And here… we… go!

Let’s get down to brass tacks; it’s a rather chaotic state of affairs, isn’t it?

Everywhere we turn these days we are met with situations and images that inspire, nauseate, induce dread, and provoke apathy all at once. Societal revolts in the Middle East leave us cheering on rebels fighting for human freedoms, while also questioning who ultimately gains from the outcome. Austerity measures being forced down the throats of the poor and downtrodden across Europe and North America provoke rage in one city, peaceful assembly in another and tacit acceptance in the vast majority. 

As the angry and disenfranchised react exactly as the powers that be want them to, we then watch as bloated and out of touch policy makers strive to limit our abilities to discuss and organize through the world wide web, while they remain all too happy to learn everything they can about who we are, what we view, and what we think using the very same tool. 

As if this weren’t bad enough, we have other terrible things like Jersey Shore, the works of Michael Bay, Fox News, Reality TV, Glenn Beck, and the Tea Party movement assaulting our senses with abject stupidity, lies shouted loudly and often enough that they kick the truth in the balls and send it screaming for mummy, orange skin and discount hair gel applied all too liberally. It sends a cold shiver down one’s spine. 

This mind numbing assault often makes one want to hide under their bed with a bottle of Jameson to suck on while curled up in the fetal position.  

But rather than do that, I've decided to drink my bottle of Jameson while typing reams of shite, smoking lots of cigarettes and staring out at the sky from my little enclave… somewhere in the world.