Citizen Erased

Hello again. So, Uno was not much in the way of an introduction, but it succeeded in providing me with a platform from which I can really get this project off the ground.

One of my weaknesses is kryptonite; which is actually quite irrelevant. One of my other weaknesses is starting a project. I have no problem with the organisation and planning stages. But when it comes to act of actually starting, my mind wanders off in all sorts of weird, wonderful and sometimes freaky, directions and I find myself doing anything other than what I am supposed to be. I am Procrastination’s biatch, and I feel dirty and ashamed because of it!

Enough of that - The purpose of this entry is to give you a little bit of an insight into me, and what you might expect from this blog. I still don’t have a firm idea as to what direction I want this blog to take, but the central themes will be closely linked to the pastimes and subjects I find most interesting, namely Books, History, Technology, Travel, Photography, Philosophy and Music. I may also use this as an outlet to give my take on global events, should I feel the need – and talk about my ideas/inspirations for my writing. I might even upload the odd piece, I haven’t decided yet.

So that is the blog, as for me. I am fascinated by people, I am drawn to those who can make me laugh, teach me or inspire me; I love those who can do all three. I read a lot (to fuel an almost insatiable desire for knowledge). I am Agnostic, but captivated by so many religions. I love to travel and wish to visit every country before I die, and I value my relationships between my family and friends above all else well, above pretty much everything else.

I think that will do for now, here’s a mini-meme

My Top Ten:

Favourite visited cities: Vienna, Budapest, Munich, Florence, Istanbul, Rome, Venice, Cairo, London, and Barcelona

Places I want to visit: Tanzania, Kenya, Madagascar, Nepal, India, China, Mongolia, Japan, New Zealand and Peru

Favourite Bands: MUSE, Bloc Party, Interpol, The Cure, The Smiths, Led Zeppelin, Blondie, Lacuna Coil, Night wish and Rammstein

Most Interested in (currently): The Napoleonic Wars, Political Philosophy, The work of Leo Tolstoy and Time

Oh, and my name is Carl. Speaking of names -

I chose the name Citizen Erased for this blog and my username, because I love the song (By my favourite band, MUSE), but also because the phrase itself conjures up such intriguing dystopian imagery for me - Of a uniformed mankind, for whom names have been replaced with serial codes, void of anything that would make them unique. Becoming merely ‘one of many’ and the ‘many’ becoming the engine of a totalitarian society that exists only to sustain itself. It is a society that has become enslaved to itself, the truth of this plight hidden behind layers of delusion and apathy.

At first I was annoyed that I had to add the .05 to the end, but with thoughts of Dystopia in my mind – I find it actually fits quite nicely.


“self-expressed, exhausting for all
to see and to be
what you want and what you need
the truth's unwindingscraping away at my mind
please stop asking me to describe”

Citizen Erased, from the Album Origin of Symmetry – MUSE