I have sprained my ankle... apparently running when it's slippery out is a bad idea, who knew?
Today was my last day on the wheel (officially) for pottery, so from today on, I'll be staying after to be on the wheel.
I'm going to go into pottery 2, and be the person to sell the most pots at the pottery sale. (woohoo!)
I may drop my webcomic idea and go on to simply writing it, i'm too tired to wait for artists to get their acts together (maybe i could animate it when i get good)
and since I did Lust yesterday, next up is Greed.
Let's start with a definition, shall we?
Greed: "Greed is the self-serving desire for the pursuit of money, wealth, power, food, or other possessions, especially when this denies the same goods to others. It is generally considered a vice, and is one of the seven deadly sins in Catholicism."
(definition by Wikipedia (w00t))
Hmm... Don't disagree with this definition, but i don't find it entirely acurate, either. I'll define greed as the state of one man not wishing to serve the needs of others because of his own selfish causes.
much better, i think that paints it in the correct light. as i've before, i don't believe greed should be a deadly sin, simply because i find nothing immoral about it. "But James, what about greedy kings, aren't they bad?" there is a difference in that situation, whereas his wealth was stolen from the people whom he serves and therefore, that is immoral. but in the case of a businessman, worker, or any other man who earns his own by his own, I don't think that applies. I was not born, nor did I accept the responsibility to bore another man upon myself, putting his ideals before my own. this does not mean I won't help others, i will simply put myself before him in the hierarchy of who needs what.
so, if you wish to avoid the bad things from greed, don't steal from others, and don't take positions where you are serving others, as in your job description, if you are greedy. but beyond that, greed is a ok (as long as you earn it or build upon it (Paris Hilton NOT included))
PS: i have my new blog up, in case you were interested. It is apples-are-apples.blogspot.com
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
A return to our regularly scheduled programming
First off: James economic strategy #1: sell Highways off to private for organization for $1,000 per mile of road. this would generate 4 billion dollars, use to help with debt to China.
Second off: I want a straight-blade razor (pre-sharpened) and a leather strop and shaving cream. If someone steps up with this stuff before september, they get to choose what facial hair gets to go. I will not shave until that date otherwise.
Thirdly: Lets talk about Lust. (WooHoo, deadly sins!)
Lust is defined as "an inordinate craving for coitus often to the point of assuming a self-indulgent, and sometimes violent character. Lust, or an immoderate desire for the flesh of another (outside of matrimony), is considered a sin, or impure act, in all of the Abrahamic religions"
Alrighty then, first off, Lust isn't very controversial, so that's boring, but let's get on with it.
Lust is basically your hormones screaming at you to go get it on with another person. So that sucks, but one thing i do see more often than not, is people approaching this one with too much caution, to the point where they deny themselves sex no matter what. I don't agree with that. now, while i'm not saying we should all go around like rabbits on steroids in the springtime, we shouldn't be so prudent so as to deny ourselves the greatest act of celebration as human beings.
one thing to make sure your not being lustful (minus the obvious) is that you don't have your causes and effects switched around. I'll watch movies where a bunch of guys think that they'll be cooler (basically have a better self- esteem) if they have sex with every person in sight (LUST!!! (Here be example)) this is what i like to refer to as the "FAULTY CAUSE-AND-EFFECT".
these people see all these really happy people doing it all the time and they think that that's what causes happiness, ENNGHHH, WRONG! A person who has a strong self-esteem can find enjoyment in sex, but a person who uses sex to get a better self-esteem will find nothing but FAILURE!!!
that is all
Second off: I want a straight-blade razor (pre-sharpened) and a leather strop and shaving cream. If someone steps up with this stuff before september, they get to choose what facial hair gets to go. I will not shave until that date otherwise.
Thirdly: Lets talk about Lust. (WooHoo, deadly sins!)
Lust is defined as "an inordinate craving for coitus often to the point of assuming a self-indulgent, and sometimes violent character. Lust, or an immoderate desire for the flesh of another (outside of matrimony), is considered a sin, or impure act, in all of the Abrahamic religions"
Alrighty then, first off, Lust isn't very controversial, so that's boring, but let's get on with it.
Lust is basically your hormones screaming at you to go get it on with another person. So that sucks, but one thing i do see more often than not, is people approaching this one with too much caution, to the point where they deny themselves sex no matter what. I don't agree with that. now, while i'm not saying we should all go around like rabbits on steroids in the springtime, we shouldn't be so prudent so as to deny ourselves the greatest act of celebration as human beings.
one thing to make sure your not being lustful (minus the obvious) is that you don't have your causes and effects switched around. I'll watch movies where a bunch of guys think that they'll be cooler (basically have a better self- esteem) if they have sex with every person in sight (LUST!!! (Here be example)) this is what i like to refer to as the "FAULTY CAUSE-AND-EFFECT".
these people see all these really happy people doing it all the time and they think that that's what causes happiness, ENNGHHH, WRONG! A person who has a strong self-esteem can find enjoyment in sex, but a person who uses sex to get a better self-esteem will find nothing but FAILURE!!!
that is all
A Vow
I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.
