Rainbowhandgranade

A friend of mine has a ringtone that sounds like the noise traffic lights make when it's okay to for pedestrians to cross the road. Every time her phone rings I laugh, because I have the image in my head of a blind person getting killed.

My economics teacher told me that "gambling is a voluntary tax on stupidity". Last night for the second time in my life I gambled. I went to the third largest casino in the world. I spent $13 and walked away wih $49. I got paid in one dollar coins. I stuffed them into my wallet - which refused to close and left a large bruise on my leg from where it kept hitting. I feel it was time well spent.

Aside from all that senseless ramble - todays topic is guilibity. I took a class called Society and Culture. The teacher was seriously awesome. She taught me things I'll never forget.

If you tell someone that you feel awful with a positive tone chances are they will think you said that you were fine.

If you stand facing the wrong way in an elevator and you are the only person in the elevator people who get into the elevator will face the same way as you.

If you stand in the street staring at the sky long enough people will join in. It helps if you have more than one person to start.

I've spent too many days on MLIA. But I have decided to go through life with more enthuasiasm for creating the absurd. Patch Adams rocks.

As a side note - I'm looking to create a playlist for gay youtubers, and seeing as finding them isn't easy I'm enlisting all the help I can get. Message me with links to profiles if you know any.

Love Eric
CUTSLEEVE boys

And remember boys and girls - Guilible has been removed from the dictionary.

Apparently in Russia prostitutes are considered to be of a very high status in society, as is the case with Japan and it's Geisha. In Western culture we have very little respect for our whores. Why is this? At a guess I would say it is our deeply religious heritage.

Happy Boys And Happy Girls just came on my ipod - so join in my fun. Yeah my taste in music is weird.




There was a separation of Church and State, but that failed because by definition the state is supposed to reflect the values of society, which in the government's inception was extrememly strong. The problem with that is the state never get the memo that was sent around about the chirch no longer being a relevant organisation within our society. The popularity of religion, particularly Christianity world wide means the organisations have considerable resources that does not hesitate to use it for politicaly purposes, such as weighing in on marriage and abortion debates.Since when did marriage become an institution exclusively belonging to the Church? Wiccans practiced hand-fastenings long before Christianity had marriage. Does the church also claim that marriages that do not directly involve THEIR church are void? All Jewish marriage ceremonies are void, all those marriages performed by licenced marriage celebrants... well you get the idea. The chuch is fucking with the lives of people it has no right too.

So anyway the point of this seeming ramble is that due to the church's widespread influence in our daily lives, in ways we may not even realise, I believe they have managed to instill a set of beliefs into society that are repressive. I'm not saying we should all become whores (although as I remember it Jesus was partial to a whore... Mary Magdalene anyone?)

I think our government should stop listening to the church and start spending more time watching the simpsons.

And remember boys and girls - rape might be illegal but it's also illegal for a man to wear a skirt after dark in the state of Victoria, Australia.

They say technology is making us a more social society... Haha. Yes, we are being more social, in the same way that people who engage in sexual acts online have more sex. This virtual relationship crap is like comparing cyber sex to real sex. One is a poor subsitute of the other, and those who can't get the better version settle for the former.



So getting back to online socialness. Are we more social? No, we are simply in need more "social" time online because it doesn't give us the same quality of face to face interaction. Once again I'm writing on the train. Right now people could be striking up conversation. But they're not. Too scared to? Perhaps.. Lacking the social skills that enable them to do so, probably.

The problem with interacting online with people is it removes a lot of barriers, and for a lot of people that presents a problem when they attempt to interact with people in the real world. Acting like a ten year old online might be considered cute, in the real world it just makes a lot of people want to decapitate you. Online you can get away with all sorts of weird things like making animal noises, crash-tackling people, or even licking weird places on their personage, such as their nose.

Oscar Wilde has a fantastic quote - "Give a man a mask and hell tell you the truth". The internet is one such mask. Able to hide their identity people are not afraid to reveal their unfettered idiosyncracies.

