Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Hang the dj, hang the dj, hang the dj.

Music: Poster of a Girl by Metric

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera

Excellent book, I would definitely recommend it. Not that I've finished it or anything, but so far so rad.
Basically, what I've read up to this point talks about lightness and weight, and how people either go through life heavily, gravitating toward hardship and locked in by their own rules, or they float through life, making it up as they go and not being tied down by right or wrong, merely living for the sake of pleasure. So you'd think that the latter would end up happier, right? It seems like a more tantalizing, tempting, easier way to live.. but oddly enough, rumour has it that all the characters (four in total, two being characterized by lightness, the others by weight), except for one die. And the remaining one, who is "light", isn't even that happy. Now you can either draw two conclusions from this summary (once again, haven't finished reading:
1. Life sucks no matter how you live it, may as well give up now.
2. Live with moderation. But that's hard! You can't really be light and heavy at the same time, can you? Kundera states at the very beginning that the two are polar opposites.. so can they mix?

I am pondering.

Hello there, the angel from my nightmare.

Song: Anyone Else But You- Michael Cera and Ellen Page

Well hello there, devoted audience. It's been a while, hasn't it? I bet you missed me. I also bet I'm currently talking to nothing but space. Cyber space, to be exact. Does anyone even call it that anymore? I have a couple things on my mind, the first being my previous post:
2009!
1. Maybe I'll figure out what to do with myself afterschool.
2. I'll kill my newly found anti social personality
3. I'll kill it in the music festival scene XD
4. I'll build bridges instead of burning them. And blowing away the ashes. And getting rid of all remains.
5. I'll do something worthwhile. Building houses in Mexico anyone? =D


Success?
1. Had RENT rehearsals a lot for a while. It's over now, and I'm back to doing nothing.
2. After tipping the scales in the opposite direction, I have encountered blissful moderation.
3. I had the flu during music festival registration. The ONE time I get the flu..
4. I burned two bridges, one because it was unhealthy for me, and another because the damage was unrepairable.
5. I've attempted to do something for at least one person everyday, something that matters. So far, it's working out ok.

New concept? New blogpost. Ciao.