Does anyone else have this problem? I have a roadmap to how I want my life to end up over the next five years, and what objectives need to be achieved on that road. Yet, sometimes I look up at my bedroom ceiling and wonder if my life is really is better that way, and that it isn't better off just walking out of my house one fine morning and letting feet, fate and fortune take me to new, different, and I guess, dangerous places. I wonder if I'll ever do. Adventure is hard when you come from a background whose curse is that you live in interesting times. Either way I've started looking and applying for work over in the eastern states, and sometimes, overseas. I don't really want to spend the rest of my life in Perth, and if I can at least see something new on my roadmap to an 'ideal' future, I'll take it.
Valentine's Day
Now unless my sources are wrong, Valentine's Day is tomorrow. Personally it's not really that big a deal (which is perhaps why I'm dateless tomorrow :P), but I think we've established the fact that often my opinions do not reflect the majority view of the opposite gender, same gender, or even, the same race. However, if I may offer an alternate opinion (because the use of the word
advice seems so pretentious), you don't really need to go all out on Valentine's Day expense wise. Often, a box of chocolates, a heartfelt written expression of your affection (which doesn't neccessarily have to be poetic) and a quiet night at home somewhere with just the two of you watching a suitably romantically themed movie is the perfect way to spend Valentine's Day with your significant other. Here are my top 3 romantic movies (in ascending order):
3)You've Got Mail - A modern remake of Shoe Around the Corner, retold in a more modern setting. The backdrop is a fancuful New York in the fall; flower stands, friendly mom and pop stores and trendy cafes, sprinkled with fallen maple leaves. The whole atmosphere of the movie is lighthearted with a whimsical almost child like quality to their email correspondence. Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan keep up the chemistry evident in Sleepless in Seatle.
2) When Harry Met Sally - A guy and girl meet and get to know each other on a long ride down to New York, and keep bumping into each other throughout the course of their life (destiny?). Billy Crystal is his own loveable self while Meg Ryan is adorable. Even though Billy Crystal gets all the good lines, Meg Ryan does have her moments (aka the infamous orgasm scene), and theres a genuine likeability for the characters.
1)10 Things I Hate About You - A modern retelling of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, set in a modern US high school, with cracking dialogue, the right touch of comedy and characters that you just want to see end up together.
Have a great Valentine's Day lovers :P
So...
I had a gay dream while napping this afternoon. Now, I don't know how women handle gay dreams (that being girl on girl), but being the
expert on women I'd say they find it exciting in a forbidden sort of way (hell, it would excite
me). However, I am like most men in that gay dreams terrify the fuck out of me. Here's what happens everytime I have a gay dream (and I assume is the same for any heterosexual male). I snap awake, out of bed, covered in a cold sweat. In these initial periods I'm also inbetween the dreamworld and reality, where I'm confused, terrified and and in desperate need of a hug ( by a female). First thing I do is to check that I've been dreaming. This involves a frantic scan of my bed, looking for any other men on my bed. When my search reveals a lack of homosexuals where I'm sleeping, in comes the quick self evaluation: Oh my god am I gay? This involves several steps. Firstly is to check if I have an erection. Nope? Phew. Second step, I think of the first sexy person that comes into my head. Alizee? Oh yes. Thirdly, I think about a guy. Does he turn me on? No? Great! I am still a certified heterosexual.
Aren't you glad you wasted 30 seconds reading this?
P.S - It's now 3.30am, and I still can't sleep. I blame this on the gay dream =/
P.P.S - OMGOMGOMG
MANDY MOORE LESBIAN KISS
So I'm sure you've all heard of the furor regarding certain caricatures of the prophet Mohammed, and the widespread outrage of the Muslim world from it. From what I gather the first danish newspaper to publish it was the Danish daily 'Jyllands-Posten' on 30 September last year, for the reason, and I quote, "The editor of the conservative daily had asked Danish cartoonists to draw Mohammed with the intention of "testing" what kind of reactions this would provoke. He wanted to find out whether the rather large number of Muslim immigrants to Denmark were influencing the limits of freedom of expression in the Nordic kingdom" (
afrol News). There was a huge outcry over it, complete with death threats etc, and demonstrated the divide between Danish liberal values and conservative immigrant beliefs. However, what caused all this commotion is that the Christian fundamentalist weekly 'Magazinet' of Norway recently decided to publish the same cartoons "in support of" 'Jyllands-Posten'. Hence all the outcry.
What makes Mohammed so inviolate? We laugh when politicians and celebrities are parodied and mocked, but because some guy about 1400 years ago said he talked to God and people believed him, he's suddenly untouchable now? Isn't he human, and thus, imperfect? We're talking about a guy who, at 57, forcibly married a young 17 year old Jewish girl and possibly raped her on the same day her entirely family was killed by his men*? Why, bless his immaculate soul, I'm sure he's with God right now.
We all know religion is a touchy subject for many people, but
nothing should be above criticism,
should the subject or person warrant it. Freedom of speech and the right to choose are two beliefs I hold sacred and inviolate, even though by the same token there are retards out there who, sometimes, I wish didn't have that right. While we should try to display a measure of tact when expressing our beliefs, we can't tiptoe through life completely terrified of offending someone. Freedom of speech is an expression of
opinions, an agreement that we don't all think the same way, and that really, we agree to disagree. And just because you choose to believe something that is contrary to what I believe in doesn't give me the right to sway your opinion forcibly.
So personally, I'd say a big fuck you to all the Muslims who can't tolerate even the slightest criticism about their religion, just as I'd say a big fuck you to the Christians who can't handle criticisms about the Vatican and Our Lord and Saviour According to Some People. Mohammed butchered whole towns to the last woman and child on his holy war, and in the name of Jesus the pious shining white knights of Christendom (at the behest of the Pope) went into Jerusalem and also slaughtered every Muslim and Jew man, woman and child in what is arguably, if numbers of believers are anything to go by, the holiest place on Earth.
Nothing is above criticism, if the facts
warrant it. And that is a right I will continue to defend.
*This is also officially accounted in the Koran, though the implication of rape has been removed
