Another Lovely day on the way to drivers ed, sitting in the back of a bus with 14 other people where only 8 can fit, and Rush Limbaugh blaring on the radio. I have to say, that if it was any warmer, I would have been in hell. Rush Limbaugh? The devil. God? Forget him. Jesus? Dead.

Fahrenheit 9/11 kicked ass. I wish it had focused more on the false motives that led to the war in Iraq, but hey, its all good.

Music update: I was listening to the Bundu Boys after Andrew left on Friday, and I got to thinking...The world would be a better place if Americans listen to world music. American music is always about an image, a philosophy, a motive, a feeling. But world music is not like that. World music is about music. I like songs with a political message in em, but still; I like to just sit back and not give a shit every once in a while. People are way to serious about things in this world. And no, world hunger and war are not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about vanity and society: people are to self conscious and AFRAID that they'll fuck up in life. Why do you think we have so much more homework as students now then our parents did 30-40 years ago. They say we have to work harder, cause the world is more competitive now then it was before. But that's because people don't sit back and say, "Hey! Hey....."

Today with live two lives:
One in the present, and one in the future. People are pressured into living in the future, by being forced to do hard work now, so that you'll do better in the future. But what happens when that future gets here? Then you need to talk about your 401k plan, how to invest for your retirement. And what about when that future gets here, your retirement? Then you think about your death, how your family is going to support itself, your will. And then that future arrives. What are you gonna plan after that? Nothing. To bad you realized on your death bed that instead of living in the future you could have spent your time in the present. Cared for your family. Had fun with your friends. Loitered in the time you had, the time that never felt like it would run out. Haven't people realized? 80 years is a long fucking time.

But what happens when you do live in the present only? Well fucking look at me: 3 pills a day, a visit to the therapist once a week, a trip to the psychiatrist quarterly, and a piece of shit high school.
And I wouldn't give that shit up for anything. So what if you get hell for you decisions. Live in the present. Fuck the stiff. Lets TANGO!

IT"S HERE!
The Stuff page is finally (almost) finished!!! I still need to fix some things, but I really wanted to get it out there to see what you all thought of it.

The Stuff page is still not complete, but it's so close you shouldn't have that many problems. It's basically a page dedicated to odd shit I find around the web, or odd stories I have, or oxy morons, and funny stuff or spit your guts out stuff or shit in a bowl stuff or lots of other stuff. It's gonna get a hell of a lot better, once I announce the REAL reason that's gonna make it different from all other blogs you have read. But I wont announce that till when its officially complete. Until then, comment and tell me what you think I need to change before the final release, or just what you think of it.

In the final I'll have the spacing and alignment setup right, and link to post comments will be right on the main page.

I am going to update the music page soon to, so stay tuned.

The Stuff page is coming along nicely and should be up and running within the next few days.

I have some very bad news.

On the 1st of July, I will be leaving for Michigain, where I will spend two weeks with my grandfather. That is not bad news at all. The bad part is that (be prepared):
MY PARENTS ARE MAKING ME TAKE A CELL PHONE

[Choke - Barf] [the crowd breakes into a riot]

The worst part is that I can't use my mom's or my sister's, coz' they need it.

I hereby am kicking my plans for getting that kick ass Motorola phone off eBay into high gear so if, in the rare and catostrophic event I have to keep the phone, I can at least rip it apart and make it look presentable.

THE NO CELL PHONE CLUB STILL LIVES!

It's another lovely day in the neighborhood with the 9/11 Commision and Investigative Panel, where dumb struck congressmen restate the obvious and make it look like new news! Shall we take today's headline of the Chicago Tribune:

Panel: No Iraq link to 9/11

DUH! How fucking stupid are these people! How long have we already know this?! MONTHS! YEARS! GOD DAMN DECADES! Why does the American public need a 1.5" Headline to Realize that There was no connection between Iraq and 9/11! I WANT TO SHIT MY PANTS!

I would like to take a moment now to predict the future. What is going to happen in Iraq? Hmm, that's a damn good question. Let's take ANOTHER look at one of today's Headlines from the one and only Chicago Tribune:

Sadr tells militia to stand down, says he will form political party

Just fucking GREAT! The last thing that Iraq fucking needs is a god damn cleric pissing off the U.S. forces while also undermining their efforts by actually gaining popular support for a religious dictatorship!
DO YOU SEE THE CONNECTION?!...

