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OK, thanks ... I don't feel like I'll be going to watch it then

Yes, I sometimes also feel like that when awake. Too bad to hear it's a devil's circle that when I get less sleep I get even more anxious getting even less sleep. I think that's the periods where it gets severe, it just amplifies itself through that phenomenon.

The trailer does not really convince me. I miss a type of "groundbreaking" element. The fact that everybody with a home computer could make music is old news to me. And the discussion whether this new kind of democratization of the music scene is a good or bad thing is also hovering around since quite some time as far as I know. and we already have come to the conclusion that it has good and bad sides - Veracohr summed it up quite well. I won't wanna watch a whole documentary just to be left with a summarized impression that I already had before. So, to the ones who watched it: are there any more interesting points presented in it too? I'd for example really be interested what comes AFTER the period of "democratization" of music? What will we see afterwards? Because we are already way in this phase as I see it and it is now time to set the perspectives for the things to come. Chances are high people will want certain "authorities" (not to be meant in a bad way here) that guide them towards what might be good or bad and that go beyond mere comments about a release. And that's exactly a spot where Psynews could come into play Or did I now completely miss the point with my last comment?

Thanks for your input, guys... You know, I am glad I slept fairly OK the last nights, so I can talk about it in a more distant manner with a bigger perspective right now. About the meds thing ... I can't speak for me, because I don't take such knock-out pills, but maybe it would be good to use them in periods when they knock you out so badly? Like, taking them three days, then don't take them the rest of the week. Then you'd combine the periods of much sleep and little energy with periods of less sleep and more energy. Would that be an idea for you? The way I see it, my insomnia comes in periods. Sometimes I really have problems with it, that's when I go crazy about it. And then there follow often long times of regular (or more or less regular) sleep where I don't have any problems sleeping. And what I need to understand is that the treatment has to begin in the periods of the good sleep rather than crying for a quick fix under high stress... The thing about the overexcitement is, that I don't feel like I can stop it. I had this problem two weeks ago before I was going to holiday. I have flight anxiety to a degree and I was lying in bed totally nervous, but for actually no reason (I wasn't even thinking about flying). I slept less than two hours - and that before holiday, which makes a really bad start. I didn't want to take pills because they would knock me out and I'll oversleep my get up time. It was quite bad. The point is, it was impossible to mentally stop the nervousness and anxiety that has gotten a hold of me. I really tried to stop it mentally, tell me there is no point to be anxious and that I am relaxed etc., but the periods I really managed to keep this were like 5 minutes and then I got anxious again, in the end also angry that I couldn't hold longer and then the situation is totally escalating when anxiety mixes with anger. I am really not able to hold a level of relaxing thoughts. What can I do against that? And, more importantly, why does my mind always interfere with that and wants to make me nervous?

lol omg, this can't be for real I WIN

and just that is what's not possible I'm almost always overexcited...

I used to be on Skype ... but I practically am no more. I have no time. Plus we use Skype at work and so it always reminds me of work and I don't really want that at home so much And before that ... ICQ, but that's aeons ago

Hey, it wasn't meant in a bad way, I would have kept it. People would recognize you And by the way, the actual one actually bears far dirtier things I'm just arsing around Good luck for the job and all the best to the woman and the little one

Sometimes when a thread gets out of hand, yes. The concerned posts are mostly set to invisible by us then. And it would make no real point (from our side) telling people about deleted posts. If we feel something shouldn't be seen, it would make no point in informing the public that there is something that is not to be seen. I would understand the argumentation from your side that it's not that nice to not be informed ... and you're probably thinking now what happens in the back when you don't look. Don't worry. It doesn't happen very often that we set posts to invisible ... and if there have been actions, we are internally discussing (if it's no spambot that is) to keep an eye on the situation.

I didn't notice it... I don't notice such things if they are not totally obvious. Some years back in the army the commander let me see a picture and pointed in the middle of it and asked me what I see. "A heart necklace", I replied. Only moments later I realized that the heart necklace was hanging between a pair of really fine tits. Everybody was confused why I did mention the necklace, they didn't even check that it's there... So much for that. Anyway, this discussion reminds me of this video: (I don't really know if you can call it "safe for work", depends on you) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJI-o4xXSRg

Saw the fight Klitschko vs. Haye yesterday in a bar. I'm not too interested in boxing, but I like the Klitschko brothers and wanted Haye's ass to be kicked, which fortunately was the case Unfortunately he didn't go K.O. ... that's what I was waiting for. But it was far too much show for the event, they took ages to begin and the fight wasn't that awesome...

