F-Minus Video – Live Concert

Here is my favorite video of the week, which features a live performance of the song “light at the end” from the band F-Minus. If anyone knows these guys, get us an interview yeah?

Life and Existence is Impossible (But Real)

Life and existence is impossible, but so is nothingness. Well, where does that leave us? First it would mean that we need to forget about the typical “why are we here” nonsense, because my question every day is “how are we here”. I’m seeing things, feeling things, breathing, drinking, experiencing reality, but how? Also, as odd as it sounds, how is it possible for there to be nothing? Nothing is still something, because it would imply that there is some way of measuring the void! And what would “nothing look like” anyways? How could you define it? You couldn’t define it as a “black hole” of nothingness, because even the color black is something identifiable and in existence as something.

Regardless of how you think the world came to be (big bang or by a creator), there should have been something either existing before the event of this creation and/or accident, and assuming that natural life is not at all perfect, you would have to assume that something went wrong or not according to an original plan.

So this sounds matrix philosophy style, but I’m not talking about some plugged in, phony experience, but rather a realization that both existence and non-existence are impossible, period. However, as I claim this theory, I’m typing this right now, you are reading it, and we are both breathing and experiencing life. What the hell! I guess there is a third option than something or nothing that we will never be able to figure out. Regardless of your faith, you must admit this is pretty strange just being here.

When was the Last Time You Were “Polled”?

I’m sick and f**cking tired of hearing nightly news spew out phrases like; “people are doing this”, “people think that”, and “our poll results show this”. And as if that does not bother me enough, they add insult to injury to it when they say it with such arrogant authority with an annoying smile wiped across their newscaster face, implying that this useless information actually means anything to the general public. Every time I hear extremely complex or divisive topics boiled down into a “poll” with some fancy number attached to it, I say to myself, “Wait a minute, I’ve never been polled”. Not only have I never been polled, but I cannot think of anyone I even know who has been polled. So the question is… WHO THE HELL are they talking about? I know people are obviously giving their opinion, but who?

How many people out there are taking part in these “polls” and “surveys” that supposedly take the official pulse of our Nation? Is it even half of the population? I think not. I mean, does it include people all across many various backgrounds, religions, classes, creeds, etc. Or is it statistics from a crowd of people waiting in line for the next Ben Affleck film? And where does this “poll” data and statistics come from. Who says that the question even makes sense in the first place? Oh great, just because you showed me an official survey statistic with a toll free number on it, I’m supposed to accept that the final tally of opinions means something? What are they smoking and what are we smoking to put up with this nonsense? I can’t believe we are so ignorant that we repeat phrases like; “Americans think this”, or “Americans vote like that”, and”Americans do this”. What America? Who are you even talking about? You sure as hell don’t speak for me and I’m willing to bet that you don’t speak for the majority of people out there who have more important things to do than take polls all day.

In addition to the idiocy of giving weight to a poll in the first place, I wonder why everything is always viewed as so black and white with the questions. For example, every time they run a poll asking; “Democrat or Republican”, they forget the many people out there (including me), who think that both parties are equally useless. And thanks for the two choices for a political party by the way, it’s great to have one more choice than with communism. (ha-ha)

The question I hate the most is definitely the; “Is America Ready for a Female or Minority President” question. This one is perfect for polls, because it incorporates all the ignorance into one question, but with a strong dose of agenda along with it. Think about it for a moment, they are asking you (one person), to speak for an entire country of over 300 million people. Now the truth is that this question can and is only aimed at you! How can you speak for millions of people that you don’t know? And why would you? But regardless of the answer, the question has absolutely no point to it in the first place, except to keep people divided and thinking inside of the routine box.

A well crafted poll will always keep us thinking that we have only choices A and choices B, so that we forget not only the other choices we have, but the will to make any meaningful choices in our lives.

In my humble opinion, I say that we focus on the questions that can actually be answered. For starters, “do I take care of my kids”? How about “Am I making good choices in life”, or “am I making positive changes in this world”. These are just a few “poll” questions to consider asking yourself, but if you are not ready yet, you can always keep buying tickets to the media circus.

-From the mind of the egoassassin