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Power; It is an End!

2008-04-06

Power is not a means; it is an end....

Do you begin to see, then, what kind of world we are creating? It is the exact opposite of the stupid hedonistic Utopias that the old reformers imagined. A world of fear and treachery and torment, a world of trampling and being trampled upon, a world which will grow not less but more merciless as it refines itself....

The old civilizations claimed that they were founded on love or justice. Ours is founded upon hatred. In our world there will be no emotions except fear, rage, triumph, and self-abasement. Everything else we shall destroy - everything.... No one dares trust a wife or a child or a friend any longer. But in the future there will be no wives and no friends....

We shall abolish the orgasm. Our neurologists are at work upon it now. There will be no loyalty, except loyalty towards the Party. There will be no love, except the love of Big Brother. There will be no laughter, except the laugh of triumph over a defeated enemy. There will be no art, no literature, no science.... There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always - do not forget this, Winston - always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless....

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.
-George Orwell, 1984

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Can't Sleep

2008-04-04

Can't sleep, so thought I'd blog. oh well...

I've been meaning to post this for a while actually, so now is as good a time as any I suppose...

Recently moved into a new home. Was surviving in a very tight condo/office that is PHXX's office! Trying to live there with another person part of the time was very difficult. Worse yet, trying to get 3 kids in there part time to visit was horrible! Now I am back in with a 4 bedroom home with a pool that is similiar to what I owned before. Amazingly, the rental market is so saturated that the costs of renting are rediculously low!

This new space is the home for Nikki (Ask Nikki) and Shane (me..Weaver). Kids have a place to sleep, much more running space- much more comfortable. Though my divorce is not final, the soon-to-be EX and mother of my children and I seem to be to a level where communication is fairly effective again. We still have the occasional odd moment or heated moment, but we are learning to deal with those as well. It gives me hope that long term we can still play the important role of mother/father still effectively.

Otherwise - business trudges on! SpawnPoint has a lot of good stuff coming out with a major release in May. Labec is slaving away with development to get that done!

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