... some dismal ass quotes.

i hope the dude who sent me this email is ok with me posting it on here... i definitely didnt ask him. sorry!
anyways, i figured he would rather be left unnamed so, if he finds this and tells me to remove it or credit it to him then i will...

" >> > That EBN one really brought back some 90's art school memories. I also
>> > remembered one of the reasons I stopped making work like that... I made a
>> video
>> > with the Ed Dwyer clip (the guy who shoots himself with that huge handgun)
>> for
>> > an Aesthetics of Editing class. I got my hands on the whole clip (it was a
>> news
>> > conference after he was convicted) before and after the shot to the head.
>> It is
>> > one of the worst things ever to watch. Way more blood than you would ever
>> > imagine comes pouring out of his head for a really long time. Anyway, I
>> edited
>> > it into a 6 hour video on three tapes and put it in a nice box set called
>> > Guilt. I've only shown it once. Stupid.
>> >
>> > J."


Also,
we talked in sound class about this disease where you hear a constant ringing in your ears.
there was an ariticle in time magazine i think about it. apparently this one guy who was happy his entire life, very cheery fellow, wife, kids, grandkids, very loving wonderful guy, got it after a car alarm went off beside him... afterwards he told time magazine something along the lines of

"now i go out in thunderstorms and stand by flag poles and pray that god will take me"



i dont know why i posted this... i just thought it was interesting.