[myspace] this thing lists me as an "aquarius." and yes, according to some arbitrary designation, my birthday is within the time period that fatalists call "aquarius".
thing is, it's right there with actual basic information, like my name and age and gender. aquarius is nothing about me. that's not an absolute identity, it's an imaginary word about an imaginary constellation of stars. stars that are millions of light years from each other. and which already have burned out by the time their light reaches us.
yet there it is. as if it were important. as if i chose to inform the world (or the virtual world, anyway): that among the most basic information on me, you MUST first know i am an aquarius! nevermind my personality, hobbies (cooking, guitar, poetry, politics, languages, mexico, beer), passions, job, school, or whatever. before all that, more important than everything else, i am aquarius.
i can't even remember what imaginary character traits are supposed to be revealed by my starsign. that's how long since i read a horoscope. whatever they are, i remember it was always quite vague. vague enough that a fatalist (that's a person who believes in fate instead of freewill) could "analyze" this entry and show "evidence" that i fit the classic aquarius profile. so be it.
i have a birthday, but i've decided not to have a starsign. i'll see how that works out.
thing is, it's right there with actual basic information, like my name and age and gender. aquarius is nothing about me. that's not an absolute identity, it's an imaginary word about an imaginary constellation of stars. stars that are millions of light years from each other. and which already have burned out by the time their light reaches us.
yet there it is. as if it were important. as if i chose to inform the world (or the virtual world, anyway): that among the most basic information on me, you MUST first know i am an aquarius! nevermind my personality, hobbies (cooking, guitar, poetry, politics, languages, mexico, beer), passions, job, school, or whatever. before all that, more important than everything else, i am aquarius.
i can't even remember what imaginary character traits are supposed to be revealed by my starsign. that's how long since i read a horoscope. whatever they are, i remember it was always quite vague. vague enough that a fatalist (that's a person who believes in fate instead of freewill) could "analyze" this entry and show "evidence" that i fit the classic aquarius profile. so be it.
i have a birthday, but i've decided not to have a starsign. i'll see how that works out.
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Fuckallaya
Posted by Fuckallaya on Wednesday, March 09, 2005 at 7:42 PM