Eras End All The Time, As Do New Ones Arise

This is going to be my last substantive post for a while. I need to actually find a place to live, and you know, generally not be homeless. I also need to get the internet, and to haul my computer up there whenever the hell that'll happen. I guess I'm going to be without technology bar my mobile phone for a while to come. Should be an eye opener, as I don't use my mobile phone that much so it may as well count as a completely technology free period.

However, this also means that the patented Joaquin Rate List (JRL) won't be updated for a while at least, which is a shame, but there aren't that many more new additions so I'll save that for a worthy update.

I forgot to mention that last time I was interstate, I bought Kiss Kiss Bang Bang on DVD. For those with half a brain who can actually track down my profile, it is one of my favourite movies. This purchase made me rather happy. However, the DVD, while being generally awesome, does not have ANY special features. What the hell?! In this day and age, you'd expect DVD's to be LOADED with special features to the wazoo, otherwise you might as well just hire the movie! But it is well loved I suppose, and I have never seen it in high quality before. I guess what's sad is that we actually require special features - the film just isn't enough anymore. But on the good side, I only paid 10 dollars for it so yay!

In other capitalist news (jeez, if you're a communist I apologise heartily right now), I finally managed to get my parents to buy stuff for me. I don't know if I've mentioned this before, but I haven't celebrated a birthday since I was like 16, which is a long time ago now. As a result I don't get presents, and I usually don't ask for anything at other times (even when I did really well at university). However, I figured since my profit margin (after tax and expenses) is going to be so low interstate, that I might as well call in all that good will. So what was purchased?
A fujifilm slimline 8 megapixel digital camera (I haven't had a decent, working digital camera in a LONG time).
A complete scale and chord reference book (chunky as hell but looks interesting and fun).
Sunglasses (I've never owned sunglasses before, and this pair looks really cool, and they actually protect you from the sun, as opposed to cheap ones).
An acoustic guitar (yes, you heard right, an acoustic guitar)! After many years of saying so, I have finally scored me an acoustic guitar. The other would be proud of me. It's an Epiphone AC100 model with a cutaway. Strings are thick as hell, but I enjoy that for a more brighter sound, and the action is nice and low (although my fingers are a tad demented right now). It's a very well made and good sounding guitar, and the people gave us a nice discount.

What I've learned is that retail people love my Dad for some reason, he always makes absurd discount requests and they give it to him. If I'd made those same requests, you can bet dollars against pesos that I'd be escorted out the mall!

So, inspired by the recent resurgence in our blog, I went back and read all the other's blogs too. It has been nothing but an absolute delight to read both the others posts, and I'm happy I've been there for the growth and the fun stuff, as well as the not so fun stuff. I say, some of the wit and comedy in some of the posts had me in stitches for a while. It also means that with my introspective a little while back, I've read all the posts on this blog in 2 weeks! It's been fabulous.

I forgot to mention last time about how stupid Valentines Day is. It's a really pointless day for everyone. It really doesn't say a lot about love if you only take one day (one that is predetermined in the calendar) to show someone that you care about them. Companies make millions off this crap. As a result, I've decided to somehow start up my own pointless commercial day in my lifetime, where idiots can spend more money.

As you've gathered from the first paragraph and my previous post, yes, I am leaving soon. It feels like I'm facing execution by firing squad, and I'm living out my last moments before being lead out to the fields. I'm eerily apathetic about it. I like that analogy you know. I once told the other and I's mutual friend (let's call her RenaS), when she liked some dude that she should just ask him out. When she told me about nerves, I explained that making your feelings known to someone is like facing the firing squad. You feel that pressure, tightness in your chest, shortness of breath, sweating, pulse racing, not knowing what lies on the other side, and disjointed rapid thoughts. But in the end you have to bite the bullet and just do it.

What's worse? Doing something REALLY bad in the heat of the moment, or doing something not as bad that you thought out/planned before (pre-meditated)? Ahhh doing the wrong thing, I feel like listening to Kaki King's song with the same title, but it's on my external HD, not my normal one.

I saw Rendition (strange spoiler ahead, skip this paragraph if you're planning on seeing it) the other night, a really fantastic movie, with perhaps one of the best uses of an irregular chronological narrative that I've ever seen in a movie. Then yesterday I received a call from a number I couldn't recognise on caller ID. Then when I picked up all I heard was some dude speaking in a really random language straight away, he didn't even say hello, or stop as if to signify that he's greeting me. 20 seconds later, after trying to recognise the language (I couldn't even pick a part of the world that it sounded close to), I just kept saying "hello" then after whatever time he just stops and goes, in broken english "sorry, wrong number". Hopefully I won't be a victim of extraordinary rendition. For those of you who have seen the movie, you'll know what I'm talking about! The victim in that movie was taken away for a lot less!

As I've been reading over the old posts, I've noticed that there have been a lot of comments along the way. I stopped reading them a LONG time ago, when under the old template, we got mostly spam comments. After I turned on the spam filter for comments, we still got the occasional spam comment, so I stopped reading them at all. However, I discovered that there was actually a lot of legitimate comments on there. Ones that I should have replied to or addressed on the spot. If I had the time, I would go back now and address each one individually, but time is definitely not on my side. Sorry for not realising, but I guess I also stopped giving a fuck what people thought a while back, and now it's even worse, so go figure.
That's just the inner cynic in me, so for all the nice comments and kudos we have received, I'd like to say thanks to all those who took the time (even if it was a few seconds) to let us know, it's a nice gesture of you.
One was troubling though, as in one of my comments (I was taking the smack out of evangelical megachurches), and this person thought I was taking the smack out of Christianity. They misinterpreted my comments and then labelled me an anarchist emo! Well I'd like to say now that I do believe in God and that's that, and I am definitely not an anarchist, and I'm sure as hell not an emo. Just because the blog contains the word Anarchy does not mean we are necessarily anarchists. In regards to their comment, I won't apologise for someone misinterpreting what I said, but I will say that I would never bring anyone down for their beliefs, as it is an extremely personal thing that doesn't belong in the public domain. I'm sure there are others out there in the blogging world who don't think the same thing, and openly mock everything, so I guess you have to realise that there's stuff out there, and you assume the risk when you read blogs. I was referring mostly to culture and extremism being intertwined, and not just in one faith.

My training starts next week and I will get to meet everyone who is starting this year too. When uni started I was a pretty different person, and I started off by just openly hating on everything and relying on anger and rage, as well as utter contempt to do better than everyone else around me. This worked wonders for me and I got really good grades. However my attitude cooled off later on and I became a bit more easy going to others. But now that's all different, I'm in a new stage. The place I work for is an elite place, and they hire a lot of great people. The problem is that it's incredibly competitive. I need that fire to return, I have to beat them all, I have to win. I must hate them. But the corporate world is a different place to the world of academia, you need to be sociable to get ahead, and I don't know how I can reconcile the two without being two faced. Fake smiles here we come!

Well that's it for a while. Have fun folks, and stay safe. Until next time, Joaquin Out, have a nice day folks!