Comments | aethyrflux: Camus & Kafka (or: Death & Metamorphosis)

aethyrflux

Camus & Kafka (or: Death & Metamorphosis)

Nov 08, 2006 05:11

after spending another night of lucid dreams hovering above the abyss ( Read more... )

death, burning man, metamorphosis, that thing in the desert, burn culture, birmingham

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aeryn42 November 7 2006, 21:47:37 UTC

Thanks for that last link.

aethyrflux November 7 2006, 22:37:40 UTC

y'know... i was afraid that i had annoyed you during our brief exchange the other night... my intention was to be humorous, but i realized too late that i probably came off sounding pompous & condescending... my apologies for that... if you will forgive my boorish behaviour, and permit me an opportunity to learn your preferred communication modes, then perhaps i can offer to treat you to a tasty beverage... this offer is good whenever you would like to chat with some company at a locally-owned establishment of your preference ...my favorite spot is Epoch, but ymmv?

aeryn42 November 8 2006, 05:00:24 UTC

If you go to epoch often, you've probably already seen me. I'm there quite a bit on weeknights.

aethyrflux November 8 2006, 20:02:42 UTC

Epoch is awesome...
ever since Mojo's closed,
i have missed my home away from home!

luxcanon November 7 2006, 22:09:01 UTC

But at least I have a new motto, now... "What does not kill me, makes me stranger!"

That one is worth the price of admission, Bear-like driver.

aethyrflux November 7 2006, 22:48:59 UTC

if you ask me, i think that i'm actually more "boar-like," but who am i to quibble with another's perceptions?
for some reason, whenever i think about driving away from BRC(" The world's happiest company town!"),
there's a tape-loop returning to my head:
...you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave...

heatherthegreat November 8 2006, 00:54:48 UTC

That's actually a quote from the original Aeon Flux cartoon. Trevor Goodchild says it at the end of an episode where two people attempt to cross into Aeon's country, one of them makes it and the other gets caught and loses her legs by the very machines she had been building. It's the perfect statement for something tragic and ironic.

aethyrflux November 8 2006, 01:39:03 UTC

Thanatophobia: A heavily armed border wall separates the nations of Bregna and Monica. Yet many Breens seek to escape the mysterious designs of Trevor Goodchild

Trevor Goodchild: "That which does not kill us, makes us stranger."

--

although I love that series, I swear it has nothing to do with my screen name ;~}
and i would guess that a few other people have made the joke, as well...
but strangely, after a cursory glance, I can find no other citation of it online!

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silverize November 7 2006, 23:33:47 UTC

Huh, I don't see any picture.

And that link is great.
Last time I had a depressive episode, I felt it coming on so I looked online for something to read about depression and I saw the "wait 24 hours" suggestion. My sick humor rewrote it as "Procrastinate; you can always kill yourself later."

Believe it or not, I've thought of that several times since then. And I always laugh. Laugh or cry, I say!

PS: you left a couple things of yours at my house. Come & get 'em. ;)

aethyrflux November 7 2006, 23:42:25 UTC

i tried clearing my cache & reloading the page & it works for me... but here's the url where i got the photo: http://www.burnmonkey.com/burn2006/img_1684_mod.html

yeah.. i'm too lazy to kill myself, too. ;~}

glad that you're keeping up with the sense of humor!

i will have to contact you soon to recover my things, and i have a present for you, too... happy belated bday!

gavagirl November 8 2006, 00:24:14 UTC

No need to force the issue. You'll die sooner or later anyway. I'm sure of it!

:-D

paying it forward... aethyrflux November 8 2006, 00:33:06 UTC

same as it ever was...
and thanks to our ancestors, our lives are easier than theirs were; so, let's pass it on!

lynnivere November 8 2006, 05:10:14 UTC

Good Lords!

Car in Flames. Yowsa. Great shot though. Glad you're ok and not too crispy.

As for Camus.. I believe we all do choose the way we come in and the way we leave.

Pre-arranged at some Afterlife Coffee Haus most likely comfortably arranged inside the Hall of Akashic Records.. like a Starbucks in the Barnes & Noble. In this Meta Coffee joint you and me and Heather and all our friends and family sit around and think up how we will manage our evolution in the next adventure and agree to play roles in each others lives for their sake and ours. It is in this special state and place that we decide the way to go. Obviously you decided not to take the car in flames. Thank you.

aethyrflux November 8 2006, 18:05:31 UTC

well, i doubt that i will be eaten by lions... i'm much more likely to meet my end in some kind of socio-political struggle... but i am pratically certain that i am most likely to perish from some sort of cancer.

i suppose that's yet another reason why i'm in healthcare, now?

yet, i have really never had a job that is so completely rewarding... it's such an excellent devotion for my bodhisattva path!

xeyeofhorusx November 8 2006, 06:17:24 UTC

Wow, it's hard to comprehend how it must feel to have a pic like that of yourself. Sorta cool, maybe mostly cool, but not my experience, so I'm not sure.

Wasn't feeling the suicide link. Having spent the majority of my life in various shades of suicidal, I just couldn't get into it. I would have seen the structure of the language, parsed the intent, appreciated the attempt, and I recall that in those states, I could have given a fuck less. But I hope it helps even one person.

aethyrflux November 8 2006, 18:15:34 UTC

actually, i really want to find a side view photo, where you can see me jumping through the flames coming out of the tailpipes!

i know a number of people who have benefitted from at least one of the suggestions on that particular page about suicide; but it is an extremely subjective sort of experience, isn't it... would you care to share anything that has helped you through the dark night of the soul?

here's some of the previous discussion, from the last time i posted that link...

xeyeofhorusx November 10 2006, 06:31:46 UTC

I wish I could pinpoint something helpful, but it's at least hard and likely impossible to have a clinical perspective on oneself, and people who long suffer from severe depression often have trouble with memory, so I would hesitate to refer anyone to some "keys to success" from my own experience per se. Ulimately after fighting for 20 years, I consider myself lucky to still be alive, and to be learning to actually enjoy it for a change, even if in small increments. I think at some point I just decided I was willing to live my entire life even if it never got better. A few years later it started to. I'm not sure that would help anyone else though.

austingoddess November 14 2006, 16:40:00 UTC

Disassociation, which causes problems for PTSD survivors, can actually be a handy tool for dealing with it, too...otherwise that mechanism wouldn't have cropped up in the first place ( ... )