The Night Thread Mk. IX

People who say 'money doesn't buy you happiness' don't understand the meaning of the word happiness. Being happy is something reserved for the blissfully ignorant. Money gives you things you think you want, but the satisfaction only lasts as long as you are stupid. One man's candlelight vigil is another man's line of cocaine. Happiness is not real. Joy is, ecstasy is, elation is. But happiness? That's something that you convince yourself is real. Nothing will ever make me happy, but knowing that makes life worth living. It allows me to not concern myself with trying to align my emotions on a perceived positive plane. It allows me to not care about the subjective consequences of my actions. It allows me to be truly free. Freedom. Freedom to live your life as you want, not weighed down by the burden of social expectation. Years of environmental learning, the belief that there are certain things we must do; get a job, earn money, get a house, get married, have children. Society teaches us to settle, to be complacent, I view happiness as complacency. It's being comfortable with what you have. It's why billionaires still work, still strive, still innovate: they refuse to be complacent, they still have an itch that tells them -- deep down -- despite all they have, they aren't happy. They have to keep working, keep trying to scratch that itch.

The next time you're in McDonalds and you see a deeply unattractive woman with four children juggling ordering food and tending to her personal zoo, remember that this person, more often than not, has convinced herself that she is happy. I'm being reductive, but it's only to emphasise the point: never settle. Never do something because that's just how things are done.Never try to modify who you are and how you feel. Your raw emotions drive you. But above all, don't hold yourself to the false bar of happiness. No one is happy, they're just exceptional liars.

Made it onto TV twice tonight \o/

Made it onto TV twice tonight \o/

How?

Playing in the Combined Counties League Premier Division, which is the fifth-tier of non-league football in England, Guernsey FC have quite a month ahead of them.

With the weather buggering up a lot of their fixtures this season, the Channel Islanders will be forced to play a total of 17 games in April, which is, er, quite a lot.

And remember these guys are part-time, with jobs to do as well. I couldn’t see many of those megabucks Premier League poseurs surviving that kind of schedule, could you!?

Here’s the fixture list…

Cut one of my baws shaving. One of the scariest moments of my life.

Who trims their pubes with scissors? You deserved it tbh

My ipod broke, and looking fora new MP3 player, any suggestions? Looking for something a bit more cheaper, but there doesn't seem to be much choice besides ipods.

Also do non Apple products work with itunes? Any suggestions on what to use instead?

click on "Search tools" below the search box, then select "Animated" under the "Any type" dropdown box.

Google Images have added a new search filter purely for GIFs

When 18-year-old Austin Whaley and a few of his buddies decided to run into the famed Convington, Kentucky bingo hall and yell "bingo," they probably thought it'd be a fun, harmless prank. They couldn't have been more wrong. Police Sgt. Richard Webster, fresh off the career case, described the scene at the hall, which was mostly filled with elderly women, after the false "bingo" shout:

"At first, everybody started moaning and groaning when they thought they'd lost," Webster said. "When they realized it wasn't a real bingo, they started hooting and hollering and yelling and cussing. People take their bingo very seriously."

Apparently, Sgt. Webster also takes his bingo very seriously. He apprehended Whaley and issued the 18 year old a citation for second-degree disorderly conduct. "Just like you can't run into a theater and yell ‘fire' when it's not on fire, you can't run into a crowded bingo hall and yell ‘bingo' when there isn't one," Webster told NKY.

Webster, still angry, went on, noting that all of this could have been avoided if only Whaley had apologized. "He seemed to think he could say whatever he wanted because it was a public building," Webster said to NKY. "I tried to explain that that's not the case. Just because it's a public building doesn't give you the right to run into a theater and yell ‘fire.' You can't go into a ballpark and yell ‘out,' because people could stop the game."

Fair points, except for the one comparing falsely yelling "bingo" in a room full of old people to falsely yelling "fire" in a crowded room. Luckily for Whaley, the probably still-mad Webster was not in charge of his sentencing.

Kenton District Judge Douglas Grothaus showed some leniency and, instead of the maximum punishment of 90 days in jail and a $250 fine, gave a more reasonable, if possibly unconstitutional, penalty: "Do not say the word ‘bingo' for six months," Grothaus ordered Whaley.

I have my first job interview in nearly 5 years and also it is only my second ever. Nervous? A little.

Nothing to worry about aside from the nerves getting to you and pissing your pants in the interview.

Take extra pants.