Comments | _benelux: mike tyson

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mike tyson

Jun 27, 2009 02:24

"My whole life has been a waste - I've been a failure. I just want to escape. I'm really embarrassed with myself and my life. I want to be a missionary. I think I could do that while keeping my dignity without letting people know they chased me out of the country. I want to get this part of my life over as soon as possible. In this country nothing ( Read more... )

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flaxendandelion June 27 2009, 06:41:29 UTC

He's another tragedy (as is his daughter). He was basically made to be a fighting machine and nobody really told him what he learned on the street and in the ring is not how you live your life.

You sound like you're yearning for an exile of some sort. I had to write a 3000 word essay on it this past week, can give you a copy if you like.

_benelux June 27 2009, 16:22:19 UTC

Agreed about Tyson. He's such an interesting tragic figure to me lately.

I'd love to read your essay. I actually took a seminar on Exile in my freshman year at NYU. We read Ovid, Kristeva, Benjamin, Said, Exodus, Cavafy. Others I can't remember. It was a good class.