This is interesting. There is an article, and a lawsuit that will determine if in fact the wachowski brothers stole the idea for the matrix from an already written manuscript. This intrigues me because the wachowski brothers have also written a philosophical work on the philosophy behind the matrix.

Hmmm…. interesting.

Everyone should remember i hate the matrix. I’ve seen the prophet/messiah done better in Dune and i’ve also seen the humans-as-power done better in anime’s… this just makes it even more poignant that they haven’t gotten an original bone in their body.

LINK
http://www.slccglobelink.com/news/2004/10/28/Entertainment/mother.Of.The.Matrix.Victorious-785067.shtml

YOUR PORN STAR NAME: (Name of first pet + Street you live on) Fred Wilkie
YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (Favorite snack food + Grandfather’s first name) Powdered Herman?
YOUR FASHION DESIGNER NAME: (First word you see on your left + favorite restaurant) Free Melting Pot
SOCIALITE ALIAS: (Silliest Childhood Nickname + Town Where You First Partied) little shit lafayette
“FLY GIRL” [perhaps fly-guy also?]ALIAS (a la J. Lo): (First Initial + First Two or Three Letters of your Last Name) D. Ben
ICON ALIAS: (Something Sweet Within Sight + Any Liquid in Kitchen) Pepper Orange juice
DETECTIVE ALIAS: (Favorite Baby Animal + Where You Went to High School) puppy EHS ??? WTF ???
BARFLY ALIAS: (Last Snack Food You Ate + Your Favorite Alcoholic Drink) cookie screw driver
SOAP OPERA ALIAS: (Middle Name + Street Where You First Lived) Stephen (can’t remember)
ROCK STAR ALIAS: (Favorite Candy + Last Name Of Favorite Musician) Crack (Sweet Tarts) Adamson (was going to use reznor but mel took it first… no copy catting..)

1) Finish nietzsche report.
—Update— I have all my sources laid out and i’m begining to piece together the parts… I’ve figure out which quotes work best to illustrate each section of my paper… the biggest hurdle, (that of coming up with a conception of the will to power) has been answered to my sufficient ability.

2) Movie watching experience
—Update— I’ve seen a lot of movies also. I watched National Treasure and Spirited Away. A lot of questions about the second movie. The first is a complete rip off of the davinci code. (book) when it comes out later, i’ll ask you if you agree. Spirited away was good.

3) Games
not much, i played a little half life 2 and prince of persia but i bet you could care less about either of those games.. i’m enjoying them but not as intently as i’d like. I play for about 30 minutes get tired and quit…

—Addition to christmas list—
-World of Warcraft (game)
—-Not sure why i neglected to put it on the last one..

Just look at the evidence… Mary should be dating a Sagetarious (sp?)… boy am i glad the stars lined up with that one… i’d have hated to have been something different then me… *WHEW*… so the heavens agree with our arrangement…

I can breath a little easier now…

uh oh… i’m supposed to date an aquarious.. Mary better worry… It is a good thing that i’m an intellegent boyfriend, i can learn the system and doctor the results..
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I was about to step outside for a while.. go for a walk.. when i sat at the computer and looked through my bookmarks… i saw it there… it has been a while.. i’m not sure why i bookmarked the page.

I’m facinated with suicide. (Do not worry mom and dad if you are reading this it isn’t that i’m concerned for myself.) I’m fascinated with people who go that next step. What pushes them overboard? What exactly happens to make an individual take that step from contemplation to action?

I remember reading an essay, and i’m positive i’ve told you about this in passing. The essay is called Sysiphous. It was written by Albert Camus. He is one of my favorite philisophical writers. He argues that with the ‘death’ of God, which is without question the only explanation about life in this world, the most important question to answer is “Why not comit suicide?” I think it is drastic but it has relevance.

Anyway, so as i was mindlessly clicking on my links i run across the link to Michael Buonauro’s blog. It is an eery creation. It is the last words he has shared with the world about his life. I leave this link sprawled across the textbase with hope you will take a moment and see his writing.

I warn you, this might disturb you…
http://www.livejournal.com/users/mbuonauro/

He was very talented, but that doesn’t matter now.

ok i’m off for my walk…

I just have to push something through the final stages and then i can claim completion for all things christmas related. I’m very excited about the presents i have purchased, and hope they bring happiness to all of you.

