Sticking it to THE MAN

Its been a while since my last post. I've been too preoccupied with
work and a lot of other things. Although, there are times that I find
myself staring out into space, thinking of things to write about. And
here's a sampling:



1. I really need to get myself more involved with SFC. The longer I
don't attend household or go to chapter assembly, the more my internal
plumbing gets screwed up. Showing up at CLP last week helped a lot, I'd
want to serve more, although I think it'll happen later than sooner.



2. Remember, remember the 5th of November, the gunpowder treason and
plot. yep... thats the opening line to V for Vendetta. I went DVD
tripping last November 1... also watched Nacho Libre just for laughs.
Liked both movies because of the underlying theme of STICKING IT TO THE
MAN! Which is a very rebellious/rock and roll thread of thought. Heck,
come to think of it, even Jesus Christ stuck it to THE MAN.



3. Speaking of THE MAN... I just hate election season in the
Philippines, and yes, the coming holidays are ushering in next year's
round of lunacy by local/national politicians. Case-in-point: I've
counted more than 35 billboards plastered with our mayor's face,
proclaiming all sorts of spin/marketing crap... about the city
supporting the asian games athletes, about the city's beauty pageant...
come on man! How low brow can you go? To think I actually voted for
you. Just shut up, and quit plastering your initials on sidewalks all
over Paranaque. Running a city is more than that.



4. About THE MAN again... I just hate how people just drink up whatever
pop culture tells them to. Whatever happened to having your own
personality, and real depth? Not to go against capitalism of the free
market, but I think too many people end up as shallow shells of their
true selves, mainly because they just take in whatever crap that pop
culture/big business shoves down their brain pipes. Whatever happened
to critical thinking, about self-improvement, about mentoring/leading
people and finding inner beauty/content? Too many people are glossed
over by ads, fancy imagery/clothes/aesthetics/fancy gadgets and crap
but if you strip them of all of the wrapping, what do you see?
Oftentimes its a kid lost, without direction, and not knowing what they
really need to do. Its sad... because so many good, intelligent, and
able people end up doing mundane/mediocre crap in order to earn money
to buy more crap that they don't really need. Of course I don't claim
immunity from this, and I have to wrestle myself away from this reality
with every lucid interval, but how about the people who don't know
what's happening? Those folks who are perfectly content with that
arrangement. You might as well roll them up and plug them into the
matrix or something. We are losing a whole generation to it.



I'm running out of brain cells to think of other things... most of
whatever neurons I have are devoted to studying for the GRE and work,
and squeezing in a few hours for sidelines. Heck I don't even have free
neurons to get emotional about things that used to get me down. This
probably explains the absence of new content on my blog...