Festival of Failure, Day 2

"No, I don't support their crap."

Lemme get this straight.

I love the theme of AAA day, but I'm not oriented towards RESULTS. Not some wishy-washy crap which also undermines their own point about anti-discrimination, which, isn't helped by the principal apparently, "Queen B" being racist herself during assembly (it's a weak argument, but it stands), and subsequently raging at the people who wore clothes which weren't traditional. (Whether she was raging at the people in uniform or not, is probably irrelevant, and, she probably wasn't. Though, I hope she was, just to add to the hypocrisy.)

So, no I don't hate the ideas behind this week, just it's pathetic application.

I am however, looking quite forward to Friday, which is both when my internet comes back online (ha.) and also, when it's mental illness awareness day.

On a final note, Second Skin, is like really really awesome, and it echoes xxxHolic quite nicely. Which, I'm probably going to have to use in some other related text (read: probably never), but nonetheless...

1) "For any action, one must have sincerity and dedication"
2) "Give up your son. Give up your husband. It doesn't matter. They're outside influences. If you want to live online, then that's fine too. That can be your world"
3) "Quit means quit. Completely. Absolutely."

Time to link.

There is somehow, this stigma around people like that in the documentary, and people are all too quick to jump to conclusions like "Oh, he's a creepy fat guy with no life."

Read: The entire documentary IS about their life.

I don't see what's wrong with it. If they want to live in that world, so be it. It's just like me packing up, and moving to like...USA.

Secondly, I don't see...what's his name...Dan.

He wants to change, yet, doesn't go the full distance. So, in that way, it's his fault. If he wants to play 15 hours a day, then so be it. But if he doesn't and *can't*, then it's really a lesson to all, that if you want true, irreversible change (as all change is), then you can't just dip your toes in the water, so to speak.

(Btw, this is going in the blog post for Ext Eng. No doubt about it.)

Lastly, people meeting online, and developing a relationship, seems to be, quite an...interesting? Intriguing way, nonetheless to meet people. People gripe on and on about how beauty is skin deep, yada, yada, yada. I don't see any sincerity in those words.

Now, there's no better way to prove their insincerity via their reaction to this documentary. It features fat people, driving and flying around, and generally sitting on their backsides, with just a few scenes of any type of healthy physical exercise.

Obviously, the avatars online in no way project one's actual appearances. So what's left? Text, and in most games these days, voice chat. Now, that's human interaction, no?

So, really, if you're looking for personality matches, this is actually quite apt. It's obvious that you can't trust the game's graphix. And you can hear them/read them. Which, if you notice, the way someone writes and talks, is a very good indication of their personality.

Q.E.D. (Misapplication, but I love the term, almost wrote it for my 2U test, very last question, but then thought "Nah, they might penalise me."), though it's probably no-one reading this, just don't complain and go ewww when you see these kinds of stories, because really, people are people, and furthermore, if you don't care about appearances, then you CAN'T have a negative reaction to this.

There is just no way.

People aren't "fat" personality wise.

People aren't "slobs" personality wise. (Ok, well, depends on your definition.)

And addiction is something which requires permanent, irreversible change. He "lapsed back" because he couldn't care less. He just wanted a quick fix.

Sorry, quick fixes are not allowed. Such is life.

Very very last quick note: P-T night was quite nice. Hi Harvard. And William.

Hoping Friday will be awesome, and tomorrow...well. Let's see, yea?