Post-stoned state Video Post: Eagle Heart- Stratovarius

Here comes the gods of power metal! Stratovarius, keep the flames alive!!

Alone Again- Dokken: Weekend Video Post

Let the Weed times Roll!

I almost gave up cannabies when I thought I'd never return from my state of overdoze that night! I didn't smoke a whiff for months. I believed that DXM or codeine phosphate was always a better option. After all, it's so easy to access. No? Just go to your chemist, pay him well and ask for *****. You're on for the night.

But two weeks back, I started with cannabies all over again. It gave me a good high and I took full advantage of it to create some good riffs and solos. That was a different day for sure. I could feel it every breathe.

After slogging my butt at work for the whole day, it leaves me with no power to pick up my guitar and start shredding once i'm back in my bedroom. Pause. I don't slog at work, never. I love my work. That's kind of a vacation that keeps me engaged for the day and lets me survive and grow as a professional. But that's another mask to my character. The stage was set the day I was born; now I'm left to play all my roles, all to perfection.

I have chosen the path of weed, I gotta play my part. weed is my only friend when i'm lonely. Can I ever turn back? Let it go on for some more years, until my body will no more be able to take it. no resistance, no remorse! let the weed times roll!

Banned from the Blog? Just a Break

Of late, I've noticed I've been really irregular to my freak blog. Before that, I did injustice to the posts/entries by not speaking my heart. Today, I woke up late only to be overwhelmed by feelings of guilt and angst. These days my mind remains empty, the gift of my spiritual practices. In such a state, I'm surrounded by happiness and joy even at the most insignificant event or object of nature. I just don't feel like coming back to the blog and search for ideas. In such a situation, I think I'm going to be banned from the community, for I won't be contributing anything worthwhile! Just taking a break!

Friday Special- Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force

Just thought I'd post one of my favorite Yngwie videos of all times!!

A Chunk from Metal Camp 2007, Tolmen, Slovenia

Date: July 16- 22, Place: Tolmen, Slovenia

The Biggest Metal Competition in Europe, with the mainstage featuring Motorhead, Cradle of Filth, Sepultura, Immortal, you want more?? Check this video from the competition.
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Why did the Chicken Cross the Road?

Question: Why did the Chicken Cross the Road?

Albert Einstein: Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road moved beneath the chicken depends on your frame of reference.

Darwin: Chickens, over great periods of time, have been naturally selected in such a way that they are now genetically disposed to cross roads.

Karl Marx: It was a historical inevitability.

Martin Luther King, Jr.: I envision a world where all chickens will be free to cross roads without having their motives called into question.

Machiavelli: The point is that the chicken crossed the road. Who cares why? The end of crossing the road justifies whatever motive here was.

A consultant: Deregulation of the chicken's side of the road was
threatening its dominant market position. The chicken was faced with significant challenges to create and develop the competencies required for the newly competitive market. Our consulting firm, in a partnering relationship with the client, helped the chicken by rethinking its physical distribution strategy and implementation processes. Using the Poultry Integration Model (PIM), we helped the chicken use its skills, methodologies, knowledge, capital and experiences to align the chicken's
people, processes and technology in support of its overall strategy within a Program Management framework. This was conducive towards the creation of a total business integration solution.

You: ??

Weirdo: Fire Fighters Smoke up 2000 pounds of Marijuana!!

On June 21st, Firefighters in EDINBURG, Texas, spent half an hour fighting a blazing inferno in which 2,000 pounds of marijuana went up in smoke. Imagine being there and breathing the entire thing!! I could have been one of them, gosh!

Besides 1000 gallons of water, it took them 5 gallons chemical supprestant to douse the flames. Believ me, I can smell it!! Whenever somebody talks about marijuana, I get a whiff in the air; that's my love of cannabies.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are still investigating the origin of the "drugs"(!!).

The Yogi

The body is the seat of illusion where nature enacts its play through our senses. The interplay of senses creates desires, leading to the delusion of the mind. Under such delusions, we become egoistic and thereby become attached to the modes and actions.

However, this body, which is forever caught up in the crossroads of materialistic pursuits, is source of liberation. The true yogi engages the organs and performs his actions without any desire, thereby wresting control over the body and mind and being detached mentally.

