Uncle Micah ([info]unclemicah) wrote,
@ 2003-12-05 02:25:00
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Current mood: contemplative

Media Whore Hermit...
I've been a bit of a recluse lately.
..and I can't say I feel like I'm missing much.
I've been reading tons, watching dvds hungrily, and dabbling in art projects.
I just finished "Diamond Age, or a young lady's illlustarted primer" by Stephenson. I really dug it.
Much better than Snow Crash.
If you pick it up, do force yourself through the first chapter or so...(the intro to the layout of the city almost caused me to chunk it back at my friend Katherine, who let me borrow it.)
I'm so glad I stuck with it.
It follows an awesome invention called "The Young Lady's Illustrated Primer". Which in short is a sort of A.I. infested book that bonds, and interacts with its reader.(Stephenson was obviously inspired by the fantasy game in Card's "Enders Game".(which I highly recomend as well)

The Primer was conceived by a man named Finkle MGraww, because he wants his 4 year old grandchild to grow up to be a subversive like himself...and is disgusted with the public school system. So he takes matters into his own hands.
Well, the book accidentally winds up in the hands of an poor,abused four year old girl named Nell.
"Diamond age" takes us through Nell's life, her adventures, and slow transformation into a lady.
Its fuckin rad.

I've also recently picked up where I left off 2 years ago with my quest to watch every one of the xfiles.
An old roomate of mine had them all on tape, and I got to season 3 before I had to move.
A quick check on netflix and sure enough they're all there...4 episodes per disk.
Aww yea.

So I was watching an episode called "The field where I died"...that touches on reincarnation...and it really hit me. Its such a beautiful concept. If I could choose any sort of continuation of my life it would be that.
Being able to choose who you surrounded yourself with in your next life...having all the same people close to you over and over in different roles to learn. I suppose its concept helps to satisfy our need for control in a world where we have so little of it.


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[info]kobyrama
2003-12-05 06:25 am UTC (link)
I will have to check that out. Ender's War was my most favorite chunk of books ever. It gave me pointers on how to deal with "some" people in high-school with a certain finality and flair. See a situation, and scroll through all of the probable endings and pick the best, to make sure the situation does not repeat itself - in the name of survival.

Reincarnation? I like to think that in the morning when I wake up I do reincarnate, I place the meat-puppet called Koby on me like any other peice of clothing. I am the master of a giant biological robot I use as my watery lens through which to see the world. That's why I was so interested in my dreams growing up, as a miniture means to remember what it was like before you are born, or born again each day.

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[info]katherinesummer
2003-12-05 11:57 am UTC (link)
Princess Katherine-Summer! Princess Katherine-Summer!

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(Anonymous)
2003-12-08 08:50 am UTC (link)
"Being able to choose who you surrounded yourself with in your next life...having all the same people close to you over and over in different roles to learn"

that is awesome.
now what if I have 2 different people that want my reincarnated soul to hang with them in the next "go-round" , but they live in different towns. You see, I'm very popular, and lots of people have dibs on my next reincarnation.

and thanks to the connected concept of Karma, I've now totally screwed myself with this pompous comment.

thanks micah, I blame you, which again, dooms me.
-clunkyrobit

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hmmm....
[info]unclemicah
2003-12-09 03:18 am UTC (link)
"now what if I have 2 different people that want my reincarnated soul to hang with them in the next "go-round" , but they live in different towns. You see, I'm very popular, and lots of people have dibs on my next reincarnation."

This would be a very common occurance, and wouldn't pose a problem at all.They would both have you in the next go round, but one of them,or both, would one day move to your town eventually, or maybe one day you'd move to one/both of their towns.
Of course they/you would have the illusion that it was their choice to do so, but there would be something much grander at work.

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