Cloud-uk
Master Don Juan
Cloud Minus Morals, oh, and **** buddy question!
Ok, I'm slightly worried about something here. I saw face off yesterday and totally sided with the nick cage character, you know, the drugs taking, womanising terrorist, and was pretty appauled at the "hero", the john travolta character.
Lets make no mistake about this, the guy nick cage plays is not a nice man! He's pretty ****ed up, but the only thing my brain could come out with was "hey! well at least he's living his life" and I was actually disgusted at the way the "hero"'s life was driven by revenge, he was a totall bore to be with, AND his wife was ugly and he wasn't ****ing her! The guy was a ****ing loser (tho I would probably do his daughter), and I had a real dislike for him.
If you've seen the movie, maybe you'll understand what I felt when Castor Troy says something along the lines of "Christ I didn't mean to kill your boy, I was trying to kill you! But you had to take it so....personally!"
Well boo hoo, Castor Troy macks it with the ladies (ok, lets look at this- the cop's wife- Yuck. The woman castor troy occasionally ****s- oh-so much better!), has some nice bald friends, makes lots of money, and is probably a right laugh at parties. The guy john travolta plays spends the rest of his life with an ugly wife. Should he not be ashamed of wasteing what is a valuabe life, and would be put to much better use by someone who would actually enjoy themselves?! Castor troy has fun, he has nice gold guns. He's memorable! So what if he kills a few people? I take it he's not a religious guy, and so he has no moral basis for holding murder as wrong. Hey! Break a few eggs to make an omlett right?
And such forth I managed to convince myself something which I'm sure is wrong on some level. A year or 2 ago, I would have been all "Troy is disrespecting his body, killing innocent civilians, and breaking the law- bad guy", now its more "Troy is living- Good guy?". Seriously, if I thought I was going to have a good time with drugs I could probably convince myself they're better than not doing them- hey! Try out everything life has to offer you! (incidently, drugs dont seem to agree with me, so I stay off them)
This worries me slightly, because it throws me into a whole different ball game. This post has been slightly rambling so far, so i'm going to try to sort it out.
WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE?!
This was the title of my philosophy h/w this week. I had 5 statements, of varying severity, on a moral/ social issue. All I had to do was say what I could tollerate and what i couldn't. WHAT IF I COULD TOLERATE ALL OF THEM?! What if I cant draw the line? I seriously think I'm turning into a jerk, or something quite seriously worse. Movie bad guy worse.
Ok, in another aspect of my life, I have a whole bunch of girls I can get with. I feel that I am ready to lose my virginity, and if I did get a girlfriend I think I would expect to have sex with her. Feels like the right time, ya know?
Anyway, I know that if i get with a lot of these girls, and then get with another, it will really hurt them. Plus I forfit my moral high ground (which I still think is an illusion, still, give's me a bit of power over one or two of these girls which could become very useful in the future blah blah blah). Anyway, I am not entirely sure what I want to do (bear in mind I'm at a new school, and there are SOOOOOOOOOOO possibilities).
Dont worry though, I'm not going to start rapeing people and holding hostages for money just yet- my selfishness thinks that I'll get caught and screw up the rest of my life- a life that could be spent having more fun.
But....siding with movie bad guys and actively resenting the good guy? Finding very little reason that hurting girls is a bad thing? I am turning into a jerk, and I totally see why they pick on losers at school. They're just angry they're not living their lives.
So what should I do? Problem is I'm not asking for advice, I'm just going to go out there and make a mistake, and live with it. Actually, I am partially looking for advice- this mindset hit anyone else? I'd like to know what happened to you after it. I'm also giving advice, in that my situation probably isn't that complicated, and its when you spend time thinking about it that the damamge is really done. Some woman said this on TV, but the one thing she regretted in her life was "not making my mistakes sooner". Stop ****ing deliberating over something and just ACT. Sure, you might screw up, but that's life. I'm gonna make a resolution not to think about personal problems too much.
Ok- This is the thing I've realised though. When you start stripping down what exactly is right and wrong for you it opens up whole different ballgames.
If you start seeing something as ok, it opens you up to do it, it further relaxes the rules. It puts you in a new game with new people, who already see things that way. Thinka bout it, last year for me no one ****ed, and the ball game was "players kiss lots of girls". Now its much more like "players **** lots of girls" but amybe not quite there yet...anyway, if your playing to the old game and you suddenly switch to the new game, it is a shock. I think when i was an AFC I was backwards in my views, and I'm not quite sure if I've caught up yet. I'm not quite comfortable in this new game. And if I want to rule it I need to be comfortable.
And this relates to what I'm saying before. How do we know what's right and wrong? And if nothing is wrong your playing to biggest game with the highest stakes, a game very few play for obvious reasons. At the moment I'm a little bit torn about the idea, but how do you guys work out what's right and wrong (btw I dont believe in God or free will- go figure).
Anyway, I guess I'm just looking for a bit of reasurance. On the girls thing I think I'll try going out with one I like quite a bit for a few weeks. I think it'll break down after a while tho, and it'll be a amistake. Still, better just do it.
