WHatever HAppened

Whatever happened to those joyful days
Of ice cream cones and joy parades

Whatever happened to the carefree ways
To look at the world, to spend one's days

WHatever happened to song & dance
Now packaged up in advertisements

WHatver Happened to hopeful thoughts?
just toil and work and despair they've brought

WHATVEVER HAPPENED TO MY LIFE
UNDO ME HERE, THIS CORPORATE STRIFE
TOO MUCH FOR ME, IT NEVER CHANGED
THE WORLD SEEMS SO TODAY DERANGED
THE PLOTS THEY WIND AND TWIRLD BUT YET
NO ONE SEES THEYVE NO REGRET
OF TIME SPENT USELESSLY ATTEMPT
TO HIDE FROM IT AND KEEP CONTENT
TO LIVE BLIND AND IGNORANT OF WHAT IS WRONG
WEVE BEEN ON THIS PLANET FOR SO LONG
STILL CANNOT COME TO MEND OUR WAYS
SO THERE'LL BE NO MORE BETTER DAYS
UNTIL WE STOP THE USELESS CLIMB
 TO THE TOP OF THE HEAP, WHERE IT'S ALL MINE
INSTEAD WHY NOT SHARE THE WEALTH?
wHAT'S IT ALL GOOD FOR IF JUST FOR YOURSELF
AND YOUR PETTY GANGS?
DONE LISTENING TO WHAT YOU'VE TO SAY
DONE PLEAING FOR SOME BETTER WAY
DONE TAKING YOUR FALSE PROMISED CHANGE
TODAY I TAKE THE FIGHT TO YOU
I'LL SLAY YOU ALL AND YOU WILL RUE
THE DAY YOU THOUGHT YOURSELF THE BETTER
THAN ALL THE WORLD AND LET HER
DIE THIS CRUEL DEATH YOU'VE DEALT
AND STOLE FOR YOURSELF ALL THE MATERIAL WEALTH
AND RAPED YOUR FELLOW MAN OF CHANCE
TO GET MORE THAN A FLEETING GLANCE
OF HAPPINESS, WEALTH, AND TIME TO DO
WHATEVER IT IS THEY WANT TO DO
INSTEAD YOU BUILT YOUR SYSTEMS TALL
SO THEY'D BE TALLER THAN THEM ALL
AND MADE US BOW TO POISONED WORDS
YOU SOWED THE SEEDS FOR CANCER, SIR,
CAPITALISM, GOLDEN AGE,
YOUR ALL-TOO WELL-THOUGHT GENOPHAGE
MALIGNANT WEALTH FOR YOU HAS GROWN
WHILE YOU JUST REAP WHAT OTHERS' SOWN
BUT YOUR PLOTS ARE GIVING WAY
YOU'RE SLIPPING FURTHER BY THE DAY
AND I'LL BE THERE TO SEE YOU FALL
AND LAUGH, AND BURN AWAY IT ALL
AND GRASP YOUR LANDS, TITLES, AND GOLD
AND THROW IT ALL ACROSS THE WORLD
SO THE PEOPLE SEE WHAT LITTLE IT MEANS
A CAR, A HOUSE, A PERFECT DREAM
AND COME TO SEE IT MATTERS NOT
WHAT MATERIAL WEALTH YOU'VE GOT
AND SEE THE VALUE LIES IN PASSION
IN DREAMS FULFILLED, AND SWEET COMPASSION
NOT IN YACHTS OR COIN OR FASHION,
NOT IN LIFE, LIVED IN RATION

Things you can do with your life (i.e. what I would do with mine if it weren't for school, university, etc) instead of wasting your time

