They say that in war that truth be the first casualty.

Broadcasting once more, thank goodness! I had the most amazing post to put up yesterday, but as you may or may not know, the lovely blogger world was down. And thus my inspirational, perhaps even revolutionary post was lost to the annuls of time.

I'm sure many other pieces of prose perfection were lost yesterday. Alas, much like the fiver i dropped off a pier when i was little, you weren't worth all that much and i won't lose too much sleep over it. So how is everyone? Doing well I hope? If not getting completely washed ashore by the tides that are revision, that is. (Much like the bloody fiver)

SO. i was looking at my stats yesterday before the nuke hit Blogger HQ and I've gotten A HUNDRED AND NINE VIEWS in less than a week, not including my own looks! I was quite literally flabbergasted. And to those of you visiting from Germany and the U.S. while I'm sure you're phishing sites and not real people, if you happen to be biological life forms (with a pulse) HELLO. This whole venture is turning out to be an almighty exciting one! If only for me.

While looking at my views, I learnt all about the Follow anonymously button. Now, who on Earth decided that it was the right think to absent mindedly grant everyone who wishes to use it NINJA SKILLZ. Certainly not me, I mean, who would even use it? Outside of ten year girls or boys, of course who want to follow some crushes blog without them knowing they like them super duper lots? Even then, surely you could just bookmark the page little crazy stalker girl? I'm a strong advocate of disarming young children, taking back the shuriken stars and katana blades and letting them just follow people, like the rest of the sane population.
Perhaps that a bit ironic, calling them lacking in sanity while I write about my life to myself? Neh.

 IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT?! IS IT?!

I'm a fair whack into 1984 now, it really is a brilliant book, that is if you needed my telling you, but it's a very good social commentary on where we may well be headed now, should everything take a complete nose dive, as it seems to be doing. I quite like the idea of thought police, obviously not literally "I would love to see thought police" but the construct in the book that anything you think is monitored, so anyone who thinks thoughts that are anti government or anti establishment are picked up and removed, erased from time and all that was them is wiped. I see a fairly abstract, but still on point, representation of this in the bill America are trying to pass now that will globally block certain websites, rendering them unusable. The idea that the land of the free is imposing a global ban on certain people being free is a ridiculous, but not unfamiliar one. But yes, with thought police, i see a symmetry, anyone thinking about going to a site that they wish to may not be able to, because it could harbour files or information the big lads don't want you having. And if you do somehow get there, they're on about tracking traffic. Lovely.

While I'm on an anti establishment rampage, I use the word rampage lightly. I'd say Che had a bit of a rampage going, myself more of an angry stomping in a puddle, but alas, while I'm getting my shins wet, have a listen to some good music. -here lies my title inspiration this time around- 

One Day As A Lion, the two piece consisting of Zach De La Rocha of Rage Against the Machine fame and Jon Theodore, former drummer for the Mars Volta. They released a scorching 5 song EP in 2008 which I really liked at the time, and recently rediscovered. They say they're releasing a new album in the coming months. Who's happy and has two thumbs? This guy.

Better to live one day as a Lion than a thousand as a Sheep.