And We Try So Hard!
2008 October 15
MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavor to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with.
- Ambrose Bierce, Devil’s Dictionary
(Via)
I have always been a fan of the Devil’s Dictionary.
And i’m looking for the devil’s dictionary ebook already
And I’m asking Shrey to forward that e-book to me
Adam –
As have I.
Shrey –
Just you wait, you’re going to be wearing -10D spectacles someday cos of all these e-books you read!
Niths –
You can find most of it online already – like on quotation sites et al.
I can’t even begin to comprehend its brilliance. Ack, too much sense befuddles me.
On another note, it sounded EXACTLY as though you had seen Requiem for a Dream! Have you seen that? I couldn’t sit through it, it was that…scary. *shivers*
Ok, I just saw your scrap; *sighs* Suraksha, you are BRAVE! I had to read a chick lit to get over RfaD!
“Chennai is new and shiny and soul-less. It’s concrete and unfeeling and doesn’t give a damn, really.
”
Enna awesomeness, I say
Sharan –
Bierce is awesome, isn’t he!
And Requiem… is very close to my heart. I watched it during a period of turbulence in my life and it brings back all those memories. It makes me reel every time. And the music, the music!
@ Suraksha
@ suraksha
Naah, i’ve been fine this way for years now
And i dunno how the last comment got posted, … there are ghosts in my pc :O
Shrey –
Hmpf. Is it just MY power that keeps increasing exponentially?!
Ghosts? Or maybe you have MPD!
And so i come to know of yet another of those finer delights of this world – the devil’s dictionary … enlightening post.
Requim though, is very familiar territory … music,editing,screenplay,you name it … RFAD’s got it.
Clint Mansell Rocks !!! That’s the chap who came up with the music.
@somebody … requim is not scary, it’s disturbing. you want scary, go see The Shining .
Pavan -
And Clint Mansell’s genius is the Hope Overture of the theme music. Trippyness! 
It’s an entertaining book as well.
And The Shining is terribly unnerving – one of Kubrick’s best!
the mind is a beautiful thing alright. Read hannibal rising. Brilliant description.
And I saw Requiem for a dream today. Shrey told me you’d seen it as well. And apparently this comment page says the same thing as well.
. Disturbing movie.
Sharanyan –
I HAVE heard that it’s brilliant though. I’m really trying not to get desperate enough to d/l e-books.
I haven’t read Hannibal Rising.
And am I just abnormal or is everybody BUT me getting zoned out by RfaD?
It staggers you. Awfully. But it’s still glorious, in a weird, macabre way.
Gah.
Got the devil’s dictionary. Man, 1911 this got published?
“ACQUAINTANCE, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from,but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.”
Sheer brilliance.
Sharanyan –
Heh. Innit?
And this –
CONGRATULATION, n. The civility of envy.