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Easter Weekend
April 15th, 2006

Its Easter weekend. Richard and I went to Hs place for dinner last night, I enjoyed myself, although Richard did say it was the SOS (same old shit); not un-enjoyable, but the same, nonetheless. But of course it was the same, what can any of us expect out of social situations with most people. Theyre either idiots, or theyre not. If like last night, theyre not, then you have a pleasant conversation about how unethical the media is (H was telling us about the time he was in Jarkata, and some journalists had paid a bunch of rioters having their lunch to burn an already over turned jeep and behave like they were possessed, for the footage they needed. You talk about abit about how The Last Temptation of Christ is as possible a possibility as any ever imagined up, and end the night with a badly written poem by a 19th century aristocrat.

I mentioned it to Richard the last time we were going for one of Hs dinners, I wasnt 20 yet then, and I said I had already started behaving like I was much older. But I like it, I like listening to them talk business, and come up with creative ideas, and such and such. Hs interesting, and he can paint, and he doesnt dismiss other peoples work as inferior (unless it really is). Which is the reason why hes so good. Or for that matter, why any one becomes good in the first place; you have to appropriate other peoples ideas, thats the one thing that makes human beings human beings. Believe it or not. The ability to imitate something exactly like it is, from idea to action.

Having dinner with them though always makes me feel a little frustrated. Its none of my business, but I get upset when people have really good stuff, and it hasnt been released out into the wild yet, for fear of intellectual theft, lousy distribution network, etc. What does that matter? Everyone starts out with a lousy distribution network initially.

My exams are over now, a real relief. Not that they were very difficult to prepare for in the first place. I read quite a great deal up on 19th century art movements, which I really like because people like Camille Pissarro, JM Turner and Van Gogh started painting then. I also believe Cezanne suffered from aspergers syndrome, or something of the like, but Ive been thinking every solatary genius sufferes from Aspergers ever since I read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. Which was a book I had to read for my Childrens Literature class, along with Coral Island.

There was a multiple choice question about that novel. Question: What is a Long Tom. a. A gun b. a roasted human being c. Hucklenerry Fins boyfriend d. The title of a pornographic moive. Of course these are just representative choices, I couldnt remember the question as it was. But Im starting to think the answer was d. The title of a pornographic movie. The guy beside me was desperately trying to copy my shit, which really irritated me, and I covered all my answers. I know, rather mean. I dont mind letting people copying my work usually, especially if it is a difficult paper. But when its a fucking easy one, I get really annoyed.

But the hols are on, and in the mean time, Richard and I will be going to Marseille; not really in the mean time, but in the next few weeks. Richard grew up there, and hell be able to take me around, and well stay in the house he spent many summers in and may be see some mad French relatives. Also, well take many pictures, and Im thinking of purchasing a cameracorder for the occasion. I like video cameras a lot better then the ones that take only stills. They focus in on things a lot better, and I like the movement and the different perspectives you can get. You can get them with the camera as well, but its different when you can just tuck the corder under your arm and walk around. Youll see how different the world can be.

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In other business, heres proof that God exists, but that the Devil doesnt exist. Abridged from 5000 B.C. and other Philosophical Fantasies.

Assume that the property of existence is an attribute of perfection.

Define a god as any being that has all perfections.

All gods must exist, since a god is any being that has all perfections, and existence is an attribute of perfection. In other words, every god has the property of existence.

Assume that given any perfection Q, if all things having the property Q, also have the property of existence, then there is at least one entity having having the property Q, and therefore something exists. Some manner of perfection exists, therefore some manner of existence exists, therefore some manner of perfection exists. So on and on.

Assume that the property of having all perfections is in itself a perfection. Assume that this collection exists. Therefore the property of being a god (as being that has all perfections, including the perfection of having all perfections) is a perfection. And since existence is an attribute of perfection, then at least one god exists.

Assume that for any god, g, the property of being identicle to g is a perfection (any deviation will be a lack of a perfection) then it follows that there is only one God.

Ditto.

Now, given that existence is an attribute of perfection, non-existence is an attribute of imperfection. If the devil is a collection of imperfections, then non-existence is at the core of the idea of the Devil. So the devil doesnt exists.