cogito
daniel's past three days by the numbers:
1 complete anime series: ergo proxy
6 episodes of the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya
5 james bond movies
3 real meals
1:00 average wake-up time
5 other movies not james bond
2 MST3K movies
1 music folder mostly cleaned up
4 hours on average to change out of my pajamas
1 student union roof climbed
so, as you can see, i've...um...been busy.
i made a little peace with post-modernism this weekend, mostly when i was watching ergo proxy. i was chris about this and he agrees (actually, he was the one who brought it up, but oh well): ergo proxy references a lot of different classical pieces of art and philosophical ideals, making it a "smart person" anime. so i was thinking, this bringing in of different references and outside materials, that's what post-modernism is. a collage of where we have been, where we came from, all mish-mashed in some art form. so that's not really what i have a problem with. indeed, how could i, because i do that all the time. but here's where i break away. post-modernism would then go on to say that this new art form is something alien from its creator, something born from the experience of culture and society and therefore not the creator's at all. whoever created it is completely removed from its creation. which is bullshit. remove the writer from the story? can't be done. if you do, the story will crumble.
which reminds me. watch ergo proxy. i was a bit skeptical at first, as i thought it was like witch hunter robin with demons, then more like last exile, then...i don't know. evangelion maybe. it's a bit slow in the beginning, but the ending is fantastic. i shall be pondering this one for a long time.
ok, washing's done. got to go get my pants.
1 complete anime series: ergo proxy
6 episodes of the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya
5 james bond movies
3 real meals
1:00 average wake-up time
5 other movies not james bond
2 MST3K movies
1 music folder mostly cleaned up
4 hours on average to change out of my pajamas
1 student union roof climbed
so, as you can see, i've...um...been busy.
i made a little peace with post-modernism this weekend, mostly when i was watching ergo proxy. i was chris about this and he agrees (actually, he was the one who brought it up, but oh well): ergo proxy references a lot of different classical pieces of art and philosophical ideals, making it a "smart person" anime. so i was thinking, this bringing in of different references and outside materials, that's what post-modernism is. a collage of where we have been, where we came from, all mish-mashed in some art form. so that's not really what i have a problem with. indeed, how could i, because i do that all the time. but here's where i break away. post-modernism would then go on to say that this new art form is something alien from its creator, something born from the experience of culture and society and therefore not the creator's at all. whoever created it is completely removed from its creation. which is bullshit. remove the writer from the story? can't be done. if you do, the story will crumble.
which reminds me. watch ergo proxy. i was a bit skeptical at first, as i thought it was like witch hunter robin with demons, then more like last exile, then...i don't know. evangelion maybe. it's a bit slow in the beginning, but the ending is fantastic. i shall be pondering this one for a long time.
ok, washing's done. got to go get my pants.