Is this me life now? (1 Viewer)

[Jimmy Magee]

I suggest you watch the film "Max" for a dramatic renewal of purpose, Jimmy Magee. You'll see that the protagonist, a soldier in Germany in the late twenties, doesn't have a "pot to piss in", as he puts it, has a desparate life living in a barracks, has more or less failed as an artist, and is taken seriously by nobody, especially women, and his jewish art agent. A man in his thirties, his ambitions haven't been realised and he seethes with anger and self loathing. But then he finds true meaning in political discourse and makes some good friends in the nationalist socialist party. He develops a keen understanding of a new phenomenon, called propaganda, and he finds himself to be a rising star in the new party, because his feeling for the dramatic, in art, is equally applicable in politics, and he's a great speaker with a somewhat angry style that finds a home in the hearts of an aggrieved people. Then he shows them all. Oh boy does he show them.

Ever think of politics?

I *have* seen this movie. I hadn't seen the parallels when I was watching it but, yes, now, I think you could be right.

PDs maybe?

 

[snakybus]

und mit a scwhing of his 'tache
he schtarted to goose-schtep
to tremendous applause
he knocked off da jews jaws
und ven die last drop of blood fell to the floor
der yanks ver knocking at der door
vun Saturday night, in 1944

 

[Alex]

Mid-to-late-twenties folk and those older again an so on...

Have youse had the glorious experience of realising, as you hit this age, that no you're not going to realise this or that ambition, and your life is pretty much going to stay as it is now? And found this quite the distressing thought? If so, I'm curious as to survival stories/stratagems and the like...the last year or so this has been really hitting home, and I don't really know how I can change things for the better...

You just need a fresh start, how about going to live abroad for a while? Worked for me.

 

[egg_]

I, too, am kinda disappointed that neither myself nor anyone I know has made any discernable impact on the world. I know it's dumb, but it's true, and I deal with it by just not thinking about it (most of the time)

There is still time I guess, didn't Verdi compose Aida when he was 78 or something? And Kurt Vonnegut wrote Timequake when he was, I dunno, 80-something

When I was young I never expected to have to do so much fucking hard work

 

[snakybus]

anyway sure there's always the internet, the last refuge of those who aren't listened to

Sure Tom Dunning wants to have your babies. Isn't that enough?

 

[MDR]

When I was young I never expected to have to do so much fucking hard work

Damn right. Life is like hacking through a rainforest.

 

[Bag'o'cans]

You just need a fresh start, how about going to live abroad for a while? Worked for me.

That's just running away!

 

[plug]

you could always start a fire..

 

[#10-7]

the impact you have in the world is not important, its more important you have an impact on people around you.
would you prefer to be a respected author but have no friends?
or have loads of friends and be a failed author?

i know which i'd prefer.

 

[MDR]

Who'd want to be friends with a failed author? Not me.

 

[Unclealo]

Cheer up Mickey! Very few people achieve the creative, social etc. fulfilment they want. All you can do is do your best. It could be worse:

"Holiday In Cambodia"

So you been to school for a year or two
And you know you've seen it all
In daddy's car thinkin' you'll go far
Back east your type don't crawl
Play ethnicky jazz to parade your snazz
On your five grand stereo
Braggin that you know how the niggers feel cold
And the slums got so much soul

It's time to taste what you most fear
Right Guard will not help you here
Brace yourself, my dear

It's a holiday in Cambodia
It's tough kid, but it's life
It's a holiday in Cambodia
Don't forget to pack a wife

Your a star-belly sneech you suck like a leech
You want everyone to act like you
Kiss ass while you bitch so you can get rich
But your boss gets richer on you
Well you'll work harder with a gun in your back
For a bowl of rice a day
Slave for soldiers til you starve
Then your head skewered on a stake
Now you can go where people are one
Now you can go where they get things done
What you need my son:

Is a holiday in Cambodia
Where people dress in black
A holiday in Cambodia
Where you'll kiss ass or crack

Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot, Pol Pot [etc.]

And it's a holiday in Cambodia
Where you'll do what you're told
A holiday in Cambodia
Where the slums got so much soul

 

[cassette/tape]

Who'd want to be friends with a failed author? Not me.

how do you know if someone's a failed author?
i wanted to be a writer when i was younger, but i never made any attempt.

i guess i'm just lazy.

 

[Unclealo]

how do you know if someone's a failed author?
i wanted to be a writer when i was younger, but i never made any attempt.

i guess i'm just lazy.

Its never too late !

 

[Jimmy Magee]

didn't Verdi compose Aida when he was 78 or something?

Perhaps, but he was well on his way earning his living through music in his early twenties. Moan moan.

 

[oh shit]

I only had one ambition for my 20's, which i'll never now accomplish -

special forces

 

[egg_]

would you prefer to be a respected author but have no friends?
or have loads of friends and be a failed author?

Oh I didn't realise it was one or the other
I guess I'll stick with my friends so

 

[Cormcolash]

Funny that, because I acheived my ambition, to turn into this guy:

I'm one uggglllyyy mudderfucker!

 

[oh shit]

Funny that, because I acheived my ambition, to turn into this guy:

I'm one uggglllyyy mudderfucker!

ha! now i can take the piss outta you about it

"what? you wanted to turn into a little white box with an x throught the middle?"

 

[Super Dexta]

I guess I should have anticipated this happening really...but then it had to happen sometime I guess...anyway, this is prolly as good a time as any to make the official thumped announcement that as of last week Jimmy Magee and Super Dexta are no longer an item...this is however quite unrelated to my woes, apart from me having to think more about them a bit I guess...(I hope this is what you're referrin to and I'm not totally misinterpreting...I'd worry you might be mildly embarressed, except of course that you're Hag)

I dunno, maybe there should be a section that indicates who's linked to who and so on so that people are kept up-to-date or sumthin?

We would like to point out that our separation is not, as has been speculated by the press, linked in any way to Jimmy's rather public friendship with Angelina Jolie.

 

[Cormcolash]

ha! now i can take the piss outta you about it

"what? you wanted to turn into a little white box with an x throught the middle?"

Hey, the picture fuckin works on my screen, not my fault you're probably using an evil PC.