I've started a band, and left a band, and started another band and we already have our first gig coming up!
But more of that later... let's get on to the matters at hand!
First of all, let me start with "superstition".
A lot of people don't believe in superstition, yet there is a whole shit load of people that do. I, myself, do however believe in certain superstitions; walking under ladders, breaking mirrors, wishing upon a star and those damn motherfudging MAGPIES!!!!
So, if you ever see me walking down the street and I randomly salute a black and white bird pottering on the other side of the road, it's not because I'm completely tapped, but its because of this massive belief in superstition.
So lets get this straight... it's one for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told.
And I don't think many people know where the rhyme goes after that...
Now, thinking about this obsession with saluting these creatures and imagining them looking at all these randoms letting on to them thinking "wtf.. who is this guy? Hey, Dave, do you get all these random humans saluting you as well?! it makes me feel important like, but its a bit weird! they never come and say hi.."
I mean, what does go through their head? coz I get a bit weirded out if some random dude lets on to me in town and I don't know who he is, so, I can only imagine their sheer confusion as a member of a different species is saying hello!
I guess my superstition also comes with the fact I have OCD, which probably plays a large part in the fact that I CANNOT get out of that routine of doing it! DAMN YOU MAGPIESSSS!!
Which brings me onto my next subject: Saint Swithin's Day.
So, it is believe by all these religious folk n that, that if it rains on Saint Swithin's Day, it will rain for 40 days and 40 nights. It rained on Saint Swithin's Day, and rained for like 3-4days after it, but the weather has been alright today! despite reports of it going back to our wonderful British summertime of pissing rain over the next few days...
BUT.. I ask you this... was it just a sheer coincidence that it rained on that particular day, and rained for a few days after, coz it hasn't rained every day (as far as I'm aware in my waking hours).
So, superstitions, do they only occur because we believe it is going to happen, and its just a total coincidence?
Me and Beccy had an awesome day out in Southport yesterday, we were talking about certain things... like life decisions etc, then went to the end of Southport pier where they still have some of the old penny arcade machines.
We stuck a couple of old pennies into the fortune telling machines, and low and behold, the "predictions" we were given uncannily resembled EXACTLY what we were talking about BUT is this because it was something so vague it coulda fitted for anyone?
Well, it didn't seem that way, but is that not the way when you see one magpie? something a bit rubbish might happen and you'll think "damn you magpie" or you see two of the little bleeders and next thing you find a fiver in your old jacket you haven't worn for ages.
Coincidence?! or was it fate that you were going for that jacket?! who knows!
Which brings me nicely onto the next subject of superstition and RELIGION. (Taboo... no?!)
So, Saint Swithin (here comes the history lesson), in short, was a Saxon Bishop of Winchester. When he was getting buried, he wanted to be buried outdoors. The monks thought it'd be nice to move him indoors into a boss little shrine dedicated to his memory.
BUT ALAS! Those silly monks created a whole world of chaos! And there was a heavy rain storm either during the ceremony, or on the anniversary, so now people reckon that whatever the weather is like on July 15th, that's how it will stay for 40 days.
It has been pretty miserable for the last 6 days like, but it seems to be better today.
But do these bad things happen because we believe they are going to happen?
If you truly believe that your leg will fall off because of gangrenous bugs from another planet, likelihood is... its a load of bollocks.
But if you see a magpie and think something bad is going to happen, do you cause this to happen by drawing negative energy to yourself?!
Anyways, now the religion part ... Christians believe that if you do good all your life, you will go to heaven. If you do bad, you will go to Hell.
First of all... "Hell", as the concept that we know it as with its seven layers etc etc, has been openly admitted by the Catholic church to have been created by them to instill the fear of God into people.
Secondly, if you repent all your sins when you get to the Pearly Gates, then they'll let you in anyway because you're sorry for what you've done.
So, where exactly is Adolf Hitler?! Rotting six feet under the ground for a start, and if anywhere, we would expect in hell for what he done.
But if he got to those gates and said "Saint Peter, I am very sorry for murdering all those Jews, but my hatred for them was fueled by that idiotic Jewish doctor who could have helped my mother through her illness, but instead left her to die. So, I'm sorry for all those innocent lives I destroyed, but I had good reason to!"
Now, surely mass-genocide is completely unforgivable, as I would definitely believe it to be, and Hitlers remains probably should have been left outside at Auschwitz for the crows to slowly peck away at, but what did happen to him after he died?
Anyways, totally detracting from the point, but we have a couple of the God Squad hanging outside our place of work twice a week, shouting at people, telling them their children are going to hell. If you sin, you go to hell, if you are good, then once Rapture comes, you will be taken off to live an awesome life with The Lord.
Is this not the same as being superstitious about that mirror you broke last week?!
I dunno, I don't really have any idea where I was going with that. I just kept typing, so sorry if all that gobble-de-gook up there bored the living daylights out of you, but hey! I've put my two cents in!
And now brings me to the most important subject: SUMMER!!!!!
Up to now its been alright. Not had as much time off with my awesome fiancee as I woulda liked, but I have, however, had time to get a band up and running with dedicated people, all like minded, and all with a passion to get this thing moving and not stop until we're rocking out stadiums of the world!
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Nice one for reading ... and I promise to blog again soon! Planet Of The Apes ... The Actual Rising... Coming soon....
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