Living in the present

About a tribe in Brazilian rainforest called the "Pirahã"

"Thirty years of living with the Pirahã has taught Everett that they exist almost completely in the present. Absorbed by the daily struggle to survive, they do not plan ahead, store food, build houses or canoes to last, maintain tools or talk of things beyond those that they, or people they know, have experienced. They are the "ultimate empiricists".

"If anything, they are superior in many ways to us. Thinking too much about the future or worrying too much about the past is really unhealthy. The Pirahã taught me that very lesson. Living in the moment is a sophisticated way to live. I don't see depression. I don't see some of the things that afflict our society - and that's not because they don't face pressures."

Missionaries and government officials see Pirahã society as poor and seek to help by giving them money and modern technology. "The Pirahã aren't poor. They don't see themselves as poor," he says. He believes capitalism and religion are manufacturing desires. "One of the saddest things I've seen in Amazonian cultures is people who were self-sufficient and happy that now think of themselves as poor and become dissatisfied with their lives. What worries me is outsiders trying to impose their values and materialism on the Pirahã."
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From "The power of speach" - Guardian 10th Nov

On greatness

"I have a great drive to be mediocre
but not even a mediocre drive to be great"

reply:
"(if everyone had wanted to be great)... then we would live in a world full of disappointments"

"I strive to be great in my overall life, not at one thing but at many things at once so it accumulates into great life full of various achievements"

- 1st November 2008

Playgirls

I've written about porn for women and about what is sexually attractive for women and what other's have said is/should be attractive but here is a something like... hmm
play boy for women. Its called "Tighty whitie dude" which contains photos of men (with great bodies) in tighty whities.. ofcourse.
the site contains mostly underwear commercials thus " does NOT contain any nudity or adult content"... (depending on who asks)

some samples...






YUM!

I am genuinely scared of Palin and the republicans that put her up there...(and those who support her)

Okay
I am not really into too much politics. being a labour market researcher, I do keep up to date on policy changes and party's view on labour market, family and some economic policy issues. However, I am not too up to date on the day to day soap opera of politics this world has. YES I do believe most of this politics issue is just soap opera for some.
Anyhow most any of us interested in politics in the slightest bit, knows about the nominee McCain campaign voted as his running mate. Sarah Palin. I do not need to post up all of her no-she-did-not-just-say-that videos.
but here are some classics, that really out does even yes... monkey boy, Bush Jr.



and by Keith Olbermann


and then the VP debate yesterday.
*you can see the whole debate with this link


Okay. in comparison to this, she did better in the vice presidential debate.
BUT only because she remembered a few sentences she can shout out at any given time she did not want to answer to any of the questions given to her.
She referred back to Energy issues four times throughout the debate as well as keep repeating her "track record" many of which are not true or are half truths.
Also you can see that her "answers" are just words, none of which consists more than three syllables - third grade level words, that do not mean ANY THING! Especially in the beginning. The only word apparently she knows (also how to pronounce) is Maverick. Joe Biden pwns her at the end of the debate where he points out actually Mc Cain never was a Maverick on the hard issues that mattered.

Okay enough of my analysis. All I want to say is that I can see how the Republican party works. They wanted to put that ignorant woman who has no qualification nor the brain, heart capacity of being anything near VP on so people can relate. However, seeing what she does apparently the Republicans believe that the "average American" is someone who is ignorant and cannot comprehend any of the truth or reality of society told in a concrete factual manner. Palin speaks especially in the beginning of the debate as if she is addressing kindergarten children who does not understand long coherent sentences. The whole debate looked like that, a third grader discussing with a public policy/political science graduate student. The third grader just calling the grad student mean/bad person without any evidence and throwing tantrums in between.

Any one who supports Palin should go get some education and think hard... do we want a society where we are lead by incompetent, ignorant people with no knowledge of how society/politics/international relations works JUST because that is how many other citizens are like?? do we really want our society to fall into something like that of our lowest common denominator? and mediocrity?

