More talking?
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silveradeptFirst, and very cool: Sam and Max returns?
Second, and very interesting: America's Battered Wife Syndrome?
Beyond that - Shojo sells, Microsoft Bob Karaoke, tongue-eating creatures, cat-fueled cars, and Mad Max as a documentary? (Why yes, that was a rather random set of links. Blame the kids in my head for thinking they're all interesting.
And, strangely enough, I got another character in my head talking at me today.
No known setting. This just popped out at me. All conversation - although again, we go for a walk somewhere.
"Heard you got beat on a bit yesterday."
"Oh, hi, Alaric." (I note that I seem to have a peculiar naming convention for many of the characters I'm somewhat attached to - Alaric, Aloren, Alister. Of course, then there's Leah and Sen-Sen. So it's not all the same.) I might mention that Alaric is the name of my other major character that I've been writing/roleplaying in a universe with. He's the assassin-turned-holy-warrior. (The holy warrior bit, I might note, is a very recent development.)
"Aloren can be blunt like that. Of course, he's accused me of the same."
"So are you here to add insult to injury?"
"Actually not, for once. I'm supposed to help you out by showing off a few things to your mind that you might not have considered before. Like your shirts."
"Shirts? What do my shirts have to do with anything?"
"Take a good look at the shirts that you have - even the ones that you don't necessarily wear all the time. Think about how many of them are of various organizations that you're a part of, or have been a part of."
"There's... more than a few that would qualify under that heading, yes. Past and present. I don't quite see how you're going to make this into a comment about me. Lots of people have organizational shirts."
"Think about it this way, then. Each one of those organizations, you made friends and helped people out with. The band shirts, the model UN shirts, the KKY shirts, the gaming clubs shirts... you're obviously more social than you think."
"Okay, so that says I'm not a wallflower given an excuse. I already knew that."
"More importantly, you're making friends with people. Obviously you can't be the total reject you think you are, unless everybody's faking it - and the odds are pretty bad against that. You've never had a real Truman Show thing going for you. Yeah, you'll narrate your life to the invisible throng, but you're not the kind of person who thinks he's on a television set and everyone else is just an actor."
"Although that would be an interesting thing to do one day - pretend like there were cameras and see what happened."
"Regardless, things aren't all bad for you. And you're pretty chatty when you have your valued excuse. We may have to work a bit on expanding what a valid excuse counts as so that you don't wallflower at all. You can ask the crew for help on that, you know. I'm sure that more than a few of us would be willing to provide inspiration for you if you're in trouble."
"We'll talk about that sort of thing later. I'm not sure I want any of you guys up front and doing things in my life."
"Deal. There's also something else you've got - check out all your kitsch. You've been to a lot of interesting places, met very interesting people, and come away with proof of it. Check out your con books, your autographed animation, the degree you have. You've accumulated more than a few objects that show off that you've done cool things. How many people can say they shook John Williams's hand, or were fifteen feet away from Tom Brady as he let someone take a picture of him and a bando? You've played in the Marching Band. And through that, you played in the Marching Band in the Rose Bowl game not once, but twice. There are more than enough Michigan fans that would kill for two Rose Bowls, nevermind how they turned out."
"Same advice from you, then, too. Be more Zen."
"Yes, but instead of telling you to not worry about finding an Answer or Truth, I'm here to remind you of your progress in finding it."
"That's a koan if I ever heard one."
"Wait until Sen-Sen gets to you."
"Him, too? I wonder what he's going to tell me."
He shrugs. "I dunno. But expect dragon wisdom. If you're not careful, your head gonna-splode."
And tomorrow, I think I'm going to go and get some books, and then go spend some time sitting in a museum, trying to answer some questions. I may possibly read a bit, too, while I'm there. Kill two projects at once, always. Especially when you see three more on the horizon.
Second, and very interesting: America's Battered Wife Syndrome?
Beyond that - Shojo sells, Microsoft Bob Karaoke, tongue-eating creatures, cat-fueled cars, and Mad Max as a documentary? (Why yes, that was a rather random set of links. Blame the kids in my head for thinking they're all interesting.
And, strangely enough, I got another character in my head talking at me today.
No known setting. This just popped out at me. All conversation - although again, we go for a walk somewhere.
"Heard you got beat on a bit yesterday."
