Good morning- of which there are 13 short minutes left. It has recently come to my attention that I have not blogged since last October... and if my mathematical skills are any good at all, that would be ten months ago. I've toyed with the idea of starting a new blog... either here on Blogger, or over on Wordpress, but I thought that would be pointless and figured to continue using this one. What ever theme I'd put to this proposed new blog, knowing me, I would not stick to and still end up blogging about whatever, whenever.
So, what have I been up to? I am currently 2 weeks into the last semester of my Fine Art degree. The words excited and nervous would both be correct in describing how I feel about this. I've been working on a series of paintings based off of a thesis I wrote back in March.. the same thesis I'm in the process of re-writing at the moment. For this reason I will hold off posting it on here. Also, I left my USB stick in my studio, so I can't post any images of what I've been working on. I will, however post images of what I cooked last Monday (I bet you've been wondering what the hell the title was referring to, huh?), August first, aka Swiss National Day... I thought I'd show some patriotism in the form of making somewhat traditional Swiss meals. I say somewhat, because well.. Everything over there is generally about meat (particularly veal, it seems), butter and cheese......... three very taboo foods for me. So I made an effort to veganise Röschti, Züri Gschnätzlets and of course Fondue. Here's what happened.
Good afternoon! I feel inspired today. Or at least, I think I am feeling inspired. I've been doing a lot of reading online today- mostly in the forum on anti-state.com. Some fascinating debates going on in there, as well as terribly confusing ones. I can't quite fathom how a self-proclaimed anti-statist can call communist ideology 'the enemy'. I've thought about it and all I can think that perhaps it is the way in which state-less society is attained that this person disagrees with, because pure communism and anti-statism, as far as I can tell, both follow the idea of a stateless society.
I also read an article that said pure communism is anarchism... Maybe... but communism is moreso collectivism... Whereas anarchism would perhaps be more inclined with libertarianism. Read another essay which compared similarities between fascism and socialism. I thought it was a good read, check it out. However, bare in mind that this person is referencing the breeds of socialism that have actually been practiced, which, arguably, weren't really socialism... but that argument could perhaps go on for days. All I know is, that to me, the kind of socialism this person is referencing is not the kind of socialism that I would actually call socialism. Perhaps it's a matter of opinion. Anyway, it's a fascinating read nonetheless.
Currently I'm listening to a mix-tape (CD) of Leftover Crack, Star Fucking Hipsters and Choking Victim. I must be craving the lyrical goodness and musical bad-assness of Stza. It's odd though. Whenever I am reading an article/post/'status update' (etc) about someone who has died, this song happens to begin.
I was prepared to go to bed until I saw a tweet about THIS.
Uhh, what is this? Maybe it's late and I'm just tired, but I'm pretty sure this sounds nothing at all like Jimmy Eat World. By which I mean, with every album they've released that has had its own distinct sound, there was always something in it that told you that it was Jimmy Eat World. I'm not sure what it is, but there was an essence to it that said "yep, that's J.E.W".. This just sounds like generic, mediocre pop (and far removed from anything reminiscent of that J.E.W vibe). What the hell happened?!?! AND I pre-ordered the CD AND Vinyl for this.. I'm hoping the rest of the album does not sound like this, or I will be one sad puppy.
Yes, I am a cynic, thank you. If it's taken you this long to realise..... Well then. So, it is Wednesday noon. I'm supposed to be in a lecture right this moment, but when I go up at 9.30 this morning, I could not be bothered at all to go. So here I am. Doesn't really matter, they post them online anyhow. I'll probably still go to the tutorial though. Might as well get some attendance points there. I'm pretty much stressing out all over the place at the moment. I have 4 pieces of assessment next week and it's freaking me out. Majorly. I'll leave it at that before I burn my lentil burger that I kinda left unsupervised on the stove. Ciao.
Well, not really. approximately a month since I last blogged. I got slack, actually. I didn't blog at all about the rest of my holiday. Oh well, who cares, right? I'm only blogging tonight because it seemed like a shame to let July pass without one single entry. So here it is.
Thought I would somewhat step away from the holiday blogging for a moment. Turns out I haven't blogged since I got to New Jersey (or at least, not about New Jersey). Perhaps there isn't much to blog about? Maybe it's too insanely hot for me to be bothered? And wait, didn't I just say I was going to step away from holiday blogging?
So. It was my Birthday on Sunday. Don't worry, you're not the only one who forgot! What did I get up to, I hear you asking.......Uhhhhmm... Nothing, really. It was too hot to do anything but lay under the fan and groan irritably. It was fun though. I carried out my yearly tradition of listening to, and manically posting the following song on every social networking site I use.
I don't know why, man, but this song reminds me of you Roadee. :) I'm looking forward to going back to California.. Hold on, there's a song for that too....
Yeah, that's right.. Put any song to a video made of clips from Kingdom Hearts results in an instant winner!
What was .. oh yeah, California. I love that place. Or at least, I love San Francisco and the Bay Area, seeing as that's the only part I have seen (and the only part I care to see- well.. for the most part. I'm not particularly interested in visiting Southern Cali, it would be sorta cool to drive through Northern Cali.. One day, perhaps? Roadee, you in?). I want to visit Berkeley, as I am sure I've mentioned in a previous post. I think I'm going to New York City on Thursday for a few days. That'll be fun, I hope. - The I hope parts comes out of extraneous circumstances, not at all to do with the fact that it is New York. I'm sure NYC itself will be great. The #1 Vegan city in the world (San Francisco is #2 by the way, yeah!). I'm gonna go nuts.
In other news, there was a "Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction" marathon on the other day. I used to love watching that! They stopped showing it back in you-know-where, so I was like "wooooh, yeah!" and watched the whole of it. When it finished, it left me craving for more. Is it at all possible to purchase this series on DVD? I gotsta have it.
PS. 'Back to California' is by Sugarcult. Thought I'd throw that in.
Züri Gschätzlets
Röschti
Fondue
