Seriously, WHAT THE FUCK?!

It boggles my mind that, after yet another year of bloodshed, torture and death that people still decide to step up the violence in the world. Yes I am talking about the idiots who have just killed over 200 people in the Gaza Strip. What is the matter with them?! They have murdered innocent people!

But let us start with a bit of background. 1945, the Jews have just come through the worst atrocity their culture has faced, and one of the worst Humanity has ever faced. Everybody was behind the Jewish people as they discovered what appalling lengths the Nazis had gone to execute "the Final Solution". When we only lost 325,000 people to the war, they lost 6 million. 6 million men, women and children snuffed out. It is too terrible to comprehend.

But of course religion rears its ugly head. Apparently, God made a covenant with the Jewish people, and said that Israel should be their holy land, theirs and theirs alone. Well, there's nothing wrong with this, except...

They launch war. They defeat the British soldiers and take over Israel as their own country, expelling the people that had previously called it home. The surrounding countries retaliate, but Israel shrugs off their attacks, using money and weapons that, in their supreme stupidity, have been donated by the Americans and the British. Now, not only do people die needlessly on both sides due to the ongoing, seemingly random strikes against surrounding countries, but also it has turned global as "Islamic" fundamentalists retaliate against Western powers for even allowing Israel to exist.

It's insanity, bred from greed and stupidity. It lost all meaning the moment it became religious. It is hard to determine whether both sides are fighting for territory, political or religious reasons. Many different groups use different excuses, but it is such a needless loss of life, when totalitarian governments kill their own people, when old empires start to flex their muscles in the quite reaches where noone pays them any attention, people die of disease and poverty every day, and Humanity continues to slowly unravel as its component parts turn on each other. And over a piece of land that is only significant because it is mentioned in a HOLY TEXT!

Obviously my knowledge has gaping holes where I have not understood the story fully, but this I can glean: there is a storm brewing in the Middle East, and we haven't even begun to see the terrible extent of the damage it will wreak. We have started something terrible, and good lord we shall certainly pay when it blows up in our face. Madness seems to be engulfing the world. How the hell is it ever going to end?

It's been a while...

Hasn't it just? I haven't posted here in absolutely ages! But, I've been under a lot of pressure to publish again, so here goes...

Christmas has come and gone, and wonderful it was. Of course the days after Christmas are always melancholy, but of course one week later it's New Year's Eve! More celebrating! And even more importantly, a week after THAT it's my birthday!!! 18 years old I will be, wow, never thought I'd make it but there we are. I can no legally get pissed.

I've been thinking though, on a totally unrelated topic, why is it that the Americans celebrate both the days when the British first established their country, and also the day when they managed to expel the British from their country? Rather contradictory I think, especially now as they use us all the time to get in front of their bullets.

Is there a God? Possibly, but religion won't help you find the answer, it has already been sullied with the thoughts of men, who are ultimately flawed. The message here? Distrust your fellow man? Not at all. But sleep with a gun under your pillow just in case. And remember to turn the safety on, you could get a very alarming awakening.

I saw the film "Yes Man" today, and it was rather inspiring. The message I got was that we should live life to the full and be confident and happy in all that you do, and then your life will be happy. That really spoke to me, as living is something I haven't been doing I don't think, but of course what happens on screen and in real life are two totally different things. Things work on screen, they rarely pan out in reality. Still, let's see what 2009 brings.

And I certainly wish you all the best for 2009. There will be dark times, financial crises and wars that make life seem evil, pointless and cruel, but for all those bastards out there striving to make the world a worse place, there are five genuine, good people out there making the world a wonderful place to live. Life is wonderful, the world beautiful, if we look past all the wrongs, there is love and joy in everything, and we should probably look for this more than looking for things that are wrong in our lives. Because, let's face it, we don't have it too bad.

Love to you all and hope your 2009 is as good if not better than this year.

Yet Another Week Gone By

Well it's Friday again, and it's been another unfulfilling week, in the sense that I really don't feel I've accomplished that much, unless you count irritating the senior staff. So I'm a short sighted time waster huh? You'll be short sighted once I've had my way...

Anyway, it's the weekend. My dad said he'd take me for pizza, which should cheer me up. Still single, but relationships are more onerous, especially at this time of year. I've finally got some direction in my life, unlike this blog, which at least gives me something to aim for. Plus I've got the first of three gigs this month on Sunday, so it shouldn't be too shabby.

I have the strange feeling I've used that title before. What with all the negative things I've put on here over the months I wouldn't be surprised. And yet, in the spirit of unfulfillment, I will not check.

There's little more to be said, sorry for such a disappointing entry. I hope next time I'll have something more interesting to say.