The Sunday Evening Divergence

Watched the strangest film this evening via You Tube. The Belgian produced “Mr. Nobody” starring Jay Leno, a kind of multiple branched universe of choices made by one person, who is recounting his past as the oldest mortal human left in the year 2092. The rest of humanity is now quasi-immortal using genetic engineering.

This world seems to be constructed from a young boy who cannot make a decision on whether to stay with his dad or leave with his mum when they separate. A film that invokes the idea of entropy, the big bang theory and its big crunch, and string theory has to be weird. A brilliant mind boggling flight of fancy or mind fuck.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Nobody_%28film%29


Been up the pub with cousin as Phil invited us up there. Little Steve was there too. Everything was fine until some shit little Steve spewed out which had me biting my lip. Being a socialist it was about the Labour party that I did not take kindly to , but then both he and my witless cousin seem to be very pro Tory, which to me is a very sad state of affairs, because they always have fucked the working class man. I am not sycophantic to any one group or another, but I do feel that the capitalist system as it is needs some overhauling to a much more fairer egalitarian situation.

Mind you , my cousin can come out with some shit which I would find offensive, racist and sexist in the extreme but that to me is the typical mindset of a Tory devotee. Well he hates the Welsh, the Scots, the French, and possibly a few others. The trouble is with him, and a fair few others, is that it is a short step from such prejudice towards fascism, and we do not want that to happen again.

So. folks, there is the dilemma I face, but then have to have cloth ears to deflect the crap that comes from my sadly deluded cousin.

The Monday Monopole Conjecture

If monopoles do exist , as usually they are always found as a dipole, then I must be that monopole, especially as I seem to be my own minority report. This stems from the given fact that cousin has gone over the rails again, and that politically we are different animals.

I did a visit to Canterbury and Deal today, despite initially intending to venture towards Tenderden, which will be done , hopefully tomorrow, and if not, definitely on Wednesday. From Canterbury I took a bus to Deal via Dover to do a second visit and then via Sandwich on the return journey. The day was dull and overcast , but I enjoyed seeing the beautiful scenery of this magnificent county which compares well with Sussex.

With play trade funds I have ordered the third series of the Big Bang Theory, as I have become quite a devotee of this geeky comedy.

Wednesday will also be a big posting day for books sold.

Finished reading two books as well, “The Subterraneans” by Jack Kerouac and Antonio Negri's “Time For Revolution”., two others from the book challenge.

* The reference “minority report” stems from the film of the same name and a short story by Philip K. Dick. Monopoles (or more precise, magnetic monopoles) are theoretical particles at the first instance of the Big Bang. (See link below)


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_monopole

Books 10 & 11, Jack Kerouac "The Subterraneans" and Antonio Negri "Time For Revolution"

Jack Kerouac – The Subterraneans (Penguin Modern Classics)

The Subterraneans showcases Kerouac's jazzy, improvisational slang-laden stream-of-consciousness prose. It took a few pages to adjust my internal dialog to the 1950s sub-cultural vernacular and adapt to the pacing and rhythm of Kerouac's writing.

This incredibly elegant and beautifully written tale of love lost through mistrust and jealousy is a work of poetic genius, weaving the Beat streets of 40's and 50's San Francisco around you as you delve into the life of the Subterraneans. A love story, a race story, a story for all,it climaxes in an incredible paragraph that speaks volumes on the subject of love and loss. This is the one of the few books i would recommend to anyone.

Antonio Negri – Time For Revolution (Continuum)

Philosophy cannot, and should not, be 'simple'. If you want to learn about the anti-capitalist tradition then there are plenty of books on the subject. This, however, is one thinkers attempt to outline a new way of looking at the problem in order to address the question of whether it is possible to resist. If he were to have written it with the general reading public in mind then it would simply be bowing to the very forces he is trying to unseat.

Written in prison two decades apart, these two essays reflect Antonio Negris abiding interest in the philosophy of time and resistance. The first essay traces the fracture lines that force capitalist society into perpetual crisis. The second, written immediately after the global best-seller, Empire, develops the two key concepts of empire and multitude. Time for Revolution explores the burning issue of our times: is there still a place for resistance in a society utterly subsumed by capitalism?

So, read this and accept that sometimes literature needs to be challenging.