"Hello, this is Hitler speaking. This is who? Moqtada al who? S�derr? What did you call me?! Are you a Jew? Oh, you hate Jews? How lovely! You seek to reclaim the land the Jews have stolen from your people? What a coincidence, I happen to want the exact same thing! What's this, organized violence and holy war? Oh this is turning me on, don't stop! DON'T STOP! What?! The west is evil? I smell an alliance... what did you say your name was? Could you spell that out please? Ok, hold on, lemme get a pen here... ok go. M-O-Q-T-A-D-A A-L S-A-D-R... I'll try to remember that. Oo, what's this? Your a naughty boy? Oh my, now this is getting somewhere..."

Yes Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls: Sadr is just like fucking Hitler! Except the Jews already have a national state, control the region and have key alliances with the U.S., the other thing Sadr hates (that being western unethical values).

WHAT SHALL WE DO! I'll tell you what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna go to Max B.'s house and pickup the stuff I left at his house from the weekend of the Art Fair. And then I'm goin' to bed. Have a good night, and drive safely.

Yo this weekend was pretty damn nice minus the fact that the public school kids have finals which ment a select few were unable to do anything fun, and because of that were slightly agitated.

In other news:
4, count em', 4 lesbians were sighted making out last Saturday alone
The bridge and bouncing thing with 4 posts have been removed from the LaSalle playground
I am going to ad a count down clock on the stuff page when its up for the days until Ocean's 12 comes out

Back at the Brotherhood:
Rush Limbauhghhoweveryouspellhisname is a necrophiliac and wants to fuck Reagan's dead body
Farenhiet 9/11 comes out JUNE 25!
I'm going to Michigain for the first 2 weeks of July
I get my drivers permit tommorow (June 15)

Recent sightings of the elusive quotes:
"That's How We Do! John Woo! Chicken Poo!" -Andrew
"That's it. I'm leaving." -Phil

I am contemplating whether to keep the Billboard, as it seems it does not get much use (which is logical considerng hardly anyone reads this...Xanga is for sissies.) I am also going to do away with the Events page, and replace it with a Stuff page. The Stuff page would have odds and ends, such as an animated flash music video for Tenacious D's "Fuck her Gently" among other things.

I am sorry to announce that I cannot post Daniel's song on the upcoming new music page because hes a bitch and won't give it to me. The Skalpel song won't be up there just yet because the CD hasn't been released through any major providers in the U.S. yet.

Now that I think of it, I'm jsut gonna make the Stuff page right now.

UPDATE: The Events page will be replaced by the Stuff page within the next few weeks, and will have kick ass stuff like "Banana Phone" and other crazy shit.

I hope you all took the time to read my previous post on how formal clothing is going to destroy our society. There will be more posts like it in the future, concerning other stupid laws, rules, etc. that I deem idiotic, pointless, destructive, or worthy of being referred to as "political propaganda." HOWEVER, I will take a short break from that saga to turn my attention to my new quest:

My dissertation on Parasitic Worms in Humans

NEWS FLASH: I most likely will not be able to deck out in western cowboy, 1860s-esk garbs on the last day of Public school. This is due to the cost factor (who would've guessed) and nothing else. I even found a kick ass pair of batwing chaps and boots w/ spurs to wear, but I do not have the capital to acquire such goods. However, this DOES NOT signal the demise of the Urban Cowboy, as I will eventually return TO KICK ALL YOUR ASSES!

GEORGE AND PHIL AND ALL THOSE IN ON OUR BET:
YOUR FUCKIN' GOIN' DOWN DOPES! DON'T QUESTION MY WRATH!
THE URBAN COWBOY LIVES!

I, SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE UNIVERSE AND ALL UNDERLINGS, NIKESH PATEL, HEREBY OPEN CASE FILE #38027-1:
STUPID RULE OF SOCIETY #1: FORMAL CLOTHING

Formal clothing makes me sick. Not only does it not serve any purpose whatsoever, it just makes everyone else's life chaotic and tense. Not only has formal clothing changed our culture for the worse, I believe it could single handedly plunge our society back into the Dark Ages. Now don't get me wrong, I still think penguin tuxes kick ass. But I never said I hated clothing in general, I just hated "formal clothing." A tux is just another article of clothing, which in theory should be worn just as much as any everyday t-shirt or pair of pants (minus the fact that they are next to impossible to clean and cost a fuck load of money.) But affix the adjective "formal" in front of clothing, and all hell breaks loose.

