10.24.2006

thesis and research

Okay Ms. Chiang, here's my thesis: "Director Richard Linklaters film 'Waking Life' is a cinematic masterpiece. Its philosophies, theories, and ideas are amazingly intricate and provocative. It is a work of art that has exceeded its fullest potential." I think my thesis is fine, but I am having problem with subtopics. There are about 34 different encounters and scenes in 'Waking Life' and I want to talk about probably 20 of them. maybe more. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

the afterlife -journal

I don't really care what happens to my body after I die. I'm not saying I don't beleive in the afterlife, but I'm not saying I do. If there isn't an afterlife then it doesn't matter, and if there is an afterlife then I don't beleive that what happens to your body will affect your soul or whatever it is that travels to the otherworld. The thing is, I don't really understand why there would be an afterlife. At least, not a traditional one. From what I hear, all you do when you go to heaven is sit around with a bunch of virgins and drink wine. It serves no purpose. I mean sure it's nice that God wants us to feel good after we die, but what's the point? You can't do anything in heaven. You can't affect anything. No, if there is an afterlife it would be a useful one. There would be a reason for us to continue consciousness after we leave our bodies. From what I hear, there isn't. That's why reincarnation makes more sense to me than Heaven. At least there's a point to it. But at the same time, reincarnation can't be true because the world population is constantly rising. Where are all the new souls coming from?

10.23.2006

what are your disadvantages/weaknesses? -journal

I think one of my weaknesses is that I am not good a talking on the phone. I never know what to say. People are always on the phone with me and they always say "you're so boring" or "why aren't you talking Will?" and stuff like that. I don't really know why, but I just don't like to talk on the phone. It bores me. I also am very quiet and don't talk much around relatives. They scare me. They always ask you all these stupid questions that they don't actually want to know the answer to but say them anyway just for the sake of talking. We had a family reunion on my last day of summer. At least twenty people asked me if I was "ready" and if I was "excited". I never really knew what to say to that. I usually just end up saying "no" and walking away as fast as I can. I hate family reunions.

10.16.2006

a-z biography

All of my life I have been a
Boy.
Could I have been anything else?
Don't worry, I couldn't have. I will be a boy for-
Ever and ever. i don't really remember my
First word, but I have been told that it was
"Gaga."
How is that even a word?
I guess it is. I dunno.
Just pretend it is. Looking bac
K on my childhood I remember constantly playing a-
Lone, by
Myself. But I wasn't lonely, I just was very solitary.
Now that I'm a teenager, I feel like a different pers-
On. The traits that I
Possesed as a child have
Quietly disappeared. I like very different things. I
Remember I was a total fantasy RPG nerd. I thought it wa-
S Sooo cool. Now I don't dislike it, but I don'-
T do it either. I gave
Up playing Magic: the Gathering. That as a
Very sweet game. I still have all my cards. I
Was trying to sell them at one point. It didn't work.
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You know the Comic Company up by North Dekalb Mall? They got
Zapped. That used to be Magic central. Now it's just another fading memory...

10.09.2006

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