For some ungodly reason, it feels as if it has been months instead of weeks since I posted, but more importantly, since I left Hendrix
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this is the Claire rantrasphigiMay 24 2007, 05:35:01 UTC
(TWIMC: Contains kinda spoilers for Pan's Labyrinth)
I just watched Pan's Labyrinth and found it really depressing. I mean, it's great to find magic in your world but... when finding magic is an allegory for death... All right, it's the realistic way to look at things, but it still displeases me. If magic is no good to the living, then I have no interest in it. Yeah I'm mortal, but right now, I'm alive, and that fact predominates. Isn't that the point of living? I can't buy into the idea that the point of life is to die, even if you can find a way to die really awesomely, even if death turns out to be supercool... *sigh* I guess my problem was that I didn't really connect with the heroine. It was hard for me to respect her. Ultimately, she was a child, who just saw that growing up sucks and didn't see how it was worth it. What am I supposed to do with that? (Simply stated, Claire just doesn't like people who die.) (that part really was spoiler, highlight to read
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Re: this is the Claire rantfuggeredMay 24 2007, 18:00:54 UTC
Ha! I heart you and your Hobbes-Existentionalist icon. I agree that the point of life is not death, but to emphasize both of them equally. If you forget that one day you're going to die, then you can sometimes not fully appreciate how fleeting and one-of-a-kind some moments can be. But if you're all angsty about death and worried about when it comes, you won't see life. "Today is the first day of the rest of your life unless today is the day you die." Thank you, "American Beauty".
And Italy for you??? That is uber-exciting! When one is just working to be working, it's not so much fun; but working so that you can go to Italia is pretty much the height of awesomeness. Post lots and lots of pictures and give a detailed account! Happy summer to you too, dearest! ^____^
Re: this is the Claire rantrasphigiMay 27 2007, 20:19:45 UTC
I still work with my 20-year-old analog camera (you advance the film with a little lever...), so I won't be posting pictures from the field so much, but once I get back I will. I'm bringing a ton of film. Last time I was there for ten days, I took 300 pictures, so, over six weeks........... I'm going to need a ton of film (:
Yeah, I don't actually know what-all existentialism entails, as a philosophy, but I like Hobbes ^___~ and I like to think it gets across the mood of "Claire is thinking too hard about this", so, as an icon, it works. Meh. It's not like I often know what I'm talking about anyway... ;)
Heya, this is Matthew from Facebook. I figured we should be LJ friends.
As much as Trent Reznor's music makes me happy, his lyrics are always high school tripe. I haven't heard the new album, but nothing can top The Fragile. It also seems he's become political. I don't know about that.
The more you learn, the less you know, but the wiser you become. Nobody has seen it all. That's the beauty of the world. . .sheesh, can I get any cheesier? Anyway, hi.
Hi! I do agree that at times Reznor's lyrics are a bit trite, but generally I dont continually listen to music for the lyrics. I get too swept up in the notes itself that I find it distracting to pay attention to what the artist is singing and playing at the same time. The Fragile is one of many NIN albums that I have yet to buy. But it has "Just Like You Imagined" which is one of the most amazing pieces I've heard in my life.
But yes, Year Zero, if I recall correctly, is the latest and most certainly most political of his albums. Still damn good.
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I just watched Pan's Labyrinth and found it really depressing. I mean, it's great to find magic in your world but... when finding magic is an allegory for death... All right, it's the realistic way to look at things, but it still displeases me. If magic is no good to the living, then I have no interest in it. Yeah I'm mortal, but right now, I'm alive, and that fact predominates. Isn't that the point of living? I can't buy into the idea that the point of life is to die, even if you can find a way to die really awesomely, even if death turns out to be supercool...
*sigh* I guess my problem was that I didn't really connect with the heroine. It was hard for me to respect her. Ultimately, she was a child, who just saw that growing up sucks and didn't see how it was worth it. What am I supposed to do with that?
(Simply stated, Claire just doesn't like people who die.) (that part really was spoiler, highlight to read ( ... )
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I agree that the point of life is not death, but to emphasize both of them equally. If you forget that one day you're going to die, then you can sometimes not fully appreciate how fleeting and one-of-a-kind some moments can be. But if you're all angsty about death and worried about when it comes, you won't see life. "Today is the first day of the rest of your life unless today is the day you die." Thank you, "American Beauty".
And Italy for you??? That is uber-exciting! When one is just working to be working, it's not so much fun; but working so that you can go to Italia is pretty much the height of awesomeness. Post lots and lots of pictures and give a detailed account!
Happy summer to you too, dearest! ^____^
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Yeah, I don't actually know what-all existentialism entails, as a philosophy, but I like Hobbes ^___~ and I like to think it gets across the mood of "Claire is thinking too hard about this", so, as an icon, it works. Meh. It's not like I often know what I'm talking about anyway... ;)
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As much as Trent Reznor's music makes me happy, his lyrics are always high school tripe. I haven't heard the new album, but nothing can top The Fragile. It also seems he's become political. I don't know about that.
The more you learn, the less you know, but the wiser you become. Nobody has seen it all. That's the beauty of the world. . .sheesh, can I get any cheesier? Anyway, hi.
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I do agree that at times Reznor's lyrics are a bit trite, but generally I dont continually listen to music for the lyrics. I get too swept up in the notes itself that I find it distracting to pay attention to what the artist is singing and playing at the same time.
The Fragile is one of many NIN albums that I have yet to buy. But it has "Just Like You Imagined" which is one of the most amazing pieces I've heard in my life.
But yes, Year Zero, if I recall correctly, is the latest and most certainly most political of his albums. Still damn good.
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Well, you do know that if Johnny Depp starts hitting on me all bets are off ...
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