I was discussing with my friends the other day and talked about those funny in-the-middle-of-the-night-random-messages you unavoidably get sooner or later.

The sort of thing where the person typing/phoning is intoxicated enough to write ANYTHING but sober enough to operate a phone.

Here's one of mine: 'Martina, you're a pineapple. Like, a really juice one.'

Michael Hussar. Just wanted to point out how marvelous I think his artworks are.

I have started to read A Short History Of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, this book is amazing. As a science geek I have never thought of myself as completely uneducated, but this book made me realize that I don't even know half of what I would like to know about Geology and Meteorology, the Physics part was not that thrilling when it came to the formulas and such, only some of the sub-nuclear phrases were new.

Then when he spoke of the different scientists I thought I was going to be forced to watch my own head explode after my consciousness had left my body in a fit of frustrations. Kelvin went to Cambridge at ten, ten! Man I really wish those girls that bitch all day about not being skinny enough would take a look a some of Newtons Achievements or all that Edmond Halley got going by sheer stubbornness. Then you can start feeling inferior. When I think about the fantasy and magnitude of Einsteins brain for him to be able to image something as complex as time in the general theory of relativity or to write something so brilliant and complex that people who wish to understand his thinking 50 years ago have to study for ages, I feel mind-numbingly humbled. That's why I'm taking the next train out of this small town and getting my inferior brain into some real physic-studies. Books are neat.

I wonder how much sense that made, but I've been reading some very funny rant-blogs and realized I wanted in on the fun too.


xkcd.com/194/

The picture is just to take the seriousness off it. :)

I've just been enlightened, or not exactly. Since my parents have always been listening to Queen, Pink Floyd, Dire straits and suchlike I'v ealways been around to hear the music, but one day I just sat down and actually Listened.

That was one of those thing I realized I should have done much sooner, I've always been more of a Clash person myself, Joe Strummer is the Man and so on. Now I've realized that even though The Clash may be a completely mind-blowingly brilliant band, they are not the ONLY mind-blowingly brilliant band ever to exist. Somehow I've realized I've let alot of great music slip me by for years.

Freddie Mercury sings with such an energy that when I heard Breakthru' for the second time around my heart beat so hard I thought I was going to choke on it. Not that I'm the most reserved and stiff person ever to be, but I've always been a strong follower of personal space and if you watch the Breakthru' - video it becomes blindingly obvious that he was a person without any sort of inhibitions and, well, it made me fell sort of. Dull.

Not that Freddie is the only awesome member of Queen even though I dare say that it's not Queen without him, the sound Brian May makes by just plucking some strings is nothing short of magic, and the for the Physics nerd that I am, the title AstroPhysicist just makes him plain cool.

David Bowie then, he's also one of those things I've regrettably learned is much too underrated.

On to much more modern musicians, not that I've decided on wether his music is way too cheezy or just plain brilliant but John Mayer's "My stupid mouth" and "Daughters" send shivers up my spine.

Summary: Many great artists have been neglcted by me for too long and I will be taking my responsibilty now by listening to them until my ears bleed from bliss. Lovely.

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