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November 28, 2006

Tattoo you?

Tattoo's are something that always appealed to me - mostly on other people.

I'm not too worried about people seeing ink peeking from under my sleeves but I can be a bit fickle at times so I'm worried about having something so obvious and permanent.

Mates of mine have tattoos and they look great, even if one of them had 'crazy man' accidentally tattooed in Hebrew instead of 'good guy' (meshugena instead of mensch, I think..). I would like someday to have a tattoo done, and I'm sure it is like getting your first kiss or losing your virginity - it becomes less of an issue after you have the first one :)

For now my sleeves hide bare arms, nary a tattoo in sight.

One thing I was considering since I first saw some of the best examples of it - scarification.

I'm not talking about the big keloids you see on African tribesmen  (although they do look cool) I'm talking about amazing work that looks like someone left impressions on your skin with a fine nibbed pen.

I'll dig up some examples that I have seen - beautiful stuff.

Its tactile too, not jut flat like a tattoo. I would say it is damn painful but what the hey, you gotta suffer for beauty sometimes!

Posted by dottie at 12:57 AM | Comments (0)

Edgy and Paranoid

Slowly.

Surely.

Going insane.

Too much coffee.

Too little sleep.

Hello old friend, caffeine psychosis!

Posted by dottie at 12:40 AM | Comments (0)

November 25, 2006

Grandmaster flash

Saw Grandmaster flash last night. Pretty good but still a bit of a dissapointment - possibly I was expecting too much?

Basically just a DJ set with pretty lame tunes really, but a bit of fun!

Posted by dottie at 3:22 PM | Comments (0)

November 19, 2006

Down with atheism!

Atheism still carries a nod and a wink to the notion of a big bearded white man living in the clouds.

I don't believe that and I can't remember ever believing that so why should I have to define myself in opposition to that? Opposing theists just lends validity to their argument.

In my view, and many other peoples view including Richard Dawkins, the whole notion of the existence of god (no capitals, please) is a non-argument.  You may as well call me an a-trollist (I dont believe that Trolls live below bridges) or an a-unicornist (everyone knows they didnt make the last call for the ark ).

Obviously saying that you oppose the belief in the actual existence of characters from a fairy story would encourage everyone around you to suggest that you have a good long lie down and maybe a nice cup of tea and some of grannys pills. So why should people who find the claims of every religion as far-fetched and divorced from reality as the average childrens fairy story have to define themselves in opposition to those claims?

If I could, I would have the word 'atheist' abolished. It is a non-sense term - a bit of semantic sleight-of-hand foisted on us by an unfortunate and shameful history where we all once believed in fairy stories and paid bad men to frighten us with tales of eternal roasting.

Enough! Cast off the shackles! You are merely a human! God has nothing to do with your life! Call yourself a secular humanist or just a humanist if you must have a title.

Down with atheism!

Posted by dottie at 3:46 PM | Comments (0)

November 14, 2006

Saddam Escapes!

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November 9, 2006

This et al

My mate Gav is managing a great band in London This et al

They will be launching their album soon (sadly in the UK, so I wont be there!) but you can check out their tunes online (MySpace) and they will soon have them for sale too, so support some up and coming musicians.

You know its the right thing to do!

Posted by dottie at 11:01 PM | Comments (1)

November 8, 2006

Good Morning America

What the fuck took you so long?
Seriously dudes, six years. Six. Fucking. Years.

You now live in a theocracy. You now have no civil rights.
Whatcha gonna do about it? huh? HUH!?

Posted by dottie at 10:13 AM | Comments (0)