I'd rather be a hammer than a nail...

Waste, garbage, rubbish, trash, refuse, litter, debris, flotsam and jetsam, dross, junk, detritus, scrap; dregs, scraps; sewage, effluent.

What never existed in the first place can't be neglected, ignored or denied. All that was, was not and all that it was supposed to be was nothing but a mirage found along the Death Valley. A fictitious photograph of a false future blown-up by the mind to grotesque proportions. We all know what happens to a balloon when you inflate it too much? Yeah, you realize that the great "mass" it appears to hold is nothing but thin air. The great thing about hollow dreams is that the hollow pain that follows their failure is harmless. Nevertheless, life is too short to allow oneself to be surrounded by these void emotions which bring us empty happiness.

Good thing I didn't try to recycle...

Fuckin' Bruges

life is never supposed to be simple, there are many different kinds of trees, what goes up must come down, is war peace? is love hate? is happiness bad? is common sense illogical? is salad good for you? do mirrors reflect? are rails cold? is green purple? do cows moo? is sugar sweet? are forests green? do monkeys wear suits? is time infinite? do feelings exist? do hearts beat? does rain sweat? is money evil? is water necessary? is wrong good? is right absurd? do birds fly? does food bounce? do rivers cry? Am I insane?

This post is made from a percentage of recyclable material

What are you really doing when you recycle? 

Instead of throwing something out, discarding it or destroying it, you put it aside, letting it mutate like a virus. Inevitably, it comes back to strike you harder. This time you are unprepared, you think you discarded it but it has a different form. It flies under the radar, it knows your weakness and goes straight for it. The Romans, after their battles with Barbarian tribes would leave all their weaponry and armour behind on the battlefield. Eventually, the Barbarians conquered them by learning to use their weapons, adapting to their tactics and attacking their Achilles' heal. Next time, just use a fucking shredder.

0% is also a percent. 

Stuttgart

Here's a short video I made on my digital camera during the few hours I spent walking around in Stuttgart's centre. I apologize for the poor quality.

Strikes: A Frog tradition

I think I can permit myself to bring you all another report from the Frogland.

Since I have got here, there have been 3 major strikes. The railway workers, public transport and students...yes students! Allow me to fill you all in with the gripping details of each.

The French invented strikes, the French clearly suffer from them the most. The SNCF (French Railway Network) decided to go on strike because their pension plan privileges were taken away. They have gone on strike twice in just one month and plan to have a third right before the Christmas holidays. I don't want to even try to explain how much this has put the entire country on its head. I know, I know, It's a free country, but isn't liberty bound by the next person's? If people cannot get to work because of this idiocy action you are abusing your liberty SNCF!

I won't go too much into the public transport one since it was a pretty sad strike (especially by local standards) that only lasted one day. However, the one about students complaining they receive no money from Sarkozy is a good one. I'm not going to say much since one argument can summarize exactly what I think: The tuition fees in France are between 100-400 euros per year...for all students! Any more questions?

I say, keep it up...Faire la grève, c'est français! Gribbit...