I just woke up because I slept at 8 pm and I don't know what's wrong with me, I can't sleep for more than 8 hours a stretch now. Dumbass. Anyway so noone's online and I'm bored. I shall maybe watch Will & Grace soon. Haha stupid homo show.
Oh speaking of a man loving another man, I was re-reading the picture of Dorian Gray. Dug it out to lend Ong. I think that the book is so.. reflective of the new-age hedonism and debauchery. It tells of Dorian Gray, this guy who fell in love with his own portrait painted by his artist friend. Talk about being inspired by Narcissus, huh. Not to say that it's a bad thing, of course.
So anyway Dorian proposed to this theatre actress, as she performed Shakespeare really well on stage. But Sybil (the actress) became so consumed by her new love that she became distracted and no longer professional on stage. Dorian then rejected her, saying that her beauty lies in her art. When he got home, he saw that the portrait of him had become much uglier - "there is a touch of cruelty in the mouth". After which he tried to reconcile with Sybil, only to be told that Sybil had killed herself with cyanide.
Dorian then indulged in acts forbidden to Man for the next 18 years. Blah blah blah, in the end he looked at the monstrosity that was himself (in the portrait) and stabbed a knife into his heart.
Predictable right?
But it's cool. Being self-indulgent I mean. And engaging in all the debauchery and all. Haha. So damn Faustian. If you could trade your soul for anything what would it be?
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