August 2010
5 posts
Today, I thought.
Concepts I ran into today:
Some believe that imagination is the key to reinventing reality.
Others believe that imagination is an inevitable alternative to reality.
A lot of people believe that imagined reality will soon have more influence on our actions and beliefs than actual reality, assuming this is not already the case.
The reason that imagined realities are gaining mainstream support is...
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Honesty
Mr. Studmuffin pokes his head into my cubicle. “You’re here!” he exclaims, and I remember that I was supposed to ask Jeff and Sean if they want to go happy hour with us. Shit, I think, and say “Hey! Great timing! I was just going to do the rounds!” as though that was my intention all along. He disappears behind me. I am an arrow of focus. Ok, Jeff’s in, Sean’s in. Melody is in. The Asshole is...
But seriously, let's hear it for the mushroom.
I kind of get excited by mushrooms. I once married a guy who didn’t eat mushrooms. So I would actually make separate spaghetti sauces rather than go without. That’s love, ladies and gentlemen. Anyway, I wasn’t going to do that for the rest of my life, right? Jesus Christ, no! So I had him killed.
Anyway, let me tell you why I love mushrooms. First of all, they are incredibly...
Revisiting.
Why do some people treat emotional films like a roller coaster they want to ride again and again?
There are as many answers for this as there are people, I would think. Here are my reasons:
Some storytellers can lure me into emotional commitment with subtlety. I don’t even realize it’s happening. I think I’m passively watching the story/characters develop, and then all of a sudden I realize I’m...
