SO Richard Hammond (or however you spell it) was in a car accident trying to break the land speed record, I hear. This is quite sad, but far more tragic things happen every day, why does this make the headlines? Because he's a celebrity. Like Steve Irwin. Thousands die every day, why do we care more about famous people? That's a stupid question actually. But the reason I don't like all the attention they get is because it isn't "shocking" as so many people claim; if you fuck with deadly animals and speeding vehicles every day of your carreer, something is bound to go wrong eventually. Sure, no-one expected a sting-ray to be the end of the "crocodile hunter", but still. Play with fire and you're gonna get burnt. Burned? One of the two; the gramatically correct one. I hate posting a second blog right after a video, I feel it distracts from it; please watch it after you've read this.
On my way to work this morning I could hardly breath. My chest felt like I'd inhaled a few knives. I guess I'm not all better. So I probably won't be going anywhere tonight, which SUCKS because I've already paiud for what sounds like it's going to be an awesome party. I was also listening to PHM by NIN, FUCK what an amazing album. It is NOTHING like you would expect from the name "Nine Inch Nails", so if you haven't heard anything from them, or even if you haven't heard anything from Pretty Hate Machine, I implore you to do so. Specifically listen to 'That's What I Get'. Masterpiece.
I had something else to say, but I forget.
Everyone watch the video!
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Awesome album. I was listening to The Downward Spiral again the other day though, that has to be my favourite. So many good songs on it.
I suppose the news should just be a list of all events the world over. One problem, it would take forever.
I'd look that up so i could quote it directly if i could be bothered.
all news is something someone else wants supressed. The rest is just advertising.
I agree with the hammond thing
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richard hammond is/was pretty cool (but only on top gear, the 5 o'clock show was pretty shoddy). thing is nobody cares if someone they don't know of gets killed/injured. what's the point of caring about anonymous? people have a false sense of association with celebrities thus the injury of a celebrity is as important as the death of auntie jane rather than significant to the death of a million people in africa. plus the fact that people like steve irwin face these dangers and more often than not survive make people perceive them as some sort of invincible superman. also, the fact that "thousands die every day" means nothing because it's just a statistic. it's the dilemma of subjective vs. objective.
pretty hate machine is pretty ace. thank you for nine inch nails, jack.
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