December 2009
212 posts
A Typical Conversation
Nic
how do you feel this morning?
Alex
great great
Nic
oh good!
did you receive my reply text?
Alex
haha
well i just looked now hat you prompted me
Nic
ha
i'm no longer literally standing in the shower
i don't think i'm figuritively doing it either
Alex
haha could you figuratively stand in the shower?
Nic
i'm not sure
that's why i said I don't think i'm doing it... but maybe I am
Alex
i need to think about it existentially
Nic
maybe if you think about it in a metaphysical light
Alex
maybe i am not in the shower, rather...the shower is in me
or even more...maybe i am the shower
Nic
if the shower is in you does that mean it is naked and you just are?
or do shower curtains count as it's clothing?
how does a door fit in there?
Alex
maybe the shower and i are only related when i have to pee.
Nic
or rather, when you are peeing, as a shower never actually has to let loose its liquid
Alex
or maybe a shower is the root of life, as in water in symbolism. therefore, the water and i are connected because water is the root of my life, composing most of my body.
Nic
i think the shower is a symbol of the sexual fear that arose with the aids crisis... just letting the liquid flow onto the tub from from above and not directly into the hole
yet they are still one in a physical sense without actual penetration
Alex
i think the shower, in fact, does not exist. that it is simply a manifestation of the mind. therefore, when i am taking a shower, i am, in theory, taking it figuratively.
Nic
yet then we have the problem of one actually becoming clean from the water and anything else one might do whilst figuratively taking a shower... as such it would allow that things that don't exist can have a physical affect that could be tested and compared
Alex
perhaps the physical effects are made up by the greater society, that, thoughwe feel in any sense "clean" it is merely an idea placed within our minds at a very young age
Nic
it couldn't be clearer that we are English people.
so let us say we throw science out the window... if clean is a state of mind rather than a physical state... then the point of the shower is mute.
Alex
ha, well if we throw science out of the window, the shower, ultimately could not exist within the context of "shower" we could then make the argument the a shower is formed off the advent of technology and further the argument by stating that technology is science.
Nic
well in that case then science exists no matter what. As we have thrown it out the window only to return to it.
Alex
haha, its just hard to imagine a science-less world
Nic
it's called the pre-scientific revolutionary world... pre-1650
when the word science didn't even really exist
even the Renaissance was all but devoid
as it was much more of an artistic and humanist movement
and it was more or less a philosophical matter to the ancient Greeks
Alex
interestingly enough, the origin of the word science is from the 1300's
Nic
however, it was more of a verb than a study or idea if I am not mistaken
it didn't take on the meaning we know it as until the scientific revolution/evolution of the 17th century
Alex
it was, during that time, the simple pursuit of knowledge of a physical world. and it was highly undeveloped. however, you can trace science, by that definition, throughout history. in asia, a world without science hasnt existed for ages
Nic
very true. My historical knowledge is almost exclusively of European matters
mostly, because Chinese history is extremely dull and layered with nonsensical matters of honour and class systems
and how one emperor's system varied from another and who could come up with the most boring system
i mean... we are talking about a country that built wooden ships 4 times the size of a football field and just used them to show off how much wood they had
and by wood i mean trees. not penis. that is a different matter entirely.
"Matthew, we could sure use your help painting...
mattheww:
Dear Father,
I hate painting bedrooms.
It is New Years Eve. You people ALWAYS plan the stupidest shit to do on New Years Eve.
I’m going shopping. Sorry.
-Matthew
I love painting but hate when families try to do crap like this on holidays.
Of Okness
My friend that stood me up today and I have had a chat.
He had been sick in bed all day and didn’t know his phone was dead until I called his house and had him awakened. He ardently apologized. I told him how I have felt like I was unwanted for some time now for x, y, and z reasons and he said he understood. He’s taking me to a better Chinese buffet and a movie tomorrow. I made...
Of Absolute Frustration
I just waited at the local Chinese Buffet for one of my best friends to show up for 45 minutes. Then I found out he is still at home (30 minutes away) in bed with a head cold.
Great stuff.
Of... huh?
Why does my Holy Bible App need an update?
I Love My Friends
That is all.
Who is your favorite pokemon?
Of What I Got for Christmas
Simply because I like to make lists, here is what I got for Christmas.
Sunday in the Park with George - 2006 London Revival Cast Recording
Adding Machine - World Premiere Recording
Mary Poppins - Original London Cast Recording
The Pirates of Penzance - The Kevin Kline, George Rose, Rex Smith one
Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill
Wrecks by Neil LaBute
The Beauty...
Of Family and Torture
Today was, perhaps, the most torturous day of my life.
My father, visiting from California, has been here since Wednesday or Thursday I don’t remember because of the blur factor.
He had said yesterday that he was going to leave a day early and go see some of his friends in Pittsburgh. We were going to meet for breakfast and he was going to go on his way and I was not going to have to...
Of Returning
I am soooooooo glad to be back on tumblr! Make merry that I have thus return’d from hence which did make me merry!
Of Christmas
Merry Christmas to all of my 21 followers! I <3 You All!
Of My Play
I have somehow created an allegory for the destructive nature of alcoholism as an escape mechanism… don’t know how that happened.
HAPPY FESTIVUS!!!!!!!!!!!! A HOLIDAY FOR THE REST... →
And though I'll think of you, I guess, until the...
Of Playwrighting
One thing that I love about playwrighting is that even though you are creating the story and world of the play… you have no idea what is going to happen. I have no idea how this current play I’m working on is going to come out… but I’m extremely excited to find out!
Of Shaving My Face
It was the wrong decision.
Of Culinary Experimentation
I went kind of nuts today and tried to make two new things… well… one new thing and on the spot added something to an old recipe.
First, for breakfast, I made a breakfast sandwich. I broiled an Italian hoagie-like bun. I fried two eggs to the point where they were just a little dippy still. I fried two sausage links in the same pan. I then threw some queso sauce on top of the...
Of New Adventures
My latest play has just taken an interesting turn. I like where this is going… keep blowing wind… keep blowing…
Of Car Inspections
Car inspections make me extremely nervous… oh please let there not be anything wrong!!!
Of Penis Length
It is very silly to me that we care about this so much. Accept what you’ve got and move on with your life. How will dwelling on this help you? It won’t. You will be much more content with yourself if you just let it go. Learn about yourself and find happiness with yourself.
Of Murder
It happens. Does that make it ok?
Of Lust
What are your feelings on the issue of lust? When is it ok? Is it ever ok? Is it ok to act on your lust? If so, in what ways? Etc.?
Of Carousel
The older I get… the more brilliant this musical becomes… and the more human I become… the more real this show is… I have been in complete awe of it for the past 24 hours or so…