darkness_of_shadows
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posted on 18/6/2002 at 06:00 PM |
if everyone counts what about the babies who are stillborn? or take one
breth and die?
or what about the woman noone knows and noone wants to who lives in the
middle of the desert alone and helpless?
what about them?
:???: ____________________ if you want idiocy you've come to the right place |
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bettie_x
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 1570 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 18/6/2002 at 12:32 PM |
That is very true for people who want/need/desire or are "destined" for
mass/group approval. That would be success to them. The egyptians
believed that immortality was attained as long as your name (and body) was
always maintained...hence they wrote their name on EVERYTHING...ALL OVER
THE PLACE.
Not being a particularly driven person myslef, I find success in SUCCEEDING
to pull my ass out of bed each morning. All I do is love my husband, paint
paintings, pretend to be a retail diva and spokesperson of fashion for 8
hrs a day, and just LIVE as best I can given whatever situation I find
myself in, and that in spite of it, living in a vaccuous unsatiable
superficial world, Iīm STILL a functioning member of society and not in a
mental ward somewhere dark. I find that HIGHLY successful.
Just view life as an infinite spectrum. Everyone falls into some interval
(or several) at some point in their life. Some people are in the
middle...they simply live, which left just as admirable an imprint as the
man who found the vaccine for polio. Adolf hitler and mother theresa left
their mark as well, just at opposite ends of the spectrum. One was a
motherly elder woman who brought relieve to uncountable hopeless people,
she didnīt want fame or fortune or to "leave a mark", but she did. Would
she consider her "fame" something to be proud of? Something that went
against her humble nature? Or would she simply be happy helping one
unfortunate or a million?
Another tossed the world into a global war and instigated genocide. He
HIRED propaganda "machines"..men paid to get his face, name, plan, and lies
to as MANY as possible. His name was on the hearts of bullets of people
around the world. He left a mark. A BIG one. A BAD one. But any less
significant than the works of a kind old woman? Nope, just totally
opposite in motivation and goal. One to help, one to kill, one to save,
one to rule. Both lasting impressions not easily forgotten.
Soooo moral of story, whether youīre just along for the ride, or out to
build the biggest ride of all, it all evens out in the end. EVERYONE
counts, EVERYONE makes an impression...even if only on one person. The
meaning is to live, and live as best you can. Or the worst...depends on
your disposition ____________________ Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas. |
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Anonymous
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posted on 18/6/2002 at 11:03 AM |
The way i look at it is this. Everyone on this earth has a purpose. That
is to leave a lasting mark on society. I doesnīt have to be some thing
big. It can be simple like the guy who invented seat belts. No one knows
who he is but he left an impression. what im really trying to say fipeople
remembers what you did or what your name is then you have succeded
8) ____________________
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Xaoswolf
Fanatic Posts: 463 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 18/6/2002 at 06:05 AM |
I could be wrong, but I thought it was 42... ____________________ Sometimes I dream about dinosaurs shopping for cargo shorts at the Gap.
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bettie_x
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 1570 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 17/6/2002 at 11:57 PM |
You accept the unchangeable no matter how unpleasant and you move on.
Since there is nothing you can do, you do nothing. You may not be the same
person you were before, but NOBODYīS the same person when they go to sleep
and wake UP in the morning....you change daily, sometimes in a moment due
to particularly bad choices or moments of enlightement. Stagnation is
nasty and dirty and booooooring. You have to understand that everything
happens for a reason like it or not, so it happens, you deal with it, and
you move on. Bam. May not like it, may not be comfortable or happy, but
you have no choice, so why bother?
thatīs my gem of insight for the day, please insert quarter into
appropriate payment device located on the upper right hand corner of your
monitor.
All proceeds go directly to me.
thank you. ____________________ Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas. |
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darkness_of_shadows
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posted on 17/6/2002 at 02:05 PM |
i wont say you arent absolutely right cuz id be lying.. but that you may
have forgotten something.. maybe this is just something i have to have in
there but ya know..
well there this.. if you do something unforgivable and it gets to you then
what? you cant forgive yourself for it and others wont what do you do?
you cant just go on being that perky happy person anymore but what if you
dont get caught?
then you have this guilt right? what do you do? you cant forget it and
you cant make it go away how do you lead that happy life you had? ____________________ if you want idiocy you've come to the right place |
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VampCourt
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posted on 17/6/2002 at 08:39 AM |
Hey Bettie
Thats a wonderful slogan for a bumper sticker no?
