The Gamer's Quarter

[dhex]

outside of the saddest estate sale i've ever been to.

all that remained was the tail...everything else looked like tanned leather.

one day we will go to an estate sale and there will be boxes of games there. the games of someone who died.
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[Persona-sama]

When I was in elementary school, I once saw a dead squirrel. It was on the road outside of the school's park. It was ran over in a way so that the internal organs were popped out of the squirrel's skin. Except it wasn't just the internal organs but the entire skeleton and muscles and everything.

It was grossly traumatic.

I get chills.
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[wourme]

I wrote a short essay on this topic a few years ago for a school assignment. The writing is a lot weaker than I remembered, but isn't it always that way?

[dhex]

that's a good story.
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[Mr. Mechanical]

Every time I drive down the highways here in Oklahoma I see roadkill of all kinds. Mostly possum, armadillo, etc. Every now and then it'll be someone's dog or cat, or just a stray, which is kind of sad. Though, I don't know, maybe I'm just around it too much but a dead animal doesn't really disturb me anymore like it used to when I was younger. To me they aren't animals anymore so much as just rotting flesh, no essence there that would suggest an animal other than shape. And shapes can be deceiving, if we're getting philosophical.

Who thinks animals have souls? I think everything that lives has a soul of some sort. Doesn't mean I think it has feelings and emotions and shit, or that it's even aware of it's existence, just that in some way the magic that gives life to all of us runs through it as well. I'm thinking mostly organic things here, like plants and even rocks and stuff, and not inanimate, inorganic objects. I don't really think my clothes have a soul, unless somehow some of my own is rubbing off on them but I've never thought about that too much. Though, really, when you think about it it's all just matter and energy so who knows.

[dhex]

i don't think anything like a soul exists, but i do like squirrels.
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[nICO]

There aren't really any squirrels where I live, which is kinda sad. When I grew up in Pittsburgh, though, we had two squirrels that were practically pets. They lived in a tree in our yard or something, and we'd feed them and watch them play.

It was nice. Rocky and Bald Eagle I think we named them. Forget why...
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Brauner: Damn you, humans... You selfishly start wars and despoil the earth. Perhaps justice wasn't on my side but I will never admit that it was on yours.

[ApM]

Grumpy Gamer linked to this on its sidebar.

[dhex]

yeah, those guys are assholes. i'd like to hold their heads underwater and bring them up, gasping and choking, to scream at them like some sort of horrible hazing ritual.

YEAH YOU THINK DEAD SQUIRRELS ARE FUNNY, DO YA? DO YA? SUCK WATER YOU FUCKING MAGGOTS! YEAH, BREATHE THAT SHIT!

[Lackey]

Both from different addresses.

I never understood the determination of some of my neighbours to keep squirrels out of their yards. They're a lot more interesting than birds. I mean, there aren't many backyard animals which regularly perform acrobatic stunts - like tiny ninjas.

Also, Mr. Mechanical is an animatist?
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| Little bird fighting against a bat sect game |

[Mr. Mechanical]

[dhex]

or did you mean animist?
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[Lackey]

Apparantly I did!
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| Little bird fighting against a bat sect game |

[Mr. Mechanical]

I don't know if I agree with animitism, as I don't think the spirit is an entirely seperate entity from the body. I kind of like to think it's all the same as any other bit of organic matter, and that it transubstantiates at death. Literally, I mean. Dust to dust, worm food and all that.

[dhex]

what you're describing sorta sounds like human consciousness.
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[Mr. Mechanical]

Perhaps! I like that, actually, now that I think about it. Death kind of excites me now, because I want to see how "right" I was in my assumptions. The question now becomes, Does my consciousness remain constant in death or does it dissipate into whatever shapeless shifting ether is there for that sort of thing? Can my un/consciousness comprehend being dust and dirt and worm guts all at the same time?

[nICO]

Mr Mechanical, Ever watch or read Campbell's The Power of Myth? It'd be right up your alley. I recommend watching it if possible. A lot of libraries have it or you can order it off Amazon for $40 or so.
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Brauner: Damn you, humans... You selfishly start wars and despoil the earth. Perhaps justice wasn't on my side but I will never admit that it was on yours.

[Mr. Mechanical]

Nope, never heard of it, but I'll be looking into now.

Edit-Yeah, just checked it out on amazon, it does look right up my alley. Order placed!

[Mr. Mechanical]

I just finished the first chapter of The Power of Myth, and I just wanted to thank you for bringing it to my attention. Thank you, nICO, from the bottom of my soul. This book is illuminating.

[dhex]

campbell's "the masks of god' series is a good intro into world religions, though he takes the whole freudian/jungian thing WAAAAAAAAAY too far. the pbs adaptation is interesting; billy moyers is young and affable, etc, but the whole thing sorta reeks of desperation near the end. you could tell he knew he was dying, however, which is kinda freaky.

what his estate has done, however, is deeply shameful. they're marketing everything but "joseph campbell's the power of soap"
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[Tablesaw]

The many paths to cleanliness are next to the many paths to g-d.
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It's the saw of the table!