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2011 YEAR IN REVIEW

@ Molly-Rose. @Hitch Fan. @ Raccoon Society,
Hey Hitch Fan & Raccoon Society, Hey Molly-Rose :)
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I perused a quote about reason and faith, here, so just wanted to leave a quick insight. Times still ticking. So, get ready, like the countdown goes, remember get your dose of Caffeine and ample supply ready, time is here and now, handy keys to the DeLorean, ready, count it down .... 4,3... is seven,2,1... twenty-one go!
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Bringing in “reason” as a debatable perspective is an arbitrary moot inception of hanging on over a cliff after getting caught in suspended animation. In earnest, I’d rather crony up with a like-minded anarchist that befuddles the imposition-ers of faith is somehow equatable to ever be torn asunder by absence of reason as a supposed and dull exploitive of why not to have faith or presumes faith constraints reason. How tired and bored is that perspective, faith is sans reason, etcetera, as how tired and uninspired the word medley of “how tired and uninspired” is in a sentence. Truly, think, open-mindedly, if you are going to stand to incept reason into the mixture.
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Faith is not constraint of reason. Human expectations are the constraint of reason. When you expect an outcome, expecting defies the natural progression of reason and the possibilities of reason, cause and natural common-sense by reason. Esp if an expectation is only geared or rendered for a specific outcome that is meant to propagate a furnished idea – that is what constraints reason and undermines reason. Faith itself is not a constraint in and of itself.

Faith scrutinizes reason in the same manner that reason scrutinizes faith. Even if you are construing my comments in a sense of Biblical faith, (my own affections on Faith is, faith is faith, regardless of own individual’s personal sentiments) it should be applied to bare it as a pertinent truth of your conscience, if it is in tune with your own accordance of Faith. The insight is similar of a notion and passage Mat Devine shared in a previous entry, from the Bible in 1 Thessalonians “"Test all things and cling to that which is good." 1 Thes. 5:2
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The insight is, by mere contemplative states of the least of reality that is truly, utterly, ever known or knowable is dependent upon the realization those that follow the limited intelligence of humanity are no different or variable than those who believe in an infinite power or being. Except, that, the latter ones are not contained w/ limits of other people’s interpretations as to what the individual(s) believe or have faith in believing. In other words, of course, there is an open defiance of censorship. As the effect of censorship in many formulations is non-productive or progressive, plus attempts to suppress individuality and environmental compatibility and functionality. Individuals have an innate right and will, to believe / have faith in what sets their own life in accord with how they truly feel and be able to live according to a sound in-tact own conscience. The utopic is it ought to be a morally/ethically approach that is not projecting undue negative renderances into another person’s life. Give and take , choose battles, our world is further everyday from a utopia considering the majority has shunned itself to ignoring the dystopic qualties that are here right now and that media at large has veiled in elaborate dunce cap shrouding that dystopic societies are in the future although the dystopic future written about as Fiction is actually happening now. If you need hot lead dead giveaway tell-tale, read the Hunger Games. Reality shows and a corresponding match like Survivor and the way our governments handle it citizens and slowly revolve into revolutions is starkly illuminating in contrast to what science and governments would sooner have you believing recently. Citric awakening happens, just like heads up 7-up, goes round by round like kisses on the forehead of what you’re willing to fight for and go to battle.
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Morning tune ready for the day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSkb0kDacjs
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Personally, I think, plus, prefer, to be limitless w/ willingly choosing to have faith in an infinite that harkens possibilities that exuberate all realities and endless potential for the greater good and bless those who are willing with talents that incorporate into their environments rather than something that devoids humanity of its own existence and destroying itself within by the contraptions of limiting itself like is so often seen and has already been duly established by the acts of science and people having a follow mentality to the state of science and scientists own propulsions of ideas and constructed basis’s that are feasibly assembled for mass production to the herd mentality that those of lower I.Q’s or sheer follow mentality will gobble up without having to test and proof it and prove that the theory itself or basis of scientific belief is sketchy. Esp taking into vantage perspective, equal opportunity intelligent licensures that can compute the information readily on-hand and disseminated to be shredded apart by the citizens sans academic luxury degrees handling inspecting statistics, quantities and exacts, in other words, the scientific misnomers blatantly compiled as derivations alleged to be fact sans exact intricate intra-acted ways of actually testing and provable.
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Thus this ///.... “"Faith is the surrender of the mind; it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other mammals. It's our need to believe, and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me." ~ Christopher Hitchen ...////
The quoted sentiment is also a mentality that ought be evenly distributed and thus applied to science in the same rigor of scrutiny; otherwise, science in a whole would be an easily reasonable standing on reason sham completely. People whom fully put their faith (be earnest and real, that that’s what is happening) into science, as a bunch of atheists often do blindly, are, again, as I wrote briefly to “Fellow Heathen” no different than the people they claim they are different from whom have faith including certain atheists that are attempting to devalue those individuals whom believe faith in God or deity/deities, et al. So, let’s prevent the ostracization by some ethos that eludes incorporating the fragility of the argument done towards only shunning the hypocrisy of its actions in statement, as is clear with the ///....“Of all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated.”...//// bit of the quote. Anyone with a brain embedded permeating reason plus own foresight is able to tear it tinker tape red, pulling apart the fallibility of the application of exclusion. So, well, let’s say it for what it is, for those who may get a bit riled or bewildered by the notion that that Hitchens quote has to be able to stand soundly to its own accord and then some to win over anything in such a debatable topic of query. Which whoever posted it aka the person behind “Hitch Fan” left it to, what is surmised as an attempted permissive gainer for something it isn’t rather than be seen for what it is. It is what it is; so let it stand to be, and let it be what it is.