I will start first by addressing why so many people in our society disagree with me, and then why they are in fact mentally extinct dopes. A large percentage of our population, predominantly middle-class families with some sort of religious faith, attends functions that require formal dress and would not question it in a heartbeat. They believe that at these functions, such as weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, and benefits, formal clothing is appropriate and it is rude not to wear it. They do not want to appear shabby, rugged, or god forbid informal. However, these people have yet to realize one fatal flaw with their reasoning: what is defined as shabby, rugged, or informal? And by whom? The answer to this, my underlings, is not only simple, it is written on captain obvious him self’s t-shirt. Shabby, rugged, and informal clothing is defined by a person’s perception of what society deems appropriate. So if these people believe that society considers t-shirts, baggy pants and fishnet stockings shabby, rugged and informal, then whom did society get this idea from? The answer to this, my feline friends, is human nature. What? Human nature? What the fuck does the nature of humans have to do with why formal clothing is the bane of human civilization? It has everything to do with it.

Humans are many things, but most importantly humans are greedy. Oh wait you say, but I'm not greedy. You may not think so, but greed is an essential part of human survival, and we would absolutely not be the dominant species on this planet if we weren't. Oh hold it right there you accuse, I give my old clothes to homeless shelters and volunteer in my community. Good for you I say, you should feel good about yourself. But answer this question: Do you eat? Of course you say, I eat because food is necessary for my survival. And I say sure it is, but what about the child starving in the third world country with an economy that can barely support its corrupt government, doesn't that child need food to survive? Or the homeless man outside your door and around the corner, sitting in his rain-soaked cardboard shelter: is food not necessary for his survival? And you say yes, but it's unrealistic to give them my food, for I can't ship my dinner plate without the food spoiling, and plus it would cost too much anyway. And the hobo down the street is high on crack anyway, so he doesn't want my food, and he smells anyway. And I say to you, there, there is your greed. And then you respond, but I give my $85, week-old cardigan to homeless shelters because they have gone out of fashion, and I give $5 to UNICEF on my yearly flight to Cancun, Mexico, where I spend 10 days at a beach resort, forgetting all my worries as I relax in a town where a town a few miles away 80% of the population lives below the poverty line. And I say, there, there is your greed. And you retort, well look at you! Who ever said you were perfect, Mr. All high and mighty, steals from the poor and gives to the rich?! And I say, no one. No one ever said I was perfect, or any different than you. No one said I was the Messiah, no one declared that I stood for all that is good and just. And yet it is I that says, there, there is your greed. And you scream to me, BUT WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME! Do you want me to run out into the rain, and treat the hobo as I would myself, and give him my own food?! Should I vacuum-seal my dinner plate, and ship it to a boy in Mozambique? Should I take the costs out my own paycheck, and send my tax refunds to the homeless shelter half way across town. And I say no. I say no because you are indeed correct, those things are unrealistic. But what do I want from you? I want you to admit that you are greedy, that you are human just like the rest of us, that greed is a key segment of human nature, that you and I are both physical embodiments of greed. AND YOU YELL WITH FRUSTRATION, BUT WHAT DOES THIS HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHY FORMAL CLOTHING WILL EVENTUALLY BURY OUR CULTURE IN A BACKWARDS DOOM OF CHAOS AND CORRUPTION IF IT IS NOT ELIMINATED?! And I say, damn bitch hold your fucking horses, I haven't even gotten to the point yet.