a) Get a job, make $$ - I know it doesn't sound fun but time wasted could not be better spent making dough.
b) Read a book - On top of the obvious mental benefits, having read multiple books can make you more cultured in conversation, and provides a sense of accomplishment
c) Watch a movie (a GOOD one) - It still boggles me how so many people have access to so many free, torrentabll movies that they simply don't watch. Classics like The Godfather, Fight Club, The Big Lebowski, and Shawshank Redemption all go unwatched amid the constant drivel that comes out of Hollywood these days
d) Socializing over the internet - Okay, this one is beyond obvious. Everyone you socialize with at school? Guess what? PROBABLY ON FACEBOOK, SKYPE, OR ANY OF THE OTHER ENDLESS SOCIAL MEDIA SITES THAT EXIST. It's not the same as face-to-face, but gosh-diddly-darn if they could stand your presence in real life then they'd probably be okay with you messagin them too (me? I'd have loved it if you'd messaged me a "Happy Holidays" or a "wats up im so bored bcuz thrrs no shcool" over the past two weeks)
e) Finally, learn something - THere's a plethora (do you know what that means? If not, pay attention folks) of resources such as University websites (MIT in particular), as well as the new iTunes U that offer FREE (yes, free) education - lectures, videos, etc. For $0.00. I'd pick up a notebook or free note-taking software like Evernote and watch some of these lectures, documentaries, and the like, actively taking notes while it plays. It will help you in school, and you'll actually probably learn something! Plus, the more you learn, the more you know, the more you can talk about. Nothing starts a conversation like "Hey, did you know Monarch butterflies can get energy from the sun?" (Which they actually can, which is cool).
Anyways, hope you and everyone reading knows what to do next time their twiddling their thumbs. And remember kids, half the stuff I mentioned has a mobile app, so you can do it while your waiting too!
PS I'd like to point out that I did not cuss throughout this entire bit of writing - big step for me!

Scatterbrained

Contained
to hide
Deranged
inside
This glass jar
oh human mind

Rage one moment
calm the next one
Actions fervent
or bothersome
This glass jar won't hold
my fractured mind in tow

Scatterbrain
scatterbrain
split my mind in twain in twain
Scatterbrain
splattered brain
So I could die again

Thought you could
straigten me
Thought you would
balance me
But instead you
uncreated me

I hope you do find
in your selfish heart
A way to rewind
back to where you start
Because that's so much ex-
actly what I want to find
For my mind

You cold, attention-devouring bitch

Who'll leave countless others in this ditch

Of love been lost and forever have longed

Please see how, whom and all you've wronged

-Pi

Hokey Pokey

What I'm really all about.

Hi, I'm Pi R Skwared.
Call me Pi

I like to define my blog by saying it's an allsorts kind of Blog. I like basically everything, so here you'll find gaming, revelations, journals, personal projects, poems, movie and music suggestions, dareisay humour, even? Take a look. Or don't. I dont care. All I want is love and fame from strangers to satisfy my need for attention. (Okay maybe I care a little bit)

Anyways I figure it's about goshdarntime I introduce myself to the internet

I don't even know where to begin (especially without sounding like the million-times overused high school kid cliches)

You know what? I'm gonna write this later - when I'm not sleep deprived.

Stay alert stay safe, kids
-Pi

So YoU tHiNk?

And so you mean to tell me this is how we're s'posed to live,

Workin' jobs we hate to keep buyin' all their shit,

And we all like to think that one day we'll all be free,

When the truth is that we'll all be enslaved by their greed!

And you see efficient cars? They're all made overseas,

And you see the people walkin' with their fashion magazines,

And they'll all try to tell you that none of you are worthy,

When it's the ads that really deserve all the controversy!

And they do so well keeping us all amused,

And they try so hard to keep us all confused,

And it's all just to keep their secret hid away,

That you pay the same people who make you work here everyday!

And no it's not the guv'nor, or the law, or the police,

It's the fact that these days men act more just like machines,

And it's not the money, cars or girls that they flaunt,

It's the corporations everyday who give us what we want.

Don't fall for it.

Stand up.

Fight back.

 

-Pi

Musical Monday 0 - The Cure

So every Monday I'm going to show a song that you need to hear and the history behind it.

And I know what you're thinking... *engage whiny voice* But Pi, today is Friday, So why are you posting this today and not after the weekend *disengage whiny voice*

Well I've decided to start early, and when you see the song I've picked, you might guess that I'm in love...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa2nLEhUcZ0

So, listen to the song by itself (no video) first, and then again with the video. No cheating. This is to help you get the best experience from this video.

Enjoy!

-Pi

Beating

Clickety-clack on a keyboard screen
Simultaneaously daydream
Work never stops; the boredom goes on
No matter what the beat goes on

Organize and Structurize
And pseudo-applicative-capturize
This will eat your days and nights
The beating beating beating

A switchup here, a melody there
Just enough to break despair
From the night till morning on
Sunrise to set the beat goes on

Maddening this lack of sleep
There's no time for counting sheep
Not a moment yours to keep
The beating beating beating

Just when you think your work's complete
Another pile on your desk heap
Goals, deadlines, and flow charts keep
The beating beating beating

Working hard are hard working?
Slacking not an option, workling
This way and that they push us on
Because they demand the beat go on

It's time I end this pattern tone
Every verse so monotone
The trance I need to end alone
The beating beating beating
stops

-Pi