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trite philosopher

Why can't you see that a life in art and a life of mimicry – it's the same thing

About Me

evolutionary psychology.
oh god that shit is fun.

and remember: science equals legitimacy.

My Interests

levity. intellect versus intuition. gravity.

I'd like to meet:

When one has dealings with scholars and artists, it is easy to miscalculate in opposite directions: behind a remarkable scholar one not infrequently finds a mediocre man, and behind a mediocre artist often -a very remarkable man.

I am affected, not because you have deceived me, but because I can no longer believe in you.
-Nietzsche

Music:

midlake, shins, the knife, beirut, final fantasy, at the drive in, junior boys, j.newsom, dismemberment plan, modest mouse, decemberists, radiohead, tv on the radio, beck, tim hecker

My Blog

fuck you old man.

I like to listen to Destroyer when I'm feeling a little sad. He humors me. I can hear empathy in his voice.A little old man unleashed his little old man fury on me today at work. Ouch. I never tho...
Posted by silver towers on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:07:00 PST

onomatopoeias

Yesterday Erin and I waxed philospophical all day.  Topics ranging from the necessity of communication through smell for the survival of our species to mufuckin' evolutionary psychology to our re...
Posted by silver towers on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:50:00 PST

emotions, yes!

i can't even begin to solve this problem you've created self they are the same problems she's always had ...
Posted by silver towers on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:12:00 PST

eating in the ghetto on a hundred dollar plate

if i talked to you last night, i should probably just apologize. drunken mufuckin' amoeba. did you know about these "teddy bear crabs"? They're so weird. Xanthidae crab, completely covered with a t...
Posted by silver towers on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:47:00 PST

truthiness.

Admissions for the day: I am addicted to cholula i love people for who i think they are.  and then even more for who they really are. seriously though, cholula. i like boys who are really smart ...
Posted by silver towers on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:39:00 PST

i keep the wolf from the door

i keep the wolf from the door but he calls me up calls me on the phone tells me all the ways that he's gonna mess me up steal all my children if i don't pay the ransom but i'll never see h...
Posted by silver towers on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:19:00 PST

what is forgiveness? it's just a dream.

it's everything. I just stared off into space at my little top 16 friends just now.  These are important you know. these are important you know.  It felt like a little council of people pre...
Posted by silver towers on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:52:00 PST

mandible

In the morning, I hold my curling iron like a flute. not like an oboe. not like a bassoon (are you mad?). Lost in thoughts, I pull it to my lips.  singed notes twinkle from my face. ... If I do...
Posted by silver towers on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 01:14:00 PST

this cd is awesome.

i like music that is awesome. i like art that is pretty. i am emotionally detached from sensoral stimulation. but damn. i can sell it. i did some photog. today. and you will see.  i'm a really ...
Posted by silver towers on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:23:00 PST

dude. jimmy johns.

I don't really believe in fate.  (or maybe). But I do believe I have a great intuition.  Sometimes I follow it at work and it leads me to a boy.  A boy I should just keep as a familiar ...
Posted by silver towers on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:12:00 PST