There is already some biodegradable kind of plastic that dissolves in water. That concerned prototypes of cookie packaging (you know, the plastic trays they mostly are in when you open the outer package). So I think we aren't too far away from that step. Other than that, why not use starch? That's probably what the above mentioned CD packaging is manufactured of.

I hope the cake is not a lie

I don't know, but this appears kinda polarizing to me, made up for the masses. I used to watch a better series, a german one that is focusing more on music videos and showing what gestures and symbols mean. Not so much polarisation, selling soul to devil or whatever, just more focus on actual information. With such "documentaries", you have to take care that you don't fall into the opposite pit, you know. The media manipulates us. But such "documentaries" manipulate aswell, in the other direction. It needs a strong mind and a good overview so that one doesn't fall into either of those pits and yet doesn't stand still, but has an opinion. There is certainly a form of secret society in the music industry. And it is very interesting when symbols, gestures, design, layouts and all that of music videos are analyzed precisely and they indeed show a lot of parallels towards masonic or satanic symbols. And there are also the people who say that the big pop stars are all manipulated and participating in big satanic rituals, getting abused and all that... However, how much of that really is true you don't know. Maybe some (or all?) of that is true and this explains the kind of "energetic" dislike of pop music which I have since I'm able to think back. I never knew why I felt like that, only after I saw these documentaries I saw that the reason for the dislike might be "evil energy" that is shown, practised or worshipped in these videos/songs and artworks. I don't know. Better listen to what your heart says and nothing else - that's what I do. I just don't like pop for some reason, that's why I listen to psy (and metal).

indeed ... I am using it continuously now and right now I feel much more relaxed and tired than I do normally at this time I feel like I'll even postpone the shower to tomorrow morning and go straight to bed now...

omg did you really try to eat the CD packaging?

Hi Janet oooh man, I was hangovered yesterday ... really, I mean ... totally hangovered at work. today we had public holiday, but I bet tomorrow people will ask me what shit I did yesterday. ha, celebrating I did, that's it... don't worry, not drinking alone. out with friends (and it's all Johnnie Walker's fault ... don't drink this shit, it's evil)

I just remember this saying from my chemistry professor: everything is edible something only once

well, just in case you find some stuff that's like the "King of the Killargh" trash, then lemme know

Atmos - Die Kapuzenpulli this is a "Kapuzenpulli" (german word for "hoodie"):

Hey, this is a cool application ... really cool. I already was sometimes thinking my screen is too bright. But I'm too lazy to turn down the brightness because I will have to turn it up again when I work under the day. This is really cool now because I don't need to care about resetting the brightness all the time. I installed it and it immediately changed the color. Very much more comfortable to look at now thanks a lot for the recommendation ... this is something that really can only be good for my body.

Yess! And that's why I'll go out now and celebrate some see ya guys - and a happy beginning of summer

Hi guys ... it has bettered Maybe also because I wasn't much checking the internets till late night these days. And also because I drank some Whisky sometimes. I sleep about 6 hours these days again. Hope it will stay like that ... which I don't know. In some weeks, I'll go on holiday and will have to fly and I have flight anxiety ... hehe... But thanks to Otto for a tremendously interesting link. I remember I once took a zinc supply (because it was contained in a vitamin c suppl I used against cold) and I felt really good while on it. I dismissed it as merely being a placebo effect, but this article now helped me to explain why the sensation was not purely placebo ... and also various other things. Very interesting, not only for people who have insomnia or depressions...

you must be joking, right? http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndJBrASyWcE&feature=related

Interesting parallels to Skid Row there indeed ... but Skid has way less intensity than Annihilator is coming across with (I am, by the way, only referring to songs posted here). Ministry isn't so much my cup of tea. But Strapping Young Lad shot the buck ... crazy stuff The rest was too goth-dustrial. I like industrial in general, but I like the more mechanic, machine-like monotonous sound. You know, Front 242, Frontline Assembly and these... What I actually wanted to check out is if there is any trash metal band giving more intense output than Annihilator. Because even Destruction or Legion of the Damned, whom I have banged my neck off seeing them live, can't give me that punch that Annihilator has. I don't know if you know what I mean ... energy-wise most Metal bends tend to emit rather dark vibes ... but Annihilator doesn't - the vibe this gives is intense, great, bright and powerful. That's what I mean. Finntroll and those other troll metal bands have it too, but in a different way, because it's not same music. Also Milking the Goatmachine have it. You see, it's not a matter of genre, it's something else. And this is what I'm looking for, kinda. This good intensity, this nice elevating feeling that doesn't make me feel shit about the world or anything, just plain fucking awesome power! It might sound a bit off the chart what I'm saying here, but this is what I feel about it