abs goal

Every morning, one-set-to-failure of abs. Sideways, backwards, on a ball, upside down. 500-1000

Little Thoughts

"Always see money as purely a side-effect, and work will never be work again."

Greed

Worker Trampled to Death in Walmart Black Friday Siege

There was a young guy, father, brother, husband, who was trampled by almost 200 greedy bloody consumerist asses last friday.

I have never been more thankful to not have to call myself a New Yorker or an American. This is appalling, disgusting, sickening, and sorely embarrassing.

Events like these make me want to give away all the things I own, opt for a van, and never buy anything ever again.

I feel ill.

No matter how bad the economic 'crisis' gets in the modern world, it will never be as bad as it is in countries like Haiti, Darfur, Afghanistan. Goes without saying. Thankfully I haven't heard anyone complaining yet, and I hope we have the modesty to keep that up.

Soon i'm going to post up on minimalism.

I have never felt better about having very little money.

The News is Pessimistic.

Future rant coming to your dirty doorstep at 5 AM soon.

Now tell me, what is better than waking up 5AM to a peice of bleeping technology screaming in your ear, soot in your eyes, opening the door to a blast of wind in your face to find out that a local filmmaker has committed a murder modeled after the Dexter show. And that man could be your neighbour, or the guy behind you in the Sobeys checkout.

Don't kid me, it's exciting to read about.

But there must be something happier happening on the streets. Filling our weary, easily suggestable minds first thing in the morning with that henious stuff is not always the greatest thing to fixate your thoughts on.

A Few of My Favorite Things

Rephrased and made personal. Try it yourself. Sing it walking down the street after an unusually bad day. Knock on the neighbourhood doors to say "C'mon folks! Join on in!"

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad

Words and Phrases I Cringe At

I'm very particular about how I talk. My babbling moments come very seldomly, but when I do talk I'm very self concious about the words I use and the words other people use.

1. Creativity
The most overused word for something that entails using the things that are underused.

2. Innovative
If a company or person ever has to use this word to describe themselves, they are not innovative. Innovation is obvious without saying. Show a picture and smile. Innovation right there!

3. Just
A very panicky word. Few people (just) realize that if they (just) eliminated this word they could (just) simplify what they're (just) trying to say. It's like a literary fart. (Just) clutters the air. Just is an epidemic. (Just is okay when used as the root of justice, a 'just' statement, meaning morally right. Then it ceases to be clutter and instead becomes an ornament)

4. Actually
Same as just. Used to give false emphasize something that never had emphasis. Drama queens frequent this accessory. Like ACTUALLY.

3. "Just get that real sense of you know (insert obvious observation)"
A way to make yourself sound articulate and thoughtful. Honestly, you're just babbling. Make your point. Public example: Elijah Wood is a criminal in this category.

4. Bloody
When said by most folks sans-accent. I think of it like using an expression out of a language that you don't speak. Like a caucasion screaming "si fut long!"* (asshole) when a car cuts him off. Very pretentious. I say it all the time.

5. Axiomatically
Or any other unnescarily complicated word for a simple phrase like "obviously'. True intelligence comes from the content of the muffin, not the million dollar packaging. Spread ideas, not vocabulary. Especially when you know your audience won't understand. Hateful, hateful. Grow a beard.

*If you are chinese and can tell me the proper way to write this in english characters, tell me! I don't mean to offend (in this special case)

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Why Hey Zabava Exists

1. Online Showcase
I sometimes underestimate or overestimate how much I put out there. Now I can see exactly how much work I'm doing that is satisfying enough to show to planet earth.

2. Unleash the Feedback
Positive, negative, constructive, empty. I'll have to face critism and judgement sooner or later, from folks near and far. Best to start here and now. No more hiding.

3. See what's Sticky
First I'll throw everything at the wall in a mad creative tantrum. You can't find hits and misses by hiding them in the closet under your underpants.

This is a blurb of observations, ideas, and self-expression. Like everything else in the world, except rhinoplastic surgery.