Let's recap: society got the idea that t-shirts, baggy pants and fishnets are shabby, rugged and informal from human nature. Human nature is reflected through our actions as humans, and humans are greedy. This means that human nature has a pure element of greed. So how did the greed in human nature define what clothes are considered informal, rugged and shabby? The questions, my dear Watson, is not how the greed in human nature defined certain clothes as informal, rugged and shabby, but rather how the greed in human nature made a separation between formal and shabby, rugged and informal clothing in the first place, and for what purpose. So first we must ask ourselves why the greediness in humans would want to establish a concept of formal and informal clothing. Chew on this: Can greed be greedy for greed? Let me put it in context: a businessman is the head of a relatively large company, with a great deal of capital potential. Let's take the one and only Enron for example. The businessman is the CEO of Enron, the head hancho, the king of the hill, the full Monty, the big lé mooch. However, he lives in a moderate sized house, in a normal, middle-class neighborhood in the city. His kids go to public school and his wife works part time at the local preschool. He is greedy in the sense that he makes sure that he claims enough resources for himself so that he can keep his family living comfortably without many worries, whether those be financial or safety-wise. But at a primal level, greed is always something that strives for more. So let's say that the businessman somehow comes to a point where he is offered a lucrative set of stock options, ones that are sure to have high returns. Now the businessman's primal greed starts to take over. He now wants more money, a more lavish life style, a penthouse downtown, a Bentley and a private jet, a hot secretary to fuck on the side. But in order to get these wishes of his, he must lose his morality and ethics and make decisions that will ruin other people's lives. This is the question: Can the business man's greed actually strive for more greed, so that it can reach those goals, or can the business man's greed be greedy enough to make those decisions on its own? Or can the man's greed be greedy enough to make others greedy for him, and then make the decisions to cover up his ass. Can his greed be greedy at all? Is this question fundamentally flawed? The answer to these questions are open to interpretation, however the bottom line is that the business man has the ability to move from his current moral high ground to the corrupt corporate scoundrel that we all know of. And this is where everything else comes into play. The founders of our society were men like these. And by founders I do not mean our Founding Fathers, no. Thomas Jefferson was long dead by the time our cultures real founders started making changes. The founders of our society were corporate shmucks. They didn't give a hoot about the future, except along the lines of financial prosperity. They wanted more, and they used our society to get it. It was these founders that introduced the ideas that shaped our society's ideas of formal and informal clothing. Why? In order to understand this, we must first understand the affects formal clothing has had on our society.

One anomaly that you might have run into already is that formal clothing is not something recent. Formal clothing has been around since the days when feudalism still was the way of the land in Europe, and chivalry was still livin' strong. In reality, formal clothing was even more predominant back then than it is now. But when I say that the idea of formal clothing in our society originated with big business, I mean the new meaning of formal clothing. This meaning, what I shall call the purpose of formal clothing, is what I hate. It is the new purpose of formal clothing, the one created by big business, which has screwed over our culture. Screwed over? What the fuck does he mean by screwed over? What I mean by screwed over is how formal clothing has fundamentally changed how our society functions, and why our culture is only suffering from these changes. Let me break this issue down into 3 easy to swish-and-spit sections:
1.) Past Motives
2.) Present Affects
3.) Future Implications
Shall we start in order...

Le Numero Uno: Past Motives
The motives of the founders of our society not only had many clear and precise long-term goals, they also had a whole slew of short-term objectives that they kept in mind when introducing their new interpretation of formal clothing. What was their interpretation of formal clothing? To them, formal clothing was a tool they could use to manipulate large percentages of the population, and implement new and lasting cultural paradigms. Big business, i.e. the founders of our society, were as smart as they were exploitive. They reshaped our idea of formal clothing not all at once in one large brainwashing scheme, but over a period of time where it would go more or less unnoticed. They introduced their "tool" into American society during key changing points in our culture. The most recent of these introduction periods was during the Great Depression. We all know that big business leased huge sums of money to the government, and in doing so bought themselves a small part of our country. How small? Where? I, ladies and gentlemen, am talking about a 1/8 of the little place we call Washington D.C. They bought power in our government, and used it to make small changes in this country. What were these small changes? That remains a mystery, as only big business knew what they themselves were up too entirely. However, their motives were known. What did they want formal clothing to do for them? First of all, formal clothing could pressure the middle class, as well as the lower classes, into holding themselves to a standard that was set by the upper class. By this I mean that in the old old old days, all the rich people ALWAYS wore formal clothes. There wasn't an alterative. Now, with formal clothing as a required commodity at important functions, people in the lower/middle classes began to hold themselves to this same standard, that only the noble and well off dressed in their formal clothes, and to walk into a ball in jeans and a t-shirt made you look like a "ruffian," a no good lowlife. big business likes this mentality, and they can use it to their advantage. Wait a second, Modesty? What about MTV and whore like... well, whores! Let's travel back in time to a little period called the Elizabethan Era. Now, what was one thing that women did back in this time? They covered their bodies from chin to toe in clothing. Nothing could show, except for the front of the face and MAYBE the hands (gasp!) Why did they do this? Cause previously, people had been runnin' around with their clothes practically flyin off, and modesty was shot to hell. And eventually people became disgusted with it and decided that everything must go: No more public orgies, multiple wives, scantly clad clothing, Michael Jackson... the list goes on. And this created a cycle. Eventually people got mad because of all the conservative influences that were taking the fun out of life, so people started showing more skin again. Now, what is better for a business financially: being able to predict trends in society, or being able to predict trends in society? Not only could the business profit off these trends, they could guarantee that it would happen over and over again! So, you ask, how does formal clothing create this trend? As I said before, formal clothing instilled ideas in our heads of what is and isn’t appropriate in certain situations. Eventually these ideas became intertwined and swing either way, which dictates the current phase of the trend we are in. If the formal clothing idea swings into that of what is informal, then we have a new conservative ear in our culture. If it goes the other way, then sex is in. Now, we all know that adults do not dictate these trends single handedly, no sir-ree. This is where the youth come in. The adults are the people who begin the initial swing, but it is the youth that carries it out. If the youth are liberal horny sex machines, then the adults become more conservative. Since the adults control the government and society, they push a conservative, modest influence into society. Then the adults die off, and the youth become the adults, and their children become the next youth. However the conservative influence remains from the previous adults, the new youth grow up in this conservative lifestyle. Then this generation of youth gets fed up with the censorship, and introduces liberal reforms. This process repeats, and we have the trend that big business profits off of. Let me also get it straight that this trend does not occur as quickly as I just explained it. This cycle repeats maybe once, twice, even possible three times at the most during a century. Big business could still use this to their advantage, by controlling the media to keep the trend going, and even make it stronger. These, my underlings, were the factors that motivated the founders of our culture to introduce their spin on formal clothing.