As much of you know yesterday was the holiday of my birth… I am now officially 24…

I was in a funk yesterday and i can’t narrow it down to one cause. My parents took me out to eat, trey came by to visit, and i spent all night talking to Mary and wishing she were here. I had wanted to something different to mark the day as special and i guess since that fell through i got depressed. My birthday was much like any other day except i got older. I think it was officially the adult birthday i had been trying to escape all my life. The day where everyone looks around and says so? your a day older? get over yourself. I knew it would happen one day.

My parents were pleased to spend time with me, which was nice. We ate at Bennigans. Trey visited and we talked about a few things.

I will write my nietzsche paper tonight and tomorrow and be done with the whole damn thing. Nothing will be needed. The world will continue. I will finish getting my present for Mary. I will even work on other things necessary.

Next week I will take my finals. I will then go to work. I will then go take my GRE. Finally i will see Mary. This is my plan. This is my goal. I don’t really feel inspired for anything other then that Goal. I will go through the motions. I will continue completeing the necesseties of life.

i’m going to watch spirited away later tonight. That seems like it will be a good movie.

ok i’m done.. I work next week on Tuesday and Wednesday 9-12. Interesting stuff.

I scoff at such a notion… i’m really easy to shop for i think…

Movies:
– The return of the king (special platinum edition)
– Star Wars Trilogy
– waking life
– lost in translation
– the seventh seal
– persona

Game
– Metroid Prime 2 Echoes

Books
– Art of happyness
– Art of War
– Machiavelli’s the prince
– any buddhist text (except idiots guides etc)

Odds and Ends
– Chess sets of interesting origin
– Swords and other beautiful medeival weapons
– love and admiration
– respect
– zen rock garden
– prayer stick (buddhist in origin)

If that isn’t enough i’m sure you can get me anything and i’d love it…

here you go Mom…

I have just borne witness to one of the greatest movies of my time. I just watched finding Neverland. It was beautiful. The acting was absoluetly gorgeous. The script was powerful.

I haven’t had a rush of this much emotion in a long time… i think the last time i felt like this was during “The House of Sand and Fog.” This was different though. I keep wondering why it is i felt such an emotional binding to this movie. I can’t describe it. I don’t remember if i had a strong connection with the disney film of peter pan, perhaps i did and maybe that is why i got so worked up about this film.

THE CHILDREN WERE GENIUS! I was so effected by this movie. I’m simply stunned how good it was.

Wow it is cold outside (shut it Mary, it is so cold i’m using my ratty old paint colored coat i got when i was like 16… i love that old coat… fits like a glove… that is two sizes too small but a glove nonetheless.)…

Today is the great david’s birthday eve… ha HA! Festivities for all.

I haven’t a clue what i’m going to do tomorrow. Mom said she would take me out to eat, and who can pass up a free meal? Other then that i will try and figure out some way of getting myself drunk. I might go to this local bar.. or i might just not get drunk. I don’t know. I want to do something just not sure what.

Might end up working on my paper for Nietzsche. That would be interesting.
Might end up going to walmart and buying something. Nothing says happy birthday like consumerism.
Might end up watching a movie like Finding Neverland. (this will definitly happen either tonight or tomorrow.
Might end up finishing up my christmas shopping.

Christmas is going to be awesome. I’m going to love everything about it. I’ve always enjoyed the holidays. The key to understanding me, is that i want to remain a child for the rest of my life. I see children and recognize their love of life. This makes me want to remain a kid. This isn’t to say i’m childish during the holidays. Holidays involve visiting with family and debating current world views, which is always a blast. I’m fortunate to have family like Trey, Mom, Dad, Michelle, Terry, Elizabeth, John, and Mike that see my positioning arguments against them as attempting to learn. I figure we all have unique existences in this world and i’m curious how we change over time.

Finally i am also fortunate to have Mary. I would gush about her, but you all have met her. She defies definition. Which a philosopher should always look for in a love. Defining something makes it boring.

Oh well..

On a completely different notion. I watched King Arthur last night. It was a really good movie. I was surprised. I think i know why i think it is such a good movie. I really want to play World of Warcraft. This movie reminds me of it during some of the battle scenes. God i want to play WoW.

The acting was pretty good, and the script was definitly an interesting telling of the Arthurian tale.

I read some reviews of it and i agree with them about most of their discussions about the movie, but i don’t weight the premises as much as they do. The running trend is that Gwenevere is too perfectly feminine and too fierce on the battlefield for their tastes. The story is distorted so it must be bad. I wasn’t pleased with Gwenevere’s story but i sure as hell don’t think she ruined the whole movie.

ah well enough.
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