January 24, 2005: narcissism and ALL of its evil ilk
"why are you so in love (obsessed with, full of, enamored by) yourself?"
-anonymous comment, from the last blog
What better way to answer this question than to write on and on all about me and my narcissism!
While I don't plan to pine away my years, doomed to stare at a reflection of myself in an eternal pool, I do agree that I have a pretty sweet self-esteem. 5 out of 6, as I would say.
And therein lies the trap! Avid readers or knowers of knowledge would note that quite a while ago I proposed the idea that our number system should be based on 6's instead of 5's and 10's. This is an A+ jeff sisson original. I will probably reference this when rating anything for about the next 9 months, after which point I will develop a new phrase of similar eccentricity, and it will be equally as mind-blowing and conversation-provoking.
I mention this specific example, because this is how much of my life works (as I view it, which again to be fair, is pretty self-enamoring). I have lists and lists chalk full of things written down, like "my spiritual retainers". I don't even know what this means! But it still a good idea, whatever its meaning. I also know this is not a totally foreign concept; a friend Joel asked me about something similar he had written down (nonoffensively) "Why would people in wheelchairs not need blogs?"
I realize that this has strayed off of the original topic, which was me. But it relates. I guess with all of these concepts, be they pictures of, or ideas from, writings by myself, I invest some sort of faith that some people enjoy some of the things I do. That in some way i am genius, and the things I am doing, no one else is doing them.
I realize that this is what Ms. Whitney told you in first grade, but it resounds probably more true than you think. It is entirely possible to never be bored when you enjoy yourself, because you just think up of stuff. All the time.
a 4.0 if I say so
p.s. I figured it was relevant to include a picture of yet another blatant self-lover, dave j
Comments
annons are bogus! :jeff:
Posted by: joel | January 24, 2005 8:25 AM
no, whats bogus is this blog! jeff has like 10 pictures of me hurting myself in the snow and he has displayed NONE OF THEM. 1 out of 6.
Posted by: dave | January 24, 2005 9:07 AM
egocentrism is totally cool. it annoys me when people notice people being narcissistic because there is NOTHING wrong with confidance (to be pronounced how it is spelled).
Posted by: emmerly | January 24, 2005 10:48 AM
i think you deserve to be in love with yourself. if i were you i would be.
Posted by: samara | January 24, 2005 12:25 PM
it is allowable to wear tight tshirts, but tight coats are not the same... i can see davejs belly
Posted by: erik! | January 24, 2005 1:03 PM
and the 6 rating system seems like it is simply an act of rebellion rather than any sort of intellegence. i think we should all use my 3 number rating system. its better than 6, 5, or 10.
1 = good
2 = llama
3 = bad
Posted by: erik! | January 24, 2005 1:05 PM
I like llamas. Um, I am like bi-polar egotistical. I go from being all like "Dude, I'm fucking awesome" to "Dude, I fucking suck."
Posted by: rob | January 24, 2005 2:09 PM
I don't mean entirely as a rating system, I mean that we live in a 10base society, it would be a 6base. SO under your proposed system, counting to "10" would go 3 2 1. haha silly
and rob, thats cool I dig it, but in both "Dude, I'm fucking awesome" and "Dude, I fucking suck" there exist an I. haha isn't I so great?
Posted by: Jeff | January 24, 2005 2:32 PM
yep you can see my belly because i was too busy making a snow angel to get my coat all unscrunched from where i fell. so enjoy that little peek.
Posted by: dave | January 24, 2005 4:05 PM
i read almost all your blogs but i rarely comment.
Posted by: jayme | January 24, 2005 4:47 PM
amen to what rob said.
Posted by: ryan | January 24, 2005 10:53 PM