I think too much.

[logansrogue]

No, really. I have been watching evolution videos on Youtube all day and it occurred to me as I got off my duff and went to hunker down for bed...

These ancestors of ours, they busted their collective balls to find greener pastures, fatter wilderbeest, bigger fish and a cushier existence. They evolved to be smarter, tougher and more self-sufficient. A process started, and humans sort of took evolution to a new level. We weren't evolving our bodies anymore, we were evolving our minds and culture. Memes took over genes and, well, you have us.

And what am I? I'm a girl that's about to sit down and fuck around playing Animal Crossing on the DS. I'm a woman that, given opposable thumbs and the God-given talent of painting and art, chooses to record Pop Culture characters, of all things. That's what I do.
With the skill that was fought for, died for, honed and developed over generations, here I am - painting pictures of guys and girls I think are hot. (Which, I guess that's all Bottacelli was doing with Venus, but you get my point!)

I guess, for a moment, I saw there was no cultural value in what I do. And that's sad, there should be. I know I have it in me to be a great artist of influence and depth. I just have this thing where I like capturing things that are beautiful to me. And right now, David Tennant is really very beautiful. How can I resist a hero like the Doctor? He is all about thinking, and I can NEVER resist a thinking hero.

I was very sad for a while, cause I figured I was letting my forebears down. And then I realised that my forebears would probably have appreciated the fact that I am rarely ever cold, rarely ever sick, am rarely ever in danger of being mauled by wild animals and they might have reminded me that they did everything that they did so that I could have an existence where I had the time to paint a picture because it made me happy to do so.

So I came full circle and realised that my DS had shut itself off because of low battery (I'd knocked the cable loose from the power point) and now when I restarted, I'd be visited by that fucking Resetti bastard.

All thoughts of my noble heritage lost in the face of an unsaved game of Animal Crossing... It's really an amazing existence for us, isn't it?

And I don't know if I mean that in a good or a bad way. In other news, I hate writing in journals for psychologists. *sigh*

Comments

[groovekittie.livejournal.com]

This is the best post I've ever read. *hugs* It made me laugh.

Also? Your talent brings me great joy and a smile to my face. I'm sorry I didn't respond to your Doctor painting, but I really do love it. I did take a wee bit of time out of my morning to stare at it, which considering how much work I have to do and how crap my personal life can be ... really says something. <3

Don't ever stop what you're doing. ;)

[leviathan0999.livejournal.com]

The thing to remember about evolution is that it's an ongoing, never-ending process. Your ability to paint and desire to Paint "Doctor Who" and a particularly sexy Hermione are things that make me want to shag you rotten, thereby enhancing your and my ability to pass our genes on to a new generation of geeks, and, as an off-topic aside, making you incredibly grateful for the presence of a whole planet between us!

As Larry Niven tells us -- and it is applicable to absolutely any event -- "Just think of it as Evolution in Action!"

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

I couldn't stop what I do, it's a terrible addicting habit. ;) I'm glad you enjoyed the Doctor painting!

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

You've applied my skills to evolution, negated my argument and thereby made me happy, and also flattered me to the point of grinning.

You've earned a leg-hump, my friend! *humps your leg*

[leviathan0999.livejournal.com]

Okay, see, now, I'm imagining that way too literally, and way too tactilely, for your comfort.

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

Just ask dalekboy about my leghumps. He described them as 'surprisingly intimate'. Something along those lines! LOL!

[sir-devans.livejournal.com]

In other news, I hate writing in journals for psychologists. *sigh*
Try living with one.

[leviathan0999.livejournal.com]

With all due respect to the magnificently-nomenclated dalekboy, this is something I'm quite certain I prefer to discover for myself. Slowly. Very, very slowly. And naked.

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

... well I gave my leghump to him at Swancon, so I was fully clothed. (It was too early in the evening for anything else and running around in hotel corridors naked isn't something I think I'd get up to. Fun, but not my schtick LOL)

But you can keep replaying that in your head if you like, I don't mind. *laugh*

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

Heh, no thanks. I'll leave that to you. :-P