I love reading the stats on this blog, particularly about the audience that frequents this site. We've got a good cross section of Americans, Australians, and surprisingly a lot of Russians. We've even got people in South Korea checking things out, it's wonderful. I'm glad I've been able to reach out and get so many of you to read my words, it really means a lot. It would be nice if any of you have differing views on what I've written, or even if you agree, to comment on some posts. I know that's a bit difficult, because the other set up this Disqus system on the blog to filter out spam comments, but this was before google brought in their own spam filters to blogger. So I know commenting is actually a little bit hard to do. In fact I probably don't even get notified if there are comments under this new system. It's even harder with the other not blogging anymore, since I don't know how to change the code to get rid of Disqus and just rely on the native blogger comments system. But don't worry, before the other heads off overseas, I'll get him to start blogging again while he's gone and write some new music. It would be nice to engage with some, or even all of you, if possible. Maybe I'll have to review comments (if there are any) manually when I undertake the gargantuan task of the 10 year blog intro/retrospective next September. If I could code, I'd think about changing the look of the site, but I quite like what the other has done with it. It's definitely eye catching compared to other blogs on blogger, if I do say so myself.
I was reading the other day that facebook had lifted their ban on certain decapitation and beheading videos. This was apparently under the guise of getting people to condemn the videos. I think facebook really dropped the ball on this one, because that's not what a social network should be. It's about connecting with friends and discussing your daily lives. It's not about news or current affairs, and it certainly isn't about controversial and horrific things like this. It also harks to a certain double standard, where you can watch someone being brutally murdered, yet even the slightest sign of nudity on the site will get you blocked. In response to the uproar, facebook have thankfully removed the videos in question. But still, a bad show of corporate governance from facebook, I mean what were they thinking? It's just the blind leading the blind over there. No real leadership, just people looking to get rich from no real products. I've seen the videos, one in particular is a mexican woman being decapitated with a knife for either cheating, or it's a drug related killing by the Los Zetas (the translations were conflicting). It's absolutely brutal and disgusting, I can't believe people would put that sort of thing up, or do something like that, or even worse, say horrible things about it online. We really are doomed, aren't we?
I'm in a weird situation at the moment. I was lucky enough to get this Friday off before my birthday so I could just relax and enjoy time at home. However I'm now the victim of a job interview! It's for a role I don't even remember applying for and I don't even know if I want the job. What a way to ruin the day off! Haha, I know, white people problems, right?
Has a part of me died? Am I not the same? Is it a sign of growth or minimisation? I used to be able to hate. It was fuel for the fire, it got me going. I wouldn't say I've mellowed out, but it's more apathy. I just don't care. I can't even hate anymore. Nothing gets me out of bed in the morning except routine. And that's what's killing me. My paradise is the poison.
Then it gets me thinking, what of the status quo? Does it mean anything? Can it be relied upon? People are too fickle and give up so easily. But that is counterproductive to the status quo, isn't it? That's actually grounds for rebirth. It can't be placed. Maybe it'll make life easier? No, I think it could make it harder. Much harder, since I have no reason to understand it. Well it's a weird situation. What does it all mean, all this shit I've seen?
On the news this morning there was a report that a generation of students is being lost to poverty and illiteracy. I would have to agree. Not a lot is being done by Governments to address this facet of life. Students who are brought up under terrible hardship find it much harder to thrive in schools when they have so much else on their mind, and they can't keep up. How can you pay for books or uniforms? Who is going to help them study? Where is the stability? But Governments aren't concerned with this, they prefer to focus on overextending themselves, passing too much legislation that nobody understands, and doesn't really impact anyone. It's going to become a massive problem later in life as more people are impacted by this. Schools (especially public) are terrible at increasing capabilities in literacy and numeracy. People my age lack basic comprehension and spelling skills and it's holding them back in life. These things should have been addressed much earlier, but so many fall through the cracks due to improper resourcing. We have to stop this.
Crap, and it's just like that I run out of things to say! I don't think there is meaning in this life. It's just a random collection of things. I guess not caring is helping me deal with things and rationalise. I guess in a way I am a changed person.
Damn it! I set aside all this time in the afternoon to get some stuff done and now I have work to do! How very annoying. It doesn't help that tomorrow is my last day before this interview.
What I don't particularly enjoy is how management and the good CEO's are meant to have the high level strategy and vision. How can you do that when you're bogged down in the nitty gritty everyday? And how can you expect to get to that level if you don't know the nitty gritty?! To me I think anyone can do that sort of leading, it takes no real skill.
But anyway, this should all be interesting.
Joaquin out.
