Update for Everyone VIII: He who laughs have the last laugh

[Battista Minola 1616]

I don't know why ChairmanSanchez keeps telling me I'm surprising normal and well adjusted for an Atlas poster.
I am anything but normal and well adjusted!

This part is important.

Either you all hide your absurdities very well, or that part is not that important in the end.

[Battista Minola 1616]

I don't know why ChairmanSanchez keeps telling me I'm surprising normal and well adjusted for an Atlas poster.
I am anything but normal and well adjusted!

This part is important.

Either you all hide your absurdities very well, or that part is not that important in the end.

I don't exactly believe it's normal to think about Elliott County and Loudoun County far more than most people who live in those places, but that may be for the best. Besides, what else is there to do a couple of months after a major election during a worldwide pandemic?

I don't know, baking sourdough?

[I half stole this one from Ernest/True Federalist]

[Battista Minola 1616]

Κύριε, ελέησον

Χριστέ, ελέησον

Κύριε, ελέησον

Αμήν.

[Battista Minola 1616]

Κύριε, ελέησον

Χριστέ, ελέησον

Κύριε, ελέησον

Αμήν.

It feels very insensitive to indulge in any art at the moment, but if I did feel the need, I'd probably be listening to a good Renaissance Mass by Palestrina or one of his ilk.

I'll direct you to HenryWallaceVP. Renaissance Masses are definitely his thing.

[Battista Minola 1616]

Today I opened the three packs of Monarchs I bought yesterday but I accidentally slightly damaged the box (specifically, I peeled off a bit of it) of the red one, and I'm angry over this.
This opinion is probably heretical among experts but I think I prefer Bicycle's.

[Battista Minola 1616]

And how could we sing
with a foreign foot weighing upon our hearts,
among the dead bodies forsaken in the streets
on the grass hard as ice, to the lamb-like
moaning of the infants, to the black scream
of the mother walking towards her child
crucified on the telegraph pole?
On the boughs of the willows, as a vow,
our harps too were hung,
they oscillated gently with the sad wind.

- Salvatore Quasimodo, On the boughs of the willows

(Translation by: yours truly)

Inspired by a conversation with Alcibiades.

[Battista Minola 1616]

I don't think I have ever mentioned that in 1946 two Aliyah Bet ships were blockaded by the British here in La Spezia but in the end were allowed to leave the city and reach the Holy Land after a hunger strike, strong solidarity from the city inhabitants, and international interventions, and now La Spezia is apparently nicknamed "Gateway to Zion" in certain circles.

I think Sunriso might appreciate this.

[Battista Minola 1616]

I just realised that a certain long-time Republican Michigan congressman who voted to impeach Trump has the same first name and middle name as me.

Whaaat

Brutal self-doxxing

Can I refer to you as Frederick X of Denmark from now on?

[Battista Minola 1616]

I have been reflecting on the conflictedness of my current display name after spending a considerable amount of time in musings about Metallica's One and euthanasia, which you might agree is one of the most stereotypically Battista Minola things ever.

[Battista Minola 1616]

I have been reflecting on the conflictedness of my current display name after spending a considerable amount of time in musings about Metallica's One and euthanasia, which you might agree is one of the most stereotypically Battista Minola things ever.

As I noted in the "opinion of the previous poster's display name" thread, the conflicts at its heart are what make it such an intriguing phrase.

As I noted in a "guilty pleasures in music" thread, Metallica's music is supreme but their lyrics are "culture of death" to a fault.

[Battista Minola 1616]

I have been reflecting on the conflictedness of my current display name after spending a considerable amount of time in musings about Metallica's One and euthanasia, which you might agree is one of the most stereotypically Battista Minola things ever.

As I noted in the "opinion of the previous poster's display name" thread, the conflicts at its heart are what make it such an intriguing phrase.

As I noted in a "guilty pleasures in music" thread, Metallica's music is supreme but their lyrics are "culture of death" to a fault.

How do you feel about euthanasia in regards to a situation like in the movie? To me, that just sounds like an awful existence.

I haven't watched Johnny Got His Gun, but I assume the situation is identical to that in the song. Eh... I guess bad, but less bad than others.

[Battista Minola 1616]

I have just had a galaxy brain moment in which I realized the coincidence between Barry Lyndon (Stanley Kubrick film based on a 1844 novel by W. M. Thackeray) and the names of the 1964 major party presidential candidates.

[Battista Minola 1616]

Today I was meaning to finally start reading my copy of Doctor Faustus in English, which is the last gift I received from my girlfriend while we were a couple, but I realized I couldn't bring myself to do it. Opening it now just doesn't feel right for some reason.

[Battista Minola 1616]

Today I was meaning to finally start reading my copy of Doctor Faustus in English, which is the last gift I received from my girlfriend while we were a couple, but I realized I couldn't bring myself to do it. Opening it now just doesn't feel right for some reason.

You two broke up?! I must be really behind.

You are two months and a half behind

[Battista Minola 1616]

I miss being a red avatar. You cannot be a good person unless you are a Democrat.

Being a good person is overrated.

Being a Democrat is overrated.  I still hope to someday return to a light green avatar, but 2027 is probably the earliest that happens.

Being part of a two-party system is overrated.

[Battista Minola 1616]

Scott. This is giving me too much malaise to say anything else coherent, but just know that we really love you too. Don't kill yourself.

[Battista Minola 1616]

I was never a big fan of Valentine's Day as a concept, but today is my first Valentine's Day outside of a romantic relationship since 2016 and it just feels strange. Five years is A LOT for someone as young as I am.
The ironic thing is that at the time in 2016... I was feeling down because 1 ½ months prior I had been rejected by my first "real" crush, lmao [and that I would have met she who has been my only girlfriend just a month later].
Of course my current state stems from something orders of magnitude more serious and complex and is barely comparable at all, but it's ironic nonetheless.

[Battista Minola 1616]

My days as a teenager are almost at their end - less than two weeks - and I feel quite strange about it. I both feel like something big is about happen and that nothing is going to fundamentally change. I guess that's what it is for most things in life, however (especially politics).

[Battista Minola 1616]

Today, March 1st, is the feast of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales - a place I have always been fascinated with. Cymru am byth.

[Battista Minola 1616]

Honestly, after going on an emo binge for 3 days, it's hard to go back to other music.

Are you trying to desperately BRTD-ify yourself?

[Battista Minola 1616]

Honestly, after going on an emo binge for 3 days, it's hard to go back to other music.

Are you trying to desperately BRTD-ify yourself?

I am not even close to that level of forum institution yet.

You have already made more than 20,000 posts, which puts you in a pretty good position.

[Battista Minola 1616]

Today I went on a hike in the Cinque Terre with a couple friends of mine. That was so refreshing, I had not made any such thing in more than a year. It was also the first time I have taken a train since March 2020 - and I am a train lover.
To be more precise, we made the pathway from Monterosso al Mare to Levanto, which is approximately 7 km.

[Battista Minola 1616]

Today is my twentieth birthday!
I have mulled plenty over this, which feels like sort of a major milestone to me, and all I can say in the end is that I am feeling very at peace with God right now.

Also, happy π Day (3/14) to everyone.

[Battista Minola 1616]

Today is the Anniversary of the Unification of Italy, which happened on March 17th, 1861. Happy 160th birthday, Italia!

[Battista Minola 1616]

In the words of Dwight Schrute, it is my birthday.

In the words of the Beatles, happy birthday.