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So, what to do, what to do…carry a smile, just smile at all times, esp. smitten. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKrbAUjBbvU&ob=av2e
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Charles Kingsley, said, ///....“And we shall be made truly wise if we be made content; content, too, not only with what we can understand, but content with what we do not understand—the habit of mind which theologians call—and rightly—faith in God.”...////
If you consider the application of – ///....“we shall be made truly wise if we be made content; content, too, not only with what we can understand, but content with what we do not understand”...//// – you would sooner or later come to deriving the conclusion, if you apply it to theologians that it would then need fairly be dispersed to be applied to scientists and science’s schematics, as well.
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Since, yes, a bunch did catch the flip-syde subtleties and am no longer so-so much M.I.A on-the-grid stats as prior (except at a backwards C//S, let those bones right ;) and sticking true and loyal to odes n’ codes Patrick Henry stylistic lovers “Give me Liberty or Give me death” stance of a prose writer and a bit of an unconventionalist, by art and its unconfined nature, I’d rather par up with movers and doers and standers, with the following quotes. As, this vantage scope of the playing field is where and why art comes into play and tests the grounds. Art endures. Art offers the companionship of the formidable connections of now, urgency and longevity. Legacy – such a regale atoning attenuation intonation inflection to the word while delivering an infliction to naysayers. Cruxly, appropos, regardless, if all there is, is this, every day, every time, I’d rather know within all is aligned in my soul anytime death knocks. Just, must gotta have something to share and faith upon for all those marvelous and wonder-filled death feats after-all. Nil sin Numine.
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Maybe humanities’ expectations need to be readjusted? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO1OV5B_JDw
“Skepticism Is The Beginning Of Faith.” ~ Oscar Wilde
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///....“In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.”...//// ~ Blaise Pascal
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///....“I heard once of an American who so defined faith, "that faculty which enables us to believe things which we know to be untrue." For one, I follow that man. He meant that WE SHALL HAVE AN OPEN MIND, AND NOT LET A LITTLE BIT OF TRUTH CHECK THE RUSH OF THE BIG TRUTH, like a small rock does a railway truck. WE GET THE SMALL TRUTH first. Good! We keep him, and we value him, BUT ALL THE SAME WE MUST NOT LET HIM THINK HIMSELF ALL THE TRUTH IN THE UNIVERSE.”...//// ~ Bram Stoker, Dracula
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///....“We fall from womb to tomb, from one blackness and toward another, remembering little of the one and knowing nothing of the other...except through faith.”...////~ Stephen King
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///....“That in such righteousness /// To them by faith imputed they may find ///
Justification towards God, and peace /// Of conscience.”...//// ~ John Milton
Ciao.
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NL7, hi-5alive! on January 25, 2012 at 04:11 PM
2011 YEAR IN REVIEW

