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December 18, 2000

Along the way to close my eyes I lost where I was going The more it will spin the more that I try To stop my mind flowing Away away To all that I despise Along the way to close my eyes You can�t be let down if you don�t expect the world Expect to lay awake there by your sleeping girl If somebody cares then there is no way you can tell Cursed consciousness it�s your private hell Along the way to close my eyes I lost where I was going The more it will spin the more that I try To stop my mind flowing Away away To all that I despise Along the way to close my eyes Tick tick tick the clock bludgeons your mind Endlessly replaying times that were unkind Go away sun I�m not prepared for you today It seems you are it seems you are Along the way to close my eyes I lost where I was going The more it will spin the more that I try To stop my mind flowing Away away To all that I despise Along the way to close my eyes

Today we spent several hours trying to locate the entire Neon Genesis Evangelion series on VHS in japanese with english subtitles. It is really turning out to be quite the task. And as the videos will total about $350 + shipping from amazon.com that has been moved to plan E. unfortuantely for plan E, plan D is to wait for all the DVDs to come out and then buy those (which turns out not only to be cheaper, but will also allow the choice of subtitles, dubbed, or neither (if we want to take clips for some reason (yes I realize I just put perenthesis within perenthesis))), plan A,B, and C all involve just having the videos and aren't much of plans really as they are results, so to hell with planning, we suck at it or something.

last night joel and I stayed up til all hours of the night perfecting our lovely scripts of banning and protecting in mIRC. it goes to show what one can do given complete boredom and a computer.

I wonder what percentage of really great ideas out there have come from those conditions, okay, so maybe not with a computer, but just shear boredom... I'm guessing quite a bit. The human mind usually likes being occupied when it's not, and then unoccupied when it is too heavily. Everyone has a different level at different times, and people will do what they have to to achive that level. When people are outside that level they often start doing whatever it is they are doing poorly. So if people are really bored, they will start looking for things to do. I'm willing to guess that this often resulted in several inventions. Just think, why in the hell else would we be able to tell the story of Benjamin Franklin and the kite. WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND FLIES A KITE IN A THUNDERSTORM UNLESS THEY ARE REALLY FRIGGIN' BORED?!?! I mean honestly... okay here we go, things that were definately invented by people with way the hell too much time on their hands...

the joint - when someone normally inhails smoke, they cough, thus there is no intuitive reason to light something on fire and stick it in your mouth. I wonder how many things people had to smoke before they found marijuana
origami - okay, I don't know if you have ever tried this, but getting the damn paper to fold just right is a complete pain in the ass and should not be attempted after using lsd
lsd - when people were depressed because of having nothing to do, they made a drug that made them feel like they were doing something, gotta love it
clothing - 'cause in all honesty, we'd all rather just walk around naked
the clock - my god, if people had things to do all the time, time wouldn't matter, people would just do something, be done, and move on to the next thing when they were ready to, it would be great.
porno - I don't think I need to really elaborate here
stuffed animals - I think that if you get right down to the heart of what is actually going on here, you will see that it is kind of demented, we are making fake animals out of parts of plants...
Hans - BOO HISS! I know, I know, a cheap shot but I'm guessing you all laughed anyway you little bastards
cliff diving - okay, how many times does someone have to be told to jump off a cliff before it strikes them as "something to do" rather than just sit on their ass all day?

all these things would have never been had people been otherwise ocupied in more productive activities, like mud wrestling.

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