3rd Year University:

I am the lumbering flightless bird, afflicted by my own pioneering attempts at responsibility. My soul aches for freedom's flavours, yet they slowly fade on my withering tongue. I am brother to a clamour of conventional characters, falling hapless victim to my own fallicies.
Yet I am infinitely more afflicted than they; for I have formerly savoured the succulence of freedom's frippery.
This rhetoric could continue thus in pointed labouring phrases; excepting the necessity for due diligence upon the current impending pedagogic undertaking.

- Freedom begins in the mind and is self-perpetuated

- The only reason for a man to be proud is his choice to retain his ignorance of the fact that talents and gifts are derived from a source completely beyond his own personal achievement or self-perpetuation.

- Be smarter than your brain.

- There is a pale distinction between wisdom and unusable pious knowledge which requires the former to detect.

- How quickly a man’s noble thoughts can turn completely ignoble, base and vile!

- Thank the good Lord for the things you were once able to hold, but as a result of letting go, are unable to hurt.

- If someone shares with you an insight about yourself that you find offensive and it is untrue, it is not offensive, because it is a lie and therefore invalid.
If someone shares with you an insight about yourself that you find offensive and it IS true, however, it is also not offensive, because there is no need to be offended by yourself.

- There is no better reason for a man to commit evil than the virtuous erroneous knowledge that he is doing it for the greater good.

- Listen closely to a close listener, but ignore idiots. (derived from biblical Proverbs)

- The “Powers That Be” have, up to and including this point, allowed me the privilege of ignorance; that I believe I may, through the gleaning of knowledge, prove those who believe not in the Powers That Be, to believe - by the pure lack of an alternative; proven by empirical and rational findings.

- Embrace an idea completely or reject it entirely. It matters not to me. Only, know what exactly it is that you are embracing or rejecting.

- I applaud your artistic creation, yet only as an artistic manipulation of what has been previously created.

... The original idea for "Fool's Proverbs" is the simple concept that because I am human, I am fool. Wisdom comes only from the Creator. Thus within my proverbs, any ostensible wisdom is derived wholly from my Creator.

I was the one who started this ruin
I was the one who built this wall
I was the one throwing stones at my brothers
I started it all.

I was the one so self-righteous and sober
I was the one who pre-judged your thoughts
I was the one who left you in the gutter
Even though I saw it all.

I told the secret I thought wasn’t worth keeping
I am the thief who stole what was yours
I was the one who forgot all about you
Though I was there through it all.

I was the person who accused you wrongly
I was the one who led this crusade
I am the one in need of forgiveness
For it was I who betrayed.

It was me, as I walked with pompous swagger
The collared Christian on street corner bright
Showing the world by my humble demeanour
That it was I who was right.


I kissed your enemy, ate at his table
I horded the treasures he offered to me
It didn’t take long to forget all about you
And the love you wanted from me.

Shield my eyes from the pain I have caused you
A splinter of truth will do.
I played the bride and then sold my love
And you knew it was I, too.

Welcome to the West Aussie Surfing Safari...

I’ve tried to tell myself so many times
That the geese are flying North
But reality strikes like a turd in the face
And gives reasonable cause for remorse

The sun hides behind the notorious cloud
And the frost settles thick on the ground
The mist settles lazily over the lake
And it’s time to be homeward bound

The geese understand - it’s no place to live
And return to a warmer zone
It’s no place for a goose - it’s no place for me
So I’m buggering back off home.

Hey guys...
As you may or may not be aware - the band formerly known as "Jim Riot" has posthumously recorded a song called "Homeless."
Unfortunately for your delicate cochlea, I am the lead vocalist...
Here's a link for a listen - check it out and tell me what you think!
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=530336
P.S. make sure you download the hi-fi version or it WILL sound awful...
Cheers!

So...
I guess this is it - the beginning of the end.
Due to multiple and varying pressures originating from many directions I have decided to embark on this journey known as "blogging." (as ridiculous a term as that is...)
Although some fairly severe negative experiences have resulted in the past with regards to the expression of my opinions in a public manner such as this, I will persevere without reserve and will continue to dance as if no-one is watching.
Wait a second - you're watching aren't you?!
Pervert.