It irritates me that the religious crazes have done a carbon copy of the design/format of the Atheist but campaign logo. Only this time, instead of saying “there probably isn’t a God” they say “there DEFINITELY is a God etc.” It’s not the fact that they carbon copied someone else’s idea that fucks me off, it’s the fact that they have been allowed to say “definitely” were as the atheists were only allowed to say “probably.” This really fucks me off.
There’s this little thing called science that gives the atheist lobby quite the leg to stand on when the imaginary man in the sky debate is brought up for the gazillionth time. I would like to think it’s all the actions/ death throws of a dying beast but I think it will be a number of years before we can see this in a conclusive fashion. Blatantly Christianity will be the first to go. It’s the most ridiculous. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good story but the bible is not a good story. It’s just bloody boring.
Oh dear, dear Freud:
“The idea of God was not a lie but a device of the unconscious which needed to be decoded by psychology. A personal god was nothing more than an exalted father-figure: desire for such a deity sprang from infantile yearnings for a powerful, protective father, for justice and fairness and for life to go on forever. God is simply a projection of these desires, feared and worshipped by human beings out of an abiding sense of helplessness. Religion belonged to the infancy of the human race; it had been a necessary stage in the transition from childhood to maturity. It had promoted ethical values which were essential to society. Now that humanity had come of age, however, it should be left behind.”A History of God
So I buy some low fat bars to blatantly not eat something overtly fattening. Only then do I find that they are actually so delicious that I can’t even eat one, or two, or three, or four… There are five in a packet. I don’t think I’m ever going to get anorexia. *Sigh* It’s also doubly disheartening to pig out on something and not have impacted your daily calorie in take because the thing you binged on is so low fat. *Sigh*
In lol news it took three community support officers (in Camden today) to chase a guy that was jogging away from them. Wow. Is it any wonder they don’t get paid… I never saw if they ever caught him or not. He jogged away from them over the horizon…
Someone I severed all contact with a few months back for numerous reasons the other day decided to engage in chit chat with my friends whilst I was there for no other reason than to be a cock. I don’t really get it. It did however make me realize how wonderful it’s been not having them in my life for a number of months. It’s amazing what an irritating face/voice can do to in terms of confirming that a decision was correct. Once more *sigh.* Alienating a couple of people, well that’s life. But when it’s everyone in a circle, wow, that deserves an award. It should warrant some soul searching at least. One would think.
In happier news, Gym Class heroes! I’ve always had their songs in my itunes and never really listened to them. My bad. Awesome.
Further happy news, I booked my ticket to America via Canada for the summer. Good times.
So, Friday night was Fall out boy night. Yes this is embarrassing. I know that little kids who probably like the Jonas Brother listen to Fall out boy but I just can’t help but like them. So they aren’t a band for the rock snobs and genre purists, but they are catchy. That said, I don’t tend to overly broadcast the fact that I’m (a rather large) fan.
I don’t however feel like this ‘person’:
There is only one | Reviewer: Lily | 5/24/2008 “There is only one band that could write a song as great as Of All The Gin Joints In The World, and that would be Fall Out Boy. Pete really outdid himself when he wrote this song, it is just so catchy. And since Patrick is one of the best singers I will ever hear in my life, you just can’t help but sing along. I love this song, it’s amazing, the lyrics are phenomenal. It is my third most listened to song on my iPod. Anyone who has something against Fall Out Boy and their songs is just…ICK!!!”
For the love of Satan! They are not the best singers, songwriters, musicians. They are good, on occasion very good. They should not however be exalted to too high a level. Clearly Lily you are 13. I’m not going to bother to give you a list of bands/singers you should check out if you think Fall out boy are THESHIT.
That said Pete is fucking hot.
It’s funny how in England English bands always seem to get more credit. English bands in the US have this strange noevelty OHMYGODSTHEIRENGLISHJIZZJIZZ factor, but when the American band is in England it’s more a case of kbye.
It’s like teaching Granny to suck eggs though really isn’t it. What musical genres did America give us that they almost invented by themselves… Country, RnB, Rap… Wow, thanks, I’ll put them over there with my other unwanted Christmas presents.
*DUCKS*
(it’s called doing it for comedy value, I don’t want a Ramones/Punk lecture, I do however disagree with that, 1977 innit.)
Yesterday I went for a day out with my friend to Highgate cemetery. Yes I know that is strange. We went to the East Cemetery which has that abhorrent man Karl Marx in it, and much loved Douglas Adams, though we couldn’t find the latter. The West cemetery with LOTS of cool stuff is only accessible via tour and £5. I thought it was bad enough we had to pay £3 for the East side. We argued the toss about why we had to pay to get into a grave yard. “What if we have relatives here?” We didn’t get in but confused the woman enough for her to only charge us £1.50 each. I suppose a fair compromise.
Highgate gate cemetery is, afterall, on all of the “London for free” websites.
Honestly, it was A LOT of fun and great for photos, HOWEVER.
“<insert name> went to sleep <insert date>”
“<insert name> went home <insert date>”
Seriously.
No they didn’t.
They died. D I E D.
