1 Feb 2006, 9:13pm
When there are matters profound...
Posted by Script Writer | Category [ General ]Comments (22) | Trackbacks (0)
Do I believe in something strongly enough to give my life to the cause? Would I choose a hell now or a hell hereafter? Would I fight my battle today or run away to run away another day? In other words, have I already utilised my brain capacity for the year by contemplating such profound matters of my existence?
I am not one of those men who think. I believe we can, as a race, spend our time far more productively if we do not exercise that all important muscle - the one between our ears, I mean. All that should have been thought of has already been. What good would come of colliding protons in the Large Hadron Collider? Why would I want to know that electricity can cause cancer when there is no way in hell I am going to ever want to live without it?
Ever since I came across "Ambition is just a ruse for those who are incapable of being lazy" I have been enamoured by the sheer brilliance of the statement. There are layers to it that go deep, real deep, so deep in fact that it takes someone with a very stubborn shovel to dig it all up. The real beauty, however, lies in the whole exercise being oxymoronic. To learn to appreciate the statement you need to have some serious drive in you to explore the cavernous depths and unearth its true meaning. Once you do that, you will begin to marvel at the extreme futility of the trouble you went through to understand what should have been pretty obvious.
You might even begin to hate yourself a little, which is not such a bad thing when seen in light of the other extreme of the situation - being completely self-absorbed. Actually, being self-absorbed is not a bad thing at all. I would consider that to be the closest one can come to self-actualisation. So, yeah. May be you are an apathetic loser if you hate yourself. How can you expect anyone else to love you if you don't? Don't they say that God helps those who help themselves?
Current Mood: Gloomy
Current Music: The Beatles - Let it be...
I am not one of those men who think. I believe we can, as a race, spend our time far more productively if we do not exercise that all important muscle - the one between our ears, I mean. All that should have been thought of has already been. What good would come of colliding protons in the Large Hadron Collider? Why would I want to know that electricity can cause cancer when there is no way in hell I am going to ever want to live without it?
Ever since I came across "Ambition is just a ruse for those who are incapable of being lazy" I have been enamoured by the sheer brilliance of the statement. There are layers to it that go deep, real deep, so deep in fact that it takes someone with a very stubborn shovel to dig it all up. The real beauty, however, lies in the whole exercise being oxymoronic. To learn to appreciate the statement you need to have some serious drive in you to explore the cavernous depths and unearth its true meaning. Once you do that, you will begin to marvel at the extreme futility of the trouble you went through to understand what should have been pretty obvious.
You might even begin to hate yourself a little, which is not such a bad thing when seen in light of the other extreme of the situation - being completely self-absorbed. Actually, being self-absorbed is not a bad thing at all. I would consider that to be the closest one can come to self-actualisation. So, yeah. May be you are an apathetic loser if you hate yourself. How can you expect anyone else to love you if you don't? Don't they say that God helps those who help themselves?
Current Mood: Gloomy
Current Music: The Beatles - Let it be...
2 Feb 2006, 3:50pm
Bingo dude....totally agree wid ya. "being lazy" is a lifestyle which not all can enjoy actually, coz many cant be lazy, even if they want to...wat a pity.... ;)
2 Feb 2006, 3:53pm
seein ur blog for da first time......"Life is a bitch. The lucky dog gets to have all the fun.".....whoever said this, kya bola baap, too gud really :)
2 Feb 2006, 4:19pm
Donnie, I blow my trumpet even when not given an opportunity. Here, you have given me one.
I came up with that statement during one of those moments of intellectual nirvana. It is royalty free, however, if you quote the source everytime you use it.
2 Feb 2006, 8:28pm
seein ur blog for da first time......"Life is a bitch. The lucky dog gets to have all the fun.".....whoever said this, kya bola baap, too gud really :)
2 Feb 2006, 8:29pm
sowwie, page got refreshed accidentally, plz delete these 2 comments....
2 Feb 2006, 11:44pm
Tch tch Scripto. Round and round and round yet again huh? But then, that's where your genius lies.
Aside to Donnie: You think he'll delete? :D
3 Feb 2006, 12:07am
Aran, more than Donnie, I am interested in what you think. You think I will? And, yes, I quite love being able to talk at length and still manage to say nothing.
3 Feb 2006, 12:32am
But this was so much more than nothing Scripto. It was nothing of the highest order because you managed to contradict yourself!
Oh and I don't think you will. :)
PS: I managed to miss you. See time stamps. Sigh.
3 Feb 2006, 12:40am
Haven't I always contradicted myself? How would this time be any different?
PS: Yes. Missed you too. No messenger these days?
3 Feb 2006, 1:27pm
You have? Well, let's just say that it was clearer this time then.
PS: Caught you, therefore question is moot. I've always wanted to say moot. It's such a stupid sounding word. Moot, moot. There. Thank you.
3 Feb 2006, 2:41pm
It took you 33 posts to get that? Is it the writing or is it the comprehension?
3 Feb 2006, 3:19pm
No one's missing Twigrl?
3 Feb 2006, 3:54pm
No one's missing Twigrl?
3 Feb 2006, 4:41pm
Toeplitz, of course we are missing Twigrl. Aran and I miss her almost all the time. Looks like you are missing her too.
3 Feb 2006, 11:42pm
I'm not sure if it's you or me. I don't know. Can't decide.
4 Feb 2006, 8:36pm
Decide, Aran, decide. You should not procrastinate (finally found a place where the word could be used - but did I use it in the correct grammatical way?) on matters this profound.
5 Feb 2006, 4:18pm
It's not a matter of procrastination Scripto. I'm just confused, not putting it off. So I guess the answer to the bracketed question would be no.
5 Feb 2006, 5:31pm
Aran, I am afraid we are going to have to take the grammar class again. When I said 'the correct grammatical way', I meant if I had used it the way the word is meant to be used.
For example:
1. I sat beside her.
2. I sat besides her.
Statement 2 is wrong. Statement 1 is grammatically pure, even if no woman has ever let me sit beside her. Factually, it is wrong. But grammatically, it is not.
In the light of this explanation, would you like to change the answer to the question in the brackets?
5 Feb 2006, 5:44pm
Sigh. Scripto, I didn't read the word 'grammatical' in the bracketed question. So I answered no to a question without that word in it. We're too anal, aren't we? :D
5 Feb 2006, 5:45pm
Oh, I almost forgot. Wrong usage Scripto. Tch tch.
7 Feb 2006, 12:11am
certainly, do not agree with your ambition quote, but love the idea that being self absorbed is close to self-actualization. ....dang I really like it.
Toeplitz, that was really nice of you. :)
Mr Writer! why do you speak for Aran?
HELLO! Aran
7 Feb 2006, 10:01am
Twigrl, what did I speak for Aran? I thought Aran was verbose enough to do all her talking for herself.