Monday, January 19, 2009

My Favorite / My Least Favorite

My favorite color is green because it is the color of new life. I enjoy food, granted I used to enjoy a greater variety, nevertheless it is one of my favorite things. Bad food is the sign of a bad day. So, DC food... Haha! I love music. But not all music. Primarily rock, classic hard rock, and classic metal. Of course, there are exceptions. My favorite song/performance of all time is Queen's "Somebody to Love" from On Fire Live at the Bowl (1982). It's just a profound performance and an even more phenomenal back story. I've pasted a copy of it below.



Feeling is what matters to me in music. It's hard to explain but the song, performance, or artist has to have feeling. It has to embrace you. You have to be able to sink into it. It has to make your skin crawl. It has to be almost sexual. That kind of connection. A primitive, almost supranatural closeness.

My favorite TV show is The Simpsons singularly because of the inclusivity and profoundly liberal attitudes of its creators, actors, and producers. Oh, and it's hillarious and phenominally brillant. It's probably the only TV show where two people of vastly different ages or educational backgrounds can laugh at the same time but for different reasons. It is simply unique and there is not and never will be an equal to it.

My favorite movie is V for Vendetta. It is the only movie I have ever come across that has reached the level of skin crawling sensory bliss that I talked about in regards to music and it solely hinges on the use of the 1812 Overture in the final scene. I also like it because of the issues that it deals with particularly the overarching theme of oppression and the standing up to that oppression. No one will ever say that I'm not a fighter of those battles.

My favorite food is everchanging and elusive. It's rarely the same thing for more than a couple of moments.

I absolutly love singing to myself. And, for the record, I can sing... well most of the time, if I try. I don't usually try if others are around. Kinda stupid, I know.

My favorite season is summer because I like the feel of the sun and I do not like the cold at all. Consequently I love the beach and unfortunately haven't gotten there in two or three years.

My favorite game is poker. It combines all of the mentallity of a chesslike game with the strategy and psychology of a police interrogater. The game is 95% mental. I throughly enjoy matching wits with anyone. When I'm hot -- when I'm alert and concentrating -- there isn't a person that can stop me. I love that feeling.

My favorite feeling is true love. That is to say love that feels "true". It is like a ray of sunshine that brightens your every moment and warms your every movement. It's a feeling that no matter how much it consumes you, you want more and more of it forever and ever. For me, it's been so brutally long since it's been even more than a glimmer and that is, if anything is, criminal. I'm not talking simply about sex or physical attraction, but of every aspect of love, the kind where you feel like a better person simply for being there with that single person. Consequently, if there was a single thing I could fix with my life it would be that. Yet the outlook to do so uncertain at best.

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My least favorite feeling is loneliness. It hollows you out and makes you think that everything that you are and everything that you've done means nothing, that your life is pointless and your actions moot.

My least favorite food (that I've eaten) is boiled potatoes. There is nothing to taste, regardless of how they're made. To turn such a fulfilling and filling food into such a bland starchy excuse for a side dish is an atrocity for sure.

My least favorite music is country because of the hardline conservative repression that represents most of it. There is no excuse for the hate that many (though not all) of them breed, it is repugnant.

My least favorite movie of all time was Alone After Dark (2005?) because the fucking thing ended just as it was getting to the good part!

I don't drink (you know "drink") for two reasons, one because it doesn't sit well with me and the second for the same reason that I don't do drugs of any type, I don't think that escaping from your problems does you any good. And, I value the mental side of me too much to waste it. It of all things, is most mine and most personal. I also don't smoke cigarettes because it's just plain dumb. I also don't really respect anyone who does and do not at all find it cool or even remotely attractive. Killing one's self is soooo attractive. (Rolls eyes.)

My least favorite person in the world can be picked from a pool of conservatives that is ever expanding. Conservatism is evil. Their hate of their fellow man is unnatural and disgusting. I would sooner kill myself (which I would nearly never ever even think of doing) than espouse their ideas. In some way or another every conservative sickens me, primarily because they are sickened by me and what I am. I also don't like religious people who want to tell me about their religion and why it's best. Screw them. They only think it's best because they believe it, that's not a convincing argument in my reasoning.

And lastly, I don't give a shit if you don't like me. I don't mean to sound standoffish or angry, but it's true. I am me and I don't compromise myself for others' feelings or opinions. I can't be happy if I'm not being me and I'm not willing to try.

Peace,
FFF

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Conservatism is evil. Their hate of their fellow man is unnatural and disgusting."
-Whoa there! That is a huge generalization. Not everyone who considers themselves a conservative is socially conservative. Most believe what they do because they think it is what's best, not because they hate their fellow man.

"In some way or another every conservative sickens me..."
-That's pretty hateful... projection much?

"...primarily because they are sickened by me and what I am."
-You're a fool wrapped up in your own head if you truly believe that you know the feelings of every conservative. This sounds more like a rant of your own insecurities.

FlyFreeForever said...

"No! You're wrong! You're all wrong! You're a fool! You don't know what you're talking about!" -A Summary of What You've Said.

The thing is, I'm fine if you disagree. In fact, if you have a problem with what I've said, I'm happy. It means what I said was true.

If you want to be specific about how they're not evil or how they don't all do things that are detrimental to this nation, then I'd love to hear it. Until then, project much???

Rob said...

As the author of this blog the burden of proof is on you my friend. His/her argument may have been: "No! You're wrong! You're all wrong! You're a fool! You don't know what you're talking about!"
Unfortunately, you're counter-argument is exactly the same.

I know that you know conservatives that you consider friends...are they evil?

<3, your awesome roommate

FlyFreeForever said...

Not liking someone does not make you a bigot. Actively discriminating against them is what makes you a bigot. I don't like conservative beliefs and I don't like associating with those who have them because I believe those beliefs to be wrong. The same rings true for religious beliefs. It's nothing personal; it's just ideological.

Fiscal conservatism spits in the face of organized society. The government waste you speak of is any program that doesn't immediately help the person paying for it. Unfortunately, that's not how society works. We are obligated as good human beings (god fearing or otherwise) to help out our neighbors if they genuinely need it. Likewise, government funding of programs like public heath, public education, and roads are hardly a case of "Big Brother". In actuality I do not like the Big Brother state either. I believe that it is an invasion of privacy. In this nation we are innocent until proven guilty. That is a meme that we must continue to live by.