Solitude.
I take the bass and start playing, but my fingers follow hollow patterns. Nobody's listening.
Why do I miss the sun so much? Why is this grey sky able to color my mood with melancholy?
I wanna go wherever it goes.
30 May 2008
Sun
The sun is not here. It has departed for southern destinations a couple of weeks ago, and has not given any news of itself, or sent a postcard. Its absence makes me feel alone.
Solitude.
I take the bass and start playing, but my fingers follow hollow patterns. Nobody's listening.
Why do I miss the sun so much? Why is this grey sky able to color my mood with melancholy?
Solitude.
I take the bass and start playing, but my fingers follow hollow patterns. Nobody's listening.
Why do I miss the sun so much? Why is this grey sky able to color my mood with melancholy?
24 May 2008
Trial
[Prosecution]:
Your honor, the nature and occurrence of defendant's behavior are washing away any doubt. Despite of his age, defendant has been caught reading books with existentialistic content, engaging in sport activities, writing prose and diffusing it via Internet in the attempt of catching the attention of a large audience, buying clothes, losing weight, going out at night - even during the week- and playing music. Defendant has publicly admitted of rejecting society roles rigidity and looking for the happiness of the small wonders. Defendant has renewed his passion for politic dispute. Defendant's emotional state has peaked in dynamics and frequency, quickly alternating euphoric states with period of melancholy, reflexion, and even sadness. Your honor, collected evidence is aiming only in one direction, and I request for Defendant a condemn with maximum severity.
[Defense]:
Your honor, defense admit defendant's behavior as presented by prosecution. However defense wants to highlights how these behaviors have not been developed in recent times, but are present in the normal conduct of defendant's life since high-school times. Defendant lives a happy life, full of interests and intensity; defendant has given his contribution to politics, society, industry, science, engineering, visual arts, music and literature, and pursues an active social life, with a large number of friendships. Defendant emotions might be intenser lately, but his libido is large as it has always been. His eccentricities make him as interesting as valuable to our society.
We deny any charge, and ask the Court to rest this case.
[Court]:
Defendant, have you got something to say at your discharge?
[Defendant]:
...
[Court]:
...
[Defendant]:
...
[Court]:
Well, than Defendant will hear this Court's verdict.
Defendant has pursued acts and behavior that clearly not fit his position and role in society. Defendant has admitted to this Court his manners, and claimed to belong to Defendant's personality and way of being since adolescence. But adolescent behaviors belong to High-School times, might worsen during College; they need to be abandoned without hesitation after these periods, and should not re-occur at Defendant's age! It's not the vanity of the late sport activities, however ridiculous, that strikes this Court; nor those frivolous hobbies and their pretensions. But how is Defendant imaging this society to go on, if every one in this world would question himself whether he or she, or his best friends are happy, or worse, how to conjugate our lives misery with its limited duration. Inadmissible!!! People of defendant's age are required to produce, open newspapers with a frown, drive middle-class cars and pay the mortgage! That is why this Court embraces Prosecution request and declares, without any chance of appellation, GUILTY OF
Defendant's identity shall be immediately revealed to public, and all his statements shall carry the mark "Stated under mid-life crisis" so that they can be immediately discarded without their content infecting our society. Defendant shall not be taken seriously, and defendant's jokes shall not make laugh or even smile. Conviction will last for a period of at least 1 (one) year, and will be cease only after Defendant's denial of all his eccentricities and return to a normal life. The case is closed.
Your honor, the nature and occurrence of defendant's behavior are washing away any doubt. Despite of his age, defendant has been caught reading books with existentialistic content, engaging in sport activities, writing prose and diffusing it via Internet in the attempt of catching the attention of a large audience, buying clothes, losing weight, going out at night - even during the week- and playing music. Defendant has publicly admitted of rejecting society roles rigidity and looking for the happiness of the small wonders. Defendant has renewed his passion for politic dispute. Defendant's emotional state has peaked in dynamics and frequency, quickly alternating euphoric states with period of melancholy, reflexion, and even sadness. Your honor, collected evidence is aiming only in one direction, and I request for Defendant a condemn with maximum severity.
