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| It always takes a lot of editing to convert a story that occurs to you in a dream into one that makes sense in reality. This is the third time I've told this story, hopefully you will be able to follow it.
ahem
So we were looking for something to do yesterday, and we decided to check out this new thing we found. It was called an "Imitation Challenge," and the participants for the evening were Art and Life. We thought it might be interesting, Life and Art both have reputations for doing some ridiculous sorts of things...
Upon arrival, however, we were disappointed to find out that, rather than proving how unique Art or Life could be, it was actually just a contest to see which one could best imitate the other.
The game was begun. Art and Life were staring at each other, motionless, with their hands by their sides, both of them wary of doing anything that would give his opponent something to imitate.
Of course, they couldn't hold out for too long, inevitably one of them moved on of their arms, ever so slowly, ever so slightly. The other immediately picked up on this movement, also moving his arm, ever so slowly, ever so slightly. The first one, then, was obligated to return the imitation, moving his arm, ever so slowly, ever so slightly, imitating his opponents imitation of himself. This continues for a series of hours, and it didn't take too long before nobody could remember who moved first, Life or Art.
Eventually, the audience realized that the combatants' arm movements were gradually becoming less slow, and less slight. Apparently they were both getting tired, and in their tiredness, sloppy. Not that they were exaggerating horribly of a sudden, but only that whenever one of them would accidentally move a little faster or less slightly, the other would feel the necessity to match the increased speed and decreased slightness, resulting in chains of imitations through which they would both contribute these slight exaggerations of speed and slight.
By the time the sun had begun to set, they were brushing lightly against their respective pant legs. By the time it was dark, there were sizable holes in their respective pant legs. We left when they started connecting with their skin. This is how wars are started! | | |
| Apple Computer Company, why do you make my life so difficult? I tried very hard to support you, to represent you as "one of the Mac Boys," or something, but all you ever returned to me is pain. Here are ways that you betrayed me:
- Your Operating System that you gave me is not compatible with my version of Pro Tools
- You have about 50 versions of the right OS, but some of them only work on certain types of computers. You don't warn anyone that they could be shelling out 60 bucks for a version of OS 10.4.10 ("Tiger!") that will not, definitely, ever ever work on Powerbook G4's from 4 years ago.
- While we're at it, I never figured out how to "Optimize my Hard Drive" without installing something new. What if my hard drive needs optimization, but I don't have any new programs to install? What am I supposed to do then, Apple? Why don't you answer me!?!?!? Is it because you're a total DOUCHEBAG, Apple?
So in conclusion, apple sucks. Buy PC's, everyone, they are cheaper and easier to upgrade and when they crap out on you (as they inevitably will) you don't feel so bad about buying a new one because, what the heck, it's cheap!
Apple sucks. | | |
| the other day, i found an ant in my house. i didn't want to kill it, so i picked it up and threw outside onto my porch. i'm an ant hero. o yeah and i was naked | | |
| me and my brother were just talking about this idea i had for a story/book/graphique novella. the basic premise is this:
shortly before, say, the 1930's, some guy called Mr. Hitler has a kid and names him Adolph. this is obviously a different guy than the anti-Semitic dictator. like, i'm sure there were other Hitlers in Germany, you know? and they probably would have named their kid Adolph, at least one of them would. like, i'm friends with a few other brian starks on facebook, you know? and only one of those is me.
anyway, adolph grows up in WW2 era germany. or maybe his family emigrates to the US before then, or something. his whole life he gets made fun of because of his name, but his father won't let him change his name. his father always says something like "you're different from that other guy. you need to make your own name for your own self." something like that. anyway, the basic message is, just because you have the same name as somebody famous doesn't make you the same person, and it doesn't make you a less important person, or something, and you can still make your own reputation with your own name that just happens to be a famous person's name, too.
so what me and my brother were discussing is how maybe the story would end, bc, while the intended message is clear, how to properly and realistically convey that message is tricky. here are some ideas for endings that me and my brother came up with:
- he dies somehow. actually, this is a fundamental attribute of most of our ideas. i will present the other ideas as indented bullet points.
- maybe he kills himself, a la curt cobain. it would make for some reasonable parallelism, we thought.
- maybe he never really outlives the stigma of his name, and he kills himself because people begin to hate on him to overbearing degrees. and he's not even anti-semitic.
