Monday, November 10, 2003
Thinkin' and Drinkin'
...not neccessarily in that order
Trevor is not typing right now because he's drinking tequila. I was drinking tequila, but not as much. Here's why.
We invented a new game tonight!
Like most of our "inventions" it really just involves tagging booze onto an existing game; in this case, NHL 2004. Every goal let in by the virtual goalie equalled a real shot of tequila let into the belly of the scoree. By the psychological goalie of common sense if you like. I was up 3-2 when the game crashed and there was only 4 minutes left in the period, so it's safe to say that I am all that is man.
Trevor says "Yep. Evan was beating me like a small child or a helpless animal."
Not that I actually beat such things, but presumably Trevor's morals are relaxed by the drink.
Which brings me to this quote:
"I've probably written less than most theorists, but drank more than most drinkers." (or something like that.)
-Guy Debord.
I wanted to include that because it looks like a kind of light in the tunnel for me. A way to live my academic life without giving up rampant alchoholism and drug abuse. Debord's book has been in print pretty much constantly since it was published in the sixties while his organization, the Situationiste Internationale went down like a flaming glider into a swamp. I've been reading about them for an essay and these guys thought that everything was bullshit except for their ideas, the details of which I'll spare you right now. I'll probably descend into the mucky depths of intellectualism again, so I don't want to blow it all right off the bat.
Trevor says, "I think tequila is the bong hit of liquor."
Anyway, my pledge is that most of my self-indulgence will take place--like Debord, the Italian Futurists, Hemingway, and most geniuses of the modern era--when I'm drunk.
Here's another game, brought to you by the situationists:
Step 1: Get Drunk
Step 2: Walk around and get into trouble, meanwhile recording or at least remembering your experiences.
Step 3: Before you sober up, write about your walk. Make sure to steal as much jargon as possible from cultural theorists. If you don't have a background in cultural studies, no worries. A good theory dictionary isn't too expensive, and you don't have to read the definitions if you don't want to.
Step 4: Publish your article in a magazine that you are also the editor of. Be sure to insulate yourself from criticism by proclaiming all other modes of thought to be obsolete.
Step 5: Invent a title for your movement. Be sure to end it with the suffix, "ist".
Step 6: Drink more.
Congratulations! You're an intellectual radical!
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Trevor is not typing right now because he's drinking tequila. I was drinking tequila, but not as much. Here's why.
We invented a new game tonight!
Like most of our "inventions" it really just involves tagging booze onto an existing game; in this case, NHL 2004. Every goal let in by the virtual goalie equalled a real shot of tequila let into the belly of the scoree. By the psychological goalie of common sense if you like. I was up 3-2 when the game crashed and there was only 4 minutes left in the period, so it's safe to say that I am all that is man.
Trevor says "Yep. Evan was beating me like a small child or a helpless animal."
Not that I actually beat such things, but presumably Trevor's morals are relaxed by the drink.
Which brings me to this quote:
"I've probably written less than most theorists, but drank more than most drinkers." (or something like that.)
-Guy Debord.
I wanted to include that because it looks like a kind of light in the tunnel for me. A way to live my academic life without giving up rampant alchoholism and drug abuse. Debord's book has been in print pretty much constantly since it was published in the sixties while his organization, the Situationiste Internationale went down like a flaming glider into a swamp. I've been reading about them for an essay and these guys thought that everything was bullshit except for their ideas, the details of which I'll spare you right now. I'll probably descend into the mucky depths of intellectualism again, so I don't want to blow it all right off the bat.
Trevor says, "I think tequila is the bong hit of liquor."
Anyway, my pledge is that most of my self-indulgence will take place--like Debord, the Italian Futurists, Hemingway, and most geniuses of the modern era--when I'm drunk.
Here's another game, brought to you by the situationists:
Step 1: Get Drunk
Step 2: Walk around and get into trouble, meanwhile recording or at least remembering your experiences.
Step 3: Before you sober up, write about your walk. Make sure to steal as much jargon as possible from cultural theorists. If you don't have a background in cultural studies, no worries. A good theory dictionary isn't too expensive, and you don't have to read the definitions if you don't want to.
Step 4: Publish your article in a magazine that you are also the editor of. Be sure to insulate yourself from criticism by proclaiming all other modes of thought to be obsolete.
Step 5: Invent a title for your movement. Be sure to end it with the suffix, "ist".
Step 6: Drink more.
Congratulations! You're an intellectual radical!
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