I believe people are most interesting where you remove inhibitions and show their true self. Variety is the spice of life and variety in personality comes in the form of idiosyncracies. The very things we are socialised to think are "abnormal" and must be hidden. Beaten into us a sense that we must conform to be accepted, and being accepted is a fundamental need many people ar driven online to not only explore and unleash their true nature, but also to find acceptance for who they are, unfettered.

Love Eric
CUTSLEEVE boys

And remember boys and girls - the human body contains a lot of blood, so if you're aiming for arteries, lay a tarp down.

Sometimes I attempt to write letters to a younger version of me - but I had a pretty shit childhood so it usually ends up pretty depressing. But there is some advice I have for my younger self, and the rest of you.

Congratulations. You're going to get old. Unless you die young, but even then the advice I have for you is still relevant. So shut up and listen.

People often make the mistake of thinking that maturity is being all serious and forgetting how to have fun. Guess what. WRONG. Being mature doesn't mean you have to loose your sense of wonder, your imagination or desire for mischevious fun. As it turns out you're actually a complete rascal.

Train yourself to see the world through the eyes of wonder and you'll never be bored. This is cheaper and just as effective as taking drugs. It's much safer.

Your taste in music sucks. Don't worry it doesn't get too much better when you get older.

What other people think affects them. Unless they decide to make it your problem. Problem solving is simple - if you can't bribe it, blow it up (I learnt this from watching Burn Notice).

Train harder, eventually you may be a ninja. To do this you may need to loose a few kilos.

Try not to get arrested, if you get arrested try not to get convicted. If you get convicted have "want aids?" tattoed on your ass.

Above all - remind your mum you love her, the poor bitch had to give birth to you. 'Nough said.

Love Eric
CUTSLEEVE boys
And remember boys and girls - gummi bears are the corpses of carebears.
(Yes I watched carebears this morning. And it was awesome.)

On odd numbered days
I'm a little more fragile
And try to lean on you
a little more than I should.

I'm not afriad of heights
But I am afraid of falling

This painting of the world
Is a little off centre
I'm tired of trying
to get it to hang straight

I'm not afriad of heights
But I am afraid of falling

Will you still take me
To the top of the world
Still hold my hand and
Whisper softly, my love?

Someone told me a story about a friend, I will spare their personal details out of respect, but they were having some marital issues. This man said to my friend "Every day a man makes a choice to love his wife".

For me it raises the issue of monogamy. Having had a stint in the mormon church when I was younger, a church which used to support polygamy. It gives me pause for thought, if a religious institution is willing to change it's views on monogamy why do the rest of us find it so difficult? Is it because we're not blindly led by "faith" with the idea that where you go I will follow. Or is it because there is something deeper and more sacred about the union of love?

Feeling somewhat dejected by the thoughts on religion about monogamy, I turn away from religion, and instead of asking what would Jesus do, I ask:


Right now you're probably laughing at my choice, but I feel that the Simpsons is a much better yardstick of contemporary morality than religion. It doesn't instruct, it reflects. It is worth noting that the social context of this work - it is created in a country that is still maintains the image of upholding strong christian values.

Homer and Marge have both had opportunities to cheat on each other, but always decide that their marriage is the most important thing. Even one episode that showed Homer the future of what would happen if they divorced, it showed homer just how happy and rich he'd become after seeing that he asked "But what about Marge?". Insofar as it is possible the Simpsons treat marriage with an almost reverence, and that playing around in that context is so utterly wrong.

This brings me to my next question - what about open relationships. I have friends who are in what appear to be happy healthy open relationships. But this contrasts with my idea of what a healthy relationship is. I struggle against my personal beliefs of a relationship being something of exclusivity and sex something that should only be had between those two people in the relationship. I'm not opposed to one night stands... but only if both people are single.

So at the end of the day... I'm still not sure how I feel about it.

Love Eric
CUTSLEEVE boys

And remember boys and girls - shiny things like knives and forks were designed to fit into power sockets for a reason - Charles Darwin.