Here is a newweek article that supports what I thought is the case. How the approach of "Palin being on the ticket because she is able connects with everyday Americans" is just something we cannot have..

God piss in my breakfast cereal

I don't believe in god... well not usually, although I can be considered antagonistic.
I only believe in GOD's existence when it decides to take a long hard piss towards my way.

30th September 2008... raining raining raining

"This film has not been rated"

A movie about the MPAA (Motion Picture Association America) film rating system and how the government and the big corporate industries are controlling what is being shown in media.
Nothing too shocking but something that really gets you thinking.
The most important point this movie takes is how the rating system is a monopoly system where there can be no other rating. Also how sex is considered bad while violence is allowed. Also how the the MPAA is essentially blocking the independent movie makers to distribute their work from even to be seen through ridiculous rating systems.

Whichever the case, it is interesting to listen to all the directors who has gotten the NC 17 rating for their movies, why it was the case . most of which is ridiculous...

Stay at home dad

As family norms, gender norms change more and more men are allowed and take the opportunities to stay home with their children. In most countries, men are allowed to share the parental leave given from 3months up to 3 years with the mothers. Also in many countries, such as Sweden, Denmark there are leaves that are ear-marked for men.(which means that they loose this benefit when they do not take it up).
This trend makes it easier for us to spot men with buggies alone on week day afternoons, doing shopping. Also men with young toddlers playing on the play ground on weekdays.
Anyhow, Jon la Joie wrote a song just for these daddies who stay at home and take care of their children.. quite hilarious, using heavy metal as the medium. However, the fact of being a stay at home dad? It will become more and more common... no joking matter.

The two men

after 31 years of life,
I realize that in the time I have loved and been loved
there is two men in my life that stand out
the one that I loves regardless of anything
regardless of what he does and how he is
and the one that loves me
regardless of what I do and how I am

both born on the 15th of February different years ofcourse
the one I loved is Charlie, my dog my brother
and the one that loves me endless is my father

The former passed away recently and this is my tribute page to him

L'Anti Kamasutra

The anti Kamasutra



Try it out...

Something important

A song I came across in Gilles Peterson's compilation album Brownwood Bubblers no.3
The guitar sounds were nice but I think the lyrics are even better... kinda hits you in a strange way

Anyhow here is the lyrics and the guitar chords to the song...

Something important

By the Jukes

http://www.myspace.com/jukesuk

Capo on1st fret

Em7 F#m(7) Bm

Oh~~~
Sometimes when I am doing something I really enjoy
A friend knocks the door so I let her in
She asks me,
what are you up to?
And I say, I don’t know… nothing much
Maybe I’ll have a few books open looking at pages I like to see
Or I’m listening to music
Probably the telly’s on
And before she asked me what I was doing, I felt like I was really doing something
Only now I am not so sure

Em7_________F#m
All the mountains high
______Bm_________Em7
And the streams running high
__________F#m___Bm
They don’t ask why, why do I
________Em7
Something doesn’t make
________F#m________Bm
Everytime I ask myself why
____Em7
Why I do that thing
______________F#m____________Bm
Shouldn’t I be doing something important

Maybe I’m doing nothing, just running through a film in my mind
Or listening to cars outside on the street
Then there will be a voice in my head
The voice comes and she said
Shouldn’t you be doing something important
Cuz look at you sitting through time and time running through you
And away with you
and what have you got to show for your time
I don’t know…
All I know is I didn’t worry about showing anything for my time
Before I asked that question why

__________Em7
Cuz something doesn’t make
________F#m________Bm
Everytime I ask myself why
____Em7
Why I do that thing
_____________F#m____________Bm
Shouldn’t I be doing something important

Em7_________F#m
All the mountains high
______Bm_________Em7
And the streams running high
__________F#m___Bm
They don’t ask why, why do I