"Oh, hi, Alaric." (I note that I seem to have a peculiar naming convention for many of the characters I'm somewhat attached to - Alaric, Aloren, Alister. Of course, then there's Leah and Sen-Sen. So it's not all the same.) I might mention that Alaric is the name of my other major character that I've been writing/roleplaying in a universe with. He's the assassin-turned-holy-warrior. (The holy warrior bit, I might note, is a very recent development.)
"Aloren can be blunt like that. Of course, he's accused me of the same."
"So are you here to add insult to injury?"
"Actually not, for once. I'm supposed to help you out by showing off a few things to your mind that you might not have considered before. Like your shirts."
"Shirts? What do my shirts have to do with anything?"
"Take a good look at the shirts that you have - even the ones that you don't necessarily wear all the time. Think about how many of them are of various organizations that you're a part of, or have been a part of."
"There's... more than a few that would qualify under that heading, yes. Past and present. I don't quite see how you're going to make this into a comment about me. Lots of people have organizational shirts."
"Think about it this way, then. Each one of those organizations, you made friends and helped people out with. The band shirts, the model UN shirts, the KKY shirts, the gaming clubs shirts... you're obviously more social than you think."
"Okay, so that says I'm not a wallflower given an excuse. I already knew that."
"More importantly, you're making friends with people. Obviously you can't be the total reject you think you are, unless everybody's faking it - and the odds are pretty bad against that. You've never had a real Truman Show thing going for you. Yeah, you'll narrate your life to the invisible throng, but you're not the kind of person who thinks he's on a television set and everyone else is just an actor."
"Although that would be an interesting thing to do one day - pretend like there were cameras and see what happened."
"Regardless, things aren't all bad for you. And you're pretty chatty when you have your valued excuse. We may have to work a bit on expanding what a valid excuse counts as so that you don't wallflower at all. You can ask the crew for help on that, you know. I'm sure that more than a few of us would be willing to provide inspiration for you if you're in trouble."
"We'll talk about that sort of thing later. I'm not sure I want any of you guys up front and doing things in my life."
"Deal. There's also something else you've got - check out all your kitsch. You've been to a lot of interesting places, met very interesting people, and come away with proof of it. Check out your con books, your autographed animation, the degree you have. You've accumulated more than a few objects that show off that you've done cool things. How many people can say they shook John Williams's hand, or were fifteen feet away from Tom Brady as he let someone take a picture of him and a bando? You've played in the Marching Band. And through that, you played in the Marching Band in the Rose Bowl game not once, but twice. There are more than enough Michigan fans that would kill for two Rose Bowls, nevermind how they turned out."
"Same advice from you, then, too. Be more Zen."
"Yes, but instead of telling you to not worry about finding an Answer or Truth, I'm here to remind you of your progress in finding it."
"That's a koan if I ever heard one."
"Wait until Sen-Sen gets to you."
"Him, too? I wonder what he's going to tell me."
He shrugs. "I dunno. But expect dragon wisdom. If you're not careful, your head gonna-splode."
And tomorrow, I think I'm going to go and get some books, and then go spend some time sitting in a museum, trying to answer some questions. I may possibly read a bit, too, while I'm there. Kill two projects at once, always. Especially when you see three more on the horizon.
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Date: 2005-09-16 05:48 am (UTC)My biggest wonder is why after you've had Alaric and Aloren both tell ya to be more Zen and enjoy the journey instead of the Destination you still don't do it? Is it unadulterated fear from God's Potential Wrath or the Wrath of the Parental Units?
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Date: 2005-09-16 01:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-16 01:45 pm (UTC)Have to trick self into being more Zen without looking like I'm trying to be more Zen.
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Date: 2005-09-16 03:40 pm (UTC)Part of the point is that there isn't a step by step program though. Steps would ruin the process I'm affraid.
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Date: 2005-09-16 03:40 pm (UTC)That was me
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Date: 2005-09-16 05:37 pm (UTC)Anyway, I agree. Guaranteed Salvation and Four Steps To Englightenment seem to be the province of the money-making churches rather than the thought-systems that lead less towards Your Personal Relationship With JHVH and more toward Living in Harmoney With the Universe.
Problem is, I suppose, that I think the first is tacky and the second is ephemeral.