Mat I recently started my GCSEs and I'm stressing out so much. I've only had two exams so far and they were Maths and History. I have to resit my maths because I didn't get a C and I think I have failed my history exam.
I learned today that you have to get at least a C in Maths, English and Science to be able to get into sixth form and I started crying because I don't think I'll be able to get into sixth form now. But to be able to do what I want when I'm older I'll need to go.

Becky on January 24, 2012 at 03:59 PM
2011 YEAR IN REVIEW

Hey Mat! I think you might find this interesting.. Especially the lack of information we've gotten about ACTA.

http://anonops.blogspot.com/2012/01/things-you-need-to-know-about-acta.html

hanners on January 24, 2012 at 10:18 AM
20 QUESTIONS- Lightning Round PART II: My Breakup with Snooki, Marriage, Music, Public Puking and more...

Mat, what do you think a cure for shyness and when you can't say things right around people you like is ?

Valerie on January 21, 2012 at 01:15 AM
2011 YEAR IN REVIEW

Dear Mat,
I am 16 and I've been invited to my mum's best friend's birthday do in April. She's having it in a posh Hotel and Lodge in the countryside and it sounds great! It's strictly 18+ but I've been told I'm allowed to go which is great!
The catch? I have no idea what to wear. It's advised that girls wear address and, after prom, there is no chance in hell that I will be caught wearing a dress! It made me feel so uncomfortable. So, I need your advice. What should I wear? I don't exactly have a lot of money to spend and I don't want to go looking like someone I'm not. Have you any ideas? Oh, I forgot to mention, it's a masquerade so any thoughts on what type of mask I should go for? Thanks Mat, see you in March.

Hannah

Hannah on January 20, 2012 at 04:27 PM

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LA; Tramps like us, baby we were born to run

Posted on January 27, 2009 at 11:46 AM

"Ladies and gentlemen, At this time, please make sure your seat backs and tray tables are in their full upright position. We ask that your seat belt be correctly fastened, and that all carry-ons be stowed under the seat in front of you. Flight attendants, prepare for take off."

Gulp.

I bought this ticket on a whim about 2 hours ago. The sun is coming up and I’m sitting on a plane to LA with no clothes or toiletries. I’m starting to wonder if Apple might one day invent the technology for Breathalyzer attachments on laptops –a safeguard only permitting access to certain websites IF you prove sober enough. Sites like Orbitz.com, for example.

I left the house with my blackberry charger and my toothpaste, and since I had that whole Palestinian chic, hill-dwelling warlord look going on, I was informed at the counter that I had been “randomly selected for a very special screening process.” Oh awesome. Turns out “very special” means “stand here off to the side while everyone else passes you in line. then we’re gonna pat down your dick and take your toothpaste.” My toothpaste? What is this world coming to. Still drunk so, ok I guess.

Nauseous and hot, I look at the US Airways magazine for a distraction. Bad idea- turns out this month’s issue is basically a collection of glossy steak centerfolds and huge glamour shots of fried shrimp.

i start rummaging through the seat pocket for the barf bag. Usually, i find them to be a convenient canvas for last-minute lyric ideas or sketches or something, but then there are times like this, when a barf bag really is just the most courteous place to aim your barf. Only dry heave. NICE. Smile big at old lady next to me.

