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Wednesday, June 08, 2005  
Necessary Evils and Diabolic Essentials
Every year, before summer break, right before final exams, thoughts of the apocalypse come to mind. I know what you're thinking: "Why so chipper this sunny day, kind sir?" Even though there's plenty to be happy about...friends, family, trees and all that jazz...thoughts of the end of days still come to mind. No, I'm not being suicidal (I'm to much of a pussy for that type of thing) or homicidal (See last set of parentheses), I just think that when the end of the world comes (and it is going to be in our lifetime under this wacked out government...zing) what shall we cherish. Those endless nights spent studying for a chemistry final, or that first trip to the beach with your parents when you were younger. Some say all the effort and work put into studying such mindless things are necessary evils. They're right. Without any of our work early on, we won't have something worth hanging onto later on. But then again, why are they necessary evils. As a matter of fact, why should they even be evils? If no one likes studying physics and chemistry and math and Lithuanian literature, why do they do it anyway? I mean the majority of these Asian girls at UCLA do it all the time. (I still love you Bei) Constantly studying, constantly working. And for what? To make their parents proud, to ensure a future for themselves, to become something greater....but at what cost? At what point do these necessary evils become just too sinister to withstand.

Evil. What comes to mind when you hear this? Hitler? Jeffrey Dahmer? Emperor Palpatine (geek reference of the day)? Condoleeza Rice (double zing)? Organic chemistry, applied physics, statistics? Looking at this list, it is obvious that there are different definitions of devilry ("Teacher, teacher! That's alliteration!") in today's world... which is a shame. In fantasy stories, there are always three types of characters: the good, the bad and the innocents. But in the real world, each of these three character types have subcategories, and subcategories of subcategories. There is no clean cut line between good and evil. It all comes down to each person finding out what they need to do to better themselves. Then, the social norm is used as a foil to decide how crazy your idea of self is. Myself..I'm working to possibly go to medical school to hopefully become a psychiatrist. If not, I'll go to grad school for a PsyD or a PhD. Someone else might think it's way too much work to get to where I wanna go. They're going to get a Communications degree and intern at a television studio. Someone else thinks television is the single most corruptive force in the world. They're going to a convent to become a nun. A coyote hiding in the hills behind the convent might look a the nun and say, "Gee golly that black and white freak looks tasty." The perv hanging out in the shack behind the coyote thinks, "Man, I'd like to have sex with that coyote...Here I go!"

Each of these people have a definition that they came up with in order to fulfill their own needs. One person's solution may not work for the other, another's may go unnoticed, and yet another's may lead them into years and years of therapy. When it comes to evil, it's pretty much everywhere in one form or another. How harmful it is to someone or others all depends on the severity and context of the evil. Studying science vs. murder. Med school vs. coyote fucking. It's up to each person to find out what they need to do to fulfill their own needs... within reason. Sorry guys, leave the coyotes alone...and the nuns...they're crazy all on their own.

So when that comet strikes the Pacific and that tidal wave comes barrelling towards us, will all your work and perseverence be worth it? Would your sacrifices have been worth the cost? When apporached with the prospect of your final revelation, what will you look back on and regret and what will you look back on and smile?

More importantly, when the comet comes, where'd you put that laser you built in grad school.

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