by Onasander on Wed Jun 23, 2010 5:28 pm
In the thread where it says he took a bunch of pills already, enough to kill himself.
Got a place, and am getting my Guard Card tomorrow, so I can start doing security work. Finished up a few books, including on on Mishima that I've had forever but never got around to reading. It was pretty cool being a hobo for a few weeks, found out the woods here in San Francisco I was camping in had camping spots that cost at least 100 dollars a night- and they have incredibly crappy views- the places I stayed in there had overviews of the golden gate and the bay, instensly beautiful, easily worth hundreds a night.
When you face boredom, stagnation, or even defeat, don't take pills- just move. Always the possibility of something else around the corner, even if every step up till now was mind numbing defeat. Hannibal moved and moved and moved, taking any place or refuge until he found literally no harbor and the Romans were just about to prounce upon him, literally all alone..... only then did he kill himself, and only for the sake of deny the Romans the right to use his living body in a triumph. Gaias Marius was chained in a darkened cell in Africa, and never gave in even when a Roman guard was sent in by Sulla to execute him- he scared the shit out of the guard causing him to flee.
There is nothing of worth or value to anyone, yourself or others, in a pathetic, self loathing death. Pathetic and self loathing indeed do have their places in life, it reminds us where3 we stand, and prevents the weak and wretched from hurting themselves, as well as time to mentally, phsically, financially, or in some other way recupe and grow one again. In this I can tolerate it, but not a pathetic death. Too many crappy, shithead philosophers have given in for the lamest of reasons.
