Quoted For Truth: Facebook

"Media have a way to cover up as well as disclose. For example, boredom masquerades as participation with do-it-yourself Websites like Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube. With these sites, users have unlimited ways to "keep in touch" or to use a media-related metaphor, "stay connected." The summons "Find Your Friends on MySpace" lures users into preparing "a face to meet the faces that you meet."

by G. Mielo, "Misunderstanding media: a blurry "Vision of Students Today" in ETC; A Review of General Semantics, (Apr. 1, 2008) published by the Institute for General Semantics.

Also, Read my review of a mint as prog metal album!

Desecrate and Eliminate

Looking at my account settings on Facebook, I contemplated deactivating my account. Well, you know, because Facebook is generally depressing for me.

And after some epic LJ dramaz that I've been privileged enough to troll, I chuckled at the sight of this:

I just love how it's listed first, as if it were the most common reason for deactivation. And since when was Facebook ever supposed to be useful? If there are three things that are cheap and abundant on the internet, its opinions that no one asked for, horny men with weird fetishes and useless fucking websites. Its just the law. I can be so bitter and evil sometimes. But then again, I don't give a fuck. Its an essential trait to carry as a corporate media whore, or in my case, an aspirant corporate media whore. (I'll sell out for $7 and a Coke Zero! And sell you out for less!) You have to be when you're attempting to launch your full scale invasion onto everyone's monitors for those three brief seconds while they attempt to find a picture with their own face in it. It's called "exposure."

I swear, if you aren't prepared to disclose yourself as openly as you would in "real life" and roll with the resultant backlash, then don't do it on the internet. The internet is three times as worthless and five times as pointless as "IRL" dramaz. (I would know, I've survived about three or four of them myself. For the most trivial of fucking reasons. Some dear readers may remember them.) But when you're not directly involved, boy howdy, they can be damn fun! Next time you're being trolled/tried via blog, call up the person and ask them what their beef is. They'll usually back down and apologize. That is also very fun.

A Tripartite Travelogue

1. Never watch Casshern. It is the most convoluted, plotless and obfuscatory movie I've ever half watched. I had to get up and walk away because it made so little sense. Thanks to Rae and Kris for this weekends' short escape from reality. Souvlaki Pizza is so win.

2. Snuff Box is just like a fine wine - it just gets better with age. I can't be in love if its plastic. To live on my own just seems tragic. I'll raise myself high when my day comes. You thought it was gold but it was bronze...just like Australia at the Olympics. Someone, please test Phelps.

3. This one is thanks to Ace. The dude in the video also shares the same name with my mate Shai, unless he was bullshitting. Enjoy!