[Defense]:
Your honor, defense admit defendant's behavior as presented by prosecution. However defense wants to highlights how these behaviors have not been developed in recent times, but are present in the normal conduct of defendant's life since high-school times. Defendant lives a happy life, full of interests and intensity; defendant has given his contribution to politics, society, industry, science, engineering, visual arts, music and literature, and pursues an active social life, with a large number of friendships. Defendant emotions might be intenser lately, but his libido is large as it has always been. His eccentricities make him as interesting as valuable to our society.
We deny any charge, and ask the Court to rest this case.
[Court]:
Defendant, have you got something to say at your discharge?
[Defendant]:
...
[Court]:
...
[Defendant]:
...
[Court]:
Well, than Defendant will hear this Court's verdict.
Defendant has pursued acts and behavior that clearly not fit his position and role in society. Defendant has admitted to this Court his manners, and claimed to belong to Defendant's personality and way of being since adolescence. But adolescent behaviors belong to High-School times, might worsen during College; they need to be abandoned without hesitation after these periods, and should not re-occur at Defendant's age! It's not the vanity of the late sport activities, however ridiculous, that strikes this Court; nor those frivolous hobbies and their pretensions. But how is Defendant imaging this society to go on, if every one in this world would question himself whether he or she, or his best friends are happy, or worse, how to conjugate our lives misery with its limited duration. Inadmissible!!! People of defendant's age are required to produce, open newspapers with a frown, drive middle-class cars and pay the mortgage! That is why this Court embraces Prosecution request and declares, without any chance of appellation, GUILTY OF
MID-LIFE CRISIS
Defendant's identity shall be immediately revealed to public, and all his statements shall carry the mark "Stated under mid-life crisis" so that they can be immediately discarded without their content infecting our society. Defendant shall not be taken seriously, and defendant's jokes shall not make laugh or even smile. Conviction will last for a period of at least 1 (one) year, and will be cease only after Defendant's denial of all his eccentricities and return to a normal life. The case is closed.
23 May 2008
Cleaned up
Everything should be ordened. Cleanedup. All the shirts in the closet, all the towels folded and piled up, according to color. Everything in its place. Also remarks. Like that remark, at the dinner; completely out of its place! Who do you think you are, we don't do compliments here. Even if you mean it. Even if you really mean it. Avoid embarassemnt. Change subject. Music, books.
"Have you read this book?"
"I beg your pardon?"
"This book"
When confronted with a title like that every human being of male gender suffers of a temporary mental black out, spanning from a few seconds to several minutes depending on hormonal levels. After that, military erotic visions take possession of the mind and interfere with any conversation for a prolonged period, occasionally popping up in umpredictable manner. Avoid embarassement. Pretend to listen. Clean up the mess. Pay the bills, and go home. Everything in its place.
"Have you read this book?"
"I beg your pardon?"
"This book"
When confronted with a title like that every human being of male gender suffers of a temporary mental black out, spanning from a few seconds to several minutes depending on hormonal levels. After that, military erotic visions take possession of the mind and interfere with any conversation for a prolonged period, occasionally popping up in umpredictable manner. Avoid embarassement. Pretend to listen. Clean up the mess. Pay the bills, and go home. Everything in its place.
14 May 2008
Is God a delusion?
Not to me.
At the age of 10 I decided that God does not exist. Since then, I have encountered no evidence of its existence, and discarded the question as irrelevant to me. Never illuded, never deluded.
Richard Dawkings thinks differently about it. For him, the existence of a super-natural God is highly improbable, and in his The God Delusion, he explains why. First he comfutes all the major arguments which have been used by theologician to demonstrate God's existence, one by one, in a hilarious spiral. Later in the book, it becomes more clear what is he fighting against, and that is religion - i.e. the system of beliefs based on beliefs.
The book is well written and enjoyable. The thesis are rigorous and compelling. A good book. It could help a lot of people, especially in these highly religious times.
There are some minor remarks - but those are for the scholars. For instance, I cannot understand and appreciate the anthropofic vision or assumption. Moreover, I hate the lack of phantasy of people imagining extra-terrestrial life. Life is a process whose output is highly impredictable, so I would guess that extra-terrestrial life would look as shocking different to us, as australia's wildlife looked to the first occidental sailors.
Finally, a godless life is a sinless one! Can you imagine what kind of impact that would have on your sexual life?
13 May 2008
Suzanne Vega - Pornographer's Dream
Who's to know what she'll show of herself,
In what measure?
If what she reveals, or what she conceals,
Is the key to our pleasure?
Today listened to it on an airplain.
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