"EAT SLEEP FUCK DIE" right next to "I break for squirrels" ____________________ "Thou shalt not be afraid of the dark, nor of graveyards nor ghosts nor the
devil, for thou art scarey and mean." -The Goth commandments
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Schizo
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 897 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 17/6/2002 at 05:44 AM |
If you are having a good time (i.e. doing the things that really satisfy
you) and ensuring that the people around you are having a good time (i.e.
doing the things that really satisfy them) then you generally end up
leaving some sort of legacy. Generally the sort of legacy that fits YOU,
not something thatīs been pre-ordained as a True Blue Legacy, that you
think you have to do to make your life worth while.
Courtīs legacy is art, because she has a good time making art, not because
she thinks she needs a legacy, and chose that. Bettieīs legacies are
animals and vegans, for the same reasons.
Me, Iīm not too sure what my legacy is. Maybe Iīve helped a few people to
learn to just HAVE A GOOD TIME, instead of stressing out. Having a good
time is more difficult than it sounds - it takes courage and wisdom and
love and inner peace and a lot of things like that, so if I can spread
that, itīs a pretty decent legacy, I think.
As for my next life, if I have one, I think those things will stand me
pretty well whatever I end up being or doing.
I think this is a better approach than stressing out over things during
life. Do the things you enjoy, enjoy the things you do, and donīt screw up
the other guy unless heīs trying to screw up you. Itīs the secret to
having a good life. In this life, and the next, and the last, and so on
and so forth... ____________________ "You can tell by the scars on my arms and the cracks in my hips and the
dents in my car and the blisters on my lips that I'm not the carefullest of
girls." - Dresden Dolls, "Girl Anachronism" |
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Anonymous
Posts: 116 Registered: 14/4/2002 Status: Offline
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posted on 16/6/2002 at 10:46 PM |
this is bettie_x, my hotmail is f*ing up and I canīt get my password.
EAT SLEEP FUCK AND DIE!!!!!!
Itīs so very simple, and the rest, the good and the bad wedges itīs self
inbetween where itīs supposed to go. Usually in the worst places you can
imagine, mind you...
My legacy is all the animals Iīve saved by picking them up on the side of
the road and taking care of them, or by not eating or wearing or abusing or
using them. Not to mention the four or more vegan converts Iīve accquired
in the past few years...bwahahahha...Itīs my little piece. Every animal I
spare the gruesome murderous disassembly line is my legacy, and by
educating others about it.
other than that
EAT SLEEP FUCK AND DIE!!! LONG LIVE LIVE FAST DIE PRETTY!!!! Iīm driving
the bus kids, destination Old Scratchīs 24/7 sulfuric acid pitside martini
bar, no I.D. required and Iīve got reservations for everyone!!! ____________________
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darkness_of_shadows
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posted on 16/6/2002 at 06:37 PM |
i think its good to have some fun in life but you have to be productive
too.. not just passing your genes on but your legasy too..
i think you should have something to show for yourself cuz you never know
what youll need in the next life ____________________ if you want idiocy you've come to the right place |
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VampCourt
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posted on 16/6/2002 at 07:46 AM |
I think my meaning would be.. to.. create as many peices of art as i can
and give them out to the world (even if people hate it *laugh) and just
enjoy my self (mind body and soul) good friends, good fun, good food, good
books.. things such as this.
And something else.. when i die? I want my obituary to read "court DIED"
not "passed away" not "moved on to the next world" i wanna DIE. ever notice
that? the people put "passed away" like its to much for people handle
reading died? hmm. my little thought there..
____________________ "Thou shalt not be afraid of the dark, nor of graveyards nor ghosts nor
the
devil, for thou art scarey and mean." -The Goth commandments
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Schizo
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 897 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 16/6/2002 at 06:10 AM |
The goal of my life is to have a good time, and help other people to have a
good time.
If Iīm not having a good time, or if Iīm messing up other peopleīs good
time, then I need to re-evaluate things.
Beyond that, I donīt usually go. Because you can make your head go in
circles that way. And end up ruining your good time. Unless you find that
going in circles IS a good time! Some people do.
Oh, and if you steal my good time, Iīm allowed (in moderation) to steal
your good time back to replace it! But only if you did it on purpose, and
only if I really and truly get a good time from my theft, instead of losing
more in the process.
That is my great and deep philosophy on life. Oversimplified, of course,
but who cares? ____________________ "You can tell by the scars on my arms and the cracks in my hips and the
dents in my car and the blisters on my lips that I'm not the carefullest
of
girls." - Dresden Dolls, "Girl Anachronism" |
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IamSquid
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 658 Registered: 27/5/2002 Status: Offline
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posted on 16/6/2002 at 03:52 AM |
There is a certain Zen to life where thinking about it fucks it all up but
the last time I was faced with my death (I have some medical problems ...
no, my brain is NOT leaking) I asked myself the question what do I have to
bring with mee to the next life?
