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olamina

as they say

Feb 28, 2007 16:09

BABEL

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opiateslopes March 1 2007, 00:18:22 UTC

iñárritu's contribution to 11'09"01 - september 11 is magical. coo away good lady.

saucepot March 1 2007, 00:28:25 UTC

wondering how many women actually "sleep their way" to things

moving to Hollywood and hearing a ton of purely ridiculous stories about said sorts of situations has made me wonder exactly the same thing.

olamina March 1 2007, 01:39:31 UTC

i mean television tells us SOMEONE is doing it. i demand to know who and when and what they were compensated for it. i'm tempted to take a pledge of celibacy until the exchange values are revealed. part of me feels like why should i short change myself if i can get tangible stuff for *ahem* that?

niveau March 1 2007, 03:33:21 UTC

Yes, the human condition sucks, but it sucks sublimely so... it is terrible, terrorisingly dreadful. Maybe that's the attraction.

Or, as Schelling put it, the Ugly is not the opposite of the Beautiful; it is much worse than that, it is primary.

olamina March 1 2007, 12:58:59 UTC

Ooo, I don't know Schelling at all. Thanks! You keep me on my toes Mr. Smart Professor!

niveau March 2 2007, 05:05:19 UTC

In that case here's a book you should check out: The Abyss of Freedom / Ages of the World (1997) by Slavoj Zizek and F. W. J. von Schelling

olamina March 2 2007, 12:47:21 UTC

Oooo, a Zizek book I'd not heard of. Thanks! You made my day!

bopscotch March 1 2007, 06:04:08 UTC

The women-sleeping-with-men for corporate power in a company idea is in the same boat as me as "just how many young people are having sex? are they even having sex? if they are, how come I'm not?"

In that, I do my best to ignore them because they throw me into an existential crisis about what is and is not taboo and whether or not it's OK that maybe compared to today's average teenager, I have had very little sexual experience.

oh, babe in the woods! olamina March 1 2007, 12:50:57 UTC

The women-sleeping-with-men for corporate power in a company idea is in the same boat as me as "just how many young people are having sex? are they even having sex? if they are, how come I'm not?"The women having sex for power thing is an outgrowth of the teens having sex thing for me. I remember in college having the brain storm that probably a good chunk of my high school friends had been having sex. It was a shock. When? Where? I couldn't sort out how they could've been doing this without me even noticing. Of course, I never even kissed anyone until my freshmen year of college so I was pretty unawares about all of that stuff ( ... )

shnob March 1 2007, 18:00:59 UTC

Babel it's like 21 gramm. Almost the same line.

>>OR alternatively just go on Carnival cruises
NO WAY! I had been working as waiter for 180 days on this s*it! It suffering! For guest it's allright, cheap price, but for us it's like HELL! NO DAY OFF, NO SALARY, NO TIPS, NOTHING. By the way we called our ship "5 stars prison" )

olamina March 1 2007, 18:11:53 UTC

ha ha ! 5 star prisons!

get a new job immediately!

shnob March 1 2007, 18:20:52 UTC

>> job. I'm in searching now. My soul is design, web design or graphic design.

>> 5star prison. But you know, for me, who has been learning english only for 1 year it was nice expirience.

olamina March 1 2007, 18:24:22 UTC

yes, i am sure your english has improved a LOT. i think you should write about these experiences . i don't know much about it and i would like to learn!

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