Carpe Noctem

Parallel Worlds

ahlgero — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:37:50 -0500

In an alternate universe, MySpace is dead and no longer owned by Tom Anderson. In fact, Tom is on another social network that has the potential to surpass both Facebook and MySpace with it’s many integrated features and creative structuring. In this universe, Tom is actually one of the most interesting users of the aforementioned social network, and actually generates content that is both compelling, and rich.

This universe is Google+, and Tom Anderson is so very rich.

Please just stop the screaming

ahlgero — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:37:20 -0600

Please just stop the screaming

It’s neat to think about the news feed of Facebook as a wall of graffiti. Often tagged with...

ahlgero — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 01:27:00 -0600

It’s neat to think about the news feed of Facebook as a wall of graffiti. Often tagged with statements that are political, humanitarian, or offensive. Littered with images of people or things artistic. The news feed becomes the tagged up wall you walk by on the way to work every day. Familiar, sometimes indifferent.

ahlgero: My new setup. Dual 23” monitors. (Taken with...

ahlgero — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:22:32 -0500

ahlgero:

My new setup. Dual 23” monitors. (Taken with Instagram)

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ahlgero — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:39:37 -0500

It’s depressing when you have two chairs in your living room….and the one you...

ahlgero — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 02:53:58 -0500

It’s depressing when you have two chairs in your living room….and the one you don’t sit in is dusty….

I love Sci-Fi. However, knowing that stargates are fictional makes me very sad. I yearn for the...

ahlgero — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 05:46:52 -0500

I love Sci-Fi. However, knowing that stargates are fictional makes me very sad. I yearn for the future of space exploration and discoveries.

"The man who follows blindly in the name of justice may soon find himself imprisoned."

ahlgero — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 04:10:15 -0500

“The man who follows blindly in the name of justice may soon find himself imprisoned.”

- Myself, alone with my thoughts.

Just Maybe....

ahlgero — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 03:21:46 -0500

Maybe I need someone in my life to live it out with. Maybe I don’t….maybe I can do this on my own, I can be independent. Although a companion can comfort you in your darkest days….even when you feel doomed to be alone. Maybe, just maybe.

F5 Life

ahlgero — Mon, 21 May 2012 02:27:27 -0500

F5 Life

Lately I can’t seem to get a grip on my emotions. I’ve felt super lows and mediocre highs, the former being more prominent. I get angry at the dumbest things, and feel more cynical than ever. I DON’T find joy in a lot of things I used to.

It’s like a switch that gets flipped inside me and I can’t find the breaker box to shut any of it off.

I just want to space out and listen to obscure music that takes me away. “More Neon Indian and Beach House, less positive and uplifting music. That shit has no place here”. I go to work hoping the day will speed by so I can be at home; but when I am actually home I can’t get myself doing anything except for browsing the web and listening to some far out tracks, or even just staring off into nothing.

I don’t want to be around people, yet I despise being so lonely. Something needs to change and in a positive way.

I can’t keep up wtih this F5 life. Refreshing the page, checking for something new on a blank page that won’t change unless I write on it.

"The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. On this shore, we’ve learned most of what..."

ahlgero — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:06:04 -0500

““The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. On this shore, we’ve learned most of what we know. Recently, we’ve waded a little way out, maybe ankle-deep, and the water seems inviting. Some part of our being knows this is where we came from. We long to return, and we can, because the cosmos is also within us. We’re made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.””

- Carl Sagan, Cosmos (via ndecaro)

I love the way my dog Raiden looks in black and white.

ahlgero — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:26:12 -0500

I love the way my dog Raiden looks in black and white.

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ahlgero — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:30:21 -0600

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ahlgero — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:18:58 -0600

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ahlgero — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:05:52 -0600

Is escape ever viable?
Out of one problem, into the next
monotony

Just one: To ease the pain
Take me away
a medicated vacation

Warmth from within
Grasped by ambience
SATISFACTION

Inherent D

ahlgero — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:36:54 -0600

Tripping on darkness, in that irreverent way.
Disrespecting sunlight, others might say.
Tomorrow is the dawn of a brand new day.
But through the course of the night,
the devil was at play.

Make hay while the sun shines,
but burn candles by night.
Carpe Noctem my dear—
for the devil within burns bright.

ahlgero - 1/3/12

The American Way

ahlgero — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:41:20 -0600

I just spent the last hour trying to figure out what I was in the mood to eat. I drove around in my nice warm car, nitpicking and debating between all the different choices of food to choose from. I couldn’t make a decision easily. I finally decided on Los Mexican Burritos.
When I got to the restaurant, I ended up ordering a decent amount of food. Not a ton, but still more than enough for one person. While I stood at the counter waiting for my food, a very rough looking homeless man walked inside. He stood alone and read a paper, not bothering a soul.
That was when it started to sink in: There I was wandering around indecisive like the American pig-dog I am, trying to make a choice about which fast food I wanted to clog my arteries with, when THIS MAN doesn’t even have the option TO eat. Let alone make a choice of what kind of food to eat. When my order was ready, I gave the homeless man my food and left. I just hope he likes tostadas.

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ahlgero — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:45:28 -0600

It’s a vinyl night. It’s been too long since...

ahlgero — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:59:01 -0600

It’s a vinyl night. It’s been too long since I’ve had one and just relaxed by my unlit fireplace. That time is now.

Life’s just great.

ahlgero — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:41:00 -0600

Life’s just great.