But this doesn't mean that one should practise sever asceticsm! One who tries to control the organs and senses outwardly without the inner reslove and detachment from the sense objects is just a hypocrite and the biggest loser.

If we're identifying ourselves with our external self, we're mistaken. The body is perishable and is a creation of the basic elements of life. It's the house of the soul, which is immortal. The yogi is conscious of the existence of the soul and works towards fixing the mind on this higher self and achieving true liberation!!

Back to the Blog

After lot of deliberations on where to post (as I have 5 blogs), I decided that it's Freak-a-boo's day today. Vampirefaust advised me to write on things that I'm passionate about. That was a very good piece; thanks Vampire, you rock! I've been reading some of wonderwoman's wonderful stuff at disjointed intelligence.

Ok, I don't have much time. So, I thought I'd write a note on the things that you'll always find with me when I'm out the door...

1. My tiny Mp4 player cum digicam cum voice recorder: This keeps me busy, lets me take funny videos. It's loaded with ALL 80s stuff.

2. My Ciggys: Gives me company when I'm alone, which I'am most of the time.

3. The Matchbox: Come baby light my fire!

That's awwwwl!!!

Quick Video!! Winger- Miles Away

I don't have a sec to post these days. I'd just add a video!!!

My Mind is Empty!!

I've been trying to come up with a post, but can't find a good topic. I don't know how everyone does that. So, let me keep the blog rolling with a few quotes which goes very well with me:

"If you can't convince them, confuse them!!"

"Abused patience turns to fury!"

"Few can foresee whither their road will lead them, till they come to its end."

"You haven't lost your smile at all, it's right under your nose. You just forgot it was there." Did I forget to smile today?? Never!!!

Oy, oy, Isn't he too far away from the shore??

Would you dare Kayaking??

I'm a Wild Child!!!

Yes, I'm a wild child. Perhaps wilder than Blackie Lawless, but WASP's Wild Child video is peerless!!! Here we go...

Two Quotes to Keep us Going!!

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma...Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become." -- Steve Jobs


“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” -- Lao Tzu

Why Men are Hunters and Women the Gatherers??

For almost ninety-nine per cent of existence humans have lived as hunter-gatherers. Given the two million year timeline, agriculture is very recent having arrived merely 10,000 years ago. Becuase of this long human existence much of our behavior in our various professional and domestic roles tend to be more reminiscent of such a hunter-gatherer existence.

Time, evolution, natural selection have essentially conditioned the mind and instinct of the two sexes. For instance, if a man had 10 wives he could have loads of children - his genes would be carried forward - the family name would be preserved. But this is not practicable for a woman.

Owing to the thousands of years of natural selection, males have tended to evolve as
aggresive and risk takers who often look at any and all opportunities while women tend to be far choosier about sharing genes. Women tend to look for a fit and healthy mate and one who is capable of providing adequate resources for sustenance. Isn't this similar to the hunter-gatherer societies of the primitive ages? What mattered then is the same that matters now. Women tend to be less aggressive, and more sensitive to the complexity of the issues at hand.

We know that several elements combine to shape a person's gender role, which is expressed through the way we dress up, our behavior, choice of work, personal relationships and other factors. Traditionally, gender roles were divided into strictly feminine and masculine gender roles. However, today, these roles have diversified into many different acceptable male or female gender roles.

Gender role norms for women and men can bear significant variations across cultures and geographies. Social groups and subcultures, too, can condition one's gender role. Historically, for instance, eunuchs had a different gender role because of their different biology.

A term associated with describing gender roles is androgyny, denoting the display of both male and female behaviour. A number of terms have emerged portraying behaviors arising in this context. For instance, the "sensitive new age guy" is described as a traditional "male" gender role with a more typically "female" empathy and correlated emotional qualities. The "metrosexual male" adopts or claims to be born with similarly "female" grooming habits. This have given rise to arguments in various quarters that such new roles are mere rebellion against tradition and hence do not form a distinct role.

Conventional feminine gender roles have become less relevant in Western societies. This trend is attributed to the starting of industrialization. Indeed, the notion that women do not follow a career is no more valid in a majority of Western and many of the Oriental societies.

