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March 19, 2009
The Ellie Zone - Relaxation
WARNING!!! Beyond this line lies...
The Ellie Zone
This place is wrought with horror and destruction. Circles are squares and 2+2=18. Enter at the risk of your sanity.
Please e-mail Dad with ideas of stuff to talk about. Frankly, I'm running out.
Now that we're past that, on to the topic: relaxation.
Recently, a friend of mine asked about a good way to relax. I don't know why anyone would ever think that asking me was a good idea, but they did.
I answered honestly. The thing that relaxes me the most is listening to really loud, really brutal music. Now, this isn't heavy metal. I haven't gotten into that yet, even though some friends of mine are trying to get me started. ... It hasn't really worked yet.
But we'll get back to that later.
So I was talking to this friend of mine on the phone, and Dad happened to be in the room. so we're talking, and my friend asks for a good way to relax. I say what helps me, which is to listen to music. And so my friend replies with the usual follow-up question, "What music?"
Of course, I reply with the truth again, I am an honest person after all. The specific bands that I have actually listened to and that help me relax are Within Temptation and Evanescence. I haven't really heard much else, but there it is.
My father begins laughing hysterically and shouts so that my friend (and everyone else in the neighborhood) can hear. Not that it's needed, as I proceed to put my friend on speakerphone.
Anyway, Dad starts loudly singing the beginning of "Solemn Hour" by Within Temptation, a favorite of his. Still laughing, he questions how anything like this could make me calm. My only defense is to reply "The same way severely injuring people relieves stress."
Now remember, any slaughter should only be online, in videogames and such. Do NOT start killing people just because you're having a bad day at work, or your best friend just died. Please. I know the general populace is not covering itself with glory these days, but that doesn't give you the right to "make the world a better place."
Speaking of which, the same friend and I, again talking on the phone, began discussing the said topic. He was depressed, and for some reason decided to talk to me. Seriously. I'm the last person you want to talk to about emotional problems. Every time one of my friends decides life is too tough to deal with, they come straight to me. Why?? It's like God is laughing...
I mean, I know it's a chemical malfunction in the brain, but I can't understand why anyone would want to off themselves. I just can't imagine a life so horrible that that's the only chance of escape. And even then, you'd only hurt someone else, since at least one person cares about you. But hey, maybe that's just 'cause my life's so great.
To get back to what I was saying earlier, this friend and I were discussing why killing all the stupid people would be a great idea. He was saying that we should just do it, and remove them from the gene pool (Darwin Awards), while I was arguing that hell would have to freeze over before we could ever even think of getting away with it.
This conversation continued for several minutes.
The final say is this:
You shouldn't ever kill somebody, no matter how much you want to, because you'll never get away with it. And though it may feel great at the time, you'll just feel awful later.
Unless you're a psychopath. Then you might still feel great.
Smile,
Ellie The Gremlin
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