Ok, I'm slightly worried about something here. I saw face off yesterday and totally sided with the nick cage character, you know, the drugs taking, womanising terrorist, and was pretty appauled at the "hero", the john travolta character.
Lets make no mistake about this, the guy nick cage plays is not a nice man! He's pretty ****ed up, but the only thing my brain could come out with was "hey! well at least he's living his life" and I was actually disgusted at the way the "hero"'s life was driven by revenge, he was a totall bore to be with, AND his wife was ugly and he wasn't ****ing her! The guy was a ****ing loser (tho I would probably do his daughter), and I had a real dislike for him.
If you've seen the movie, maybe you'll understand what I felt when Castor Troy says something along the lines of "Christ I didn't mean to kill your boy, I was trying to kill you! But you had to take it so....personally!"
Well boo hoo, Castor Troy macks it with the ladies (ok, lets look at this- the cop's wife- Yuck. The woman castor troy occasionally ****s- oh-so much better!), has some nice bald friends, makes lots of money, and is probably a right laugh at parties. The guy john travolta plays spends the rest of his life with an ugly wife. Should he not be ashamed of wasteing what is a valuabe life, and would be put to much better use by someone who would actually enjoy themselves?! Castor troy has fun, he has nice gold guns. He's memorable! So what if he kills a few people? I take it he's not a religious guy, and so he has no moral basis for holding murder as wrong. Hey! Break a few eggs to make an omlett right?
And such forth I managed to convince myself something which I'm sure is wrong on some level. A year or 2 ago, I would have been all "Troy is disrespecting his body, killing innocent civilians, and breaking the law- bad guy", now its more "Troy is living- Good guy?". Seriously, if I thought I was going to have a good time with drugs I could probably convince myself they're better than not doing them- hey! Try out everything life has to offer you! (incidently, drugs dont seem to agree with me, so I stay off them)
This worries me slightly, because it throws me into a whole different ball game. This post has been slightly rambling so far, so i'm going to try to sort it out.
WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE?!
This was the title of my philosophy h/w this week. I had 5 statements, of varying severity, on a moral/ social issue. All I had to do was say what I could tollerate and what i couldn't. WHAT IF I COULD TOLERATE ALL OF THEM?! What if I cant draw the line? I seriously think I'm turning into a jerk, or something quite seriously worse. Movie bad guy worse.
Ok, in another aspect of my life, I have a whole bunch of girls I can get with. I feel that I am ready to lose my virginity, and if I did get a girlfriend I think I would expect to have sex with her. Feels like the right time, ya know?
Anyway, I know that if i get with a lot of these girls, and then get with another, it will really hurt them. Plus I forfit my moral high ground (which I still think is an illusion, still, give's me a bit of power over one or two of these girls which could become very useful in the future blah blah blah). Anyway, I am not entirely sure what I want to do (bear in mind I'm at a new school, and there are SOOOOOOOOOOO possibilities).
Dont worry though, I'm not going to start rapeing people and holding hostages for money just yet- my selfishness thinks that I'll get caught and screw up the rest of my life- a life that could be spent having more fun.
But....siding with movie bad guys and actively resenting the good guy? Finding very little reason that hurting girls is a bad thing? I am turning into a jerk, and I totally see why they pick on losers at school. They're just angry they're not living their lives.
So what should I do? Problem is I'm not asking for advice, I'm just going to go out there and make a mistake, and live with it. Actually, I am partially looking for advice- this mindset hit anyone else? I'd like to know what happened to you after it. I'm also giving advice, in that my situation probably isn't that complicated, and its when you spend time thinking about it that the damamge is really done. Some woman said this on TV, but the one thing she regretted in her life was "not making my mistakes sooner". Stop ****ing deliberating over something and just ACT. Sure, you might screw up, but that's life. I'm gonna make a resolution not to think about personal problems too much.
Ok- This is the thing I've realised though. When you start stripping down what exactly is right and wrong for you it opens up whole different ballgames.
If you start seeing something as ok, it opens you up to do it, it further relaxes the rules. It puts you in a new game with new people, who already see things that way. Thinka bout it, last year for me no one ****ed, and the ball game was "players kiss lots of girls". Now its much more like "players **** lots of girls" but amybe not quite there yet...anyway, if your playing to the old game and you suddenly switch to the new game, it is a shock. I think when i was an AFC I was backwards in my views, and I'm not quite sure if I've caught up yet. I'm not quite comfortable in this new game. And if I want to rule it I need to be comfortable.
And this relates to what I'm saying before. How do we know what's right and wrong? And if nothing is wrong your playing to biggest game with the highest stakes, a game very few play for obvious reasons. At the moment I'm a little bit torn about the idea, but how do you guys work out what's right and wrong (btw I dont believe in God or free will- go figure).
Anyway, I guess I'm just looking for a bit of reasurance. On the girls thing I think I'll try going out with one I like quite a bit for a few weeks. I think it'll break down after a while tho, and it'll be a amistake. Still, better just do it.
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