The truth was I had partied the whole time but never really lived. I had
wasted my life. The meaning of life is quite simply not to waste it. What
do yoo want yor exsistance to amount to? I decided I wanted for either by
the time I leave the world for it to be better than my entering it or my
leaving the world to make the world a better place (this has to do with my
Jesus complex).
That being said the rest of my exsistance should go in that direction. Of
course thatīs my interpritation of Thelema as well. ____________________
i wanted to die, and then it progressed into wanting everyone else to
die so i could watch, and then me die.
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Ironboots
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posted on 15/6/2002 at 11:27 PM |
Yeah, I pretty much agree with Bettie. Just have fun until you die, cause
who the hell knows whatīs after that... So whatever you think is a full
life, you should strive for. If you think joining the marines and serving
your country loyally for 10 years until you die in combat is good, then
good for you. If you think that smoking joints and barely making rent is
fullfillment, then the same applies. Just make it the best. Or the worst,
if thatīs what you want.
Donīt be an ass, though, īcause other people wonīt like their fun being
compromised...
I donīt really think about it much though, since, like Cashmere, Iīm pretty
busy just living... ____________________ Piggy's got the Conch! |
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dead-cell
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posted on 15/6/2002 at 09:55 PM |
Speaking from a Darwin point of veiw the meaning of life is to propetuate
ones D.N.A. to the next generation. Its surrvival of the fittest, this game
called life. I know that this sounds cold, grim, and harsh but thats life.
:sad: ____________________ co-worker: "Your gay!?"
myself: "Didn't you see my rainbow pin?"
co-worker: "I just thought you liked skettles."
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Comedian
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posted on 15/6/2002 at 09:01 PM |
the chef prepares a special menu for your delights oh my; tonight you fly
so higher than the vanilla sky. your life is fine; itīs sweet and sour/a
miracle so great. you gotta love every hour/you must appreciate/this is
your time/this is your date/ youīve got it all/donīt blow it away.
the chef prpares a special menu for your delight oh my; tonight you fly so
higher than the vanilla sky. melted tea leaves cast your fortune in a glass
of wine/snail or fish/balloo or dolphin/see the silver shine. this is your
time/this is your date/youīve got it all/donīt blow it away.
the chef prepares a special menu for you delight oh my; tonight you fly so
higher than the vanilla sky; in the vanilla, in the vanilla, in the
vanilla, in the vanilla sky, in the vanilla, in the vanilla, in the vanilla
sky, the vanilla sky. ____________________ Make way for the bad guy! |
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darkness_of_shadows
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posted on 15/6/2002 at 08:44 PM |
the meaning of life doesnt mean all that much to me. all i am looking for
is the goals that other see as a reason to live.. its my way of asking
about someone.
its not that it offended its that i was bored ad jolking.. (in writing you
really cant tell the tone implied..)
basically i could have chosen any question that makes people think about an
answer but i chose this one.. if anyone has objections i will be more than
happy to come up with another
and thank you and opinion is all i ask..
bettie x.. hate to say it but you have a point lol
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bettie_x
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posted on 15/6/2002 at 06:59 PM |
Iīll enlighten you best as a drunken idiot can...okay..
Meaning of Life: eat, sleep, drink, fuck, die.
Off I go to spread my wisdom to the masses, tra la la *skipping* ____________________ Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas. |
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Cashmere
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posted on 15/6/2002 at 06:58 PM |
I apologize if that was taken as a catty remark by you, and no offense was
meant. But why must there be a meaning to life? I spent years trying to
figure out if there was something other than wasting time and thinking.
Yes, thinking is a big part of my life; not about life itself, but by the
activities within it. Why is the idea of life so important to you? I truly
want to know. What is so important about the idea of life that it must be
analyzed, coveted, and the thought of losing it feared above all else? Why
the belief in reincarnation? Or life after death in general? The idea of
life itself as a separate entity means nothing to me, so I do not give it
thought often. I would rather focus on something as it is; not on the
status of whether it is living, dead, or just existing. Focusing on the
idea of life is one of the factors which made me try to kill myself. ____________________ "Truth is always on the move. It is always somewhere, but never in the
foreground, never on the surface."
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darkness_of_shadows
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posted on 15/6/2002 at 05:00 PM |
maybe some people need to just sit around and think more often.. :???:
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