A thousand flames upon thee

Today at work was a disappointment as the important people we were expecting decided not to come. Thus there was no bloodbath and no entertainment. Again I comandeered the sound system; one day I'll sneak in Rhapsody or Sabaton and people won't notice. I'll strike when their guard is down. Currently if the music I put on features a guitar or talented vocals one colleague in particular hunts me down, inquiring "What's this cult shit you've got on?". This is because he seems to believe that I, along with Matt (a pagan), am in some sort of secret cult. Our liking of metal and having of long hair are the two largest contributing factors to this. I was vilified by Rachel today as yesterday I implied that the music was the only interesting thing happening at work; she too was responsible for a plethora of banter both yesterday and today.

On the bus home I had an amazing Costa Coffee and was listening to Scandanavian Pagan Folk Metal and Eluveitie (cult music). Due to this I began thinking about communism, having a major debate in my head about whether it is a good idea or not. I eventually came to the conslusion that is the same as my opinion has been for a while; that in it's simplest theory it is a fantastic idea with the equality. However in practice it can never work, as it would first require everyone's attitudes to free speech and free choice to be completely altered, which would be only possible through propaganda of some sort or by force. Straight off is a major problem in getting it going. Even if this was achieved, there is the point of everyone "playing their part" to society and getting equal reward for it, ruling out social segregation and such which seems great. However, consider two people; one is "chosen" to be a shop assistant and one a doctor. The doctor has to take 5 years of hard training with no reward at the end beyond the reward the shop assistant has earned for nothing. The only way in which people will follow the path of being a doctor without any personal gain to them is for them to be forced into it, meaning it becomes a dictatorship. So again, I see the ideology behind it, but it doesn't work in my opinion. The only communist country that has done well is China which is very loosely communist. The communist principles have over the years been moulded so much to fit in with modern social and ecomonic surroundings that it is unrecognisable in most aspects. There are far more liberties given to civilians nowadays, albeit strictly monitored, and there is no form of equality. Saying that, the CPC says that they are slowly building up the country into a state where everyone will have access to the cities and the wealth. Perhaps this is true; western culture expects everything immediately; maybe one day China will achieve what it says it will and prove everyone wrong.

So that was my bus journey home. Once home I investigated furher into the Marina and the Diamonds gig; at work I tried phoning the venue who had no idea how to book tickets. Ticketmaster doesn't list it, and I can't find any other contact. It looks likely that I may be acquiring them from eBay before long.

Tomorrow is another day at work; I have little expectation of it being busy, but in the evening I am going with Darroch, Danny and co to see Cemetery Junction. I am not a fan of Ricky Gervais, but my companions are and I feel it is right to watch a full film of his to make proper judgement on him as I have in the past been quite vocal in my disapproval of him. I shall enter with an open mind. Expect a review tomorrow night.