Archive for Março, 2007
…no despair
What would I do if I wasn’t me? Not like this.
Plan this year –> Live the last plan –> Don’t improvise –> No despair –> Keep planning –> Plan the next year –> Live the last plan –> Keep planning –> No despair –> Not enough –> Nothing else –> No despair –> Keep planning –> No despair –> No despair –>> Keep planning –YSDWEXXXXXx –>> No despair
…dust
Well… I hope everything shreds into pieces. Small ones. Like we all end up – small particles, deep space dust. Great feeling of creating and then return to the beggining of everything leaving the created object behind. Like white paper sheets. Tired of the messed reality I created, the strange object I became, the deep space dust taken form of chaos. No more white paper sheets to write on. No way of running away. At least somethings are going back to the beggining. Pity that there are no ultimate and safe choices or I would choose the most extreme one on the menu. Anyway… don’t care about anything anymore.
…do what I say, forget what I do…
Al Gore’s Personal Energy Use Is His Own “Inconvenient Truth”
Gore’s home uses more than 20 times the national average
Al Gore’s global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, collected an Oscar for best documentary feature, but the Tennessee Center for Policy Research has found that Gore deserves a gold statue for hypocrisy.
Gore’s mansion, located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES).
In his documentary, the former Vice President calls on Americans to conserve energy by reducing electricity consumption at home.
The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000 kWh—more than 20 times the national average.
Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh—guzzling more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year. As a result of his energy consumption, Gore’s average monthly electric bill topped $1,359.
Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore’s energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to 18,400 kWh per month in 2006.
Gore’s extravagant energy use does not stop at his electric bill. Natural gas bills for Gore’s mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year.
“As the spokesman of choice for the global warming movement, Al Gore has to be willing to walk the walk, not just talk the talk, when it comes to home energy use,” said Tennessee Center for Policy Research President Drew Johnson.
In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas bills for his Nashville estate in 2006.
…descrição VS expressão
Há algum tempo que não escrevo um Post sobre o que se vai passando em terras Germânicas… Tenho deixado posts que julgo dizerem tudo acerca dos meus diferentes estados de espírito sem assim ter recorrer a uma linguagem directa que tenho de admitir… irrita-me cada vez mais.
Não que considere errado ou reprovável expor de forma clara e literal aquilo que vai na alma de cada um. Mesmo este blog tem alguns escapes descritivos a roçar a escrita de diário juvenil. Apenas considero que o facto de o fazer, permite a quem lê adoptar uma posição demasiado passiva na compreensão do que se vai passando. Como leitura de catálogo…
Esta é talvez a principal razão para o constante quase “isoterismo” que tem caracterizado o meu blog nos ultimos meses. Talvez isoterismo seja demasiado obscurantista… a questão é que muitos dos posts foram criados numa estranha realidade de instrospecção dicotómica e descontrolada em que apenas o discurso não seria suficiente pelo que acho que a palavra “isoterismo” define bem a questão.
Sinceramente, penso não existir melhor método de expor certas inquietudes que não através de arte. Seja ela escrita, audiovisual ou de qualquer outro tipo.
Quanto a mais novidades Germanicas. Regresso a Portugal agendado para o próximo dia 28.
…the sun
Would you share the sun with me? Like a glimpse of what’s to be, and while we call each other lover, unveil us to one another, to unleash what is to come, to control our fears and some. Would you share the sun with me? Like a glimpse of what’s to be?
…oscillating
Please lock this door and loose me somewhere, I want to be nothing forever, a grain of sand put to rest, a ray of light put to test. I got back to the same narrow and dark path of not understanding a word or sound, about love or bound, when the answer is there, staring at it makes the pain grow, and it hits low, there is no hope, cause it never ends…
It doesn’t matter what… when… there’s no chance of sinking this. Sinking to the point where no light can bring it to life, if everything are questions, I want to sink.
…shine
It’s just like pictures in a book… It isn’t real…
demands,
failures, setbacks, worries,
pressures or threats
bearing heavily
less able to respond
constantly tired
more and more dysfunctional
“wanting a way out”
distressing situations
danger of taking hasty action
that one might never regret
…inertia principle
…property of an object to remain constant in velocity unless acted upon by an outside force. Inertia is dependent upon the mass and shape of the object.
In an isolated system, a body at rest will remain at rest and a body moving with constant velocity will continue to do so, unless disturbed by an unbalanced force.
we are all objects of some kind… guess it all depends of mass… and shape…
…sorry
I Am Very Sorry… And I Have To Ask For Forgiveness… After 45 Posts… Here It Is… This Is The Band… And The Song… Sorry For Being So Late…
god Loves His Children… YeAh… You Bet he Does… Look At Africa’s Agony…
…one… thousand…
well… Six months… 1000… Thanks for keeping in touch… Or should I say… Out of it…
—~|2|~— Fast Fowarding —~|2|~—
For the ones that asked via Hi5…
The second short movie of the series Fast Fowarding will be online on this blog on 12th of March.
