it feels like thursday, friday, saturday...everyday

las cucarachas

Gosh, two in one day?! This post would normally appear on www.brittanyo.tumblr.com but I couldn't help but feature it here first because I want people to know that I am more than just a paranoid, wannabe political pundit. I am sure some people, especially the people close to me would like to know why I don't join the masses and get a facebook or myspace. They assume that I am hiding behind some facade by having an anonymous blog (which isn't all true see my tumblr page). I have tons of reasons for not having either social networks but here are a few just for your consideration:

1. By posting all our information on social networking sites we are making it that much easier for the government to invade our privacy. We don't want the government spying on us but we do it to ourselves with these sites. By filling out forms on the WORLD WIDE WEB that contain all our information we allow anyone with access to hacking knowledge to hack into our lives. I don't go around nude everyday and therefore would not want my private life to be exposed either.

2. I hate nosy people - other then myself. Biased much? People who pry or assume things about other people based on images of them that appear on the web have no sense of privacy or distinction between what's on the surface and what lies beneath. Pictures and photgraphs today are mere optical illusions.

3. "Social" networking sites aren't really about socializing at all. They keep people inside and cause them to distort reality. You can not form meaningful relationships from an LCD screen. You can not compensate the beating of a heart with a click of a mouse. What this world is suffering from is the serious erosion of society. A society glued to the computer seeking real human interaction through cyber space.

Politkz

I swear I am not a Red or whatever. In fact I hate to down play my beliefs with this statement but it must be known. I am anti-establishment and that is all - nothing more or less.

In another breath couldn't you compare Obama's campaign to Carter's?
I had previously seen Obama in Oakland for free last year sometime in the spring. This was my second encounter of the politico-kind, which I refused to pay for so I snuck in. Long live democracy.

Fuck Iowa

What is the big deal with Iowa? Coming from a state known for its narcissism I am applaud at all the attention that Iowa has been getting lately. (You have the Iowa caucus and all the campaigning being done by presidential hopefuls there). There is this buzz about Iowa and I'm just not too sure why. How can you turn your back on California? We have the gays, minorities, and money. What is so great about Iowa? Reading the NYT this morning I have learned that in America's attempt at unsuccessfully creating the "Manhattan Project" and becoming an energy independent country we have been producing much of our natural, cleaner oil in you'll never guess...Iowa! Well, that's just corny (ahaha...that was funny, yes I laugh at my own jokes). This according to geography and Friedman means a big pay off to all those agri-people there. That's it! From now on Iowans (if that wasn't a terrible name already) will be called "agri-people." All those farmers there must be pissed. Suddenly their non-descript state is all over the media.

Funny thing is I wrote this at 6 a.m. and at 10 p.m. my friend Kara who is from the Netherlands turns to me and says, "You guys are obsessed with corn. Americans love corn." Oh yeah, I was handing her a Corn Nut.

So, come back to Cali. We have girls, guys, and glitter. Oh and of course, marijuana, beaches, burritos, hipsters, yippsters and in between...

The politics of living.

I fly like PAPER, get high like PLANES

An old Nazi propaganda technique: simplify and repeat.
The Great Fuhrer was on to something.

When thinking about the future of this country I only think about one thing - get the hell out.
We are starting the great war of the world that Eric Blair wrote about in 1949.
What is more frightening is that we have people like Orwell, Lakoff, and Chomsky to admire, but few do. Are these social theory gods really just pawns in the strata schema? Were they put in place to distract us from the Council of Five? The newspaper only confirms my paranoia. Because it is “holiday season” (who made up the holidays anyway?), there will be less “real” news in the paper and more space for advertising. We sacrifice the news for revenue. Around the holidays, people are generally exposed to more ads and consume more (which our government desperately needs to heal an ailing economy and fund wars around the world). Therefore, advertisers step up their game. If that doesn’t point the arrow to a capitalistic totalitarian government.
Corporations and companies launch a full assault on the consumer and soon people are shopping, and full of unseeded holiday emotions. We forget the real issues at hand and the sliver of “real” news that goes reported is buried under fluffy feature columns and pretty sweaters from Sears. If you look back in history most great conflicts that we seem to involve this country in start sometime in the cold, bitter winter season – and by spring we should have a full bloom nuclear war with some other “terrorist” lower tier nation. The government hates journalist, journalist loathe the government and advertisers. The government in turn is the advertisers (think corporations). The three cooperate and the three rule the world. Total domination.

On a lighter note-
Music is amazing. That might seem like a trite statement but when you consider the affect of an up beat to your mood, the beat (heart and drum) can be spectacular. Take Mika and MIA, for example. I know they are part of some hipster phenomenon but the music touches me in that girly spot. It reminds me of my youth and Broadway hands. It's light and easy to dance to. Just what the world needs. We spend so much time focusing our follies on trivial problems that we forget to have fun. I am not suggesting that we cast aside our moral responsibility played out to gun shots and Nintendo sound effects but maybe we should just listen to happier music and the world might be a little happier too. Try it. I recommend MIA (paper planes) and Mika (relax, take it easy).

Music is your only friend - until the end. The Doors.