{"id":669,"date":"2007-09-19T13:58:54","date_gmt":"2007-09-19T18:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=669"},"modified":"2007-09-19T14:01:47","modified_gmt":"2007-09-19T19:01:47","slug":"ofn-and-the-human-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=669","title":{"rendered":"OFN and the human condition."},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier today, like a good little member of the online social community (in which, my circle has grown by 4 friend requests just today, so eat it), I changed my Facebook status. I changed it to read “Christopher is … a lone monkey contemplating infinity.” I heard the phrase somewhere and it still resonates with me.<\/p>\n

Evidently, it moved one of my friends as well, as she replied on my “wall” that infinity was a deep thought for a monkey to have. Immediately, I was reminded of an Ernest Cline spoken word<\/a> piece called Dance, Monkeys, Dance<\/a>. Without delay, I searched it out on youtube and sent it to her, after another viewing myself.<\/p>\n

Since I am in a relatively new office, I thought I would also send it out to my colleagues, as it might make their day. It met with approval. I was pleased.<\/p>\n

Then, after lunch, I went to Digg and discovered one of the top items listed was another version of the video on youtube. Now, I doubt it was any one I would have sent it to, as they likely would have posted the version I sent. Somehow, as one colleague theorized, I tapped into the great geek unconscious. Or perhaps, as Tim<\/a> postulates, I am simply from the future.<\/p>\n

Regardless, its appearance on Digg wounds my hipster bone \u00e2\u20ac\u201c my “hip,” as I call it, but only ironically and only when people can hear me \u00e2\u20ac\u201c much in the way that sudden public support of an underground band you’ve loved for years (I’m looking at you, Flight of the Conchords) can sting deeply, despite your seat at the reigns of the bandwagon.<\/p>\n

So, as is the purpose of blogs, I hereby present proof that you heard it here first (after I found it, probably on MetaFilter): Buddha’s Bellyaching » A bit o’ the ol’ optimistic nihilism.<\/a><\/p>\n

And no, I did not change the timestamp, you bastards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earlier today, like a good little member of the online social community (in which, my circle has grown by 4 friend requests just today, so eat it), I changed my Facebook status. I changed it to read “Christopher is … a lone monkey contemplating infinity.” I heard the phrase somewhere and it still resonates with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73iP8-aN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":91,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=91","url_meta":{"origin":669,"position":0},"title":"Typewriter monkey Shakespeare","date":"4\/5\/2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Could you combine the following concepts into an email? inexplicable seance phd scribners smash higgins dandy razzle supra inward malconduct wearisome grownup exert minerva acidic copperas cyclades asphyxiate fortify coolheaded monkey babe gershwin x thorstein electrify endgame unicorn indicant If not, I don't think you should scold Felicity K. Inconsistency\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Ennui"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":287,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=287","url_meta":{"origin":669,"position":1},"title":"MetaFilter knows which style is best.","date":"3\/25\/2005","format":false,"excerpt":"My translation isn't perfect, but I'm pretty certain that the announcers are saying, \"OMG WTF is the monkey doing??!?!11\" Monkey vs. tigers [embedded video]","rel":"","context":"In "Found Art"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":322,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=322","url_meta":{"origin":669,"position":2},"title":"Run test pattern 7. The one with the monkey.","date":"5\/26\/2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I just haven't had anything worth saying.","rel":"","context":"In "Ennui"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":592,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=592","url_meta":{"origin":669,"position":3},"title":"Affordable art.","date":"8\/30\/2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Went in search of monkey news (ya f---) and found this. Interesting. Tom Judd's Once-A-Week","rel":"","context":"In "Ennui"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":712,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=712","url_meta":{"origin":669,"position":4},"title":"The heartwarming tale of a man and his monkey.","date":"1\/14\/2008","format":false,"excerpt":"From Czeltic Girl, an indescribable new medium for art: Biertijd.com \/\/ Media \u00c2\u00bb Damon Scott & Bubbles","rel":"","context":"In "Found Art"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1120,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=1120","url_meta":{"origin":669,"position":5},"title":"Monkey does.","date":"1\/13\/2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I was staring at this. I was not in the best of moods, and it struck me as apropos. It is the business card of Jules Mann, whose beautiful art can be purchased here.","rel":"","context":"In "Ennui"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.steelbuddha.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/monkey.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}