Dead, popped their cloggs, got snuffed out, punched out, finshed their innings, clocked off, passed away. Whatever you want to call it, but they did NOT GO TO SLEEP.
But that aside, here is a selection of my favourite finds of the day:
FAIL:
The stereotypes of life followed them into death:
Anatomical:
It begs the question, HOW CAN I become the chief executive of a colony. IDOL.
I had the most amazing long weekend in Dubai this last weekend, I think it ranks as my favourite holiday of recent years. Totally awesome. Highlights included; a Chevvy Tahoe as a TAXI, Jumeirah beach Hilton ’nuff said, dune bashing, wandering around the city, cruising around the city at high speed, the food, the Polo club…. The list goes on forever and I’ve already filled 12 pages in my travel journal with a day and a bit still to write.
I thought Emirates was a nice airline but Qatar airways is so much nicer. For one, the air stewardess are like Stepford wives…
Clearing things away….”Oh, thank you.” …… “It’s my pleasure.”
They don’t even slam the overhead lockers when they close them… And the food…! Sorry Emirates you’ve just been demoted to my second most favouritist airline EVAH. Which in turn means that Singapore Airlines is now third and so on and so forth…. That’s the free market for you, have to compete. Hence why British Airways are at the bottom of my list and digging ever further downwards.
My airline rankings recognize CHAV airlines i.e. charters. This includes (amongst others) EasyJet, Thompson, Thomas Cook, Flybe, RyanAir…. The list is longer and would have been even longer still had XL etc not gone bust.
I think I would rather get myself some Icarus wings than fly EasyJet.
So here I am sat in Doha with the URGE to SPLURGE on duty free, but so far I have managed to resist.
Today is also one of those days when I’m grateful for being able to read Arabic. Pretty much because the departures boards in the vicinity are only in Arabic… I’m quite (sorry very much) enjoying watching the other (English) people from the flight stressing over this.
Walking around Camden Taaaaaaaarn yesterday made me think of, well, me. Or rather 14 year old me. All the (on half term) emo kids walking around thinking that they are so original and all of the general tack that is sold around those parts. That used to me and that tack was what I wanted/spent money. But what got to me the most was the things I liked and wanted generally back then. So 14 year old self this is some advice for you:
Don’t wear baggy clothes it isn’t good on any level and makes you look bigger than what you actually are.
Bongs. They’re just really not that interesting, honestly they’re not. You can make most things that involve liquid into a bong, get over it.
The liquid based drug you once ingested, the majority of the effects were generated totally by your own mind and were in no way triggered by this faux “drug.”
“I never thought I’d die alone, I laughed the loudest who’d have known.” It rhymes. It isn’t insightful and nor is it poetry.
You don’t really want to die when your 27. No you don’t. When you hit 21 you’ll appreciate this more.
Don’t kick against education just because everyone tells you that it’s the best route to a good life.
Don’t try and find deep meaning in everything, a lot of the time it just isn’t there.
Get used to the fact that friends come and they go.
You will lose your virginity whilst your age still ends in “teen” so stop laying awake thinking that you will die a virgin.
Karma will bite the people that hurt you in the arse, trust me.
Hang in there and you will find a friend like a brother in a few years.
You won’t rush out on your 18th birthday and get a tattoo, you will wait for a while like everyone told you to.
You really don’t want to be a human pin cushion. Sometimes moderation is key.
Eventually you will find out that the people that matter actually think that you’re quite cool.
Don’t be under any illusion that when you reach a certain magical age like 18 that you will stop caring what people think, especially caring what your Mum thinks.
I’ll be honest with you, smoking can be cool, and can look very cool but it’s not for you.
Lose weight now it really is easier.
Stop paying attention to anything in NME, they are awfully pretentious and irritating.
One last thing to fully put your mind at ease; you will end up living in London.
Nothing is worse than traveling at half term and sadly today was unavoidable. Children everywhere. Not only this, some little darling had puked up and the seat reservation system wasn’t working AY-GAIN. So when I get to my nice window/table seat with power outlet the dick sat there on his lap top doesn’t move but tells me essentially tough shit. What do Virgin think, that a reserve a seat just for fun?! I might even email them and bitch just to get it out of my system.
It seems from reading Vogue/Glamour that jeans with jean shirt/jacket is in this season. NYOOOOOOOO. Other than that there was a celebration of the “British look.” Which apparently is superior. Well yes, yes it is. I have always said/thought that the British are so much more fashionable than Americans. You don’t see the English wearing Salmon pink Ralph Lauren polo shirts and chinos. Of course there was photographic evidence of this point. But we all know it’s true.
I really should learn not to glance at things. I did that today and thought that someone had grabbed a famine victim and put them in some uber high street fashion. My bad.
I’m in the process at the moment of having a lecture about what Jews think about death and though I’m always tempted to LOL at anything remotely religious, it’s really interesting. I never knew it there was such a thing as a female Rabbi. My bad. Also that a baby is only seen to be a fully fledged person after it is a month old. Therefore abortion is permitted and if a child is born but dies before one month they have a different death ritual.
