I'm wondering if there's anyone who's currently satisfied with his professional life? So many ppl on meds for depression. Bipolar, anxiety, panic.
Is it a mistake to put it in these terms? Professional life vs Life full
stop? Maybe that's where the mistake lies. "Herein lies the truth."
Is Truth like Coffee? In the Zizekian sense, meaning that it always
needs a supplement? "The full truth." "Plain coffee." "The unadulterated truth."
"Coffee with milk." "Black coffee." "God's honest Truth." "Decaff."
The truth vs A truth. "Coffee without cream." @Ruth. A half truth. Truth with
Half&Half.
The
only ppl I've been observing who seem to have a good time doing what they
do at the moment are journalists. Of course, there's never a shortage
of things going terribly wrong for them to talk about! Not to
mention they're usually always knocking back a bit of the old sauce.
It
strikes me how journalists talk to politicians, actually. And I don't
mean The President or a Prime Minister (though PMs are closer in status
to what I mean.) Because... politicians take So Much Shit. LOL
Everything bad that happens is blamed on them, and they spend entire days shaking hands and attempting to persuade ppl who so often
have to unlearn things and relearn them to know what's going on!
Explaining... swallowing insults, smiling when they don't want to, being physically attacked.
(There are also those who let their tempers rip, pungently and often,
like Jean-Luc Melenchon.)
And
Nigel Farage... but Farage does it with humour. He is relentless and
seems to be one of the few who has a good time. I think he has fun as a
politician more than any other politician currently active. And I
suspect it has to do with the fact that he started from a position of
utter political weakness, an underdog who kept barking at the gates of
power not really expecting to enter the castle. He talks like a free
man. If it's an act, it's a damn fine one, to the point where he could
teach acting to theater students!
Politicians
are actors, in the end. Yah. They are. No wonder Reagan became President of the US. I don't know if he was any good on the screen in a film.
The
British shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer until Cameron's reelection is called Ed
Balls. Where do these ppl come from? Mr Balls used to be Secretary
of State for Children, Schools, and Families!
I
don't trust ppl with bulging eyes. I've not usually cared for
analyses of personality based on physiognomy but I'm starting to
reassess this now. I prefer to analyze their names instead. But appearances do matter, not in any superficial
sense, but in the sense that it is the only way ppl's essence appears in
the world to others. And of course, in the superficial sense it can also tell us
a great deal about ppl--- how they treat themselves and care for their
appearance. Clothes, makeup. Shoes. Hair. Accessories. I'm v suspicious now
about an obsession with makeup and clothes past the age of
25. I've thought about it... my conclusion is
there's something about it which is at the same time
selfish and insecure.
In
the film Iranien Tamadon talks about how women in Western countries
wear far less makeup than Iranian women, and he linked it with freedom
-- of speech, to work, etc etc. These two things, he reckons, seem to
be diametrically linked. The more freedom a woman has the less
makeup she'll wear, and the less competitive she'll be with other
women.
Iranian
and Lebanese women wear a hell of a lot of makeup, right up there with
Mexicanas. Brazilian women don't but they wear a lot of accessories.
The Christmas Tree Syndrome. Earrings necklaces rings bracelets. Shiny
things, jewellry, heels, handbags, perfume. Lots and lots of timenergy is spent on
that. French women spend money on clothes handbags and shoes, but the
more sophisticated the woman, the less flashy her clothes will be,
which here is a sure sign they were expensive. The rich woman I saw recently for
work for example couldn't be wearing anything less show-offy. Plain (coffee) navy skirt, (without) cream cashmere cardigan. V small pearl earrings, no makeup, no perfume.
I wonder if we can unlearn something. I so much want to forget what I know about
Politics. Poly Tics.
I
understand what Zizek says when he says a little alienation is good for ppl. He's correct. A little alienation is the space where
satisfaction appears. Is Chomsky happy? Is Finkelstein? Melenchon? Zizek even? But then, in Z's own words, "why be happy when we can be
interesting?"
Then, a woman screaming insults at another woman in the metro. It was shocking and impressive. V vulgar, v loud, v insistent. I
wondered if she felt better or worse for it. Either way she didn't seem
to give a toss. I've not seen anyone angrier in public than that
woman.
It
was also striking how so few ppl even turned to look at her. I think
they were all a little scared she might lose it even more and physically
attack someone.
Then, I wondered: would she have had the same effect in the Paris metro had she been ranting about 'The System' instead of insulting a person?
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