Trip turned out to be an excellent idea. Drifting isn’t all that hard, and I got to see a lot friends like alain whyte, jeremy dawson, mikey, shannon leto, matt skiba, the licks, chris vrenna, etc..

the sunshine was rejuvenating. 100 degrees warmer than Chicago. I napped on a waterbed on the rooftop of the Standard, attended a couple events and clubs etc... -But the highlights were really the simpler things, coffee with Elias and the one afternoon I spent sipping sake in a park and climbing trees. It was there that I got the inspiration for the greatest prog rock band name of all time: The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. (All rights reserved)

ashley olsen?

leaning with confidence

Maybe it’s the looming earthquake making everyone anxious, or maybe it’s the recession, but has anyone else noticed the bag people are getting super aggressive in Hollywood? Fucking piranhas

"Do you have a cigarette?" "Ok here." "Can I have 2?" "No sorry." 'No? NO?! Gimme anodder one YOU FUCKINSONOFABITCHMOTHERFARGGHLJK Jeehhhhhh (cough) (Cough) ehhhhhh! (cough) Aliens! Arggggg! (cough)"

Met an old black man in a hospital gown outside of Mel’s at 4am who was actually very nice. -said he liked my dark curly hair, which to him indicated that I am “mixed”, and therefore not Pure White Devil. He asked that i feel his hair, the texture of which he promised was like pure lambs wool, and i obliged. He went on to explain that although there is indeed the Blood of The Beast in me, that I am not truly a Light Skinned Demon. -That, like him, I am a descendent from Zion 6600 years ago and a member of the Superior Black Race. I was like, yeah, that’s great, you know? whatever it takes for you not to stab me, I guess.

On my return flight the tiny lights of houses and cars looked like plankton glowing in the black sea and although I’m forever fond of LA, I was happy to have my giant concrete iceberg back.

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Thank You Baby Girl

Posted on January 23, 2009 at 05:04 AM

just sayin

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The Growing Allure of Escape Artistry

Posted on January 22, 2009 at 12:57 AM

“Vertigo is anguish to the extent that I am afraid not of falling over the precipice, but of throwing myself over.” –Sartre

Chicago; AKA Gotham City. Blizzard. High today is 4˚. Fucking four? Yes FOUR.

Under these ominous clouds the entire city is monochromatic puke grey and it’s breaking my heart. Planning for my own personal prison break. Looking west in the spirit of youthful self-preservation and escape artistry. i need to be a fox on the run again.

Writing is still going well, 30 songs and counting, tho I’ve developed a certain knack for dropping picks into my acoustic guitar. it rattles like a rain stick every time I pick it up now.

Cable box still remains intentionally unfixed. Random youtube clicking led to an interesting clip of a guy named David Berlinski speaking eloquently in favor of Intelligent Design theory. -which led me to other wiki searches: Evolution of the eye, Thomas Henry Huxley, Sharks, Agnosticism, the Cambrian explosion etc…

then a non sequitur transition into searching auction sites for portraits of Empress Josephine and Marie Antoinette neither of which i could ever afford, or anything once owned or created by Zelda Fitzgerald.

from there i found an article on the history of wristwatches which of course you can't possibly read without then wanting to know every single detail about the great Brazilian balloonist/aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont. -search interrupted by an upsetting email from a confidant informing me that iTunes 8 Web Genius had made this brilliant recommendation: "You have ‘Believer’ by Kill Hannah. We think you might like 'Beyond Hell' by GWAR.” Thanks steve jobs. Someone finally gets us.

It was about this time that I realized that I hadn’t showered in a while and that spritzing my neck with the new Jean Paul Gaultier just makes me smell like a changing table. so, while i go delouse, here are a few random pics...

doodle on my tablecloth

reminds me of those old cecil beaton shots

Illus_p259 sized

katie's KH tat at kev's CSC sushi party

Kh tatto sized

some poser shot by p.randal
Mat_devine-1 sized

plates i really want
Platinum-Chandeliers-plates sized

my heroes
Robert sized

wine and glove - CSC party
Wine and glove sized

still frame
My tv sized

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Dead birds, The silver lining of lunacy, PLUS more pics from my Blackberry

