Phillipe

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  1. You know, it's funny, but the act of replying makes your actual reply seem dishonest. A man who thinks things honestly aren't worth the effort, honestly makes no effort. It's nice to see that you still care what we think, Phil. :)

    Little One, I've been worked on by professionals - your effort pales in comparison.

  2. you say one thing in this post, something entirely different in one a ways later on... which is it- are u disillusioned and bummed-out, or just lazy?

    Yes.

    no one can force u to "go for" the good things in life... it is 100% in your own hands whether or not to do so... but if you acknowledge that, and decide 'no,' for whatever your reasons, that's a huge difference from there not being anything there at all

    Just as there's a huge difference if you take the position that life IS worth living, yet there really is nothing there at all...

  3. There's an old Taoist saying that goes something like "Everything smells like **, when your head is up your ass." Ok, maybe I'm paraphrasing just a bit, but the core message remains untouched. Life is worth it because I decided that life is worth it. If you decide that life is not worth it, life will not be worth it. And that will be entirely your doing.

    Was the saying old, or just the Taoist saying it? Might be important if this ever goes to court...

    Yes, perception is everything, as I miss no opportunity to remind people.

    So Silver Rose's announcement that "life isn't easy but it's worth it" - it had meaning to you, right? But not to me.

    ...

    ...So therefore, I can sue her for the alienation of my spirituality, forcible belief-system alteration and felony happy-happy, right? :thumbu:

    See? I knew this would end up in court...

  4. ~ Ahhh Phil! Haven't you ever enjoyed a sunset?

    I've experienced them...

    A really good one's worth waiting around for.

    The same with women, but you won't catch me holding my breath...

    & oh, a grandchild! That's a pile of treasure for sure!!!

    A pile of something, for sure...just not something I choose to deal with right now.

    You're going to die. That's something guaranteed.

    Is it? With all the advances of science, is it really? Couldn't I be frozen before I go? I'd still be technically alive, no?

    In the meantime, before that, there's that really good cup of coffee on a patio with Spring blooming about.

    There's probably going to be a good book or maybe even a few...

    A really comfortable moment before a fire with a smile on your lips.

    They may be small moments, but each is unique & once-in-a-lifetime & so why not?

    So it all comes down to "why not", huh?

    Hmmm...

    ...but why? :wacko:

  5. you don't need an "afterlife" or some kind of future "reward"- by 'worth it' I'm referring to THIS life... next year, tomorrow- if you don't see something there, it'd be a good idea to start...

    Again...why?

    Why search for something? If it isn't readily apparent, it seems like a waste of energy.

  6. To much one may never get, and yet the words may always set...

    Nice! :thumbu:

    But some of us have seen the edge

    Have dangled our feet off the ledge

    And once and twice and three times bit

    By now, we just don't give a ....

    The pas de deux, a word or two,

    The power to bring mirth

    My head was once among the clouds

    But now, it's in the earth

    A mangy mutt of prosaic smut

    I wander down the lane

    My words I keep unto myself

    My thoughts are quite insane

  7. well, I don't know the person I previously replied to at all, and you not very well, & would not be presumptuous enough to comment on other ppl's lives, so I can only speak from my own: if, given the way my life has been thusfar, and especially the goings-on of the last few years, and with nothing "good" or "positive" ahead to logically look forward to, if I can hold this point of view, anybody can:

    even in the worst of times, in the most **ty godawful hopeless situations where it seems like something like 'hope' would be flat-out foolish, there is SOMETHING there- some little hidden unseen something to uncover, hold on, and build on- and from that, you can move forward.

    I understand about speaking for only yourself: that's a point that often goes by the wayside.

    But I seriously don't think I could hold that point of view. It just isn't my nature. My boys are the only things that are really holding me here (and with one in college, that connection is growing longer and weaker) - other than them, or when they decide they don't need me anymore, there really isn't anything.

    Which is kind of nice, in a way - it's a freedom to move on.

    But where's the worth? (Remember Clara Peller? - "Where's the beef?!?") I don't see any finish line in front of me - no piles of treasure, no assurances of eternal paradise. I have no proof that I'll be reincarnated, or that my energy will survive my organic shell.

    Some of those could be supplied by my belief system, and that's probably at the root of why mankind wants so desparately to believe in something - the fear of nothingness.

  8. A remake is fundamentally different than a sequal. I wouldn't mind a remake. The problem is that in order to do the sequels and the serialization, they had to change the plot around, making the central themes in the movie meaningless. Oh, look. Romeo didn't really die, and Juliette's ghost lives in his shoes, so they get to be together a while longer. It's not a tragedy about star-crossed lovers, it's a detective story about a tights-wearing sleuth and his spectral side-kick! Hooray!

    Understood.

    ..."tights-wearing sleuth and his spectral side-kick! Hooray!" :lol::thumbu:

  9. Ew. Did you like Renegade, too? :umph:

    No, never got into that.

    Movies? There was only one, because there can be only one.

    Yes, movies. The first was best, the rest, eh...

    Highlander needed sequels and a tv show the way Romeo and Juliet needs sequels and a tv show. :angry:

    Oh, you mean like West Side Story? The countless ballets and symphonies that arose from it? The Odd Couple? :kiss:

    Imitation is the sincerest form, etc., etc...