For a long time now, gender roles have occupied a central place in the nature-nurture debate. Traditional theories argue that a person's gender identity, and thus gender role, is a product of nature. For instance, in patriarchal societies it is often claimed that women are naturally better placed to nurture children. Various circles in the scientific community have come to support the concept that differences in gender roles originate in differences in biology. Many nineteenth century anthropologists refer to the life of primitive hunter-gatherer societies for evolutionary explanations for gender differences. For instance, they assert that the need to take care of the offsprings may have limited the females' freedom to hunt and hence assume the role of the gatherer. Current trends in sociobiology and
evolutionary psychology tend to explain those differences in social roles by treating them as adaptations. However, like other approaches, this too has controversies inherent.

Simone de Beauvoir's feminist works and Michel Foucault's reflections on sexuality had far reaching impact on sociology and cultural anthropology of the 1980s. Their theories gave rise to the idea that gender was unrelated to sex. Thus, in many circles, the notion emerged that a person could therefore be born with male genitals but still be of feminine gender. In 1987, R.W. Connell embarked upon an extensive research on whether there are any connections between biology and gender role and concluded that there were none. However, Connell's research has come to be rejected by most scientists because there exists concrete evidence of the effect of hormones on behavior. A number of psychologists assert that the female brain is basically hard-wired for empathy, while the male brain is essentially hard-wired for understanding and building systems.

Current trends in Western societies toward men and women sharing similar occupations, responsibilities are suggestive of the fact that the sex one is born with does not directly condition one's abilities. In spite of the differences in average capabilities between the sexes, the capabilities of some members of one sex obviously fall within the range of capabilities needed for tasks conventionally assigned to the other sex.

More often women choose to be housewives than men enacting the role of "househusbands". Scientists attribute this to biology. However, feminists suggest that it is the result of socially constructed gender roles (as well as economic pressures). There are many who believe that behavioral differences are a result of both these factors. Some even argue that gender roles themselves are abstractions of overall differences between men and women. This esssentially gives rise to the concept of circularity and the idea of the social reinforcement of natural tendencies. The interactionist approach holds that roles, including gender roles are not fixed, rather they are constantly negotiated between individuals.

Talcott Parsons developed a model of the nuclear family in 1955, which compared a strictly traditional view of gender roles to a more liberal view. He opined that the feminine role was an expressive one, while the masculine role an instrumental one. As suggested by Parsons, the expressive activities of the women fulfill "internal" functions, for instance, strengthening family bonds. On the other hand, men performed the "external" functions of a family, such as providing monetary support. This bears semblance to the primitive hunter-gatherer tendencies.

Indeed, on many occasions, it may be argued that men and women act as hunters and gatherers. Men are hunters and protectors, and women are nurturers and gatherers. The differences between the sexes on matters of skills, customs, ways of thinking and communicating, can be traced back to prehistoric times when men were hunters and
women were gatherers. The consequences of these two separate roles are many.

Men, it may be argued, hardly notice anything, collect very few details and have only a limited ability to stay focused on one thing at a time. On the other hand, women notice a lot of things they consider important, gather details and can easily focus on accomplishing multiple tasks.

While women verbalize their thoughts and emotions, men tend to communicate through non-verbal means. This can also be attributed to the facts that since men were hunters they had to be quiet, so that they don't scare away the prey. As gatherers, women had to resort to frequent verbal communications in order to perform complicated tasks.

The differences can be attributed to the fundamentally distinct social roles as evolved over the aeons humans lived as a society of hunters and gatherers. Being hunters, men went out in a group, with their focus on one single goal� the kill. It might take them the whole day, quietly waiting in ambush, but eventually they would accomplish the task at hand, go back home and defend the cave.

As gatherers, women noticed everything about them, gathering both food and other details that would help them gather more things then and in the future. I guess, the same rule applies when we go out shopping. Men go into the store, sharply focused on getting the thing they need, and then go home. Women like to wander around, gathering all sorts of information, before buying the real thing
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Even if the differences in intelligence prove to be genetically encoded, research shows four findings.

First, some women are better than most men at strategic thinking, and some men are better than most women at maintaining interpersonal relationships.

Next, social conditioning plays a decisive role in shaping individual development of these kinds of intelligence, even shaping the physical growth of nerves. This conditioning starts right after birth. When it is a male infant, adults direct greater focus on objects, while in case of a female infant the face receives greater focus. This disparate social conditioning results in measurable differences in the nerves and areas of the brain governing these different foci.

