My name is Peter (A doppelganger I am) however I am many things besides a combination of aesthetically pleasing letters alluding to the Bible. First and foremost I am a pacifist and humanitarian opposed to both war and apathy. I believe we need to take care of our environment and not meddle with the courses of Nature. Inside my heart lays a desire reserved for nymphets with red locks of fire and curls; they are downy creatures of another race that I find irresistable. I am wealthy, but it was my fate to be born to a brilliant father and oppress the poor in order to better serve the world as a whole. I am a vegan; I don't believe in the ill treatment of any of God's creatures. And speaking of God, I am devout Christian of a pious nature, attending church whenever possible. Through my relationship with my pastor, I have also recently become a Rehab counselor and mentor for those struggling with all forms addiction. At the meetings I often take the responsibility of cooking for each of the struggling addicts and the loved ones there to support them. Together we share hearty meals, but my favorite is steak and eggs which I believe is good not only for the body, but the soul. And the people I work with are not any different than you or I; they often struggle with problems of an incomprehensible nature. I love the earth: trees, skies, mountains, fields, gardens, oceans, valleys, canyons, glaciers, etc. I love the senses; I adore the exhilaration and rapture I experience when tantalizing them with hours spent in opium dens; the feelings which I feel emoted within myself are the most relaxing sentiments a man can find. I enjoy my Saturdays volunteering with a local Girls Scout troop and occasionally chaperoning their dances. I voted for President Obama in the last election, because I myself am a socialist and will not heed the demands of the rich for their own personal pursuit. Before the moon is full, I set the forests ablaze and bask in the glory of the ephemeral nature of life and lasting servitude of death. Lastly, I believe satire is a reflection of cynicism, which is for those who don't understand the true wondrous wonderfulness of the life in which we are so very fortunate to live. I hate the word “that” and I hate the word “is”.
Your honest cooperation is absolutely necessary for the question I am about to pose. And do not object with benevolent outcries in outrageous objection, because under those high pitch shrieks and low pitch groans is fear generating from preconceived notions about civilty, dogmatic ideals, and detrimental thoughts about what others thinks about you. Please (I ask not only for the sake of this blog, but for the sake of your happiness) to leave those sentiments behind.
I think it would fascinating to find out whether or not you would entertain in the practice of sexual intercouse with yourself. In this hypothetical situation your sexual inclinations transform in correlation with your prior self. If you are heterosexual, you are a now a woman or man of opposite gender. If you are homosexual, you either another man or a woman other than yourself. And I am not going to provide an easy way out with another question, that you can simply forget when you close this window and return to something that you believe is of higher importance. And in all regards it may very well be, however you do not have a choice. And indeed yes I do know you are an American
Thank you (waves with right hand, nods head upwards (exposing the carotid artery as a sign of peace) and smiles)
Peter
Um what? You might legitimately be a genius. Unfortunately I'm going to have to decline answering your question, as the words you used were limited. For example: Man and woman, heterosexual and homosexual. What about those who do not identify with any four of those words? Furthermore, I find your inquiries wildly inappropriate. Sorry, Peter.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Sam's point, but I am willing to give you my answer, which is... No.
ReplyDeleteWhile I found your post quite entertaining, I also found it difficult. I feel as though I can never tell when you are serious or not Peter. In person or on the internet. I did enjoy the cynicism and irony in your post.
ReplyDeleteI do not understand why you posed the question you did. I am not going to answer it.
Touche Sam, touche.Imagine that the situation is customized to you, in a manner that fits. Unless you have no sexual inclinations. In that case you are exempt. And I posted it, because I find it interesting; it says a lot about a person's self esteem, mental image, and their interpretation of their emotional and physical selves. I for one would not, because I personally don't like the way I look. From that, you may be able to discover certain things about me. I also find it to be fun, because it provokes a thought some may have not thought of before. And I love new thoughts.
ReplyDeletenot only can you fly but you're a doppleganger? pretty cool :D
ReplyDeleteNot going to lie I had a tough time understanding what you said. You are without a doubt going to be super rich one day, because you are boy genius.
ReplyDeleteI might entertain the idea, sure. But that's to say I wouldn't come to the conclusion that I would, in fact, do it.
ReplyDeleteTo answer the question: I don't know. I think it would be very interesting to see myself from the outside as another person. I think I'd learn a lot about myself, but I can't really answer whether or not I'd want to have sex with myself.
ReplyDeleteTATY SAID: I think that I agree with Jess very strongly. I absolutely loved your post even though I’m not sure whether or not you were serious throughout the whole thing. Even if it wasn’t serious I found it completely entertaining.
ReplyDeleteAs for your question, I think that’s really hard to determine because what if I meet myself on a really bad day and I chew myself out. Of course I’m not going to have sex with myself cause who wants to interact with someone that rude. Yet on a good day who knows what I might think of myself. Or my other self fits into any of the boxes you laid out like Sam stated. So my answer is maybe it depends on the situation I catch myself in.
Well, Peter, at first I didn't even know where to start with you, so I waited a few days to let my thoughts meander around this post. Here's what I've come up with:
ReplyDelete1) Given that I've pretty clearly stated that I can appreciate the breaking of rules, (that's kind of what our class is about,) I shouldn't be surprised when someone in the class wants to break a rule that I've laid out. I was a bit taken aback when I first read your post (tho' I did laugh a lot reading it) because on one level it didn't do what I expected: explicitly relate some things about yourself. Of course, as a whole, it does say a lot about who you are on a different level--you like to be provocative, irreverent, you have a nice command of language.... It's just that you're showing us this, rather than telling us. Notice everyone how this relates to the Warhol article? And your post also told me something about myself: it's easier for me to bend someone else's rules, or think about how others bend rules than to have mine bent. So that's cool, too, as it relates again to what many of our articles have said about how Satrapi and Bechdel encourage the reader to think about their own position. That having been said, I should point out to everyone that too much rule bending on the more formal posts and papers will effect your grade negatively. Knowing how to write a "straight" essay is an important skill that you need to practice, even if in the future you take that ability and warp it for some productive end. Talk to me if you want to go out on a limb to make sure you're not about to crash to the rocky ground.
2) On your question: I'm not surprised some of us have refused to answer, perhaps we haven't built up enough trust yet, especially to have such a discussion in a public forum. My own response isn't so much to answer your question, which I read as a bit juvenile (sorry if that sounds harsh, but why does it have to be about sex?) but instead to relate all the questions such a scenario raises for me, which I think are much more interesting than "would I have sex with myself?" Would the new male-Lisa be me? Would an alternative female-Lisa be me? Would an intersex-Lisa be me? etc. Likely not, we'd have had different life experiences, people would have treated us differently than they treated regular old Lisa based on their perception of the sex/gender of the alterna-me. These questions about how our identities are formed seem much more interesting to me, for example, how would I be different if I'd been born male, trans, etc.?
I was blown away by this blog post Peter. You had so much to say and very interesting thoughts too. I enjoyed reading this! Makes me look forward to reading what else you have to post.
ReplyDeleteyou are smart.
ReplyDeleteNice post, magnificent! As for your question, I would sleep (literally not sexually) with a "picture" of myself. I think if I saw a girl version of myself and she came onto me, I don't think I would be able to erase the thought of an Adam's apple and subtle stubble prickling out of her face. That's as honest as that can get i guess.
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