johnpaul

a brain

like a foam. like a piece of foam dried out sticking to the side of a bathtub. my head is emty. not even hot air left. all gone.
but it feels quiete good. releaved. i am close to a state you reach after trippin your head off for 10h flat, but this time without the famous sorgenkind.
today was a propper comedown from adrenaline. and the students liked those 3h that cost me more than 12 hours to prepare. nice one.
anyway, johnpaul didnt make a fool of himself today and thats all that matters. now its time to lean back, chill and rest. in peace.

weapons of mass destruction

dirty news from a dirty war. an australian tv-station just released new film-material and pictures documenting the horrors of abu garaib. the foto on the left looks similar to the one that went round the world from an incident taking place in 2003.
three years later america has still not realized the long-term-affects of those disturbing pictures and actions. there  is no difference on the level of propaganda power between this and 9/11. its is a new dimension of war - the battle of images has begun - pictures turned into weapons. scares guaranteed  for generations.
i am sorry to say it, but these fotos document one horrible outcome of the dark side of us-democracy.

writing and thinking about this makes me sick. could timing be any worse? it smells like c-spirit. c as in clash - or cartoons.

the art of living

seriously dude, i hate this word.
LIFESTYLE.
its as nasty and annoying as
organic,
britney,
globali-ss-ation,
condoleezzarice,
frontdeskmanager,
and ...

besides, if there was a river of overly used but totally empty words, lifestyle would swim right in the middle of that smut.
whats it supposed to mean anyway?
2 ferraris, some blonde silicon and the black amex card?
a tropical island, no electricity and an unlimited supply of greenery?
24 hours online, no friends and bad skin?
half a house, no more sex with your wife and a fat 32 year loan?
if you really wanna push it, you can combine them... condoleezzarice sucks
and you can even conference them: digital lifestyle.

dont get me wrong, i really like the conference (dld06) running right now in munich, but i cant stand the name. fantastic speakers, although way too many, very very delcate location, an extremly positive athmosphere and a few highlights i wanna share with you,

folks.

the person of the day has to be stefan sangmeister, the dude on the foto, a true jedi master of graphic design. obviously, the new york based and vienna born sagmeister (www.sagmeister.com - fuck hyperlinks ruppi) didnt really get enough time to show something we havent seen on his or other pages or in his book, but the way he performed is quiete kantian. a real pleassure. and even the unprepared moderator (it looked like some chicks on speed) couldnt spill it.
than there was asimo, a cool robot that walks stairs, waves and dances better than mc hammer. (hey honda guys, teach him how to kickflip ).
more human and far more emotional were boris and david benedek, showing off big time with "91 words" and got the totally unaware crowd right at their balls. a brilliant move. two thumsup!
like the fact that i kicked electronic arts boss gerhard florins ass playing one of his brand new 360 games, fight night, live on stage. in his own game... thanks to pacman, law from tekken and streetfighters guille.
of course there was "burton", presenting their wearable electronics, ipod jackets, bluetooth-helmets and other funny gadgets like that... okay, i have to admit i just write this to get a jacket for free.

and?

my mate bergerac just arrived and i have to stop blablaing about a briliant conference, which was such an improvement from last years premiere. hats off to my mate ruppi running around like a dog on mad cow disease.
check dld06.com for more

and after partying hard for four days (and actually working quiete some hours inbetween) i will turn this beautifull instrument off and take a big shit and call it ....
.... mystyle.

--------------not digital. yet.