urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:absurdminded "The unexamined life is not worth living" absurdminded 2008-07-18T18:39:10Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:absurdminded:821 2008-07-18T18:39:10Z 2008-07-18T18:39:10Z "Get Drunk!" Charles Baudelaire<br /><br />One should always be drunk. That's all that matters;<br />that's our one imperative need. So as not to feel Time's<br />horrible burden one which breaks your shoulders and bows<br /><br />you down, you must get drunk without cease.<br /><br />But with what?<br />With wine, poetry, or virtue<br />as you choose.<br />But get drunk.<br /><br />And if, at some time, on steps of a palace,<br />in the green grass of a ditch,<br />in the bleak solitude of your room,<br />you are waking and the drunkenness has already abated,<br />ask the wind, the wave, the stars, the clock,<br />all that which flees,<br />all that which groans,<br />all that which rolls,<br />all that which sings,<br />all that which speaks,<br />ask them, what time it is;<br />and the wind, the wave, the stars, the birds, and the clock,<br />they will all reply:<br /><br />"It is time to get drunk!<br /><br />So that you may not be the martyred slaves of Time,<br />get drunk, get drunk,<br />and never pause for rest!<br />With wine, poetry, or virtue,<br />as you choose!" urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:absurdminded:516 2008-07-18T18:26:55Z 2008-07-18T18:26:55Z In the quest to discover the meaning of life it is sometimes necessary to set aside all that you have already done and start from scratch. Sometimes starting again gives you a fresh perspective, of course it can also be a little like shooting yourself in the foot-you cant really tell before you start out.