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Thursday, September 27   No...not really. posted by jon   Well done. You feel better and more complete? posted by Tin   I just for the record wanted to put down and present a few of the Randian principles that i agree with. See, i've been recently struggling with who i am and who i want to be and all that post-collegiate BS so i thought i would clear my head a little by publicly declaring my principles of life (and Rand). Here goes. - Life is logical and based on observable objects and events. - There are absolutes. As in not a lot of grey and in-between. Certain things are wrong, certain things are right. - One should be honest and keep your own interests above all others. This is selfish but "selfish" isn't to be used in it's normal "negative" connotation. - Man’s reason is fully competent to know the facts of reality. posted by jon   Damn exciting....where's the point here Waldo? posted by Tin   Well, obviously since reading Rand a couple years ago i've launched into this "i love Rand" thing. I've thought about what she's had to say and molded myself accordingly in alot of ways. In the search for answers, i was pretty stunned to read a book and a school of thought that i so agreed with. This isn't to say that i'm 100% Randian but i'm definitely a big proponent of her ideas. posted by jon   That's an interesting interpretation of Rand. Not what i pulled out of it but i can see how that works. posted by Tin   Be quiet, let me talk for a second first. Anyhow, i happened to give Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" to the -lokster- for his trip to Europe and he apparently read it all and enjoyed it. But, -oO7- said that he is now more wary of people and that it "opened up" his eyes. posted by jon   Stunning opening. Full of obvious observations and subtle hints at something deeper. I sense the cynicism creeping in already though. posted by Tin   Today i want to talk about personal philosophy. I think that everyone strives to find some answers and to make sense of this world. We all want a consistent framework from which to justify the actions we take and the actions taken around us. Some of us turn to religion, some of us turn to philosophy, some of us turn to society, some of us turn to personal observations and some of us couldn't really give a shit as long as we come out okay. posted by jon Thursday, September 20   And it makes you lonely. Congratulations. posted by Tin   The truth hurts. posted by jon   Boy, as if your stock with the female population wasn't on the down slide already, this'll be sure to make you a popular guy. posted by Tin   PIG. Anyhow, the point i'm trying to make is that girls just cannot exist without judging and bringing down other girls. Again, many a guy is catty but in general, cattiness is embodied by females. This is also why many girls like being friends with guys better, because girls like to snipe and gripe about each other. Large groups of girl friends go against the law of nature. Not to say that it's impossible but more power to you if it can happen. posted by jon   Not that there's anything wrong with cat fights. posted by Tin   Yes but this also causes girls to close ranks with other girls much faster. Basically, girls can only be friends with non-threats, or people they think they can trust. It is much harder to create a "brotherhood" of females without catty in-fighting behind the scenes. posted by jon   This of course takes into account that girls are generally closer and thus more emotionally invested in their friends. posted by Tin   The world of the female is one of whispers and rumors. Girls are constantly running a race against all the other females out there. If one girl has this or that, or is different, they get hated on like no other. Not that guys aren't competitive but guys have an outlet for competition, be it sports or video games or whatever. They learn to compete but also not to hate. All girls get is shopping and talking. The term "friendly competition" is unknown to most girls. Guys can compete hard but still get along with the opposing side, girls compete by totally trashing each other. posted by jon   I read once that the nature of evil is to be secret. Take that as you will. posted by Tin   See, girls have been trained to think one way but yet act another. When they have something negative about someone, they don't necessarily show it except behind that person's back. Girls are very quick to form opinions and make judgements on other girls. I'm not saying that guys don't do this but usually guys know if someone doesn't like them, girls are a little more sneaky about it. posted by jon   Um, i'm feeling that. Continue... posted by Tin   Girls are catty. As someone pointed out, that's been a catch phrase recently. More than that, it's just a fact of life. Here's a quick and dirty theory that is only partly true and will cause dozens of people to yell and scream and say, "No! Look at this person and that person and those people!" Here it is: In any given group of more than four girls, there is some cattiness going on. posted by jon Tuesday, September 11   Cool, got room for one more? posted by Tin   Hell yeah. I'll much rather be in cozy Michigan right now. Ain't no terrorists going there... posted by jon   So you're gonna bone out of here? Amidst the panic and the weirdness and the chills? posted by Tin   I'm thinking of running out to Ann Arbor. It's a little irresponsible but i really have nothing to do here and i don't wanna be in the city...like ever. posted by jon Saturday, September 8   Dream on...i got exactly just as many friends as you do. I just don't want my worth to be measured by what my friends think of me. posted by Tin   Ouch. You obviously don't have many friends. posted by Tin   There are better places to find the value of a man than friendship. You just want to justify your "friend-centric" way of life. Give it up. posted by Tin   Okay, i'll admit that friends can be manipulated and they sometimes can't see the real person behind the facade but if that facade is consistent, then can't you take that as an extension of their internal value? I mean, of course we can't read people's minds so we have to take their actions and their words as our basis for understanding them. And if those actions are consistent and respected, then friends can be a measure for a person's value. posted by jon   Are you ridiculous? People are wack! People can be manipulated and deceived to see anything you want. Friends will never be able to fully measure another person because nobody can ever know what is really going on in somebody's head. Friends can measure the external validity of a friend but for them to be used as a measure of a person's internal value is wrong because their love may be there for the wrong reasons. posted by Tin   Well, i would like to think that the statement is true. Don't you think there's some inherent righteousness in gauging a man by the reactions of his friends? The amount of love reflected upon you by your friends should be a standard for evaluating a man's character. posted by jon   Whoa, sit down. Stop thinking about it right now. I have the answer for you. It's false. If the only thing that measured a man was the love of his friends, than that man would just become a pimp to all his friends to gain respect and admiration. posted by Tin   I read this quote the other day. "The value of a man is measured in the love his friends have for him." -Diogenes- I was wondering how true that was. And how much i would subscribe to that ideal. posted by jon   powered by blogger   << x BlogxPhiles x >>

the wizard our naive protagonist. think harry potter. but older. and not as cool. the wizard has feelings and emotions and all of that human bs. the wizard is lost, lonely, and curious. aren't you? tin man the batman to the wizard's robin, the jordan to wiz's pippen, the britney to the wizard's justin, the skipper to the wizard's gilligan, the jon to the george...yeah, you get it. the tin man is stronger, faster, and more powerful than any locomotive. but he's not real. just a heartless, soulless, practical machine. who happens to talk.