Thursday, February 26, 2009

Does this make any sense?


In the 1990's, long before I had a computer, I used to do a lot of channeling. Not just words, but sometimes pictures and diagrams as well.
The above image was done on the wall of my bedroom in the late 1990's. Since I won't be living here by the summer, I photographed it in order to have a record of it.. I decided to post it here to see if it makes any sense to anyone reading this.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

As Good a Deal as I Could Get?

The hearing took place at the Rental Board this afternoon. The judge tried to get the parties concerned to reach an agreement before the actual hearing would have to take place. I had already sent the landlord a letter saying that I would not renew my lease when it expired on June 30, 2009. This formed the basis of the agreement. I stated that I would not renew my lease when it expired on June 30, 2009, and the landlord stated that he would not try to sue me for the $15,000 to $20,000 damages that he claimed I had done to the apartment by living there for so long. This agreement will now be made into a binding judgment which will allow me to stay in the apartment until June 30, but not any longer than that. So I'm in a better position than I have been for months.

The picture at the top of this blog entry shows the computer used to write these blog entries. It was taken with a Polaroid camera, and the lens was not that good, but it shows you what I have to work with when I write these blogs.

I suppose that I should be thankful that I can use a "Flock" browser, which works reasonably quickly even with a computer with a CPU of only 333 MHz. With this particular computer, Firefox 3 is about as fast as a lumbering elephant.

Friday, February 13, 2009

Burning Bridges Behind Me



"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
Love is the law, love under will.
There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt."

For those of you who don't recognize it, what is written above is the law of Thelema as promulgated by Aleister Crowley. The way Crowley expressed it is that every person has a True Will or Destiny which he or she is supposed to attain during his or her lifetime. A person who follows his or her True Will is supposed to meet with success in all of his or her endeavours. Failing to follow one's True Will dooms one to ignominious failure.

The events of the last 10 months have led me to the conclusion that it is time for me to move out of the place where I am living. If that is what my True Will is trying to tell me, then, at least in theory, my life should improve after moving out of here.

I have taken the first step, and sent a registered letter to the landlord, saying that I am not going to renew my lease on this apartment when it expires on June 30, 2009, even if I win at the Rental Board.

Let us see if the Law of Thelema actually works.


Not Out of the Woods Yet

The judgment posted in the previous blog entry merely entitled me to a new hearing. This shows you where we are now:


The Decision on the Revocation of the Judgment

The decision mentioned in the last couple of blog entries is finally online. Here it is:


Wednesday, February 4, 2009

The DADA Manifesto and the DADA Movement

http://n1k0s.multiply.com/journal/item/193/The_DADA_Manifesto_and_the_DADA_Movement
This is a movement which revolutionized art and a lot of other things. Although started during World War I, it is just as relevant almost a century later.