Diary of an up and coming sociopath

It occurs to me that out of all the times I’ve bothered to answer the Friday Five, I’ve never actually liked to it. I’ll stick it on the links bar in a moment, anyhow.

1. What do you most want to be remembered for?
Mostly, I want to be remembered for being the best example of a human being ever to have existed and for inspiring a religious cult based around the idea of my eventual resurrection and ascent into godhood. Unfortunately, that kind of thing seems unlike as at now 20 years old, I have yet to perform a single miracle or generate any disciples. With that in mind, I don’t really care if I’m remembered or not. I’d like to have a book published, because presumably that’s a pretty close way to get achieve practical immortality, especially given the fact that digital copies will exist, but then it’s a matter of actually being a good writer, so who knows? Scratch all that. I want, above all else, to be remembered for being the only human not to die.

2. What quotation best fits your outlook on life?
I could apply so many. “Come on, the guy looks like a date rapist!” being the most obvious. Hehe, no, I just kid. Erm. Of all the quotations I can think of, the most applicable is probably from Calvin & Hobbes, and goes:

“I should be doing my homework now. But the way I see it, playing in the snow is a lot more important. Out here I’m learning skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life - procrastinating and rationalizing.”

There’s the ever-popular alternative, of course: “Life sucks and then you die.” I don’t know who said that but it’s quite astute at times. I’m not sure I can apply any one quotation to my outlook. Generally, I think that everyone knows what the right thing to do is in any given situation (though sometimes you can trick yourself into thinking you don’t) and that if you don’t do it you have to accept the repurcussions. I often tell people I have no regrets, or at least very few, because I’m confident that every choice I’ve made has been the right one, which makes me sound arrogant at times, but it’s true.

3. What single achievement are you most proud of in the past year?
Okay, I don’t really achieve a lot in the specific sense. I haven’t conquered a fear of insects or painted works or art, nor have I contributed to society in any more than a general way, if that. My biggest achievements this year are probably just getting into some kind of proper existance away from home and Uni halls, and (hopefully) making Nikki happy, which is pretty much what I spend my time doing. If she’s happy, I am, and that’s enough of an achievement for me.

4. What about the past ten years?
The same as above probably applies. Other notable moves include passing my driving test, getting in to Uni and, er, well I haven’t done a lot else. I am only 20, the past decade pretty much included very little of note, besides the usual being a teenager stuff. Without trying to get too Disney about it, my biggest achievement is the have become who I am and to know what I know.

Honourable mentions, of course, go to completing my Placebo collection, collecting my comics, and owning complete TV series’ on CD\DVD. I’m a completist sucker for the procurement of intellectual property. I am not defined by my possessions, but I am inexplicably linked with them.

5. If you were asked to give a child a single piece of advice to guide them through life, what would you say?
I would say “Little kid, you shouldn’t be speaking to strangers.”

Okay, I have a real one now. I would say: “Understand yourself, your reasons and your motivations, listen to your educators, but know when to ignore them. Don’t think you have all the answers, but make certain you knw what the questions are. Expect the best, prepare for the worst, and don’t be afraid to ignore what’s cool if you think it’s stupid.” Okay, that’s several pieces of advice, and a kid probably wouldn’t understand them, but it’s those general concepts that have made me who I am today. That is, a lazy, underachieving geek.

Maybe I’ll rethink that advice.