wish you were here

here is a really good song from an awesome band... posting this just for funsies, ill be back with my rants, tirades, nostalgia, and other goodies later... also analysis at the bottom.

(Album Cover from Wish you were here)


Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here



So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have you found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here.

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quick analysis:

The song is complicated but simple at the same time. With the series of contrasting elements that are juxtaposing one another, we are provided with two very distinct outlooks, scenes, feelings, and images. The most important line, I find, is the first--"so you think you can tell heaven from hell?" This single line sets up the whole song and even explains an intelligent perspective of life; an awakening of oneself to whats in front of his/her eyes. It simply asks-- is the world heading in the right direction? And could you tell if it was or wasnt? We have wars and governments and science and medical break-throughs and love and hate and humanity and genocide. There is just this feeling that things are building up to something, somethings happening, but whether that something is good or bad (heaven or hell) is a mystery. We love technology and innovation and the mass creation of buildings, but is that an improvement for the Earth? We love flowers. We love nature and great blue sky and the animals. A vast, lush green field filled with wildflowers, the occasional tree and some critters is a fucking beautiful sight--an image that cannot be replaced with anything else. So why? If nature is so beautiful, why do we keep expanding--keep infesting the land with our steel, with our pollution, with trash, with these buildings? Or we can think another way--these wondrous inventions and this concrete jungle could be an utopia of prosper, intelligence, and happiness. The path the world is treading is unknown--(utopia with an age of intelligence or doomsday by nuclear holocaust) Through this uncertainty, through this mist of chaos, through all this fucking bullshit pain and suffering, all i need is--you. I dont know whats going to happen in 20 years or 50 years or after I die, but all I know or wish--I wish you were here. It could be anyone: a friend, a dog, a lover, jesus, buddha, it could be anyone, anyone your heart desires to keep the mind, body, and soul safe. Im not looking for answers, but someone to...be near...to not go through whatever will happen alone. We might have compromised our integrity, sold out our future, doomed/saved it all, but dont leave me here alone. Wish you were here. Wish you were here. Thats what the song means to me. wish you were here.

some thoughts from the last three weeks

Here are some thoughts from the last few weeks. Some are happy, some inquisitive, and some angry.

Dogs and Dresses? WTF!
The world is going to hell in a hand basket. We have a major economic crisis that is causing countless people to starve, to rot. There is a grotesque war in the Middle East,pandemic after pandemic, and a bunch of other bullshit that is ruining people's lives. Yet, the topics of choice for the media and the ridiculous public have barely trimmed the surface these crucial issue. All they care about is what dog Obama is going to get/or got and the fashion sense of his wife. What the fuck is that? Who the hell cares what dog Obama gets. Unless its a scientifically altered super dog that shoots laser beams out of his eyes and can kill terrorists and stop nukes while simultaneously fixing the economy with his business degree from Harvard, I dont care. Also, why is there so much talk about Michelle Obama's fashion sense. Ok I get. She dresses nice and what? Why is that important at all? The only thing these idiotic media faux pas do is perpetuate the idea that Obama was elected solely on the basis that he is this hip jive turkey that is with the in crowd. Lets not tarnish his character and prestige. I voted for Obama and I believe he will do good. His first 100 days have been remarkably productive although several things have caused me to raise an eyebrow or two. (He sent more troops into Iraq? That's not what you promised...) He is doing good considering the mess Bush left for him. So...my main point here is--STOP THE FUCKING NONSENSE! STOP THE DOG AND MICHELLE CRAP! That is not news! Lets get back to the issues people;Stop being pawns to the media and letting them control your thought process. Focus, focus, focus on what is important to your life and your general well-being.

http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/fashion/2009/05/01/2009-05-01_first_lady_michelle_obama_kicks_in_own_foot_feat_for_fashionistas_lanvin.html (Yahoo! Headline 5/1)

Beware of Swine-O's
Im not too scared of the swine flu bonanza that is spreading. It just seems to be the same as the bird flu a few years ago or the regular seasonal flu. Things are just being blown out of proportion like they normally are. When things start to get really serious like a death toll nearing the hundreds or even the fifties in the US or the disease mutates into something worst, ill start to panic. Hmm... mutates into something worst...I would be more interested if the flu stuck true to its name...



but that's definitely not the case...or is it? However, although Im not scared, all this talk about getting sick made me realize something I had never really thought of. If I got sick or hurt, I would be FUCKED. I mean really fucked. I use to be on government funded health insurance (Medical) ,but after I turned 19, the government decided to wave their bastard finger in my face and kind of say," uh uhhhh, oh no. silly Chinese man. no more reassurance for you." Soo..I have become just another one of those countless Americans with no health insurance. Remember that accident I was in a few weeks back? I thank g...(oh yea, Im sort of an atheist) I thank science that I wasnt hurt. My family can't afford for me to get hurt. My sister once told me that if I ever get shot and its not a critical wound, dont call the ambulance. In my head I was thinking, oh yea, ill actually lie there bleeding assessing the damages and then call for help. I've never cared about this issue before because I dont know--I was a young naive kid?--but now fuck. this sucks. The American health care system is a joke. They wanted to privatize health care? Protect your people America, we are dying. So...in light of all this, I've decided that I am going to walk around with a sign that says handle with care or fragile.

(thats right you sexy fragile devil, keep safe.)

Also...Stay away from me you pig nose swine-o's.

More Broke Than My Car
I am broke broke broke. I have no money and my car is still broken and yea that is basically it.

FML?
Shit is bad right now, but Im not going to resort to that usually saying of retarded social hype beast FML because well... thats stupid. Fuck my life? seriously life could be a lot worst. Try living in Somalia or Darfur. Try being black in America from 1700's to 1980. Try growing up in the poverty areas of China or Vietnam where school isnt an option and the only income you have is collecting sand crabs and selling them at the congested market place--by the way at the age of 8(my moms story). Think about how much worst shit can be! Fuck my life is just another buzz word like emo a few years ago. When I first heard it, I thought it was hilarious and only said to make fun of someone. Only James knows what I am talking about. Its an amusing saying, but its getting overboard people. quit that shit. everything in moderation, even words!

FML? seriously. All I have to say is FU.

Happy Thoughts?
I guess I forgot to put some of those. Um... School is out in two weeks! (despairingly and with no emotion) YAYYYYYY...