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Two Thousand
First of all, here's two thousand slices of bacon:
If that's not enough, how about Pulp - Disco 2000?
Still not convinced? How 'bout some boobies...?
Now, since this is my thread No. 2000, give me some pointza!!!!!!
tricpe is prudent
I'd like to share my view on the world that we are a part of, without wanting to impose my way of thinking onto you (well, maybe You!) I am doing this for pretty much no particular reason whatsoever*... Also, this text won't be as much "this is like that because of those", rather some monologue of mine with more questions and hypothesis than actual answers, facts and solutions...
I consider myslef to be clever and wise. Or at least in some areas of life, which means I am very dumb in many others. Why do I think that? I don't know really. I don't talk much. I'm silent most of the time, even with people that are dearest to me. I haven't read that much books, I'm shit scared when I think of all the classics that I'm still not acquainted with. It is possible that I'm afraid to speak, because I am very unsure of myself. But one thing that being silent allows you to do is to observe the world / life / people / self. And in doing so, you can make many conclusions... I like to superimpose one area of knowledge to totally another subject (as an example, teotians might remember this).
I believe what I'm told. I remember back in primary school learning some story about kids always wanting to grow up, while all the grown ups wanted to go back to being children, and the moral of the story was that childhood is the best age in life. While many kids in class (pretty much all of them) didn't believe teacher, I did, and still do. But, being rebelious, I must also say that every age has it's ups and downs. The reason why people think that childhood is the best, is that the greatest anguish people have is the one tormenting them in that particular point of time. I don't care that much about my problems from the past, just because of that - they are in the past! That's the reason why all people can relate to melanchollic songs, movies, books... The similar applies to the future.
I also believe in God (well, sort of...) Not quite the Serbain Othodox dogmas that should be within me, but I do believe in some entity which is (intelectually) so much higher than all of us combined. I also believe that I have a soul, which is immortal, probably "made" waaaay before I was born, which kinda needs a question whether this soul really is "mine"...?
But I also believe in quantum mechanics and science, which if I understood it correctly says (the string theory) that there are many universes existing in parallel to what we call "reality". Now, one of my hypothesis is that people can get a glipmse of these other worlds when we dream (or when we are under the influence of drugs, which I never tried - no experience). That is, when our consciousness is overtaken by subconsciousness. Another thing I find interesting is that our brains must reject a shitload of information that tries to get through our senses to the mind, so it doesn't become overwhelmed. I think it's called "filtering" in psychology or whatever's the name of science that explores our senses. Now, these "filters" are not so good with people who have schitzophrenia for example, which poses a rather disturbing question: if a person walks into psych ward and says he / she talked to God, is this person crazy, should he/she be locked up, or maybe put on TV and the internet, so people can get a glimpse of a higher truth? My answer? There should be a consensus on what reality is, but people should be open to other interpretations as well.
The best instrument we have to explore the Universe (Nature) is human brain. The main problem with human brain is that it hasn't really changed in the last 100,000 years. Up until then, the evolutive processes required the brain to grow from generation to generation, separating what would become Homo Sapiens from other life forms. Language is a great thing, it enabled us to draw up wisdom from the generations before us. However, it also came with catch22 - I think it stopped the evolution of the human race. Once the early humans realised that they can change (generation after generation) their habitat to suit their needs, they lost the ability to change themsleves and adopt to the habitat. Which is what evolution is!
One of the consequence of this is that there is no progress whatsoever in the human race. Need proof? Let's go back some 2,500 years, to ancient Greece, OK? The cradle of modern world, phylosophy, politics, theatre and famous Greek tragedies... whatnot! But, they were a slavery. Which is what we still are, in this way or another. That's why pretty much every theatre in the world that has some status can still (after 2,500 years!) put on a play about some people that died before Jesus walked the Earth.
Anyhows, back to the brains. IMHO, in order for human race to evolve some more, it's necessary for the brain of an average person to become, say, 10% bigger in volume. Maybe one of the consequences could (would) be that instead of dreaming in metaphores (I'm reffering to Freud now), we would truly dream our wishes and fears, and probably be more open for the world behind our eyes. Another could be that we could say: "What, Shakespeare? Are you kidding me, it's child's play since 2354!
There's a most famous scene in 2001: A Space Oddyssey, when the apes varily gather around the Monolith to touch it. One of the most common explanation of the Monolith in the movie / book is that it's a source of intelligence that was set out to the Universe to spread the wisdom. When I was discussing the film with a childhood friend of mine (we were about 10yo), he told me this.... But, what if the target for the "intelligence" wasn't Watchmoon (that's the name of the ape, for those who don't know), rather the weapon, the bone he used to kill a pig or a competing tribe's apha-male? It kinda fits what I said earlier about human race not going very far in this Universe, we only found out ways to kill each other more efficiently... I'm not happy things are as they are, I'm just stating (my) truth!
