dr_lizardo

Ouch, that's rough. Do you know what order-picking is? I used to order-pick in the werehouse of a bulk-foods wholesaler and was required, on a daily basis, to heave 50-70lb bags of foodstuffs onto a pallet which, towards the end of the order, was stacked above my own head height. It's horrible work, and I feel for you, but trust me when I say that your muscles will get used to it if you can endure the initial period of intense soreness. It also helps to stretch before and after work. But, in so much as it's grueling labor, I sincerely hope you find a new vocation soon. If not, good luck my friend.

"Reifying freewill"? I reject freewill, and have eliminated cognitive dissonance which stems from that rejection. Sometimes I use non-literal language, though. And time is for nothing other than wasting.

I sometimes waste my time with metaphysics and you waste yours with idealism about the social order:

Gaurdian temperments will always outway you Idealists; and they will rigidly defend the establishments against your attemps at subversion. Artisans are too busy working for the establishment, being apathetic, partying and being generally flippant to matter to your cause. Rationals are too immersed in their own designs (some of which lend support to social heirarchy and authority-- e.g. your machiavelli, hobbes, plato, strauss, others which include mastering the institutions of domination themselves) to help you in any substantial manner, though if you can get them on your side it's still 2 against 8 on the large.

In principle I am with you-- but you are still "wasting your time".



Seriously though, I worry about my career too and finding my niche with which I can use to further some kind of "betterment" or at least maintain my principle. My electrical engineering diploma just came in the mail today and I'm still puzzling about which corporatized private tyrrany I want to work for. I'm thinking about some sort of firm which has it's business in sustainable energy, most likely photo-voltaic systems or energy-autonomous building design or something like that.

[Edited on Mar 22, 2006 4:20AM]

clark,


I disagree entirely--things are either identical or entirely distinct (and therefore original in respect to one another), there is no in-between.
This is because each person sees different similarities between things due to their own points of view. It's like two people standing in a field of boulders--certain boulders will line up from one persons point of view that won't from the other person's.

Nick's paintings are in no way identical to other products and so are as original as anything else. There is no question in my mind.

hello there,
thanks for your comments about my work, I sometimes "between the wars" Paris cravings it seems like a simpler time in that if you were an artist you really had to BE one and they all hung out together in the same bar, but I guess we've got myspace for that now.
Funny you mention painting viruses in interesting shapes and colours, it's almost like you can see my worktop suface and are trying to make sense of all the splatters, doodles, spills, smears and so forth.
And yes I'm truly blessed to have a Manko in my life but it's far from luck...
all the best,
atomic

haha, Im going to apply and send in my first set when I have a set I think is a bit more worthy.

Cool list. I have caught all of those fish too.

Do you still fish??