Now on to current events: Obama's great Economic plan that is supposed to supposedly save us all, is to print money, and not a little bit, but enough to put every president before him. great idea, let's steal from people and increase the rate of inflation ten fold.
next part: laissez-faire Capitalism, and it's ability to save us from this downwardly spiraling government. the whole reason why we're in this situation is because of the government interfering in the economy, so the socialist, err... i mean politicians, solution is to restrict and control the economy more. If there has ever been a better time to introduce laissez-faire, that time would be now. Sure, there'd be a few months where we see the incompetent companies who were living off of government subsidies die, but that is to be expected.
This is the best plan in my opinion, please, share your ideas on this.
and that is all... i'm thinking of opening an objectivist blog for this stuff, and leaving this to be day to day life, a journal, if you will. yay or nay?
And I do apologize for my hot-headed language, I will think what i say through more...
Now on to current events: Obama's great Economic plan that is supposed to supposedly save us all, is to print money, and not a little bit, but enough to put every president before him. great idea, let's steal from people and increase the rate of inflation ten fold.
next part: laissez-faire Capitalism, and it's ability to save us from this downwardly spiraling government. the whole reason why we're in this situation is because of the government interfering in the economy, so the socialist, err... i mean politicians, solution is to restrict and control the economy more. If there has ever been a better time to introduce laissez-faire, that time would be now. Sure, there'd be a few months where we see the incompetent companies who were living off of government subsidies die, but that is to be expected.
This is the best plan in my opinion, please, share your ideas on this.
and that is all... i'm thinking of opening an objectivist blog for this stuff, and leaving this to be day to day life, a journal, if you will. yay or nay?
And I do apologize for my hot-headed language, I will think what i say through more...
Monday, January 12, 2009
I have no idea
ok, so, first off... second post of 2009, w00t.
next, i'm only 200 pages to go in Atlas, so that's pretty damn bopping.
thirdly, for the past several months i have liked someone (what? james, we thought you were over this stuff (yeah, well, shoosh)) and i have known that the liked someone else. which was completely fine. it was a confusing unofficial relationship they had going on and she wouldn't tell me the name of the guy she liked. well recently she's announced that it was official and no more iffey crap, so i decide to ask who it was. and I was prepared for any other answer than the one I received. I thought "I could have conceded defeated to anyone else, anybody else...". He's a lying, douche-bag, womanizing, FUCK-CUNT and I absolutely hate him. If it were anyone else in the world, i would've gladly been fine with it... but whatever.
I'll do deadly sin stuff next post, i'm too tired to think right now.
speaking of thinking, i think the change that i was going through is over. in fact, i think it's been done for a couple of weeks now. I now am the best that i can be (for the present) and wouldn't have it any other way.
I would like to impart a piece of knowledge that has entered me recently. the reason why Altruism is the root of all evil. A system where a person is punished because they can do something and another is rewarded because they can't. that is sick and wrong.
the one thing that Ayn does in her writing is create ridiculously blunt statements. such as, the antagonists of her books preach this idea, why give praise to someone worthy of praise, it is a waste of time, they are already worthy of it, so why should i give it? praise those who aren't worthy, those who can't do, those who are incompetent, for they are the ones who need it.
when i read one of the antagonists say something along those lines, i thought it was ridiculous, that nobody did that. then i realized that i used to do it. I used to say nice things people, to praise them, because they needed it. and so, I ahve made it a point of fact, that from now on, i will only praise those worthy of my praise, so that, I allow whatever they did to have it's full and true value.
when you praise those who are unworthy, you demean what those who are great stand for.
-James
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes.
next, i'm only 200 pages to go in Atlas, so that's pretty damn bopping.
thirdly, for the past several months i have liked someone (what? james, we thought you were over this stuff (yeah, well, shoosh)) and i have known that the liked someone else. which was completely fine. it was a confusing unofficial relationship they had going on and she wouldn't tell me the name of the guy she liked. well recently she's announced that it was official and no more iffey crap, so i decide to ask who it was. and I was prepared for any other answer than the one I received. I thought "I could have conceded defeated to anyone else, anybody else...". He's a lying, douche-bag, womanizing, FUCK-CUNT and I absolutely hate him. If it were anyone else in the world, i would've gladly been fine with it... but whatever.
I'll do deadly sin stuff next post, i'm too tired to think right now.
speaking of thinking, i think the change that i was going through is over. in fact, i think it's been done for a couple of weeks now. I now am the best that i can be (for the present) and wouldn't have it any other way.
I would like to impart a piece of knowledge that has entered me recently. the reason why Altruism is the root of all evil. A system where a person is punished because they can do something and another is rewarded because they can't. that is sick and wrong.
the one thing that Ayn does in her writing is create ridiculously blunt statements. such as, the antagonists of her books preach this idea, why give praise to someone worthy of praise, it is a waste of time, they are already worthy of it, so why should i give it? praise those who aren't worthy, those who can't do, those who are incompetent, for they are the ones who need it.
when i read one of the antagonists say something along those lines, i thought it was ridiculous, that nobody did that. then i realized that i used to do it. I used to say nice things people, to praise them, because they needed it. and so, I ahve made it a point of fact, that from now on, i will only praise those worthy of my praise, so that, I allow whatever they did to have it's full and true value.
when you praise those who are unworthy, you demean what those who are great stand for.
