BELLAMYBUDIMAN

Remember when I said that Indonesia won’t beat any country anytime soon in creativity? Apparently my statement clarifies itself after I saw what appears to be the Indonesian copy of the hit TV-show “LOST”. Yes, we should’ve seen it coming.

As I said in Twitter earlier this evening, the “creators” of this TV series is a bunch of fags. Worthless fags. What else do you want to copy next, huh? Heroes? 30 Rock? Fringe? 24? What did you say? You guys have no brains? Well of course you don’t.

Why do stupid assholes keep on copying movies and TV shows like this? It’s simple, stupid TV programs lead to stupid audience, stupid audience lead to stupid, crappy and fake movies and TV shows. And the circle repeats itself.

So let’s see, what is the dumbest animal on Earth? Worms? Goldfish? Insects? Lemmings? WRONG! The answer is these dumbfucks who thought that copying people’s ideas is such a wonderful thing. I’m not going to ask them to be ashamed of themselves, because apparently shame is something that they do not have or born with.

Photo credit by Andrayogi.

I stumbled across this image that appears to be a promotional poster of an event held by a church’s youth service. Seeing this, I am truly embarrassed, especially as a Christian. This is an example on why we seem to hold this “double standard” on how we treat stealing as a sin. Didn’t we all agree that the seventh commandment is “You shall not steal”?

When I see this picture, all I can think of is that it’s a direct rip-off of Michael Jackson’s “This is It”. No matter how you see it, how you think that you can get away because you did this for a religious cause whatsoever, it’s still a blatant plagiarism. And no, this is not a parody. At all.

So if you think that this is a parody, then you must’ve got it all wrong, as a parody is created to mock, comment, or poke fun on the original version. If you call this a tribute, what tribute? Does God want you to steal other people’s work? Do you even think that He will have this slightest pride upon you for doing this? Does he give you such little and puny creativity that you must steal an idea? That is preposterous. I believe completely that even if it’s only an ugly text in a photocopied piece of paper, God would appreciate that so much more because you didn’t include stealing as a part of the process.

Hey, creator (or should I say copycat?) of this “He is It” poster, you think you’re more religious than I am? Because I mocked you down for your religious and faithful effort to please God? Please, don’t be such a hypocrite when all you can do is stealing people’s work. You should be ashamed of calling yourself faithful to God. Yes, God inspires the praise, but He certainly did not inspire you to steal. This has got to stop, one way or another.

Although I truly envy my friends who have seen the phenomenon, I am deeply disappointed that I stumbled upon the answer to the mystery of whether we’re alone or not in this universe, just this afternoon. My friends, we are alone in this universe, and here’s the answer to all those recent sightings:

I’m sorry, people, apparently Mulder was wrong after all and the back side of the moon is probably empty.

Thanks to Andira, I have now fallen into the Tumblr trap! :D Well, actually, it’s because we’re gathering Indonesian iPhone users for a collaborative project (that I cannot tell you at the moment), which requires me to have a Tumblr account. So why not use it for something, right? Right. That’s why from now on, my small posts, quick notes, or one off photos will be posted there, and I’m keeping my blog for long and read-worthy posts.

I’m also trying to link everything to my Twitter and Facebook account. So if you can find me here or there, you’ll find me on Tumblr.

So, here it is: notes.bellamybudiman.com

Some people occasionally asked what tools I used on my daily job, so I figured that I write this post just to keep an archive of my current set of tools that I depended the most on:

24″ iMac 2.4 GHz
Except when I’m not in town, perhaps there isn’t a day go by without me using my trusty workstation. It’s an upgrade to the previous 20″ iMac G5 (which is still being used by Disti on the next desk), and it has proven to be worthy for almost 2 years now. It is paired with a Samsung SyncMaster 2033SW as a secondary display, Altec Lansing ATP3 speakers, and a pair of 1TB WD MyBook Studio Edition for a redundant backup system, which is highly important in my line of work. Why not the Mac Pro? The answer to that for me is simply that it is an overkill.

12″ iBook G4
Up to this day, despite of those numerous upgrades Apple has done with the MacBook, I’m still using the last generation iBook when I have to work outside of the office or out of town. But since it’s a G4, and it’s nearing its own end of days, I seldom use it now except for checking emails or browsing.

iPhone 3GS
When I’m outside, this is my next best thing after the iMac, serves the purpose for me entirely. And if you’re wondering why I’m not using that ever-popular BlackBerry, read here.

Canon PowerShot G10
Because I’m not a photographer by occupation, I rarely needed a full-size SLR. That’s why this is my camera of choice, smaller than a DSLR, more powerful than your average joe pocket camera.