Copulation, in all it's form and fame, is everywhere. Although this might sound like the contemplation of a modern woman (and all I'm missing is a cigarette so everytime I have a dramatic thought I can blow out a puff of erotic smoke), there is no denying that just like Hugh Grant once almost said "Sex is all around". It's in your bathroom inside your "Vanilla Paradise" shaving cream, in your closet amongst the overly exposing garment pieces, in your morning coffee and your seemingly innocent dreams about your college professor. Sooner or later, it'll just come biting you in the ass.
This omniscient presence of sex in our lives, however entertaining, incorporates in it something what I like to call "Element of Danger". Very few people can process the presence of sex even in their refrigerators in a healthy way. Of course, the word healthy is an understatement of the year. The number of ladies and gentlemen in my proximity that instead of exchanging warm words and genuine feelings exchange their bodily fluids is increasing day by day (it was alarming to begin with). I am not surprised by the fact that so many young people are generally motivated by sex and loose what intellectuals call a "moral code" if they have David Beckham's crotch popping out of every magazine and children sniffing cocaine off of each other's stomachs and genitals in TV shows airing at 10 am on a Sunday. Although the tendency of my generation to over-sex everything is hard to resist for some people, there has to be hope!
My mother once told me that the sexual desire is one of the easiest desires that one can supress. Although generally speaking my generation's threshold on acceptability has decreased and we're all rushing into things in one way or another, I like to think of myself as one of those people that when sex is offered to them on a silver platter, will refuse. It's never just sex, so take the time to see the shades of grey.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
Love Theatre
Throughout the centuries that have feen fortunate enough to be mapped in words, there have always been people to ponder the subject of love. So many profound, or not so, things have been said about it. What would poetry be without love? Death and religion. And isn't that a bleak image. Love is the cornerstone of human existence, whether it is the reason for our beliefs, our hate, conflicts or deeds.
I don't believe that love can ever truly perish. Even when the hormones inside one's body stop producing the endorfines and the chemicals don't add up to create the sparks, the imprint of love stays in our minds. I find the expression "stay in my heart" misleading. Maybe I am too much of a visual person but I certainly don't see thoughts pumping through my aorta. It is in the realms of the imaginary that we store thoughts and memories and ultimately, the feeling of love. It should be "stay in my mind", because it is the mind that is the ultimate source of our existence.
It is when one stands in the theatre of his own life, just after he's done watching a superb love tragedy, that they realize they're not getting an encore. The show doesn't always have to go on. But the echo of the applause will ring in our mind's till another, louder one replaces it.
I don't believe that love can ever truly perish. Even when the hormones inside one's body stop producing the endorfines and the chemicals don't add up to create the sparks, the imprint of love stays in our minds. I find the expression "stay in my heart" misleading. Maybe I am too much of a visual person but I certainly don't see thoughts pumping through my aorta. It is in the realms of the imaginary that we store thoughts and memories and ultimately, the feeling of love. It should be "stay in my mind", because it is the mind that is the ultimate source of our existence.
It is when one stands in the theatre of his own life, just after he's done watching a superb love tragedy, that they realize they're not getting an encore. The show doesn't always have to go on. But the echo of the applause will ring in our mind's till another, louder one replaces it.
GHUA - God Help Us All
After loosing what some could deem a worthless piece of plastic today (red heart shaped earring the size of a baby fist - the 70s will never grow old), I came to another one of "those" conclusions. You know, those that rock your world, as people like Michael Jackson once put it. Not being the oldest of the Homo Sapiens that occupy this planet, things that might seem obvious to others hit me in the face at the strangest, odd-timed moments. Like when I realized that the phrase "dead as a dodo" reffers to an extinct specie.
But sometimes the conclusions amount to more than mere zoology. And that is how so little can mean so much. A classic observer might say to himself, "Much ado about a piece of red plastic" or "Woman". But I belive this whim of mine can be shared by an extended audience. For instance, there is one thing that never fails to quite frankly piss me off - my generation's extensive use of words that shouldn't have EVER been given that title. LOL, LMAO, ROFL, BTW... I could bet my bottom dollar there are many more in the stash of young people around me but thankfully, I am not aware of them. Maybe my obsession to be willing to pay that extra fine for actually spelling out words properly in text messages is strange (it is NOT u but y o u), but there should be borderlines. For me, these "coinages" are the black abyss of the English language, just like the Dirty Sanchez when it comes to sex (no can do honey).
We all know perfectly well that we live in a technological society and all you hypocrites that deem yourselfs special for not having a TV at home can stick it up your behind. There's no denying that escaping technology in today's society is quite difficult. But people, just because it's more efficient and quicker should (mind the use of the word should) not mean that words cease to exist. Laughing out Loud? Why can't people instead say "I find that very whimsical" or "Oh aren't you a funny one!". Words that were once so simple, easy and straightforward now take on sophisticated connotations - (I was once stopped by a fellow age colleauge for using the word sophisticated. Really?!) Not only have these "coinages" taken over cyber space but they are slowly creeping into the mouths of people around us as well. Think of the world ROLF. When pronounced it actually has the sound of a decent hurl (TMI ?).
I don't know whether this linguistic phenomenon is a result of some strange desire of our "fresh" society to just get everything done in the blink of an eye or an act of group belonging (LOL right back atcha' bro!). However, it would be nice to see a few more people that instead of verbal and written stupidity would be impressed by elaborate conversation and verbal expression. Conversation that CAN include the word sophisitcated, for example. There isn't anything wrong with witty slang or verbal puns, but it would nice if the young generation at least got their syllables right. Dress your Language to Impress*
But sometimes the conclusions amount to more than mere zoology. And that is how so little can mean so much. A classic observer might say to himself, "Much ado about a piece of red plastic" or "Woman". But I belive this whim of mine can be shared by an extended audience. For instance, there is one thing that never fails to quite frankly piss me off - my generation's extensive use of words that shouldn't have EVER been given that title. LOL, LMAO, ROFL, BTW... I could bet my bottom dollar there are many more in the stash of young people around me but thankfully, I am not aware of them. Maybe my obsession to be willing to pay that extra fine for actually spelling out words properly in text messages is strange (it is NOT u but y o u), but there should be borderlines. For me, these "coinages" are the black abyss of the English language, just like the Dirty Sanchez when it comes to sex (no can do honey).
We all know perfectly well that we live in a technological society and all you hypocrites that deem yourselfs special for not having a TV at home can stick it up your behind. There's no denying that escaping technology in today's society is quite difficult. But people, just because it's more efficient and quicker should (mind the use of the word should) not mean that words cease to exist. Laughing out Loud? Why can't people instead say "I find that very whimsical" or "Oh aren't you a funny one!". Words that were once so simple, easy and straightforward now take on sophisticated connotations - (I was once stopped by a fellow age colleauge for using the word sophisticated. Really?!) Not only have these "coinages" taken over cyber space but they are slowly creeping into the mouths of people around us as well. Think of the world ROLF. When pronounced it actually has the sound of a decent hurl (TMI ?).
I don't know whether this linguistic phenomenon is a result of some strange desire of our "fresh" society to just get everything done in the blink of an eye or an act of group belonging (LOL right back atcha' bro!). However, it would be nice to see a few more people that instead of verbal and written stupidity would be impressed by elaborate conversation and verbal expression. Conversation that CAN include the word sophisitcated, for example. There isn't anything wrong with witty slang or verbal puns, but it would nice if the young generation at least got their syllables right. Dress your Language to Impress*
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