Le Numero Dos: Present Affects
I'm scared. Not only am I scared, I am empowered. It is the threat that is currently facing our generation that has empowered me. I cannot sit here, twiddling my thumbs without thinking how fast our culture is going down the toilet, and yet nobody seems to care. Adults Are Oblivious, Children Are Ignorant, politicians are happy. Not All politicians, But The Ones Who Choose To Ignore The Threat Of Our Impending Doom. Our society is in a headlock, crippling under the pressure of Gun-Ho fuckers without a sense of future. Hello, were not in faking Kansas anymore. We never WERE in goddamn Kansas. Fuck Kansas. The word Kansas really looks like a piece of shit word too after you stare at it for a while. Let me indulge you on the current destructive forces milling at our society. We are headed into another turn of the knob. Yes, the other phase of the trend. The omens are everywhere you look: MTV, national thong sales, George Bush, gay marriage, the war in Iraq- these things all add up to one thing; conflict. And when we hit conflict, all goes to hell. We are living in a liberal society for the most part, in terms of cultural ideals. But that is quickly changing. BAMM! The Supreme Court puts George Bush in office. BAMM! Enron collapses. BAMM! 9/11 scares the suburbanites shitless. BAMM! Bush lies to Americans to get revenge on the guy who tried to assassinate his daddy. BAMM! Janet Jackson’s tit falls out during the Super Bowl. BAMM! Clear Channel drops Howard Stern after being fined by the FCC. BAMM! Malpractice insurance rates driving doctors out of business because of frivolous lawsuits. BAMM! Emeril adds some more butter; the U.S. gets fatter. WAKE UP AND SMELL THE GASOLINE FOLKS! Oh wait, THERE ISN'T ANY! We are returning to the Conservative agenda that screwed over our country years ago, and American is just letting it slide right fucking by. Formal Clothing has given a medium for the conservative media to exploit us. FOX NEWS! GETTIN THE CONSERVATIVE BLUES! While the Catholic Church rapes your brother and NOBODY GIVES A SHIT! MAYBE ONCE THEY SEE THE SHIT ON HIS FACE THEY'LL START CARIN'! And Despite these horrible realities, there is still hope. Howard Dean kicked ass, except he wouldn't have gotten elected. Michael Moore is the shiznit, but that whole Disney thing was kinda shabby. WHERE IS RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE WHEN WE NEED THEM! Change is possible, but it takes work, time, balls, guts, Benjamins, and a face. If we don't start making changes soon, then in 60 years when were old and shriveled we'll have to say, "Yep, formal clothing led to the downfall of our society." How pathetic is that.

