading as "regular folk" happened over here and they were stealing from these young women and bringing product to the consumer at unable-to-compete at prices.

Okay so this all led me to wonder and question "why have a blog" or be on the net at all? Was it supposed to be for showing off some latest hipster type item acquired at the local Goodwill? Be a "look what I can do and what I have and aren't you jealous" type situation? What I wished for was some realness and just a little truth and real connection. And here I am, still here, with my umpteenth blog... still searching after 5 or so years. In the end, it makes me sad. Where are all the real folk at? I would assume in their real homes, walking on their real streets, in real stores, doing real day to day living... but to assume, makes an "ass" out of "u" and "me". [hahahhaha... corny :) ]

Have a wonderfully REAL day!
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Let's Make a Black Hole???

(I woke up a little extra crabby this morn... this may turn into a rant somewhere down the line)

I caught a little bit of the Science Channel's "Six Billion Dollar Something or Other" and it was about that LHC (Large Hadron Collider) scientists have built in Geneva to recreate the Big Bang/beginning of the universe.

Okay... first of all, scientists are scared that this experiment could "create a black hole able to devour our planet" or allow the opening of being able to interact with other dimensions (I believe that is what the scientist said), among other horrific things. What the hell is wrong with these folks??? Damn they remind me of a little bad ass boy who has to touch the stove, even though his mother tells him it's hot. How many ancient societies have told of these things that "modern scientists" are just now so-called discovering? Who is the one who needs proof??? What is the proof going to matter??? These "children" will still find a way to say "well that's not conclusive... we are going to need 10 jillion dollars to build this mechanical thingamagigger....".

Man... why are these the folks with all the money and in charge??? Just the way of this ***backward world/plane I guess.

If someone can stomach it, here is something about it on Youtube... complete with idiotic comments by bored little children and all.

Prayers for an interceding on humanity's behalf could not hurt at this time.

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***this link to info, I had originally found at www.thosefoursounds.com which the domain is no longer current. Tells of the Dogon People and Dogon Cosmology and Creation. I may put in a pdf link up if this link goes.

Who's Tougher???

Warning: Rant follows. May have generalizations and be based mainly on gut instincts.

When I see the commercials for the new History Channel shows "Tougher In Alaska" and "Axe Men" my stomach tightens in a knot and I am compelled to put the telly on mute until the commercials are over. I feel embarrassed for the producers of these shows and at the same time chuckle at their arrogant immaturity. I can't really speak on the men profiled in these shows, because I have not watched them. I know that sometimes the way a show is hyped does not always match up to the shows content. But from the commercials they look like the invented and inflated backwoods-American-white-men-are-so-billy-badass crap bordering on racist stupidity bullshit. Why can't Americans just tell a story without all the exaggeration and ignoring of the real truth of the situation. Okay, this is how I see the story they are trying to tell. I see, let's say, euros first contact with Indigenous Alaskans (I don't know when this was) and I see euro reaction to Indigenous Alaskans as being savages. Indigenous peoples who were living rather well, in harmony with their harsh environment, without the use of modern technology. Fast forward to 2008, some Caucasian men living in the same environment, with the benefit of modern technology, who are now being shopped as hereos??? Seems like something is missing. How did things scoot from resourceful people = savages to modern men = heroes. And same formula applied to "Axe Men". And their apparent arrogant attitude and money/greed is what seems to be driving nature out of balance. Same can be said for "Deadliest Catch". Stripping nature of all it's got for large amounts of money. In discussion with my son the other day, I asked if would he stop eating or using what was not in his immediate vicinity for the sake of human beings being able to live on this planet. He had not thought of it that way. Personal greed for things and money seems to be what drives the corporate world. And no one is ashamed of it. Seems kinda flip-flop from what my mother taught me. But that's okay as far as this new way of living is concerned. And through bullshit like these types of shows (and many many others) it keeps getting propagated and shoveled to the next unaware fool.

Rant over.