https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/period-1
Friday, February 5, 2016
so, this video is obviously just a shell to get people to watch the episode where trump becomes president. i haven't seen it - i guess that was after i tuned out, some time in the 90s. but, i'm sure they went to town with it. and, if anything is going to sink this nincompoop, it might just be that.
so, well done. and, good thinking. that's using your head, mindchop. applauds.
but, the truth is that there's actually a wide assortment of things that i remember (from just the early days) that fit into the farmville type category, where they're foreshadowing a dystopian future in ways that are eerily predictive. i'd have to sit down and think about it. or, maybe watch them all from start to finish (now, that would be a mindfuck). but, if this was done slowly and methodically, rather than to just get a point out? i suspect it would be really profound, actually.
so, well done. and, good thinking. that's using your head, mindchop. applauds.
but, the truth is that there's actually a wide assortment of things that i remember (from just the early days) that fit into the farmville type category, where they're foreshadowing a dystopian future in ways that are eerily predictive. i'd have to sit down and think about it. or, maybe watch them all from start to finish (now, that would be a mindfuck). but, if this was done slowly and methodically, rather than to just get a point out? i suspect it would be really profound, actually.
at
07:42
Location:
Windsor, ON, Canada
i don't have a tv. and, that might be a part of jeb's problem - the fact that so few people watch tv, nowadays. but, let me say this: this is the most media coverage of him that i've seen since his campaign started.
i actually had to check the other day to see if he was even still running. and, i think that might be what we're really seeing, here. this might be the first example of a campaign that died due to focusing almost solely on traditional media.
he might be all over cnn, nbc, fox - i'd never see it.
and, let's be clear, here: i never thought i'd say a bush is the preferable candidate. but, look at the alternatives. if this is a "republican cycle", and we're stuck with that outcome, i'd rather him than anybody else. he's an ass, but at least he's not insane.
so, you know: sorry to burst your dot-com bubble, but you need to hit the interwebs, jeb.
you see this term moderate thrown around.
rubio is not a moderate. total outlaws on abortion is not moderate. total. moderate. #!.
jeb is really the only moderate in the field. and, if he can't compete then what that says is that the party has rejected moderates.
i actually had to check the other day to see if he was even still running. and, i think that might be what we're really seeing, here. this might be the first example of a campaign that died due to focusing almost solely on traditional media.
he might be all over cnn, nbc, fox - i'd never see it.
and, let's be clear, here: i never thought i'd say a bush is the preferable candidate. but, look at the alternatives. if this is a "republican cycle", and we're stuck with that outcome, i'd rather him than anybody else. he's an ass, but at least he's not insane.
so, you know: sorry to burst your dot-com bubble, but you need to hit the interwebs, jeb.
you see this term moderate thrown around.
rubio is not a moderate. total outlaws on abortion is not moderate. total. moderate. #!.
jeb is really the only moderate in the field. and, if he can't compete then what that says is that the party has rejected moderates.
at
07:14
Location:
Windsor, ON, Canada
absolutely.
what america needs is more gridlock, more obfuscation and more stasis. none of these "deals".
think about it. a deal is co-operation. co-operation is practically communism. it's unamerican to have deals.
the real america is about the hobbessian condition of decentralized anarchy, where everybody fights everybody else until nobody is left standing. did our forefathers cut deals with the indians? no - we killed them. that's america.
so, to hell with any new deals. let's tear down the rest of the old ones. and, let's be left with just one deal - a raw deal: a social contract directly with goldman sachs, with president cruz as the lesser half of a governing team that ensures it: no new deals!.
i will support the first candidate that promises to pass absolutely no legislation.
what america needs is more gridlock, more obfuscation and more stasis. none of these "deals".
think about it. a deal is co-operation. co-operation is practically communism. it's unamerican to have deals.
the real america is about the hobbessian condition of decentralized anarchy, where everybody fights everybody else until nobody is left standing. did our forefathers cut deals with the indians? no - we killed them. that's america.
so, to hell with any new deals. let's tear down the rest of the old ones. and, let's be left with just one deal - a raw deal: a social contract directly with goldman sachs, with president cruz as the lesser half of a governing team that ensures it: no new deals!.
i will support the first candidate that promises to pass absolutely no legislation.
at
06:12
Location:
Windsor, ON, Canada
i was initially thinking that getting saetia back together might be interesting, as i bet they'd be able to build on all that potential they had if they could approach it with a bit more maturity.
and, i listened to this...
and, i thought "what is this trash?".
WHAT HAVE I DONE
and, i realized: it doesn't say saetia.
and, i couldn't care less about this than i do.
in darkness, and alone, i quietly closed the tab and carried on.
and, i listened to this...
and, i thought "what is this trash?".