-James
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes.
Friday, January 2, 2009
It's '09, *expletive referring to a female dog*
so yeah, good stuff from that.
so, it's kind of frightening to think that my thoughts are already at the years ahead, so rarely is my head in the moment (except when i'm working, which is odd, to say the least).
this break has begun to drag on me, i miss school. I love learning and it does pain me to be away from the very center of learning itself. my computer begins to disinterest me (which is sad, because i do love her) but i believe that will be cured when i have places to go. today is friday, i have yet to sleep and the time is 2:45.
now for the philosophical quid bit of the week. This is a question for all those who believe in a higher power (good god, audience participation, james? you mustn't!) (hehe, i just said good god james)
here is your question, why do you believe? that's my question for you. i know that in all the years i believed in a higher being, i never asked myself that question, and i believe it must be asked. I asked this to one of my friends recently, and i got about a half-hour of alot of talking, but not a single straight answer. then, after all that dodging and countering, she broke down and told me straight out. Now, it didn't move me to religion again, but it restored my faith (hahaha, PUN) in mankind. her answer was exactly what i was looking for. the reason that she was moved to be apart of what she is apart of.
Next off, I would like to repeal my previous statement that religion is bull-shit. It is the 9-11 thing again. i realized that i don't feel the way i used to about religion because so many people around me have (well, not personally) used the name of a higher being as a rallying call for abuse of those around them. therefore, i no longer feel any attachment or sentimentality over the subject. it is my belief, however, that if there is a higher being, they would accept me, not by my belief in them during my life, but in the acts that i have done and the happiness i have obtained in my life. if any higher being doesn't accept those who are truly happy, that higher being is one i wouldn't have followed anyway.
now for our non-sequitar part of the evening, by god i use huge words. my vocabulary is gigantic and half the time, i doubt i'm even using the word correctly, i'm glad you guys can understand what i'm saying.
now for our plea for the week. (cue the saddening, heart-felt song) Today, there is a James out there waiting for your comments to give him something to read every once in a while. by posting just one comment on each of his blogs, you can entertain him for 5-25 minutes. that 5-25minutes let's him know that people care for him, so please, comment now.
(to send in your comment, please press the comment link on the bottom of the blog and leave a comment, and remember, the larger the comment, the more entertained james is :D)
ADDENDUM:
polls for the next topic are closed, now decide which sin we will discuss (you may vote on more than one)
Addendum part Du:
I added music to me profile, the world needs more viking metal and folk metal :D
Addendum part tr£:
apparently the text likes to get bigger and bigger
so, it's kind of frightening to think that my thoughts are already at the years ahead, so rarely is my head in the moment (except when i'm working, which is odd, to say the least).
this break has begun to drag on me, i miss school. I love learning and it does pain me to be away from the very center of learning itself. my computer begins to disinterest me (which is sad, because i do love her) but i believe that will be cured when i have places to go. today is friday, i have yet to sleep and the time is 2:45.
now for the philosophical quid bit of the week. This is a question for all those who believe in a higher power (good god, audience participation, james? you mustn't!) (hehe, i just said good god james)
here is your question, why do you believe? that's my question for you. i know that in all the years i believed in a higher being, i never asked myself that question, and i believe it must be asked. I asked this to one of my friends recently, and i got about a half-hour of alot of talking, but not a single straight answer. then, after all that dodging and countering, she broke down and told me straight out. Now, it didn't move me to religion again, but it restored my faith (hahaha, PUN) in mankind. her answer was exactly what i was looking for. the reason that she was moved to be apart of what she is apart of.
Next off, I would like to repeal my previous statement that religion is bull-shit. It is the 9-11 thing again. i realized that i don't feel the way i used to about religion because so many people around me have (well, not personally) used the name of a higher being as a rallying call for abuse of those around them. therefore, i no longer feel any attachment or sentimentality over the subject. it is my belief, however, that if there is a higher being, they would accept me, not by my belief in them during my life, but in the acts that i have done and the happiness i have obtained in my life. if any higher being doesn't accept those who are truly happy, that higher being is one i wouldn't have followed anyway.
now for our non-sequitar part of the evening, by god i use huge words. my vocabulary is gigantic and half the time, i doubt i'm even using the word correctly, i'm glad you guys can understand what i'm saying.
now for our plea for the week. (cue the saddening, heart-felt song) Today, there is a James out there waiting for your comments to give him something to read every once in a while. by posting just one comment on each of his blogs, you can entertain him for 5-25 minutes. that 5-25minutes let's him know that people care for him, so please, comment now.
(to send in your comment, please press the comment link on the bottom of the blog and leave a comment, and remember, the larger the comment, the more entertained james is :D)
ADDENDUM:
polls for the next topic are closed, now decide which sin we will discuss (you may vote on more than one)
Addendum part Du:
I added music to me profile, the world needs more viking metal and folk metal :D
Addendum part tr£:
apparently the text likes to get bigger and bigger
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