As a preface: Clayton's friend Sam has been visiting from Florida for the last few days, and tonight he said, "Yeah, tomorrow I'm gonna go back to my real life."
That got me thinking: Why do we call our mundane lives 'real'? I've used that expression several times myself - "Well, back to reality" when I'm talking about leaving something fun; usually to do schoolwork or chores or something. I guess we dream of being free from our responsibilities and create a fantasy world of Pleasure where we get to do what we want 24/7. However, few, if any, of us actually live in that world, leaving 'normal' people to work until we can visit Pleasure on the weekend. Kinda puts a new spin on 'living the dream,' doesn't it?
Well, back to reality... which right now means it's time for bed! Oh, and I'll probably post later this week as a follow-up to my first post, so check back soon!
Monday, August 13, 2007
Late night thought
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i suppose we call it going "back to reality" because we can't sustain a state of stress-free pleasure forever. "reality" catches up to us; meaning at some point we *have* to do our homework or get to our jobs. and since you have to do this eventually and, in theory, you can do it continuously forever and ever, we refer to it as "reality."
ReplyDeleteYeah... what strikes me is that our fun is every bit as real as our work, but we think of it as a dream; a custom made world.
ReplyDeleteI thought I posted some comment here, but apparently not. Just pretend I made some great insightful comment.
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