War of the World

Mother Nature is pissed of.
Quit shitting in her yard.

It's like the neighbor's dog that shits in your yard, after enough times, you get mad enough and will do anything to get rid of that nuisance.
We are that dog.

Expect the end of humanity in about 27 years.

Global warming, pollution, and by doing everything we can to poison the Earth. We are the infection, the flu Mother Nature is experiencing right now. Humanity has moved from a symbiotic organism, to the parasite which tries to take over, because we do.

Mother Nature went to her doctor, got some antibiotics, and is drinking lots of fluids. She loves her OJ.

Typhoons, hurricanes, flooding, melting glaciers, to the deteriorating of Mother Nature's protective bubble (ozone layer).
We are at war with Nature, which turns into the survival of the fittest, and we are going to lose this battle. She's survived much worse than us. Before Mother Nature intervenes, humanity will probably destroy itself. Maybe it's better, or more suiting, that way.

This is a conglomerate of (modified) lyrics by some of my favorite musicians plus a few 'Dirty Originals.'
This is an ode to "The War of the World against the Parasites."

I'm screaming revenge again
I've been wrong for far too long
Been constantly so frustrated
I've moved mountains with less
When I channel my hate to productive
I don't find it hard to impress

I feel a conquering will down inside me

Twisting your mind
I'm pulling your strings
Smashing your dreams
Blinded by me
You can't see a thing

Compromise, conformity
assimilation, submission
Ignorance, hypocrisy
brutality, the elite

The end is growing near
And we're treading water now
And holding back our tears
And the day is rising, we're sinking

Goodbye mom
Goodbye dad
Goodbye brothers
And my sisters

There's a little fear, It's showing
Not so tough anymore
Feel a sickness and it's growing
Not so proud anymore

Caught between the ones you love,
And the one who would destroy you
Caught between the madness and confusion of deception
You just close your eyes.

You should have known better
Should have seen
Now you lie dead
Your last moment on knees

Praying to your God
Which divided you from neighbor
Embrace the coldness
When you should have
Embraced our wholeness


For legal purposes, here's the credit, because it is due. What I have written does not reflect those of the groups or persons involved in the writing process of the songs, unless of course, they agree otherwise. They can let me know any time if they do. Great stuff.

Pantera - "Mouth for War"
Metallica - "Master of Puppets"
Rage Against the Machine - "Know your Enemy"
Ben Folds - "The Last Polka"
Filter - "My Long Walk to Jail"
(hed) pe - "Half the Man"

Would you care for some opinion with your beer?

Turns out I talk too much.
Turns out I voice my opinion too much.
Turns out I listen too much.

Noone told me this, I've had an epiphany.
There has to be a happy median.

Next time you are "having a conversation" make a note of some key elements of the conversation.
1) The topic: why we converse.
2) What is being said (if you are the listener) and conversely What are you trying to say (if you are the speaker).
3) Response: how you react to what is being said, or what the reaction is to what you say.
4) Continuation from step 1: either the topic is the same, or you move along until you eventually start talking about the weather (ie conversation is now dead).

Now, how much do you participate in each part.

• Do you have something to say (and does it really apply to the topic);
• do you (really) listen;
• do you do only one;
• do you do both; or
• none of the above.

What bugs me, is there is no happy median. My epiphany is non-existent with a few exceptions. Let me tell you about that since I have your attention.

Think about these questions right now, and think about these questions the next time you are "engaging in conversation" with someone.

1. Do you really care about what people are talking to you about? (besides entertainment value, or you need to know what is being said for work or perhaps school)
2. Does this person really care what I have to say?
3. Does this person really know what they are talking about? (full of shit/stretching the truth/just want to be heard)
4. (How or) Will this be important in the near future?
5. What is the reason (motive) behind the conversation?
6. Can you give some advice/your opinion? (...how honest do you want me to be/will that hurt you by knowing the truth?)
7. etc... etc... etc...

I guess this comes up in all areas of life. Why do we converse, exchange words?

My example is from being a bartender. (Remember this the next time you go anywhere and talk to staff.)

There's a guy named Mark (not my buddy Marc, I like when my friends come in) that comes in and sits down at the bar. Annoying as fuck, but a nice guy. Let me tell you why.

If you come to me when I am working, I will listen to your story, and I will listen with genuine interest. The next time you come in, I know who you are and where you are coming from. We can now have a conversation based on what I know, and what you know I know about you.

Now here's where Mark comes into the picture.

He continues to talk,.... and talk. This is not a conversation. This is wanting to be heard, and this is where I have to draw the line. When someone talks your ear off with no point to the 'conversation' you lose interest and fast.

I'm a bartender because it is my job title. I give you wicked service ("cheap" drinks for friends), and I get paid minimum wage & gratuities based on that service.

Psychologists have a degree and it is their job to listen to life problems. They get paid in the hundreds of dollars per day (hour?).

To put it out there, if you come into my work I will listen to you talk, so long as you give me $75 for every hour that you sit there, otherwise I don't give two shits (unless you are a friend of course). That's cheaper than a shrink, I'll still feed you drinks, and I'll even look interested.

Anyways, that was a long story, thanks for sticking around for it.

Your next drink is on the house for listening to my one-sided 'conversation.'

Been a while, no?

Does anyone out there still read this verbal diarrhea? Well, I ate some chili and I have some new splatters for you.

Humans have three things they do, and I believe this applies to everything you do in your lifetime.

1. Humans look for patterns.
2. Humans require reasoning for such patterns in #1.
3. Humans take some form of action towards what they perceive from #1&2
4. D) all of the above.

Let me put this into perspective for you, gentle reader, even though it might already make sense to you.

Time for some role-playing. You have your sieve helmut and aluminum foil sword ready?

Someone calls you saying there was something to do, and the last three times they called, you had said "no" to this person. This now turns into a re-occuring pattern since you had said "no" 3 times. What does the caller think? What are the odds they would expect you to say "no" again? My obvious guess would have to say the chances are pretty good, going from pattern.

Off to point #2. The reason is the most difficult part to identify. How does the caller perceive this? Do you think they would feel denial, disappointment, or happy you didn't come out, etc., etc.. Basically the reasoning of the pattern is held to the individual person and how they perceive each situation from their experiences.

The action is the easiest result from every situation. Here's a situation: you get a burn from every time you touch a hot stove-top, the pattern turns out to be a 3rd degree burn on your hand every time you touch the stove-top, the reason is because the stove-top is hot, resulting in your action of stopping your hand before you touch the hot burner because you know this will cause you pain. The decision is either acceptance, or denial. Either you accept the fact that the stove-top is hot, or you make excuses as to why you keep getting burns. Either way, you make a choice, and that choice is action, or in-action (which is a choice in itself).

The last point is all of the above. Self explainitory... or is it. If you cannot recognize any patterns, either you are not breathing (ie: dead), or you have no observation skills, or you are just plain stupid. Then again, if you cannot recognize any kind of pattern, maybe you aren't human... unable to think rationally, surprisingly still able to breathe (thank God for natural bodily reflexes. I'd buy him a beer if he was real/if i meet him/her/it)