Study what came before.
Create what comes after.

Be not a slave to the ways
in which things have been done,
but, rather,
take charge of the ways
in which things could be done.

They tell us, in school,
to read all these books
by great minds;
H.G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, George Orwell, Ray Bradbury, Aldous Huxley;
but, at the same time,
they tell us,
even if subconsciously,
to ignore the grim implications
coming evermore true with each passing moment
of these Prophetic authors.

In eine laufende Mühe mein Deutsch zu üben und verbessern,
werde ich hierauf auf Deutsch mehr schreiben.
Normalerweise werde ich versuchen Übersetzungen hinzufügen,
aber werde das natürlich nicht immer das Fall sein. ;)
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Wenn du Deutsch kennst, sollst du bitte mir helfen, mein Deutsch zu verbessern.
Es ist nicht leicht auf eine fremde Sprache zu schreiben, geschweige gut.
Geschweige wann es von so viele Leute so öffentlich kritisiert sein kann.

Hey, my band has released a music video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5ysg4HXDo0

Like it, share it,
do what you want.

Support is wholly appreciated.

PS: I'm the one with the bare feet, broken glasses, crazy pants, various hats, and black guitar with the pink strap; stage leftest. <3

"It's not about seeing the fractals, it's about being the fractals."

Psychedelics can be a great opportunity for inspiration
but it can also take so ******* long
to get those awesome ideas
out of your head
and onto paper
or into recorded sound

Is it really such a weird thing
to want to get into a person's Mind
and to see their Mind laid bare before me
and to see what they are capable of doing with it,
before I want to get into a person's pants
and to see their Body laid bare before me
and to see what they are capable of doing with it?

Bitter-sweetly,
it makes it that much rarer to get tail
when Brains and the capacity to use them
are prerequisites.

Nonetheless,
I wouldn't have it any other way;
I value certain things too much,
though I do also have Desires;
that's where Self-Discipline comes in.

Quality over Quantity;
but,
when you can:

aim for both.

Try to realize their non-equivalence.

It is not the tool,
but the use
that indicates
the quality of the user.

Tonight, at work, I asked 10 people
if they knew of what had happened
at Los Angeles International Airport (henceforth: LAX)
not 30 hours earlier.
Only 2 had heard of it.

One, because a cousin was traveling that day
and, the other, because a regular at his restaurant
also had family who had left LAX just before it happened
just in time to be stopped with the rest of the traffic
for two and a half hours.

I find that sort-of strange;
information, even if misinformation
spreads too quickly and ubiquitously now-a-days
with our cell-phones, internet, satellite radio and media sensationalism
for a mere 1 in 5 to have heard of this,
and even then, only because of Family's accounts.

Apparently, he acted alone, wearing military-like clothes
and walked into LAX at about 9:20 AM PST on November 1
carrying a very cost-effective Military and Police AR-15
concealed in a bag with over a hundred spare .223 rounds
and a note with words of sociopolitical dissent
and an apparent intent to **** several Travel Security Agents.

He mortally wounded a single TSA agent, after two shots
and non-fatally wounded at least a few other people
including two other TSA agents.
This thorough chaos warranted sopping traffic, air and ground alike
for over two hours, until his apprehension
after being shot in the mouth and the leg
by valiant officers of the LAXPD.
Luckily, the Police had trained for
"this exact situation not three weeks before"

Wait, what was that?
Oh, that's.. impeccable timing.

Anyway.
Few know about it and even less discuss it
even a day and a half after it happened
only 550 miles from here.

I figured it'd be a bigger deal than this.
What is up with this?
It's rather srtange...
quite queer indeed.

The Suspect is in the hospital for his wounds and is now awaiting trial
for ****** and Inciting Violence in an International Airport.
Many people of Office cry out for the death penalty, even here in California,
where we like to think we've "grown past that"

The Travel Security Administration was established in the wake of 9/11
It is a branch of the Department of Defense.

It took me much digging to find all this information on this event. Here it is for any who seeks it.

I don't wear black clothing (when I do)
because I think it'll make me fit in with 'cool' people,
I wear black because I like it.
I enjoy it. I think it's rad.

I don't wear black nail polish on my fingers and toes
because I think it's 'cool,' or that I want others to think so,
I put it on because I like the way it looks.
I like the chipping that happens;
I feel it's a microcosm of Time, itself.
Nail polish exemplifies Wabi and Sabi.

Besides, I have quite the affinity for black.

I don't wear black eyeliner (when I do)
because I think it makes me so metal,
or because I think I need makeup to look good,
I wear it because I enjoy the theatrics
and I like the way it makes me feel.

I don't have the style I do
because I want to associate with
Goths, Rockers, Steampunks or Metalheads;
I have the style I do
because I genuinely like the way it looks.
It just so happens that I get those labels
because people like to put people in boxes.

I don't do what I do
because I want others to notice and like me for it, if anything,
many others will simply mock and make fun of me for it,
but, ironically, much of that spite and disdain
merely fuels my relished rejection
of modern cultural normality and gender roles.

In times of identity crisis, how weird is it to self-identify?

I do what I do
because I like to do it,
because it makes me happy;
because everything is a way to express yourself,
if you only allow it to be such a medium,
if only you find things to use as such mediums.

I see it as Art for the body,
somewhat poetic and transient;
make of it what you will.

It's truly too bad
everyone misconstrues expression
based on their own psychology,
even me. I do it too, though I try not to:
I am not exempt from my own critiques;
I am, in fact, my closest frame of reference.

At the end of the day, though,
you just have to do what you like,
for people and words shall fade
but it is what you have within that stays.

Yeah, that'd be it;
*I'm quixotic as ****.

"Anything worth doin's worth doin' right."

"People with dexterity and good timing are O.P.! NERF THEM! OMGOMGOMG!"

God is good. **** polytheists.

People and actions are philosophies personified.

"I've grown up, so now I can look down."

If you wish for someone
to like you for who you are,
try liking them for who they are.

Before all else, however,
you must accept yourself.

In the
uphill
struggle
of a soul...

..if
I have ever done ill,
it is only because
I have been ill.

Did we not found this Country
to escape subversive elitism and unjust law?

What the **** happened?

It is all but too possible
for One to learn so much
about One's very own Self
via observation of others.

What is it
about what you fear or hate
that is so dissonant
with what it is
who you are?

Negative Reinforcement
is much easier to be inspired to administer
but isn't a shadow of a trace as effective as
Positive Reinforcement.

Funny how, in Life, the easiest ways out
are almost always the least rewarding.