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Ascetic Aethetics

Mon Feb 2, 2009, 3:56 AM
  • Mood: Relief
  • Listening to: ALI Project
  • Reading: Catch 22
  • Playing: WAAAAAAGH!
If I had been a Heathen,
I'd have praised the purple vine,
My slaves should dig the vineyards,
And I would drink the wine.
But Higgins is a Heathen,
And his slaves grow lean and grey,
That he may drink some tepid milk
Exactly twice a day.

If I had been a Heathen,
I'd have crowned Neaera's curls,
And filled my life with love affairs,
My house with dancing girls;
But Higgins is a Heathen,
And to lecture rooms is forced,
Where his aunts, who are not married,
Demand to be divorced.

If I had been a Heathen,
I'd have sent my armies forth,
And dragged behind my chariots
The Chieftains of the North.
But Higgins is a Heathen,
And he drives the dreary quill,
To lend the poor that funny cash
That makes them poorer still.

If I had been a Heathen,
I'd have piled my pyre on high,
And in a great red whirlwind
Gone roaring to the sky;
But Higgins is a Heathen,
And a richer man than I:
And they put him in an oven,
Just as if he were a pie.

Now who that runs can read it,
The riddle that I write,
Of why this poor old sinner,
Should sin without delight-
But I, I cannot read it
(Although I run and run),
Of them that do not have the faith,
And will not have the fun.
(G. K. Chesterton - 1913)

Dunno if I agree with it completely, but I did find it pretty funny. It pokes fun at both sides of the religion/morality debate...

New DA interface is nice, and much less buggy than the previous big release, where some things didn't work for like 3 weeks after it...

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  • Current Residence: Natural Sauna
  • Interests: deep thoughts, martial arts, books, music, film, anime
  • Favourite movie: Shoujo Kakumei Utena TV Serie
  • Favourite band or musician: Blind Guardian, Astral Projection, John Coltrane, X Japan, Iron Maiden, Symphony X, Yoko Kano, etc
  • Favourite genre of music: metal, jazz, techno
  • Favourite poet or writer: Herbert, Asimov, Bradbury, Sheckley, Harrison, Tolkien, Hesse, Jordan, Orwell, Nabokov, many more
  • Favourite style of art: when I grow up I'll have my own style, then I'll show you ALL!
  • Operating System: WinXP - I swear, it was an accident!
  • MP3 player of choice: winamp, creative zen
  • Shell of choice: Rainbow shell, for ultimate weapons (ok, csh)
  • Wallpaper of choice: Changes all the time
  • Skin of choice: I'm comfortable in my own
  • Favourite game: Chrono Trigger/Cross, FF6, Guild Wars (55 Monk FTW)
  • Favourite gaming platform: PC - it's more then just one platform, it's the whole TRAIN STATION, baby... Yeah
  • Favourite cartoon character: Ohtori Akio
  • Personal Quote: Cynicism is wisdom found before old age
  • Tools of the Trade: generic a4 sketchpad, pacer of lead-breaking +9, cheapo scanner, tablet, photoshop, illustrator

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:iconyukinoshin:
Thank you for the watch:heart:
:icon0riginal-shiinto:
Most welcome!

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:iconlomebririon:
[link] :highfive:

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:icon0riginal-shiinto:
You'd think he'd have an AK...

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:iconlomebririon:
Should have had him riding a Tiger too. =P

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:icon0riginal-shiinto:
This sounds like a job for... well, any of us, really...

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:iconyanyu:
Thank you for waaaatchin' ;3;
:icon0riginal-shiinto:
Most welcome...

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:icongeloko:
Thank you for the :+devwatch:!
I'm happy you like my work.

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:icon0riginal-shiinto:
You're welcome

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