Existentialist me.
Existentialism
"You haven't lived until you think about death all the time."
Hum. I must be a serious Existentialist. Of course I'm not really sure. While reading over the definition of "Existentialism" I found my mind drifting midway through the first sentence. What I was able to uncover during my research is that Existentialists are boring and a bit full of themselves. I might decide later to extend my research someday if ever I should find myself facing the choice of eating the skin off my arm or researching Existentialism. Here's a link. You do the work if you're interested and get back to me. The cliff-note version please.
I cannot help but believe that death is not some mysterious horror to be feared but instead simply another part of the totality of life. Death is one small piece of what it means to exist and to be "alive". Death is another in a series of transitions from life to life. Like birth, death is a doorway in which we all will eventually pass. This is the way that I view life and reality. As something perfect, beautiful and full of possibilities. Even in tragedy we move towards a destination worth the struggles we face and pass though. I prefer the light to the darkness. The sun to the moon. Warmth to the cold.
Am I weird or what?
Okay. While we're on the topic of my complete fascination with death, which I prefer to refer to as my complete fascination with life and the truths about reality and existence. Tomato/tomato. I'm beginning the second season of "Dead Like Me". It's good. Quite actually. I like the characters, the tone and the questions it asks. It is far, far more about life than death. Good stuff. I'm also watching "Wonderfalls" and will be looking to watch "Pushing Daisies" because they're all created by the same person and the guy's got a mind I'd like to crawl into. At least for a while.
I've also just finished the series "Brimstone". It's a TV series from 1998 that lasted only 13 episodes. Too bad because it was really quite good. The only fault I could find with the series was the (seemingly) constant use of the term "pretty boy" to decribe the lead character, Ezekiel Stone. This along with the news reports on the program referring to him as "well built" left me laughing and constantly calling out "pretty well-built boy" at least twice every episode. Sorry to Peter Horton who played Ezekiel Stone but he ain't really what anyone would call pretty and I couldn't quite see well built either. Tall, thin, handsome even, I could let pass but pretty and well-built? Not really. I wasn't surprised, and got quite a chuckle when I found out that Horton' was also a producer. Maybe ego rubbing was in his contract? John Glover rocked as the devil. Naturally. This guy is creepily good.
Now, "Neverwhere". "Neverwhere" is a British miniseries that aired in 1996. I'd read the book, discovered there had been a movie/TV series and then spent the next several years looking for it. Well, I saw it. Yup. I saw it so that's off my "list". It's good to have something off that list. Yup. Good. "Neverwhere"? It was okay. I don't think that the producers were really up to such an ambitious project. It was good(ish) and it's off my list. That's not bad.
Okay. That's enough. I think I've used up all my links-a-dos for the day anyway.
This moment is a good one. Yup. It's not too bad.
"You haven't lived until you think about death all the time."
Hum. I must be a serious Existentialist. Of course I'm not really sure. While reading over the definition of "Existentialism" I found my mind drifting midway through the first sentence. What I was able to uncover during my research is that Existentialists are boring and a bit full of themselves. I might decide later to extend my research someday if ever I should find myself facing the choice of eating the skin off my arm or researching Existentialism. Here's a link. You do the work if you're interested and get back to me. The cliff-note version please.
I cannot help but believe that death is not some mysterious horror to be feared but instead simply another part of the totality of life. Death is one small piece of what it means to exist and to be "alive". Death is another in a series of transitions from life to life. Like birth, death is a doorway in which we all will eventually pass. This is the way that I view life and reality. As something perfect, beautiful and full of possibilities. Even in tragedy we move towards a destination worth the struggles we face and pass though. I prefer the light to the darkness. The sun to the moon. Warmth to the cold.
Am I weird or what?
Okay. While we're on the topic of my complete fascination with death, which I prefer to refer to as my complete fascination with life and the truths about reality and existence. Tomato/tomato. I'm beginning the second season of "Dead Like Me". It's good. Quite actually. I like the characters, the tone and the questions it asks. It is far, far more about life than death. Good stuff. I'm also watching "Wonderfalls" and will be looking to watch "Pushing Daisies" because they're all created by the same person and the guy's got a mind I'd like to crawl into. At least for a while.
I've also just finished the series "Brimstone". It's a TV series from 1998 that lasted only 13 episodes. Too bad because it was really quite good. The only fault I could find with the series was the (seemingly) constant use of the term "pretty boy" to decribe the lead character, Ezekiel Stone. This along with the news reports on the program referring to him as "well built" left me laughing and constantly calling out "pretty well-built boy" at least twice every episode. Sorry to Peter Horton who played Ezekiel Stone but he ain't really what anyone would call pretty and I couldn't quite see well built either. Tall, thin, handsome even, I could let pass but pretty and well-built? Not really. I wasn't surprised, and got quite a chuckle when I found out that Horton' was also a producer. Maybe ego rubbing was in his contract? John Glover rocked as the devil. Naturally. This guy is creepily good.
Now, "Neverwhere". "Neverwhere" is a British miniseries that aired in 1996. I'd read the book, discovered there had been a movie/TV series and then spent the next several years looking for it. Well, I saw it. Yup. I saw it so that's off my "list". It's good to have something off that list. Yup. Good. "Neverwhere"? It was okay. I don't think that the producers were really up to such an ambitious project. It was good(ish) and it's off my list. That's not bad.
Okay. That's enough. I think I've used up all my links-a-dos for the day anyway.
This moment is a good one. Yup. It's not too bad.
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