4th June 2007

Oh My God I Like Anime!

I'm not fond of Japanese cartoons. I don't know why. I once had an argument with an old flatmate about it, and the most of what I said was, "It's just lame!" As he pointed out; not the best argument method. Anyway, it's basically that I find them weird. I find it weird that the characters look so Western, and so exaggeratedly so. Why?? I find this fascination with the West very strange, when their culture, history and cultural heritage are so strong.

I also find the cartoons too distracting, with all those lines depicting movement, and sound etc. It's almost too complicated. Just not my cup of tea is all.

So, imagine my horror (or maybe just surprise), when I find out that one of my all time favourite cartoons from when I was small and sweet was a French/Japanese anime production!! Aaaargh!!

It was called 'The Mysterious Cities of Gold', and had an awesome theme song. Magic. Loved it.

This is a pointless blog entry. I just don't want to forget the cartoon, and also was surprised at the anime thing.

When Is It Best To Take Crack Cocaine?

Have you ever wondered?? I sure have...

Here is the answer:

"There is perhaps a single predictable time of life when taking crack-cocaine is sensible, harmless and both emotionally and intellectually satisfying. Indeed, for such an occasion it may be commended.

Certain estimable English doctors were once in the habit of administering to terminally-ill cancer patients an elixir known as the "Brompton cocktail". This was a judiciously-blended mixture of cocaine, heroin and alcohol. The results were gratifying not just to the recipient. Relatives of the stricken patient were pleased, too, at the new-found look of spiritual peace and happiness suffusing the features of a loved one as (s)he prepared to meet his or her Maker.

Drawing life to a close with a transcendentally orgasmic bang, and not a pathetic and god-forsaken whimper, can turn dying into the culmination of one's existence rather than its present messy and protracted anti-climax.

There is another good reason to finish life on a high note. In a predominantly secular society, adopting a hedonistic death-style is much more responsible from an ethical utilitarian perspective. For it promises to spare friends and relations the miseries of vicarious suffering and distress they are liable to undergo at present as they witness one's decline.

A few generations hence, the elimination of primitive evolutionary holdovers such as the ageing process and suffering will make the hedonistic death advocated here redundant. In the meanwhile, one is conceived in pleasure and may reasonably hope to die in it."