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I just moved to California, in search of happiness. Getting there.
Miller: A lot of people don't realize what's really going on. They view life as a bunch of unconnected incidences and things. They don't realize that there's this like lattice of coincidence that lays on top of everything. I'll give you an example, show you what I mean. Suppose you're thinking about a plate of shrimp. Suddenly somebody will say like plate or shrimp or plate of shrimp out of the blue- no explanation. No point in looking for one either. It's all part of a cosmic unconsciousness.
Otto: You eat a lot of acid, Miller, back in the hippie days?
Miller: I'll give you another instance. You know the way everybody's into weirdness right now. Books in all the supermarkets about Bermuda triangles, UFOs, how the Mayans invented television. That kind of thing.
Otto: I don't read them books.
Miller: Well the way I see it, it's exactly the same. There ain't no difference between a flying saucer and a time machine. People get so hung up on specifics. They miss out on seeing the whole thing. Take South America for example. In South America, thousands of people go missing every year. Nobody knows where they go. They just like disappear. But if you think about it for a minute, you realize something. There had to be a time when there was no people. Right?
Otto: Yeah. I guess.
Miller: Well, where did all these people come from? hmmm? I'll tell you where. The future. Where did all these people disappear to? hmmm?
Otto: The past?
Miller: That's right- and how did they get there?
Otto: How the fuck do I know?
Miller: Flying saucers. Which are really? Yeah, you got it. Time machines. I think a lot about this kind of stuff. I do my best thinking on the bus. That's how come I don't drive, see?
Otto: You don't even know how to drive.
Miller: I don't want to know how. I don't want to learn. See? The more you drive, the less intelligent you are.
-Repo Man
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat. "We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?" asked Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."
-Lewis Carroll
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In memoriam
evening_rush: October 18, 1980 - June 19, 2003. Rest in peace, sweet warrior.
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I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness, and willingness to remain vulnerable.
-Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Remember how long you have been deferring (various permutations of self-exploration and emotional maturity), and how many times you have been granted further grace by the gods, and yet you have failed to make use of it. But it is now high time that you realised what kind of a universe this is of which you form a part, and from what governing part of that universe you exist as an emenation; and that your time here is strictly limited, and unless you make use of it to clear the fog from your mind, the moment will be gone, as you are gone, and never be yours again.
-Marcus Aurelius
Meditations
Be not the slave of your own past -
plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep,
and swim far, so you shall come back
with self-respect, with new power,
with an advanced experience,
that shall explain and overlook the old.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.
-Douglas Adams
Made bygillo.
"Match it for Pratchett" slogan courtesy ofakicif.
Also, the official Web site is here.
If you want to put this in your own LJ, the code is:
...as a matter of necessity, I'm "Coyotegoth" on LJ, since this guy already had "Coyote." (Personally, I'm about as goth as a monster truck rally, although I've spent quite a bit of time in that community over the last five years, due largely to the influence of my best friend, that all-around swell guy, Winter. This accounts for the "goth" suffix: I was frequenting the NYCgoth chat room when I started my LJ account, all the LJers I knew were members of that chat room- and, well, there we are.) However, IRL I'm known either as Coyote, or my real name (which many people believe isn't my real name, as it is about as generic as a proper name can be). If you know me by either one, feel free to say hi :)
(And- the "Another satisfied Bush voter" user pic is bycopperwise, from a pic made by copperbadge. Thank you both!)
Miller: A lot of people don't realize what's really going on. They view life as a bunch of unconnected incidences and things. They don't realize that there's this like lattice of coincidence that lays on top of everything. I'll give you an example, show you what I mean. Suppose you're thinking about a plate of shrimp. Suddenly somebody will say like plate or shrimp or plate of shrimp out of the blue- no explanation. No point in looking for one either. It's all part of a cosmic unconsciousness.
Otto: You eat a lot of acid, Miller, back in the hippie days?
Miller: I'll give you another instance. You know the way everybody's into weirdness right now. Books in all the supermarkets about Bermuda triangles, UFOs, how the Mayans invented television. That kind of thing.
Otto: I don't read them books.
Miller: Well the way I see it, it's exactly the same. There ain't no difference between a flying saucer and a time machine. People get so hung up on specifics. They miss out on seeing the whole thing. Take South America for example. In South America, thousands of people go missing every year. Nobody knows where they go. They just like disappear. But if you think about it for a minute, you realize something. There had to be a time when there was no people. Right?
Otto: Yeah. I guess.
Miller: Well, where did all these people come from? hmmm? I'll tell you where. The future. Where did all these people disappear to? hmmm?
Otto: The past?
Miller: That's right- and how did they get there?
Otto: How the fuck do I know?
Miller: Flying saucers. Which are really? Yeah, you got it. Time machines. I think a lot about this kind of stuff. I do my best thinking on the bus. That's how come I don't drive, see?
Otto: You don't even know how to drive.
Miller: I don't want to know how. I don't want to learn. See? The more you drive, the less intelligent you are.
-Repo Man
"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat. "We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
"How do you know I'm mad?" asked Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."
-Lewis Carroll
********************************************************************************
In memoriam
evening_rush: October 18, 1980 - June 19, 2003. Rest in peace, sweet warrior.********************************************************************************
I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness, and willingness to remain vulnerable.
-Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Remember how long you have been deferring (various permutations of self-exploration and emotional maturity), and how many times you have been granted further grace by the gods, and yet you have failed to make use of it. But it is now high time that you realised what kind of a universe this is of which you form a part, and from what governing part of that universe you exist as an emenation; and that your time here is strictly limited, and unless you make use of it to clear the fog from your mind, the moment will be gone, as you are gone, and never be yours again.
-Marcus Aurelius
Meditations
Be not the slave of your own past -
plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep,
and swim far, so you shall come back
with self-respect, with new power,
with an advanced experience,
that shall explain and overlook the old.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.
-Douglas Adams
Made by
gillo."Match it for Pratchett" slogan courtesy of
akicif.Also, the official Web site is here.
If you want to put this in your own LJ, the code is:
...as a matter of necessity, I'm "Coyotegoth" on LJ, since this guy already had "Coyote." (Personally, I'm about as goth as a monster truck rally, although I've spent quite a bit of time in that community over the last five years, due largely to the influence of my best friend, that all-around swell guy, Winter. This accounts for the "goth" suffix: I was frequenting the NYCgoth chat room when I started my LJ account, all the LJers I knew were members of that chat room- and, well, there we are.) However, IRL I'm known either as Coyote, or my real name (which many people believe isn't my real name, as it is about as generic as a proper name can be). If you know me by either one, feel free to say hi :)
(And- the "Another satisfied Bush voter" user pic is by
copperwise, from a pic made by copperbadge. Thank you both!)