01 and the Wizard Con

Some opposites (provided by Fuller):

Associative-Disassociative
Divergent-Convergent
Pulsating-Oscillating
Expansive-Contractive
Explosive-Implosive
Radiational-Gravitational

Positive-Negative
Dissonance-Consonance (Zappa)

Eastern Philosophies...
Yang-Yin
Male-Female
Heaven-Earth

Our behavior is, at all times, capable of being described with these dualities.

Characters X and ~X's coordinate polarity is determinable after X awareness of ~X such as Ozzie to Ant or Ozzie to Alison. The ~X is more terminal (read: event specific) than X experiencing it.

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(rubs eyes)

Anyways... Having gone to Wizard Con this past weekend I can say that it wasn't nearly as pleasant as C2E2 was. The tone of the latter was fanciful compared to Wizard's gray walled, stereo clubbed, flea market. I understand you're The Iron Sheik but why are you here with a dozen other wrestlers and aging cult actors? Signing and selling studio photos doesn't enrich the community like *gasp* industry speakers.

Also, as much fun as video games are, they're only fun if you get to play them. Twice my friend and I were kicked off consoles so the xbox staff could set up tournaments for the professional gamer and his xbox green contacts. This wasn't after we'd be hoarding the game or loitering, this was actually as we had just completed selecting our song list. All the technological innovations in the world won't matter if we can't enjoy it naturally.

I confessed to my friend the love-hate relationship I have with the entertainment industry. The idea that a person can behave in wildly different manners in fantastical scenarios makes me smile. It's a land that praises and craves lunacy. It's romantic how people dress as favorite characters, to live as them, to be recognized as something bigger than themselves. And through my memories of time with my father, I see values of history and moments of nostalgia. But it's also a terribly ignorant and corruptable craft. The nature of entertainment rewards the lowering of intellectual exploration, reward being comprehension by the viewer. Because it's a populist region, it will always be a platform for public dialog, and that makes it very interesting to narcissists, politicians, and money-people.

Makes me wonder what's beyond the industrial age.