The Shock Doctrine

I think people should see this...

It's not my particular cup of tea, I mean, it's a little over the top. But nonetheless, the basic model of the doctrine is true enough...I thought. Check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nNJM0kKrDQ

Doomsday Flu

Swine Flu Panic Attack. I'm sick and tired of everyone being so paranoid about the swine flu thing... I don't even think it's real. I mean, sure there's a virus. A virus that exists and has been mutating for approximately 500 years (or more)!!! So, ok yes it's a new mutation, but it's no surprise; scientists have been predicting this for decades! It is not doomsday, it isn't out of control, it is not going to kill half the planet, and it is certainly NOT THE END OF THE WORLD.

On the other hand, Felipe Calderón (the president of Mexico) did not create the flu etither, so stop being paranoid about him causing the whole thing (he's not nearly that powerful or smart). It is estimated that, on average, approximately 5% to 20% of U.S. residents get the flu, and more than 200, 000 people are hospitalized for flu-related complications each year. About 36,000 Americans die on average per year from the complications of flu. And they don't call those pandemics.

Given, this is a new mutation of the virus but that's exactly what the flu is...a virus that mutates constantly. This is why it can't be cured and a vaccination can't be made. So it's just another mutation that (point taken) has to be controlled, but that's it.

And of course governments are taking advatange of the situation. People, in case you had forgotten, we're in the middle of a global economic crisis! Crises promote change, and we need changes at this point (good or bad, cause we're on a limb). The economy will be majorly affected by this flu "pandemic", and we need to make the best of it. So yes, governments will be taking advantage of this particular crisis, worlwide, but that's fine...

Quit being paranoid...Please!

What to write when...

What to write when you think you're doing something great and then you realize it was really just very stupid?

...I look back at myself like I am my own child, and I feel I've lived an amazing life so far. Always concious that what makes me different makes me truly stunning. Following my own path, trying not to apply myself unneccessarily.

I love design, I love art, and I love architecture. I've always just followed my heart in that way. I have a grand imagination and fantasies with different interpretations. I also tend to look like a christmas tree, I like to adorn myself.

So in the end, if I have done something that was just really very stupid I think to myself: Oh well, what are you gonna do about it?

Ridiculous

"The same combination of desperation and lust he's always provoked".

When I read this the first thing that came to my mind was that it worries me that someone can have this kind of power over me. The worst part being that there actually is someone who has that kind of power over me.

This guy...I mean seriously, I feel so stupid, but I cannot control it. And it bothers me, it's exasperating, because it sounds so inadequate, so high school crush; but it's true, it does happen. My voice literally starts shaking when I see him, and I'm not a nervous individual. It's actually kind of sad, it's so ridiculous...soooo ridiculous.

I only experience feelings that are this corny and (again) ridiculous with him and Jared Leto's eyes which are - for lack of a better word - ...ridiculous.

On Aldous Huxley...

I'm reading a biography of Aldous Huxley written by one Nicholas Murray. And I just found this entry:

"(...) He warned about the dangers of nuclear weapons, over population, exhaustion of the world's natural resources, militarism, and destructive nationalism. [...] about the corrosive effects of modern consumer capitalism and brainwashing by advertising, about the slow surrender of freedom."

And to think this is what I'm about to devote my life to. I just find this fragment worthy of an ethical reflection...