I would have said overly self-involved over tedious, but I've no question that you chose the better description.

SUCCESS. I will celebrate by getting trashed.

I hate poetry in general, but Tennyson's just plain beautiful

Besides, the first poem of his that I read was The Kraken, and somber moods with water imagery is really my thing

No, it's pretty old.

It touched my heart.

If that is true then if you two ever meet it will surely be the end of the world.

But we won't have to worry about that because of the whole not-leaving-the-house thing :whew

I thought I saw all the older ones

I'm a goddamned failure

Well, I usually talk about theology in a historical context, so it's pointless to take it seriously outside of "NO, SHITHEAD, it's obvious that Aquinas would argue that FIFTEEN angels could dance on the end of a needle pin!"*

I do take certain realms of theology pretty seriously, but that's because it's mostly shit I made up when I was 17.

*Popular cliché often mistaken for an actual medieval debate, but actually invented by later satirists.

I LEAVE THE HOUSE REGULARLY

to go to the publishing lab

Probably not seeing as how I prefer to explore and discuss my own theories of the ties between freedom, religion, and the state rather than plagiarize, or compare, other people's ideas.

I'm a big mythology freak, so I get involved with theology when the two bleed into each other

Tennyson is certainly memorable and I couldn't possibly hope to do better on the very best of my perfect days, so I'm not one to pick too much, but... Well, I've always been attached to Wordsworth.

PJ, if you're not actually going to say anything, shutcher trap

It's not true, she merely said something stupid.

I've actually never read much of wordsworth :(

Yeah, no one but you has good ideas.

I've always preferred philisophical discussions concerning the existence of the human (or animal) soul rather than Theology. But then again, Theology can be pretty interesting if explored counter-intuitively in a philisophical manner rather than a religious one.

I was going to agree, but

I'm using that as evidence to the argument that we'd probably actively dislike each other.

Grislygus:

http://www.online-literature.com/wordsworth/2208/

People have great ideas. But why not tell me yours rather than someone else's from 200 years ago?

Alright, I'll remind you that Isaac Newton may have had certain eccentricities that are outright stupid by modern viewers, but he was probably more intelligent than your intelligence is capable of formulating a coherent image against which you could base comparison against yourself.

Also, he wasn't really famous for being humble, either.

He said something like,
"If I have been able to see further than anyone else, it is merely because I have been standing on the shoulders of giants."

(I'll not look up the exact quote because I want to impress you with my memory of how close I came to it.)

So, yeah, saying that you ignore Voltaire because you have your own views, which I'm sure have all the uniqueness and profundity to shatter the earth, is pretty fucking stupid.

Please, PJ, elaborate on these discussions

Because most of the things I hear as 'original ideas' have already been explored 200 years ago by someone much smarter & interesting than you.

Whoah, where'd he say that

I'm losing track here

Oh wait, there it is

Is he retarded

I always like the story behind that. The next letter was all "YOU'RE A MIDGET? I HAD NO IDEA! LET ME APOLOGISE PROFUSELY!"