Inner Void

I recently -not to say yesterday- watched an interview with the man behind Asuncion Anti fashion and heard what he has to say for himself. he explained what this "movement" was. Of all the things he said, I agree up to a solid 100% with just one; teenagers (in general) have no personality but rather simply follow trends. They dress as the market tells them to dress, the speak and act as the market tells the to do so and we're left with people who have no real identity because they are nothing more than a mere reflection. Teenagers (again, stress on in general) care a lot about being accepted, and it is understandable since it is one of the stages of adolescence, and up to a point is normal. the problem resides on a teenager thinking that simply because he buys a 500.000 guaranies (translate to US$100) t-shirt he/she is better than the other kid who can't afford to spend such an amount of money, or who simply doesn't choose to because he/she has more brains. It is sad to see kids who measure how much their parents love them by whether the buy them what they want or not (which, ironically, it's always something they saw the latest prepubescent pop star wear/use, or their classmate who saw the pop star first).

Sascha mentioned to me an MTV (a channel which, all religious ideologies aside, I think is the spawn of the devil) show which deals on super pampered i-don't-even-breathe-the-same-air-as-you-do teenagers called sweet sixteen. It's a monument to materialism and it shows why we are where we are. Kids are raised with the mind set not to care about what happens to the people next door, and not to care about themselves either. After all, if you can pretend like you have money (who cares if you do or don't as long as other people think you do) and are a clone of some star (who by the way in case you didn't know are the earthly incarnation of the Greek pantheon and thus deserve our worship and admiration) you'll be fine.

It's time to wake up and realize that, I simply don't care how stupid this sounds, celebrities are humans, just like you, just like me and exactly just like the African child you died a second ago, the one that is dying now and the one that will die in a second from starvation.

You are who you are inside, that person who sobs alone in the dark before crying him/herself to sleep, the one that screams inside your head what you really think but never dares to repeat it out loud, the one who doesn't think that simply because everybody else does it it's OK, and the one who keeps daring to think of how would it be like to be different, to actually have a mind of your own.

I honestly cannot think of a good decent way of finishing this entry since it is already borderline (actually I think it crossed it crossed it already in the first paragraph) exactly what I said I didn't want this blog to be, Senseless Babbling. I honestly have nothing more to say.

Enjoy.

Senseless Babbling

Lately I have been feeling a bit irresponsible towards my blog. I do not post in it with the frequency I would like to, and when I want to post something I usually feel myself bereft of any ideas on what to write good enough as to actually make me sit down and type something. While I do feel that I am neglecting not only my blog but also you, my readers (if there's any besides Rachel and Sascha), from the day I created this Haven I knew that I wanted only to make worth while entries, and not make it another whining space. As a friend told me when I said I was thinking about making a blog; "Do you think you can do something not completely self-centred or an emo site? If you can, then go for it. If you can't, spare us the pain." I can say now, that I agree and here is why.

I was driving down Mcal. Lopez, one of the main avenues in my home city, when I saw a poster on a wall. It read "Es hora que digamos la verdad. Asuncion Anti-Fashion" (It's time for us to tell the truth. Asunción Anti-Fashion) and the url www.asuncionantifashion.com beneath that slogan. I have to say that I did feel rather intrigued so as soon as I could I visited the site, which resulted to be a blog. After reading quite an interesting intro, and going through two redirecting sites, I ended up in a blog right here in the blogger domain, and very disillusioned. What I actually had hopes of being something interesting ended up being exactly what I didn't want this blog to be, a whining site. It is basically people getting together and complaining about the country. What's worse, the blog's owner's name can't be seen anywhere in it; not as the author of the entries nor on one side of the screen. Who ever this person is he prefers to throw the rock and hide his (or her) hand in the warm comfort of anonymity. This is not bravery, it is not courage, and it is not the truth the so claim to seek; this is pure poison being instigated by a person (or people) who like to criticize and play revolutionaries when the truth is that the are afraid to back their comments with their names.

What I said is harsh, and I am sorry if it offended anyone, specially the site owner; but the fact is that it served as a wake up call and a reminder to myself of what this blog is. It is a Haven. A haven from the things out in the real world; a haven from the voices outside my head; a haven from the constant bickering and whining of the people around me; a haven where people are not told what to think, but to think.

I have read some entries in that blog and have my disagreements but I wonder what would happen if I actually post them; if I stir their world vision as I so enjoy doing. I don't know why, but I do think that a flame war will begin and, honestly, I don't feel like being hated by those people. You see, from the moment you stop accepting opinions or insights which differ from yours and those of your group, you have ceased being a debating group and have become a mob.

I am sorry if I do not post with the frequency you or even I would like, but as I said in my first entry; " what I can not promise in updating I can promise in content, so don't stop dropping by occasionally."

Enjoy.

Finding

A few days ago I began feeling the need of buying game t-shirts which had the images or something related to Zelda or any other game. As you have noticed I have finally fully accepted myself as a helpless game geek and Fanboy. As I was googling for images, I came upon a site called Error Macro, a blog. I came upon this specific article and I loved it. Bill (he appears to be the author) has a great insight into the video game world which I can feel related to up to a degree since it is almost the same as mine, and what's best, he says it with an amazing sense of humour; at least the sense of humour I enjoy that is.

If you have time, and know a bit or more about the gaming industry in general (or want to) I really recommend checking out this site once in a while.