Posted on January 8, 2009 at 11:59 PM

"Test all things and cling to that which is good." 1 Thes. 5:2

always liked that quote. Had no idea it was biblical. Doesn't ruin it for me, just makes it very... ironic. knowing the kinds of things I've 'tested.'

hello raccoons. I hope all your dreams for 2009 come true.

isolated myself once again- in full-throttle head-on cabin fever recluse mode to finish writing the new KH material. artistically this is the best place we’ve ever been. Truly pushing ourselves farther on this recording. Farther? Further? I’m so fried. Can't wait to release these songs. esp the song Radio that we debuted at NH4X6.

Slumped at the laptop perpetually. Breaking only to sleep an hour at a time, drink wine (lately mostly brolo di campofiorin 2004 masi, and a shiraz called The Watcher) or eat something weird (I overcooked spaghetti with sauce, but it was the last food in the house, so to avoid shopping, I tried pressing the spaghetti into a giant pasta bar. Total Fail.)
my slouch has officially reached Quasimodo status. Almost a full hunchback! A few more weeks and it will fully calcify and I’ll have a shell like a turtle… and months later i'll water it and it will fully metastasize into a giant grotesque conch shell that I will sleep in.

Beales_of_grey_gardens_sized

my cablebox broke last month. Cool, I thought. one less distraction. Thing is tho, I just ended up watching Heat and outtakes of Talladega Nights like 25 times cos they're the only DVDs I own. so I started reading more.

Read about Fantomas- the early French pulp cult villain/hero.

read about Laika, the soviet space dog- sent on suicide mission. Inspired me to write a song with that name.

read about the new Icon A5 sport aircraft with folding wings. want one badly.

Read more about The Beales of Grey Gardens.. The charmingly insane Long island aristocrats who, in the 70's, wore furs and diamonds as their mansion collapsed around them... spent their days dancing, singing, wearing towels on heads and feeding raccoons with bread.

Learning more about the science of sleep. Theta, delta, SWS (slow wave sleep)—experts call it ‘restorative’. That’s the kind I never get.

Searched for sensory deprivation chambers in Chicago- let you know how that goes.

Looked into buying a portable breathalyzer for fun. may throw a Breathalyzer themed party where the highest score gets a prize.

Read about a ghost town called Montserrat. A volcanic eruption covered the entire town in ash. All residents vanished. I want to shoot a KH video there.

Monterrat_sized

Oh, and is Time Warp from Rocky Horror truly the worst song ever written? I defy anyone to name a song that sucks more. I hear it and I want to throw myself into a fucking fire. Every time.

I do miss my cable. I miss Bizarre foods with Andrew Zimmern, I miss Survivorman and I miss the History Channel. On the verge of total burnout yesterday i found myself drawing a list of ridiculous fake death metal band names and logos.. so far I have:
POISON SUMAK
KLUSTERFUK
FIGHT FUCK
SOLAR URTICARIA
and
PHOTODERMATOSIS

The last two are actually just the medical names for severe allergies to sunlight.
-then i came up with some song names:

Motherfucking Russia
Use Me for Sex
The Captain Has Now Turned On The Suck My Dick Light
My Cupcake Empire
This Is Complete Fucking Bullshit You Know It And I Know It
(Everyone Is On) Abe Vigoda Death Watch
The Day I Decided To Start Making Incredible Art
The Day I Decided To Start Hating Artists

Then I uploaded some pics from my blackberry

black swan living in pond with big plastic white swan boats. sad.
Black_swan_sized

cool chandelier
Chandelier_2_sized

dead bird on sidewalk
Dead_bird_sized

my niece
My_niece_sized

another cool chandelier
Mat_chandelier_sized

my nephew Will and his cape
Will_sized

old starlet
Starlett_sized

thrift store treasure. mexican superhero/vampire/wrestler glass figurine. why does he have a dead cat and a tube of toothpaste at his feet. why why why. stunning.
Mexican_superhero_sized