...might be continued...
2012-05-08
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* Actually, this thread of mine represents the year I was born, if you believe in Jesus and all that jazz. Also, if you measure up time using Julian calender, today's saint and yours truly share the same name...
Who am I, part ...
Winner gets one like from me in this thread, and to spice it up a bit, every wrong answer gets a negative like!
tricpe @ Berlinale (Hollywood gala)
Well, after unsuccessfully trying to catch up with Marina Abramovic last year in Venice as well in Moscow, I finally got to be in the presence of the Artist in the Country I lived all along - Germany. The Documentary Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present was shown on this year's Berlinale festival, and yours truly went to see it. I was even so lucky to be invited to the party after the film. The reason I got invited? No, I was not wearing my speedo's, rather sat at the right place on the right time, and then the director of MoMA Klaus Biesenbach said something like: "We need to close these seats for the guests of honour, but all of you can remain seated. Oh, and here are the invitations for the afterparty!"
Then we all saw the movie (I was really impressed and did manage to find something new about Marina) after which there was an obligatory part of introducing the filmmakers. There was a director, producer, Marina (ofcourse!), Ulay, and ahole bunch of other people. At the party I overheard someone saying "I run the Mad Men"... The party was pretty ... well, how should I put this? I've never been to a Movie party before, but I knew that this party would be like no other. When we got there, each of us received a white (doctor's) coat and a white head set, which we also got to keep for our selves. We were instructed to wear the coat and headset, but not to talk until Marina says it's ok to talk. So we all went to this big room where the only sound was that of a metronome, being played through the speaker. Everyone was wearing a white coat and a white headset, so it was kinda strange. Of course, there were people who did talk to each other, so there was a bit of murmor, but nothing that bad. Some 30 minutes after I got there, Marina showed up, also with the coat and headpiece, and she did a couple rounds in the room, (saying) hi to her friends and such. After another 30 minutes, she got upstairs and said that the time of being silent is over, and that we were now free to speak among ourselves. The noise that followed overwhelmed me. While we were silent, I thought that no more than say 50 people is present, but once they all started talking, it felt like there was at least 200 of us...
Teh Prize
As some of you folks might remember, I won the August 2011 Point Competition, and for my prize I opted for an inflatable globe, which after some going back and forth finally made it to my address some time last december.
Enjoy the pics...
I dreamt the Queen of UK last night....
And in this dream, the conversation between the Queen and yours truly went on something like this:
Her Royal Highness, the Queen: So, where do you think all the light in the Universe came from?
His Speedoesness, teh tricpe: (in a slightly lucid voice): the Anti-Universe!
(Laughter in the room, even the Queen showed a glimpse of a smile)
Her Royal Highness, the Queen: I must say that in all my life I have never ever heard something as bold as that. Do you have something to back-up your claims?
His Speedoesness, teh tricpe: I haven't had the time to work it out just yet!
******
So there, if someone gets a Nobel for proving that light in the Universe came from the Anti-Universe, you heard it here first!
Blogging is easy
Wow, look how easy making new blogs is using blueberry!!! Great work, Marksyzm!!!
Looking good
Well, this is one interesting month here on T-SIX, and I like it. I am posting, threading, commenting, just being a smart-ass, I think...
A while...
It's been a while since I last submitted here, despite my promise from more that a year now to update this page on a daily basis. Well, not daily, but certanly more regularly.
Anyways, I'm in Baden, Switzerland now and it's beautiful. I work in Alstom and live some 20 minutes walk from the job. The nature is great, the whole country is like one big postcard. I am in a flat with two Germans, and we're doing fine. For the weekend they usually go home to Germany, so I'm alone, but that does not bother me. Hopefully soon my best freind will come to visit from Geneva. Today I'm going to submit my papers for the working permit here, and I hope it will be finished soon.
Cheers!
New hair-cut
I got myself a new hair-cut, and it doesn't feel cold.
Although, it's 10 - 15 Celsius in the middle of February!?! This planet is going to hell.
After looking on some GodSpaces here, I decidec I need to fill in mine a bit better, so I'll try to do that over the next few days. I might put Wombat's photoshop of me with my new clown-like hair. 
Anyways, I'll call my very best friend today, cause it's her birthday 
, and it's really been a while since we last talked...
Nothing much...
Nothing much interesting going on.
The job is fine, the weather is dangerously good, and I feel fine.
Looking forward to go on IRON MAIDEN concert on my 27th birthday 
- learning the lyrics from the latest album, then I'll get back to learning French from the audio course...