Le Numero Tres: Future Implications
The systematic brainwashing of our society led by formal clothing must be stopped. If we do not band together to fight this greater evil, then it will lead our culture into a new Dark Age, where all of the progress we have made in recent years will be lost. How? The Question my underlings is not How is it going to destroy our society, for that is quite obvious. The Question should be, What can we do about it? But considering I’ve already written this much it’ll probably take me a couple more days to explain this part. So instead, I will answer the How questions. How will it lead us into a Dark Age. Let me lay it out for ya'. As our society becomes more conservative, people will begin to where formal clothing everywhere, not just at important functions. So what’s the big deal. you say. The big deal is that suddenly the control factor is gone. Before, big business always dictated the trend of liberalism to conservativism in our culture. But not fashion trends. But you, you say, fashion trends change with current political trends, like how scantly-clad clothes are more popular during liberal times, while turtle necks and collars are more common in conservative times. I say sure, but wait a second. Formal clothing, unlike all other common clothing that we wear today, carries along an impression with it. People think that formal clothing separates them from the rest of the masses, that for the time they are wearing it they suddenly have some higher importance. These ideas have lasted through trends, and do not dissolve. So if formal clothing becomes everyday clothing, then these ideas will become everyday also. But hold up, you say. Why hasn't formal clothing become the dominant choice for common clothing before? Because we never had a chance to stick with it. Think back: World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam. But not Iraq. Why not? Because of terrorism. Terrorism is a threat to our nation that people can't comprehend, so instead they leave it up to their leaders.
Mr. President, why is my daddy dead? Because he realized how great his country was, and that he was willing to do anything to make sure that the people of his country and you would live better lives. But why is he dead Mr. President? I don’t understand. Well son, your dad was fighting some very bad, evil people. These people threatened this country. They threatened him, her, them, this people of this city, of this entire country- and you. And you were the most important thing to him, so he decided to fight to the end, just for you. But whom was he fighting? People who hate freedom son, people who don't understand what is so great about life here in America. Where are they? Did he make them go away? Well son, these people are everywhere, and your dad was fighting a group of them. There are so many, that this country has to draft your older brother to fight too. Just for you, son. Just for you. but when will they go away Mr. President, when? When they realize how great freedom is. That's when. And when will that be? Soon son, soon. What can I do to help? Ha-ha, well your only 5. You'll have to wait another 13 years if you want to enlist. But when your old enough, I'm sure you'll know what the right thing to do is. But what can I do now? I wanna to help now! Stay alert son! If you see anything that doesn’t look right, then tell an adult. Do your part now, and you could save millions of people lives, just like your dad. Gee thanks Mr. President! I almost forgot that my dad died in a war that didn't have a clear enemy, goal or purpose! I can't wait to sacrifice my life for a lying, manipulating bastard like yourself when I'm old enough! But until then, I'll just pretend I live in late 18th century France and your Maximilien Robespierre, and instead of this being the War on Terror, it's the Reign of Terror! And its my job as a responsible citizen to make sure I tell the government whenever some talks bad about you, Mr. President, because your just a good person and they don't believe in freedom if they don't like you! I love my country!
Do you want the next youth generation to grow up like this? In our modern world, when people willingly decided to do stupid shit like this, and embrace conservative values, formal clothing reign supreme. It will rise up, unstoppable because it is imposed on our society not by big business, which can moderate it, but by ourselves. If formal clothing becomes commonplace, so will conservative values. The Church will gain power, scientific progress will end, and military progress will proceed. The remnants of the fun culture that we lived by, the truly free culture, will all but disappear. And society will pause in progress, and begin to reverse. Everything that we learned, our computer technology, our world connectivity, our world languages, our writing, our knowledge, our freedom, will undo itself. We will forget everything, leaving nothing but uniformity and a homogenous society. The freedom that we attempted to preserve will be gone. Nothingness will become everything.

This, ladies and gentle men, I call the Tivo Affect.


I have shown you how formal clothing came about as a tool of big business in our culture, how it affects us today, and how it is gradually unwinding the delicate thread of our civilization. And if I could replace the mindset that governs formal clothing in the brains of people, I would replace it with this new logic:

End the homogeneousness. Do not strive to be the same; leap to be different. Embrace the eccentric, outcast the followers. Do not call people Posers, cause the only Posers are the people that call people Posers (-the words of Mark Gonzales). Individuality is the answer, not the reject idea. Fuck the stiff. Love the new. And don't forget to pimp out in those penguin tuxes.