People who wait in line for hours for a pair of Uggs are dumb asses...No, really they are.

I'll bet you anything these are the same tools who wear those moronic Ed Hardy shirts...fuck sake!

Obama is the GOPs Bitch...for now.

Winter in the Northern Hemisphere

What has been happening in my country has brought so much anxiety and worry to my door, 3,373 miles away. The vile spewing out of the mouths of Americans is disconcerting. Equating our president to Hitler is the most ill conceived accusation I can imagine, yet there are a few million out there who believe it to be true. Out of the video images I have witnessed on youtube the most disturbing was a woman chanting Hail Hitler! and making a Nazi salute to a Jewish man as he was explaining the benefits of the public heath system in Israel. The arrogance of that woman made me sick, and, at that point I thought I had seen the bottom. It was only the beginning of the ignorance and conceit I would soon witness by other Americans.


The debate over whether or not we should have an alternative to private insurance has brought a blight to my country that I thought only a few could try and justify in their own senseless way, thereby dismissed as the ranting of a crazy person. However, he who screams the loudest is the one who is heard. So much for civility. It begs the question; where are the 70% who support the public option? Starting a poll on facebook hardly constitutes a revolution or a protest for that matter. The revolution is being televised despite what Gil Scot said in 1970. The ‘tea bag’ demonstrations are the squeaky wheel in this case. Burning effigies of a President is a form of protest and thus, protected by the first amendment. However, the fact that the Tea Bag protesters are spewing so much misinformation and hatred in order to scare the most vulnerable, is tantamount to yelling ‘Fire’ in a movie theatre. This is fodder for news outlets looking to up their ratings in the name of sensationalism (there is an ism we all should fear). It is disconcerting and a true testament of how far we have fallen as a civilized society.

I am disappointed President Obama took so long to tailor his message to the masses. As a leader, he should know when to leave the opposition behind and not cave to the demands of lunacy. He has compromised so much that the integrity of his initial vision is almost unrecognisable. Access to preventative health care should be considered a basic human right and not something to be bartered to make the few comfortable.

Autumn is on the minds of many looking to say goodbye to the searing temperatures of this past summer, but winter has already set in.

Tantric

My insides are burning, it is a familiar sensation but hard to classify. The hunger pangs feel as though I have starved for centuries but can't seem to be bothered with the primal urge of giving myself nourishment. My heart quickens with every breath and I feel as thought I am drowning...the torture is overwhelming and just as I wish it away I beg for it to stay. It feels masochistic as I reach the crescendo, holding it for as long as I can, the pain and the pleasure meld into one. I know it will end, but just like good sex I don't want it to stop. It is a vicious cycle of control and surrender... it is falling in love and the awareness of knowing there is nothing you can do to stop yourself.

Kazuo

We've had good times and we've had bad times. We've cried together in sorrow over significant loss and we've laughed together in joy. We've waged war on each other and we've surrendered. We sit together on the sofa in quiet comfort...a marriage beautiful in its simplicity. I couldn't have asked for a more loving man for me or a better father for Reitoku.

Execution

The road to hell is paved with the best of intentions…will I ever be able to quell my conscience…the Pandora’s Box was deceiving… seeming so small and so innocuous…how did this happen? The craving pangs feel as though I will be haunted for eternity. There is only one who can put an end to this torture and yet too lame by his own admission to even know of it‘s existence. I stuffed it down for so many years…the fire is consuming. Apathy has killed what jealousy damned.

Yes, I am an Atheist...it's ok to still like me.

I'd been having a crisis of faith for a long time. Seeing so many injustices in the world has really shaped where I am coming from now. You see it all the time…kids dying before their time, before they have even had a chance to see the snow, go to the ocean, or climb a mountain. The wars waged in the name of God…if this God is so benevolent, why has he not put a stop to the bloodshed, the famines and the terror that goes on in countries most Americans can’t locate on a map, let alone pronounce? I just can’t reconcile it.

Back in January I really started to question why I believed in God...what was the compulsion? I was not able to put my finger on it. One day back in April I found myself at a book store in the religion and philosophy section staring at a book entitled Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris. I immediately opened it and started to read...

Since hopping over the fence …each day I feel more and more at peace with my life. Now I try to make every day count because I know there is nothing…at least I feel that there is no hereafter and I need to make it good. In many ways I feel as if I have more control over things because I am not leaving it up to some imaginary being who is going to magically make things better because I have ‘faith’. I am responsible for me. If a cell goes wild in my body and mutates it is not up to God to heal me, it is up to the doctors and if they fail it is not an act of God but a natural consequence of Cancer. These things happen. However, I don’t want to discount the power that faith has on the mind…faith gets many through horrible crises and I am thankful that there is something that people can turn to when they are troubled. Some people need a God that they can thank when things go their way and that they can blame when things don’t work in their favour. I'm just not in that camp.

Ultimately, I believe in free will. Let me be responsible for myself and allow me to own up to my mistakes and my triumphs.