That would be an existential matter

More cartoon craaaaziness from, er.. well, me.

I like my new job. I like my co-workers, the location, the work itself, everything. Still I was sitting at my desk today and I had to start concentrating. Suddenly, I just thought, “I really don’t want to do this, I can’t be bothered. I don’t actually want to put effort into something that means nothing to me and says nothing about me” so I just got up and walked out.

Actually I didn’t. I sold out like the spineless twat I am and got on with my work, feeling disillusioned. But this is it. Anyone who says they like their job is lying. Sure you might like aspects of it, but who in their sane mind likes sitting and working hard on some crap for some company who couldn’t give less of a shit about you?

Not only that, but every time I concentrate at work, I get bitter, thinking I could be putting this effort into guitar playing or something. I have a limited amount of effort I can pour into any one thing and work takes most of that away before midday. Also, if you learn to much, you’ll push other stuff out of your brain; like that time I learn Italian and forgot how to drive.*

Seriously, no one I know has a job they really like. We all hate it deep down, but most people persevere with the lie that they “enjoy” their work. It makes me sick (not them, but me). I’m a massive sell out who has every gift of life in front of him and still can’t just get up and walk out the door when I’m only answerable to myself. Disgraceful.

* Yoink! Thank you Matt Groening

Fucking money really does ruin everything. No-one builds nice buildings anymore. Churches and cathedrals are beautiful as man built them as a sign of respect. Money didn’t come into the equation. Not anymore, it’s 400 flats packed into a tiny building made of plasterboard and Victorian houses being chopped up and converted into flats quicker than you can say “maximise profits”.

Film is the same. Hollywood produces absolute crap whilst independent film get swept aside or changed massively by the studios. Music too, obviously. I don’t even need to point that one out.

Thing is, our health and very existence is ruined by money, profit and big business. Last week, The Health Secretary announced that obese people need to be taught how to eat fruit and veg, as we officially became the fattiest nation in Europe (thanks a bunch you Northerners). Thing is, at the same time, Seb Coe allowed McDonald’s (the “purveyors of shite”) to be the main food outlet all over the new 2012 Olympic developments. And this is it. On one hand, you have the government condemning our eating habits, on the other hand they’re taking money from big businesses who peddle their shit and pretend it’s food.

If it wasn’t for Jamie Oliver kicking arse about school dinners, nothing would have been done. Hospital food is so bad it actually promotes malnutrition in long term patients. The food we eat is sprayed with chemicals, pumped full of hormones and antibiotics and slowly kills us. No debate. Even something like brown sugar is often sprayed brown to look healthier. Why are there not proper government restrictions on the standard of food? Why promote McDonald’s as the main sponsor of the world’s biggest sporting event? Surely that doesn’t make any sense. Well, it’s all money. The government don’t want to upset the food industry or the farmers as they’ll lose votes and masses of funding. So they blame us for the nation’s health when all they do is promote crap food that kills us.

Want to eat Organic meat to avoid hormones and antibiotics (not to mention the animal cruelty involved in standard chicken breeding)? Well you gotta pay through the arse for it. Why is there no subsidisation of organic produce? Because farmers don’t like it… They make less profit so in turn the government won’t promote it. Scarily, the goverment is considering lowing the bar of what is defined as “organic”. This will cash in on the nation’s health kick whilst not losing profit, despite still pushing killer foods onto the consumer. Food with anti-nutrients, refinded sugar and no vitamins or minerals contained within them at all.

I realise that every person is responsible for their own welfare, but at the same time, the hypocrisy of governments is outrageous. Obese people burden healthcare systems, they die early and they lead bad quality lives. Yet, ever tried to eat out healthily (and I mean eating ‘clean’ food, being properly healthy, not just having a Pizza Express instead of a Chinese). If you want to, it’s going to cost you a hell of a lot more, and that’s if you can find anywhere that sells uncontaminated food, without chemical sprays and alike. This may sound like hysteria, but everything that goes into your body effects it, and that includes all the crap that you’re fed, which in turn cuts your life expectancy dramatically.

I find it mind boggling that the pursuit and domination of money and profit actually takes place over health and people’s lives. The total cunts. I strongly advise everyone to use these guys when ordering food: Able & Cole

As Will points out here, I was in The Metro, a quarter page whopper this Monday.

Weird thing about it is I had masses of texts from people who randomly spotted me, even from places such as Bristol and Manchester… Makes me think about all those people who recognised me but don’t have my number. Or cared.

What are you looking at Butthead?

http://www.break.com/index/biff_sings.html

Now make like a tree and get outta here.

The increasingly elusive Will pointed the Pandora website out to me. It’s pretty clever. It basically runs off the even more ambitious and admirable Music Genome Project.

Unfortunately, when I typed in Anathema as the basis for my radio station, the first hour was just purely offensive nu-metal, but even this was overshadowed by the awful moment Feeder popped up. I was nearly physically sick. Then again… the more you reject (which I did by the bucket load) the better it got. Then I worked out how to add other music to the “foundation tunes” of the station and it all got a lot better very quickly.

I haven’t got a clue how Last.fm works (as I refuse to sign up if I can’t use moker or mokershipping, both of which are bizarrely taken) but apparently, I’ve been told it’s better. Anyone wanna shed some light on the matter?

UPDATE: Just had a chat with Jack and he told me how Last.fm is based on the music on your PC. Interesting. Anyway, here’s how it works.

Further to the last post, look at some of the comics I made here.

Because having just a blog doesn’t stroke your ego enough…

Someone pointed out this excellent site, therefore this week’s How It Is is illustrated:

Ah, a picture says a thousand words. I think How It Is will stay like this from here on in.

Further to this post, check out this thought provoking youtube film here.

Warning: It’s pretty boring at times, over an hour of just talking but invest some time maaaaan.

Highlights include:

1) The guy in the 44th minute who looks like a mix between a Star Trek Ferengi and Star Wars’ rebel commander Nien Nunb.*
2) Talk of a secret alien base on the dark side of the moon by two people 55min - 63min.
3) 83min, some guy with a bad grey afro talking about UFO photos he saw.

*Geektastic - I actually had to look up these characters from vague memory, honest.