are you the other half of my bagel?

[myurbandream]

human sit is such a fun class. *grins* prof zaretsky did the lecture on aristophanes' speech in the symposium. it's about how we used to be bagel-people. more on that later, so this is the story: aristophanes tells the truth of the origins of love and the human race, and it is thus (though here heavily influenced by both zaretsky and myself; warning: sarcasm): once we were bagel-people, round like the planets and as powerful, with two heads, four arms, and four legs. we were immortal and as strong as gods, and we reproduced by planting poppy seeds in the ground. then, in our arrogance, we decided to overthrow the gods. zeus thought to destroy humankind, but he didn't want to lose his many worshipers. so he had hephaestus cut us in half instead, making us mortal and powerless. hephaestus also turned our heads around so that we could forever see the wound where we had been parted; it has dwindled through time and is now reduced to our belly-buttons. thus zeus stopped the coup and doubled the numbers of his faithful worshipers all in one blow. but then humankind began to die off, forever separated from the other halves of their selves, their souls. we couldn't reproduce through the earth anymore, and we had lost our eternal life. we would embrace our other half, trying again to become one, but it was futile. eventually some people began to die, leaving their other halves alone forever. so hephaestus switched our genetelia to the insides of our bodies, the same side as the face, so that when we embraced we woiuld reproduce that way, and thus achieve immortality of a sort. love is our eternal, eternally futile search to find the other half of our bagel. but it will never be possible, because most of the bagel-people died, separating their souls forever, while the other halves reproduced with each other, creating imperfect offspring. and thus we can find people with part of our bagel, but we will never be a complete bagel again. so ask your significant other: 'are you the other half of my bagel?' *grins* i have to go now. sara is going off-campus for dinner and i definitely want out for a bit. ^/___^


also, i have a lemon with a wild-haired frown-y face carved into it, and on the other side it says, 'be a genius, damnit!'. jim made it for me, tho he didn't know why. hahahaha!!!!! okay i really gotta run now.

bye!!!!!!

Comments

[wuffielover.livejournal.com]

YOU MUST SAVE THE LEMON FOREVER!!!! ^__^ And take pictures, and post them online! So I can see!

[http://users.livejournal.com/raven-wings-/]

Jim = love-interest? (don't throw lemons at me - I haven't had a proper conversation with you in a month....are you on cingular?)

[jen-chan13.livejournal.com]

mmm.... i suppose. well, i don't want to date anyone right now. i'm far too busy with classes, plus it's college, and i'm a freshman; not a good time to begin relationships, in general.


...but that doesn't mean i can't think he's cute, and cool. *winks*

and no, i'm not on cingular, or sprint, or any other program that a sane person would have. *eyeroll* but my grandparents pay for it, so i don't complain. and i am definitely NOT throwing this lemon at anyone. as cait or bri would tel you, this lemon is staying in the place of reverence upon my desk. *grins* ask them.

[catc10.livejournal.com]

do you wax the lemon to keep it fresh?
Also, I will be part of your bagel, and I hope you are part of mine! (That needs to be on all the shirts in the world: then we'd have world peace.)
Though I think Sav ate most of my bagel...O.O;;;
OH! AND HEY, GUESS WHAT!!! I bought patters to sew kimonos! Once I get a little practice in, I could get really good!
ME

[jen-chan13.livejournal.com]

sav ate your bagel?! O_o owwie, my brain. *gasp* that means she ate part of my bagel too!!!!! noo~ooo!!!!


kimono=love.

also, your icon=love. *grins*