58 - Phone

[ceasetoexist]

I lived through it. All of it.

I guess when I first got here I would have said that to brag, but now I guess I want to say....I dunno. That if that's their worst? It can still be beaten.

God. I don't know. I suck at being all "blah blah hope blah blah it'll be fine" since it's usually bullcrap. But I guess I'm just saying. What happened sucked, but it's not like...the most hopeless thing ever.

They're scared. That's what I think. It's why they went this far. I dunno if we're on to something but we must have done something right to make them do something that drastic.

Because you know what I think? They're demanding we be thankful? They need us to. I don't know why yet, but it's necessary for whatever system they've got going on. Think about it. The demand for conformity, the droning to what's desired if we don't. They need us to be here and act a specific way, because if we don't....well, I dunno. I think that it's that if we exist here for long enough, not doing what they want? We compromise their system. They need us to behave a certain way or something doesn't stick, or the stability of this place'll start going off, or something.

That's what I think.

Hey. Idiots. And I'm pretty sure you know which ones I'm talking to? Not that I care or anything, but call me if you can, y'know, manage to use the phone.

Comments

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Just okay?

What you didn't paint a perfect poem of how awesome you are upon the scenery of post-nuclear despair?

[timetables.livejournal.com]

Nah. Thought about it. Just seemed kind of pointless. I mean, if everyone was about to keel over from radiation poisoning or something, no one would be around to admire such a fine piece of art.

And that would have been the real tragedy of this past week.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

What, you don't make your art just for the sake of the beauty of it?

Sell-out.

[timetables.livejournal.com]

It's called performance art for a reason. You gotta perform. And a performance needs an audience.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

What better audience is there then the futility of the end of all things?

[timetables.livejournal.com]

That's a little too abstract for my concrete sensibilities.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Oh sorry God forbid someone ask you maybe challenge your pre-conceived mindset on something.

That's how art dies. Or some crap. I dunno.

Art sucks.

[timetables.livejournal.com]

Wow wait what. My preconceived mindset is rock solid and not open for business. This shit is airtight and not in need of any modification.

Also you just don't get it.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Man you are way too close minded then. How are you ever going to live and experience and yada yada yada some bullcrap.

Naw, it's pretentious. All of it.

Like I could sing like

A fish is a fish
Especially on a dish

And I could just expand that idea for three minutes and I'd have as well written a song as any song out there.

[timetables.livejournal.com]

Nah that's not music. That's just you talking out of your ass about some bizarre fish you're a little too into.

Music comes from the soul, thumpin the beats out like you got somethin to prove, got somethin to say. If you don't there's no point, might as well just walk away.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Which is what all songs are.

Sorry. I just don't get it. Welp. Poor me. Guess I don't have music in my soul and pretentious douchbaggery in my heart.

[timetables.livejournal.com]

That'd bring a tear to my eye if I had any tears to shed. Or cared.

But yeah, you're missing out. I would belt out something sicknasty if I had my gear but I'm woefully underequipped at the present time.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

I'm missing out on bullcrap. So I'm not missing out on much.

Oh man I can't wait. I'm sure it'll be a treat to warm even my heart when you regale us with one of your beats.

[timetables.livejournal.com]

You say that now but you'll be singing a different tune once I'm through with you.

Hopefully not one about fish on dishes.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Man, what is your problem? What have you got against that fish being on that dish?

[timetables.livejournal.com]

Just seems like a weird place to be that's all I'm saying. Probably has some sort of agenda.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

It makes perfect sense.

I think you just didn't get the message of my song, man.

[timetables.livejournal.com]

I think it means you really fucking want some fish sticks.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Who eats fish sticks though?

I'm serious. They're disgusting.

[timetables.livejournal.com]

They're okay.

Not super into them. Not super against them. Whatever. So then is this your diatribe against fish sticks?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

I don't know. Maybe because, gee, they're garbage.

Seriously. It's like someone breaded cardboard and tried to call it fish.

[timetables.livejournal.com]

Just sounds like you've had some really shitty fish sticks.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Part of that description was redundant.

You could have just said "fish sticks" and it would have meant the same thing.

[timetables.livejournal.com]

I'm telling you, some of them can be pretty good. Gotta shell out for the brand name stuff.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Look, I don't think it's going to make a difference if they're "Aunt May's Triple A Brand Fish Delights" or just a white bag that has "fish sticks" written on it with permanent marker.

They're going to be the same friggin' thing. And they're both going to suck.