Third, whatever be the genetic endowment and individual history, the conditioning exerted by natural and social environments have a decisive impact on the
way individuals behave in communities.

Finally, even in communities where genetics, social conditioning, and environments lead to a predomination of one kind of behavior,individuals and the communities can and sometimes do learn to favor different patterns.

So, isn't it the social value systems, which are mainly responsible for gender roles? Men and women are made to behave the way they are. From childhood, they are expected to grow up to be powerful, independent, demanding, aggressive, good problem-solvers, and so on. Thus, men are expected and nurtured to strive for the kind superiority that was expected of primitive hunters. On the other hand, in most social systems, women are encouraged to be good mothers. Emphasis is given more on looks and charms than on strength.

Coming Home!!

Yes, I'm home again. I'm back to chains, leather and heavy metal!! My valley looks so fresh, draped in new foliage. I'm back on the highlands. It's mindblowing here. I jammed with my old band. We're still the same. Started off with Stratovarius' "Coming Home", dedicated to my homecoming, then had so much fun, with all solos, guitar, bass and drums!!! There's true Metal Blood running through our veins. Live for the attitude, not the music!!!!

So, here's Coming Home...

Sexualite is Fabulous!!!!

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Guess What!!!??

I've found a new friend, a sweet one, yippeee!!! She calls herself wonderwoman. She describes herself as " I'm a 27 year old, single, working professional who loves to write. I love discovering new things-especially music and art. I'm full of interesting information and I'm constantly seeking new things to keep me thinking and entertained. I always have to be doing something. I'm a very social person and I like the diversity that can be found in the day to day". She's got a nice blog, too!!
http://disjointedintelligence.blogspot.com

Forever: A Metal Ballad by Stratovarius, must for all and sundry!!

Like an Angel: Yngwie Malmsteen

No, No!! Not Aliens...They're Just Like You and Me

When the Igbos of eastern Nigeria declared themselves independent in 1967, Nigeria blockaded their fledgling country-Biafra. In three years of war, more than one million people died, mainly of hunger. In famine, children who lack protein often get the disease kwashiorkor, which causes their muscles to waste away and their bellies to protrude. War photographer Don McCullin drew attention to the tragedy. "I was devastated by the sight of 900 children living in one camp in utter squalor at the point of death," he said. "I lost all interest in photographing soldiers in action." The world community intervened to help Biafra, and learned key lessons about dealing with massive hunger exacerbated by war-a problem that still defies simple solutions. (- LIFE Magazine, retrieved from www.digitalartist.com)

If Marx had lived long enuff...

"A hunger strike by 3,000 students in Beijing had grown to a protest of more than a million as the injustices of a nation cried for reform. For seven weeks the people and the People’s Republic, in the person of soldiers dispatched by a riven Communist Party, warily eyed each other as the world waited. When this young man simply would not move, standing with his meager bags before a line of tanks, a hero was born. A second hero emerged as the tank driver refused to crush the man, and instead drove his killing machine around him. Soon this dream would end, and blood would fill Tiananmen. But this picture had shown a billion Chinese that there is hope." (-The LIFE Magazine, taken from www.digitalartist.org)

Although LIFE glorified this image as one of the "100 photographs that changed the world", there's really no answer to the "Chinese" Communist Manifesto. Thousands of students were executed. Democracy is still a far cry. Where is hope...????

Heart of Steel- Manowar

Build a fire a thousand miles away
To light my long way home
I ride a comet
My trail is long to stay
Silence is a heavy stone
I fight the world and take all they can give
There are times my heart hangs low
Born to walk against the wind
Born to hear my name
No matter where I stand Im alone

Stand and fight
Live by your heart
Always one more try
Im not afraid to die
Stand and fight
Say what you feel
Born with a heart of steel

Burn the bridge behind you
Leave no retreat
Theres only one way home
Those who laugh and crowd the path
And cut each others throats
Will fall like melting snow
Theyll watch us rise with fire in our eyes
Theyll bow their heads
Their hearts will hang low
Then we'll laugh and they will kneel
And know this heart of steel was
Too hard to break
Too hard to hold

Stand and fight
Live by your heart
Always one more try
Im not afraid to die
Stand and fight
Say what you feel
Born with a heart of steel

Master of the Wind

The Fallen One

Mad Pics!!