empty is nothing

Slowly making an effort to fill the house with less plastic, a sound decree really, it makes sense. My parents had nothing in their possession save some family heirlooms which, even if it was worth some money they wouldn’t have sold them on.

For the saddest or depressing thing isn’t that some poor soul has to produce these things in a backend factory in Shenzhen. No the worst thing about it, that as part of the ‘civilised’ end of the world we lap it up as if it was mana from heaven. I glance around the room and look at all the things I could live without, it comes down to a few things, in no particular order, a copy of written word, my girlfriend and a single photo of my parents smiling back at me with my niece and nephew. For all my materialism in the past, of which I can testify was fierce, it has all given way to this feeling of not wanting to deal with more plastic junk rattling around my desk adding more surface area for dust to gather.

Like all trends or fashion, something comes and then a week later it disappears as if no one was interested in the first place, that to me is the epitome of owning more plastic crap then one can realise. A few of my colleagues were asking if I was going to get an IPad and for all my love of Apple products and the beauty they instil, I can’t bring myself to part with the kind of cash that will buy me a nice sofa. I walk into a conversation at work and it’s about playing flight control on the IPad, which is a fun game, but all I can think of is the price tag and a 2d game which enhances no ones life and fritters away some useful 10 minutes which could be spent writing a poem or inventing new recipes. That is the epitome of the less plastic equation.

Save your money my beautiful eggs, but more importantly save your time, use it for something wonderful.

They made a statue of us
and put it on a mountaintop
Now tourists come and stare at us
Blow bubbles with their gum,
take photographs of fun
have fun

they'll name a city after us
and later say it's all our fault
then they'll give us a talking to
then they'll give us a talking to
cause they've got years of experience

musik

• This Charming Man- Death Cab for Cutie
• Sheena is a Parasite- The Horrors
• God’s Gonna Cut You Down- Johnny Cash
• Innosense- The Smashing Pumpkins
• Kiss Me Goodbye- Angela Aki
• Baduizm- Erykah Badu
• Have One On Me- Joanna Newsom
• Magic Of Lang Lang- Lang Lang
• The Complete Bitches Brew- Miles Davis
• About a Girl- Nirvana
• Twenty Years- Placebo
• Eet- Regina Spektor
• Us- Regina Spektor
• It’s Only Rock and Roll But I Like It- The Rolling Stones

videospiele

• Bioshock
• Uncharted 2- Among Thieves

kino

• Lord of the Rings Trilogy- Extended Edition
• Exit Through The Gift Shop- Film By Banksy
• In the Mood for Love- Wong Kar Wai
• Alien Anthology

verschiedenes

• loneliness in the flat,
• realising how brilliant Regina Spektor is,
• snow capped landings flowing into a mild winter,
• wearing a helmet that makes me look like something out of Spaceballs,
• wrestling with iTunes,
• living for a future which will be full for happiness and wonderful things