the darkerside to rants

I have way too much time as of late to contemplate my life, explore small nooks and crannies to see what is in there and where there are bricks that I can (maybe) remove without bringing the whole building tumbling down.
One thing that occurred to me during all this prodding and probing that I am live (I guess that’s good news), still breath and all that jazz, but that I am not alive.
What this means is, while I get up, eat, shit, breath etc. I am not really doing anything significant otherwise…. Okay, that is not quite true either, I do read, I started (finally) to learn Brazilian Portuguese (I need someone local here to practice with though), but at the end of the day it is like I am floating in an isolation tank of life. Not going anywhere, not moving, not hearing, not feeling….

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[Currently listening to: La La Li from the album "Glücklich V" by Rachael Calladine]
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iraqis shot ‘for wearing shorts’:

He said leaflets had been recently distributed in the area warning residents not to wear shorts.
Last week, 15 members of Iraq’s taekwondo team were kidnapped between Falluja and Ramadi, west of Baghdad, said a member of the Iraqi Olympic Committee. The kidnappers have demanded $100,000 for their release.

Thank god the country is now free and democratic (yes, I am being sarcastic here).

[Currently listening to: Eh Luande (Mimosa Avantgarde Mix) from the album "Glücklich V" by Racoon Feat. Rose Max]
Came across to ads for CO2, yes that’s right. Someone is actually running ads in the US right now telling us that CO2 is life. No, I am not making this up. You can watch the ads here.

How many people are actually buying this????