Downunder the Weather
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Location | Australia |
| Introduction | I am in my early fifties. I think I have seen too much to think our western civilisation is going to last. My thoughts on human beings are mixed. Some of them I adore, but most I find a waste of space. For all the good I have contributed in my life I probably belong to the latter. For all the pessimism I feel I am optimistic deep down. I would hate to live in a perfect world. One day I will die and that will be it for me. I don't mind dying in the slightest. Just don't tell me I am going to live in some hereafter form other than recycled chemicals. If people want to believe in religion that is their business. Just don't make it mine. I do care, however, in the human project. It sounds interesting. |
| Interests | I enjoy watching television programs like Spooks, The Wire and Sopranos, I follow politics and world events even though it makes me physically ill, Music, Poetry, Literature, Anti-colonialistic Mayan Coffee, Academia, but mostly my lovely family |
| Favorite Movies | La Caduta Degli Dei, Metropolis, La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, Hiroshima Mon Amour, Mitt Liv Som Hund, Le Mepris (Contempt), Donny Darko |
| Favorite Music | Jazz & Blues, Opera especially Richard Wagner, Classical, Rock like Radiohead and Jeff Buckley, Pop like Alphaville and George Michael, N.W.A. |
| Favorite Books | Candide, The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, Kafka on the Shore, Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man, The Sound and Fury, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Despair, Anna Karenin, On the Road, God is Not Great, Crime and Punishment, the Dune books |