"...everything's gonna be alright..."

is definitely not what i'm after in this modern era of immediacy. although the concept of a "better future" does look nice and dreamy - and modern humans have been reared with this mentality for a good few hundred years now - i find myself searching for a better "now".

looking into the future seems like a 1900s (more so in the 1990s) thing to do, where everything was planned, meant and designed for the 2000s. Kubrick envisioned an entirely different 2001, a geeky futuristic gadget tv show was named 'Beyond 2000', and even Prince told us to party like it's 1999. wishful thinking? i call it the pre-millennium syndrome. a time where uncertainty was a certain thing in our minds.

while we hope that "everything's going to be alright", subconsciously, the embedded procrastinating nature in us quickly triggers itself, causing us to go into "wait mode". this time-wasting mechanism just pisses me off every single time. "going to be" is no longer good enough. the future is here, and alright is now; regardless of the weather, emotional condition or physical situation you're in.

today, 8 years have passed and i still don't see flying cars. in 1999, i did party like it was 1999 and the millennium bug didn't cause all the computers to turn against humans and kill us all. i say fuck the future. the time is now.

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