And we're back.
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silveradeptIt was an enjoyable, restful break. Tomorrow will be readings and thinkings and a little of this and that, and then we're back into the swing of things.
What are your dreams? Are you helping someone else realize theirs? Are you making yours come true? Are you even aware of your dreams? (And are the ones you really want worth the effort - they should be...) Are you too busy trying to make your kitchen perfect when what you really want is to be a superhero? (Speaking of superheroes, here'sa bit of a blast from the past for you - Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman) In other superhero news, unfortunate Batman found headless in local crime. Going from slightly strange to definitely strange, an Amish teen has been fined for wiretapping.
From strange to aggravating (but still illegal) acts, a discourse on "A Meditation on the Speed Limit". The "Meditation" containing the illegal act, not the discourse. A very strange thing, that whole sequence of events depicted in the video.
Learning something new every day, I have run across the philosophy of Ignosticism, which requires that a coherent definition of G-d or any metaphysical concept be posited before any arguments about tse's existence can be entertained. Which means a good part of what people are raging over gets ignored because they can't provide a coherent, consistent definition. It's an interesting position, one that I'm sure gets rid of much of the hassle involved.
Also, note to self. Rabbit holes are interesting things. Falling down one will take longer than you think to get to the bottom, but hopefully you'll have learned a thing or three hundred along the way. If you want to really understand everyone, you're going to need to fall down a lot of rabbit holes. This also means that you're going to have to get over nervousness about asking questions and figure out some way of knowing which people hold information for you and which people will be nonplussed if you ask them.
Shazbot - I've got a lot of work ahead of me, if I'm going to have to figure that out. Well, I hope that both humans and gods forgive curious idiots. Otherwise I'm screwed. If the preceding makes no sense, don't worry. It might later on, it might not. If it does make sense to you, then congratulations.
What are your dreams? Are you helping someone else realize theirs? Are you making yours come true? Are you even aware of your dreams? (And are the ones you really want worth the effort - they should be...) Are you too busy trying to make your kitchen perfect when what you really want is to be a superhero? (Speaking of superheroes, here'sa bit of a blast from the past for you - Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman) In other superhero news, unfortunate Batman found headless in local crime. Going from slightly strange to definitely strange, an Amish teen has been fined for wiretapping.
From strange to aggravating (but still illegal) acts, a discourse on "A Meditation on the Speed Limit". The "Meditation" containing the illegal act, not the discourse. A very strange thing, that whole sequence of events depicted in the video.
Learning something new every day, I have run across the philosophy of Ignosticism, which requires that a coherent definition of G-d or any metaphysical concept be posited before any arguments about tse's existence can be entertained. Which means a good part of what people are raging over gets ignored because they can't provide a coherent, consistent definition. It's an interesting position, one that I'm sure gets rid of much of the hassle involved.
Also, note to self. Rabbit holes are interesting things. Falling down one will take longer than you think to get to the bottom, but hopefully you'll have learned a thing or three hundred along the way. If you want to really understand everyone, you're going to need to fall down a lot of rabbit holes. This also means that you're going to have to get over nervousness about asking questions and figure out some way of knowing which people hold information for you and which people will be nonplussed if you ask them.
Shazbot - I've got a lot of work ahead of me, if I'm going to have to figure that out. Well, I hope that both humans and gods forgive curious idiots. Otherwise I'm screwed. If the preceding makes no sense, don't worry. It might later on, it might not. If it does make sense to you, then congratulations.
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Date: 2006-03-06 03:21 pm (UTC)"Okay...this is getting boring. And that "only one" asshole keeps trying to chop off my head with his damn sword. I've had about enough. So long, losers! *Types "/quit" into his forearm.*"
Are you sure you want to die?
[OK] [Cancel]
[ ] Do not ask me this question in the future.
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"...Somehow I thought this would be more dramatic."
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Date: 2006-03-06 04:07 pm (UTC)From a personal (and extremely arrogant/egotistical/self-centred) point of view, who better to decide the time of one's death? One is the one directly affected by it--one knows better than anyone else the details of the situation.
(And, by the way, you could of course program it to be more dramatic. A non-serious (and greatly paraphrased) daydream comes to mind (in which, for the record, the entire thing was actually a facade with the real mind remaining undying):
'Then you will reject me, my love? Alas! O cruel world, o cruel existence! Goodbye... goodbye, my love...
*Deus Ex Ending 1 music plays*
*writhes on the ground* Cut the music... cut the music...! damnit, why'd I have to make this so painful...
*hologram appears:* Sorry, no sacrifice of drama accepted. Really, if you're activating this protocol, what'd you expect?'
...and, yes, that was perhaps a little too long to fully justify quoting, but... it came to mind. *ponders* Hmm. Before my time, that--still in the time of the Triad, with (in the daydream) lots of yelling and 'Escape! Escape!'s. Which then brings up that entire 'reborn as creature(s) of [software] black ice' black ice... hmm. *drops off-net to fiddle with other people's daydreams*