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Post by dandy panky on Nov 30, 2004 6:20:21 GMT -5
Possibly the only dismaying aspect of excellence is that it makes living in a world of mediocrity an ongoing prospect of living hell. The subtle distressing perturbation... Perfection. Excellence. What a passionate lover. But once having tasted the lips of excellence, once having given oneself to it's perfection, how dreary and burdensome and filled with anomie are the remainder of one's waking hours trapped in the shackled lock-step of the merely ordinary, the barely acceptable, the just okay and not a stroke better. Excellence in the untalented and ordinary produces pleasure and awe; but in the minimally talented it produces hatred and envy that boils like sheep fat. Excellence is it's own master, owes no allegiance, bows its head to no regime. It exists pure and whole like the silver face of the moon. Untouchable, unreachable, exquisite. but frustrating because it reminds us of how much mediocrity we put up with, just to get through the week.
Harlan Ellison, from his introduction to sandman season of mists
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Post by sangrebloom on Nov 30, 2004 17:30:32 GMT -5
that is really cool dandy it is an inspiration!
you know i think the board inspries me. you all make me feel every happy and that i know what i'm doing! being in a class with furture chef's is a bit hard when they all think their idea is so much better than yours!
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Post by dandy panky on Dec 1, 2004 6:49:44 GMT -5
glad to inspire! even with someone else's words! we're great, aren't we?!
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Post by leo xiv on Dec 1, 2004 11:02:33 GMT -5
"Are you gonna Live your life wonderin’ Standing in the back Lookin’ around? Are you gonna Waste your time Thinkin' how you’ve grown up Or how you missed out? Things are never gonna Be the way you want Where's it gonna Get you acting serious? Things are never gonna Be quite what you want Or even at 25 You gotta start sometime
I’m on my feet I’m on the floor I’m good to go Now all I need is just To hear a song I know I wanna always feel like Part of this was mine I wanna fall in love tonight
Are you gonna Live your life Standing in the back Looking around? Are you gonna waste your time? Gotta make a move Or you'll miss out Someone's gonna ask you What it’s all about Stick around nostalgia Won't let you down Someone's gonna ask you What it’s all about Whatcha gonna have To say for yourself?"
--excerps from 'a praise chorus' by jimmy eat world. easily one of my all time favorite songs.
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Post by orange on Dec 1, 2004 18:41:33 GMT -5
cool, leo... that's on the money.
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Post by dandy panky on Dec 1, 2004 19:03:17 GMT -5
very good leo, and your sig is just as good too!
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Post by leo xiv on Dec 1, 2004 19:08:05 GMT -5
fawking a
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Post by sangrebloom on Dec 2, 2004 10:33:37 GMT -5
heehee mr. burns hasn't got a clue...maybe it's just as well!
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Post by Desired Username on Dec 2, 2004 16:51:22 GMT -5
LEO! I was gonna post those lyrics... I have been listening to that song all week... easily five times a day if not more. Such a good song. I also like Bl.e.e.d American. <3
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Post by sangrebloom on Dec 4, 2004 0:42:08 GMT -5
Wailing Wall
The holy city breathed Like a dying man It moved with hopeful tears With the tears of the blind
And on and on as the night drew in Through broken streets That sucked me in My feet were bare and cut with stones With walking to the promised land
I pushed through crowds Through seas of prayer Through twisting hands and choking air A vulture at the wailing wall I circled... Waiting...
this is lovley...although i have never heard it such a pretty picture of prey carrion and the one that lives off death *sorry feeling moody now*
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Post by dandy panky on Dec 6, 2004 23:25:24 GMT -5
it's a great song! written while on tour with the banshees the same they wrote israel (one for the trivia buffs!)
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Post by sangrebloom on Dec 7, 2004 23:28:56 GMT -5
wow! the things one learns! ;D
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Post by dandy panky on Dec 8, 2004 20:50:26 GMT -5
oh i'm full of useless information!
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Post by sangrebloom on Dec 9, 2004 9:55:34 GMT -5
so am i really, just ask orange. ( i can be a total geek) ;D
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Post by dandy panky on Dec 9, 2004 20:42:42 GMT -5
oj, is sangre full of useless information too?
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