- maybe he becomes anti-semitic bc all the people who hate on him are (understandably) jews. and then he kills himself.
- maybe he dies some way besides killing himself, and he's content with the knowledge that, to a few people, when they think of Adolph Hitler, they think of him and have feelings of warmth rather than contempt. maybe he kills himself anyway.
- maybe society decides that a hitler is a hitler and they kill him
- if you have any better ideas for how little adolph's fate could be, leave comment or something.
i suppose that the basic issue that needs to be ironed out is whether the basic message is going to be what i said it would be or some existential parody of what i said it would be where you think maybe the opposite is true or else some kind of ambiguous vibe in which you're not sure which side of the proverbial fence i eat grass on. maybe me & my brother will figure it out and we will become famous. maybe we will just keep playing smash brothers, and he will keep on beating me. major sucks. i hate playing smash brothers with my brother bc he always wins, like, i usually start out pretty strong but eventually he figures out whichever character he is being and i never land on the ground again, which is major sucks. for real?
|| edit || apparently uber-xanga doesn't let you do indented bullet points. o well i'm not changing anything you will need to just pretend that there are indents if you want the full effect. ha ha *uber tongue smiley, with spit* | | |
| 25 relationship questions is what xanga is for! hooray for sharing intimate personal details w/ people who might not have any right to know!
1) Single, Taken, or Crushin?
single!
2) Are you happy with where you are?
i'm in natick! it's better than other places i could be? o, you mean being single? sometimes i see really hot people, and i'm all like "i wish i was really hot people" but like you know, i figure there's something cool about me, and maybe someone who is a girl will tell me what it is some day. and we'll get married?
3) When you meet the right person, do you fall fast?
wouldn't know. haven't met her yet.
4) Have you ever had your heart broken?
once. or twice. maybe like 50 times?
5) Do you believe that there are certain circumstances where cheating is acceptable?
if i don't believe in "the sanctity of dating" or if i haven't realized that my current g/f may actually like pina coladas.
6) Would you ever take someone back if they cheated on you?
if they played me hard enough, probably. but i'd feel like a dope.
7) Have you talked about marriage with another person?
i talk about it with everyone. but like, i haven't told any of the people that i've wanted to marry, you know. the opportunity just hasn't come up, is all.
8) Do you want children?
children would be cool.
9) How many?
2.47
10) Would you consider adoption?
i figure i hafto if i wanna justify taking the "pro-life" side every time i get in that argument.
11) If u liked somebody right now, what do you think the best way to let them know would be?
hit 'em a little bit? try & give them PDA in public? hmmmmmm. maybe write a really romantic song, and give it to her? have a friend ask her what she thinks about me? i dunno. what's actually the best way? if anyone can figure it out, tell me. reply to this xanga post or something.
13) Be honest, do you play the "game" when you are dating?
where's question twelve?
everytime i try to play the "game", i win, bc girls are pretty much bad at chess.
14.do you believe in love at first site exists?
first web site? i think you mean "sight," "love at first SIGHT." and yeah, it happens all the tiime in movies, right? so that makes it real?
15) Are you romantic?
have you ever heard "song about rain?" that's about as romantic as i get these days.
16) Do you believe that you can change someone?
i believe that i can change someone, even though all my attempts so far have been blatant failures. except for those times i've changed people the wrong way, like, making them stop being madly in love w/ me. i've done that once or twice. it's probably pretty easy.
17) If you could get married anywhere, money not an object, where would you get married?
who da ho? idaho!
18) Do you easily give in when you are fighting?
i never fight. the only way to change my mind is through beautifully devious expressions of art.
19) Do you have feelings for someone right now?
i have feelings for everyone. i haven't had long-lasting feelings for one specific person in a while. if anyone wants me to have feelings for them, let me know. respond to this bulletin, or something.
20) Have you ever wished you could've had someone but you messed it up?
i could list about 3 people right now that woulda been perfect for me. perfect for me!
21.) Have you ever broken a heart?
ha, like, last week
22.)What will happen if you come home and find another person in your bed?
sleep on the floor
23. Would u fight someone over ur significant other?
i actually give up pretty easily. except some times i've killed for significant others. i guess this is why i haven't had many significant others.
24.)What would you say about your last ex?
misled?
25.) Is personality more important than looks?
yeah....sure....of course....
this is why it's best that real serious relationships are carried out over AIM. | | |
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