WHAT HAVE I DONE
and, i realized: it doesn't say saetia.
and, i couldn't care less about this than i do.
in darkness, and alone, i quietly closed the tab and carried on.
at
00:43
Location:
Windsor, ON, Canada
just another thing.
i've changed the profile to allow for my birth date, which is 1981, to be public. that's not an error. i am actually 35 years old. really.
i'm entirely aware that i literally look half of my age. or, let me rephrase that. i look precisely like a fashionable (and single) 35 year old woman - but i can very easily be mistaken for an unruly-looking 17 year-old boy. is that really particularly unusual?
while i acknowledge that there are some advantages to looking young, especially considering that i do not at all act my age, i also need to point out that i'm at the age where a significant generation gap exists. i'm not 17 years old. i'm 35 years old. i identify as generation x (people born from 1965-1985). that might be your parents' generation. and, i'm consequently a little bit leery about being hit on by 17 year-olds. or 25 year-olds, for that matter. of either gender.
and it does happen. which is why i'm pointing this out.
so, yeah. i'm old. we don't need to draw attention to it. but, it would be nice if we all realize it. if you see me out or about, just understand that i'm there to see the show and nothing more.
no: i don't want to hang out with a bunch of kids. i'm friendly. sure. but, no.
no: i don't want to get hit on by kids.
and, no: i'm not going to hit on children.
but, when you center your life around music as much as i have, you don't grow out of it. it's a lifelong thing. i'll be continuing to attend small shows when i'm 50, so long as i don't get bounced. not for the people, and not for the scene. just for the tunes.
this message will self-deconstruct....
it's not just an internet/distance thing. don't be embarassed if you thought i was in my 20s or younger. i get it all the time.
when i went to see jimmy chamberlain a few months ago, i ended up having a smoke outside with a kid from in the bar. i could see he was in his late teens. i ended up giving him a pumpkins lesson (he was there to see the sax player). but, his jaw just dropped when i told him my age - because it opened up a generation gap. he thought he was talking to a peer, at first. then, he felt like he was talking to an adult, and that changed his entire perspective of the situation. he visibly didn't like the idea of "smoking an adult".
then there's the kid in the unit upstairs. he seems to be in high school. and, it took him over two years for him to realize i wasn't in his age group. he seemed offended that i was keeping my distance. he kept obviously waiting for me to ask him to come hang out. but, i hardly want to hang out with the high school kid upstairs. it's just that he had no idea, right. he can't be more than 18, but he interpreted me as in his peer group; the feeling was not at all mutual - i immediately interpreted him as a kid. a few months ago, i gave him a link to my bandcamp site and i think he finally figured it out, because he's seemed more cognizant, since.
so, it's not just you. it's everybody. online. in real life. it's just how i look. and, in fact, it runs in the family - it's those finnish bottleneck genes. everybody from finland is like this.
i've changed the profile to allow for my birth date, which is 1981, to be public. that's not an error. i am actually 35 years old. really.
i'm entirely aware that i literally look half of my age. or, let me rephrase that. i look precisely like a fashionable (and single) 35 year old woman - but i can very easily be mistaken for an unruly-looking 17 year-old boy. is that really particularly unusual?
while i acknowledge that there are some advantages to looking young, especially considering that i do not at all act my age, i also need to point out that i'm at the age where a significant generation gap exists. i'm not 17 years old. i'm 35 years old. i identify as generation x (people born from 1965-1985). that might be your parents' generation. and, i'm consequently a little bit leery about being hit on by 17 year-olds. or 25 year-olds, for that matter. of either gender.
and it does happen. which is why i'm pointing this out.
so, yeah. i'm old. we don't need to draw attention to it. but, it would be nice if we all realize it. if you see me out or about, just understand that i'm there to see the show and nothing more.
no: i don't want to hang out with a bunch of kids. i'm friendly. sure. but, no.
no: i don't want to get hit on by kids.
and, no: i'm not going to hit on children.
but, when you center your life around music as much as i have, you don't grow out of it. it's a lifelong thing. i'll be continuing to attend small shows when i'm 50, so long as i don't get bounced. not for the people, and not for the scene. just for the tunes.
this message will self-deconstruct....
it's not just an internet/distance thing. don't be embarassed if you thought i was in my 20s or younger. i get it all the time.
when i went to see jimmy chamberlain a few months ago, i ended up having a smoke outside with a kid from in the bar. i could see he was in his late teens. i ended up giving him a pumpkins lesson (he was there to see the sax player). but, his jaw just dropped when i told him my age - because it opened up a generation gap. he thought he was talking to a peer, at first. then, he felt like he was talking to an adult, and that changed his entire perspective of the situation. he visibly didn't like the idea of "smoking an adult".
then there's the kid in the unit upstairs. he seems to be in high school. and, it took him over two years for him to realize i wasn't in his age group. he seemed offended that i was keeping my distance. he kept obviously waiting for me to ask him to come hang out. but, i hardly want to hang out with the high school kid upstairs. it's just that he had no idea, right. he can't be more than 18, but he interpreted me as in his peer group; the feeling was not at all mutual - i immediately interpreted him as a kid. a few months ago, i gave him a link to my bandcamp site and i think he finally figured it out, because he's seemed more cognizant, since.
so, it's not just you. it's everybody. online. in real life. it's just how i look. and, in fact, it runs in the family - it's those finnish bottleneck genes. everybody from finland is like this.
at
00:15
Location:
Windsor, ON, Canada
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