The "Write" Stuff
It's all about the book. Not the movie.
10PM
“Wow, and I thought I was addicted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSn074s8NA4&feature=related”
10PM
Q+A With Noam Chomsky at Occupy Boston
- Q: What about the ruling class in America? How likely is it that they’ll have an open fascist system here?
- Chomsky: I think it’s very unlikely frankly. They don’t have the force. About a century ago, in the freest countries in the world, Britain and the United States at the time, the dominant classes came to understand that they can’t control the population by force any longer. Too much freedom had been won by struggles like these, and they realized it. It’s discussed in their literature. They recognize that they’re going to have to shift their tactics to control of attitudes and beliefs instead of just the cudgel. It can’t do what it used to do. You have to control attitudes and beliefs. In fact that’s when the public relations industry began. It began in the United States and England. The free countries where you had to control beliefs and attitudes, to induce consumerism, to induce passivity, apathy and distraction. It’s a barrier, but it’s a lot easier to overcome than torture and the Gestapo. I don’t think the circumstances are any longer there to institute anything like what we call fascism.
- That's what I said.
10PM
Awesome pic
October112011
Nine of the coolest hats in videogame history. Buy this shirt and you’ll keep your body warm and your virginity intact all at the same time!
October12011
That stinks
(via squirreltastic)
9PM
Indolence? ADHD? I dunno
Why is it so hard just to get something started and keep it going? Every night I make a plan, “Okay here’s how tomorrow is going to go…” Said plan will sometimes happen and sometimes not. And what is usually depends on is whether it is something new or not. I can’t seem to finish, to add the fine polish. I hatch the ideas and then let those poor little chicks starve to death. I don’t have a problem writing. Well, actually I do because I can’t finish anything. Whenever I start to get close—boom—I move on to something new. Let’s write a story about this, no about that, no about this… It’s pretty frustrating to finish with nothing, but while I’m jumping from idea to idea, I seem to be fine with it. Is it unproductive write like this? I guess that depends on your definition of productivity. I don’t think working a standard 8 to 5 job you hate is productive, just miserable. But most people would say it is productive. You make a sale or write a program—then get paid. I think a little differently though, and maybe that’s okay. C’est la vie. Well, I’m getting bored, I’ll just store this in the idea box and finish this later. ;)
August172011
The wolf has always been my favorite animal. As a kid I thought it was pretty badass. Now, I think I like it because of it’s complexity. It’s an icon of both family and loneliness. It’s an animal whose cousin we’ve tamed and thus seems familiar.
But it’s not.
P.S. While I was in Europe, a gypsy told me my familiar is the wolf.
11PM
Mandatory Lolcat pic
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