i know nietzsche loved his zarathustra but i hate it-- it's grandiose, juvenile, and silly. beyond good and evil is where it's at.

eh, the book kind of "fit" my mindset for a while.

i thought Nietzsche loved Cosima Wagner.

sure-- it's just that his serpent and his eagle make me think of some kid playing d&d.

haha, i pictured my brother every time. it's probably why i got weird looks in the first place.

yes he did. for a while anyway.

There may not be much difference
Between Chairman Mao and Richard Nixon
If we strip them naked


There may not be much difference
Between Marilyn Monroe and Lenny Bruce
If we check their coffins


There may not be much difference
Between White House and Hall of People
If we count their windows


There may not be much difference
Between Raquel Welch and Jerry Rubin
If we hear their heartbeat


We're all water from different rivers
That's why it's so easy to meet
We're all water in this vast, vast ocean
Someday we'll evaporate together


There may not be much difference
Between Eldrige Cleaver and Queen of England
If we bottle their tears


There may not be much difference
Between Manson and the Pope
If we press their smile


There may not be much difference
Between Rockefeller and you
If we hear you sing


There may not be much difference
Between you and me
If we show our dreams


We're all water from different rivers
That's why it's so easy to meet
We're all water in this vast, vast ocean
Someday we'll evaporate together


What's the difference?
What's the difference?


There's no difference!
There's no difference!
What's the difference?

the reason i don't want to bring it up is because my answer is going to be "it's a very fun book".

i get the symbolisms and all that shit but overall, i rather read it like a straight narration of some crazy hermit coot who runs into tons of people who know him and tells them weird shit (not to mention his dr doolittle moments). i see how someone can look at it as the new bible for a new living, "god is dead" and all that shit but i certainly don't feel my beliefs challenged at all.

it is an enjoyable book, but if i were to have a conversation with a philosophy major and tell those words to him/her, the response would be "you're an idiot"...actually, i'd love to say that to a philosophy major just to see the irritation on his/her smug face.

...i forgot what else i wanted to write here, i'll post it when i remember.

ED: ahh yeah, i remember.

to me it's like amateur guemará or talmud stories.