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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:26 pm
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:29 pm
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:30 pm
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:32 pm
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:34 pm
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Well, it's because I work under a different frame of mind. I have the spirit of the scholars of the classical age! People who were educated in every field; Masters of knowledge itself! Now, there's just so much I can't be who I was born to be.
My mortality scares me not because of the concept of the shadows of death. I'm not afraid of the unknown, nor what awaits me in the afterlife. I'm afraid I won't have the chance to know it all. My dream is impossible to achieve and I have to stop pursuing it eventually. I have to consume less knowledge so I can pass it on. A wise man learns vicariously, so a teacher once told me. And I have to achieve that goal through the same manner.
But, I still shake knowing I can't do it all. And my life seems like just the blink of an eye. sure, I'm only just past a few micrometers of the full descent. But that does not change the fact that it's just a mere blink. An instant- I'll only be here for a little while. After that, everybody around me will look around, saying, "He was here a minute ago, now he's gone. And so will we." And I must contend with telling my fellow human beings, "Thank you for being with me for a little while, too."
Ugh, it's really hard for me, having said that and thought it through, to go back into my biology class. It's not that I don't like learning it, It's just having to go through it constantly. And writing those technical reports. I do it well enough, but... Eh! I just want to get out! >...<
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:35 pm
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:44 pm
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G'Night! Character development ish good!
Nadikins, your philosophy on life is so close to mine, it scares me.
This will be a bit weird, but bear with me. My opinion on vampires, or most civilized immortal beings rooted in the human race, is that they should all be intellectuals. There are only so many wars you can participate in, so many grudges you can keep, before, in the enlightenment of your eternity, your drive is blunted. However, an intellectual, hungry for knowledge, will always find something new to study, something more to know. They will be forever starved; and thus forever driven. Any other kind of immortal would find themselves redundant and either commit suicide or become immobile with complete boredom.
That being said, a story about a group of scholarly vampires would be hard to make into a riveting, action-packed, dark and twisted tale of the eternally damned. Though, reality is never exciting as a good novel.
And if it is, you are one damn lucky person.
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:45 pm
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:53 pm
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:59 pm
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:09 pm
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:09 pm
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:13 pm
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Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:36 pm
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I'd love to RP, but I'm having another crisis. Nothing special, I just have this overwhelming feeling that I feel trapped.
I'm afraid missed too many lab reports and didn't get high enough on my tests. And that's a very real possibility. I have 3 labs, and I lost track. I confused dates and missed two biol lab quizzes and a chemistry exam. I know I missed several lab reports and didn't turn them in. There's only so much you can wait until they just won't accept them. I forgot to go to my physics lab instructor's office and get the points for an oral quiz. That's 5% of my final grade, which is suffering enough already.
I feel trapped- I won't pass many of these courses and not only will my mother, who is the one supplying me with my tuition money because her salary doesn't let me apply for a federal grant or ANY financial aid, will throw a fit and possibly refuse to pay for my next semester and make me work and try to make me systematic, but my GPA will drop too low to apply for a special pass that'll let me take courses in another campus. One where the humanities department has a decent enough budget that they're not restricted to 1 or 2 section courses. And I'll just not be able to apply for a transfer in general. The related courses in my current campus will be full and I'll be forced to take more 4-credit science courses to raise my GPA. I'll be stuck in a vicious circle meant to ensnare me in perpetual misery.
Yes, I know what you're thinking... I'm insane... but the same mental faculties that give me an analytical mind that allows me to look at things from all angles, has a double-edge. And I get to feel the sharp taste of its steel once I start getting paranoid. And my brain doesn't know how to shut up. It's a curse, I tell you.
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