…grief
I was cold… Didn’t close the window anyway. Nobody owns me. Not even myself… Proud to be chaos…
Would someone share the grief with me? It would help… knowing someone was suffering also…
bereaved in terms of increased risks for stress-related illnesses
breathing difficulties, and so forth in the first six months following a death
puts a great stress on the physical body as well as on the psyche, resulting in wear and tear beyond what is normal
complete and irreversible cessation
processing them out of order and often much more rapidly. Some people commit suicide to end the pain and suffering
complete and irreversible cessation
after a year or two begins to worsen, accompanied by unusual behaviors
permanent cessation of electrical activity
The non-living donor is kept on ventilator support until the organs have been surgically removed
after a year or two begins to worsen, accompanied by unusual behaviors
unresponsive to external stimuli, except, possibly, pain
a grief that after a year or two begins to worsen, accompanied by unusual behaviors
warning sign, but even here, caution must be used; it takes time to say goodbye…
Windows Vista… Não, obrigadinho…
Novos controlos de protecção de direitos de autor por todo o lado… Bem… Eu sou autor… E eis que me preparo para desancar o sistema que protege os meus direitos. Certo? Não… Errado. Os sistemas de protecção como o DRM e afins destinam-se a proteger unicamente a indústria. 99% das vezes os rendimentos dos músicos provêem dos concertos e merchandising, os royalties são sempre uma percentagem minúscula.
Diz a indústria à queima roupa… “Ahhh pois é… mas somos nós que investimos para que os músicos possam ter a exposição que lhes permite dar concertos e vender merchandising”. Certo? Errado. Pois é… ERAM as editoras que investiam e controlavam os meios de informação e promoção todos… e controlavam tudo. Agora chegou algo maravilhoso que não controlam. Para músicos com visão, trata-se de uma benção. WEB 2.0. Expressão total. Myspace Music, youtube, Hi5… Com a estratégia certa, o melhor e mais poderoso meio de divulgação e promoção à disposição de todos.
Sim, como músico e artista, quero que oiçam tudo o que faço, descarreguem, passem a palavra, remixem se forem DJs, adquiram a baixo preço o CD se quiserem as capas e extras que o CD e DVD trazem, critiquem nos vossos blogs, só não quero que usem e digam que foram vocês que fizeram e tentem tirar proveitos disso (mas para isso existe lei de defesa da obra, direito constitucional e que quase todos os países defendem nos seus sistemas judiciais). Depois paguem 25 euros para ir assistir a um concerto. Esse é o futuro.
A indústria discográfica está muito assustada… Obvio… Já viram as quebras de vendas do formato CD e afins…? Quebras de 30% de ano para ano… significa uma de duas coisas: Ou o mercado está radicalmente diferente e vocês vivem na pré-história, ou então estão muito correctos e o mundo é que está errado. É errado evoluir para melhor quando pesa nalguns bolsos…
Então eles tentam vender algo para reconquistar o controlo – Windows Vista. Sendo o Windows um sistema mundial, largamente implementado e que “controla” a decisão de milhões de pessoas em relação a media e software, sabem que basta as pessoas fazerem o Upgrade… e adeus Mp3… Sabem quando é que vou comprar os vossos sistemazinhos…? Nunca… Do XP só haverá um caminho -> Linux
Lembram-se?… Há uns anos chegaram as chamadas companhias de aviação Low Cost. Voar por 40€ ao invés dos 300€ que as grandes transportadoras pediam. Na altura as grandes lamuriavam-se e avisavam: Os aviões vão começar a cair, é impossível. Volvidos uns aninhos… Lá baixaram os preços… E hoje, mesmo com o preço do petróleo a subir, vemos as Low Cost a multiplicarem-se…
Na música, nós, os que ouvimos e criamos passámos a ter palavra e capacidade de influenciar o mercado activamente, o mercado foi aberto, liberalizado, e o fim dos oligarcas avizinha-se. Pois que venha de vez… Acabaram-se os impérios do tempo do Vinil. Mudem ou desapareçam.
…there are animals born human…
The President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, has spent $1.2m (£610,000) on his 83rd birthday party while his people starve.
Mr Mugabe’s birthday celebrations are a national event, but because of poor donation levels from the beleaguered business community and from individuals asked to contribute to lavish parties across the country, it is understood most of the money to bankroll this year’s event would come from state coffers.
Previously, money to finance the President’s birthday parties and other events of his ruling Zanu-PF Party has been forcibly deducted from the salaries of civil servants. But with mounting anger among doctors, teachers, nurses and other state workers who have staged strikes over pay, that route might be too risky, leaving Mr Mugabe no option but to turn to state funds, sources have said. In Gweru, where the main celebration will be held, black farmers allocated land seized from whites were being forced to contribute in cash and in kind.
“We are being told that if it were not for Mugabe, we would not have had this land,” said a businessman who asked not to be identified. “So they [local ruling party officials] say we must honour the President on this important day by contributing whatever we have.”
He said that he had donated two cows for food at the event. More than 40 herds of cattle have been collected from the area.
In the past, Mr Mugabe has grown used to seeing Zimbabwean businesses vying with each other to give him all types of donations. But with the economic crisis biting and inflation spiralling to 1,600 per cent this month – thought to be the highest in the world – the proceeds have dramatically waned. With more than 400 companies closing in the past five years and more than 500 000 jobs being cut, there are fewer customers to pay for the birthday.
Emmanuel Fundira, a businessman and chairman of the 21st February Movement, a paramilitary youth organisation set up in 1986 to help mark Mr Mugabe’s birthday as a national event, pleaded for people to donate. But a source close to him said donations had “not been that significant” and claims that the target had been met were misleading.
One bank worker said: “I would rather flush my money in a toilet than make any contributions to fund this nonsense.”
in “the independent”
