#william irvine

[andreabadgley]

Trying to read instead of scrolling.

[laestoica]

Creo que si algo nos caracteriza a quienes vivimos en Tumblr es la búsqueda: de sentido, identidad, empatía, significado, comprensión...

Buscamos sin poder encontrarnos.

Acabo de terminar este libro, de los más significativos en mi vida.

Hace dos años comencé a escuchar el podcast "El Estoico", de Pepe García, y me dió un esquema bastante sencillo y accesible sobre el estoicismo, pero poco a poco Pepe comenzó a convertirse paradójicamente en un mero producto.

Leí a Epicteto, a Marco Aurelio y a Séneca.

Obviamente Ryan Holiday me guiñó el ojo, pero bastó con ver los precios de sus libros y leer un poco de su biografía para saber que utilizaba el estoicismo como si fuera una marca.

Inevitablemente, llegué a Massimo Pigliucci, escuchaba su podcast, entrevistas, conferencias, etc. En casa me bromeaban porque todo el tiempo estaba escuchándolo o viendo su videos, me encantaba. Comencé a leer "Cómo ser un Estoico" pero algo me incomodaba, con el tiempo comprendí que aunque no se tratara de un libro de superación personal, también era un texto regurgitado.

Hasta que llegué a William Irvine. Éste es un libro sustancioso, con fundamentos filosóficos, un esquema lógico plagado de referencias, pero dirigido a lxs no filósofxs, aquellxs que buscamos una filosofía de vida alejada de la religión y la mística. Y fue aquí donde me encontré. Se los recomiendo de todo corazón.

Medito y practico mindfulness desde el 2020, un año después comencé a interesarme en el estoicismo e intentar aplicarlo intermitentemente, pero fue apenas hace unos meses que lo tomé en serio y finalmente estoy comenzando a experimentar una vida plena y serena.

En mi juventud, me apodaban Daria y yo me sentía orgullosa, pensaba que se trataba de una personalidad excepcional, una chica inteligente, distinta a las masas. Pero ¿qué sentido tiene ser inteligente e infeliz? Eso no es una virtud, es una reverenda estupidez.

Viví deprimida desde mi infancia. Después de una inmensa travesía, por fin, a los 30 años comencé un tratamiento psiquiátrico, posteriormente me diagnosticaron TLP y TDAH. En unos años logré salir de la depresión, aunque su esencia ya era parte de mí. Probé con la terapia psicológica en varias ocasiones y hoy sé que nunca más lo volvería a hacer.

Soy alcohólica, fumé mota durante distintos periodos de mi vida, la Ayahuasca me hizo ojitos, me obsesioné con el erotismo, probé con el tarot y la astrología, pero nada me complacía.

En mi insaciabilidad, llegué al punto de abandonar a mi familia, me arriesgué y lo perdí todo, me quedé sin hogar, sin sustento y aún sin motivos para vivir.

Pero el estoicismo me ha cambiado, hoy amo mi vida, cada persona con la que cuento, los momentos, las oportunidades, el viento, la luz, los sonidos... Todos y cada uno de los elementos que me conforman.

Por supuesto no estoy 100% complacida y no soy perfecta, pero dejé de buscar y me esfuerzo a cada momento por disfrutar lo efímero de mi existencia. Nunca creí leerme de una forma tan positiva, pero el día llegó y me siento serena.

[laurelrusswurm]

"Proportional representation will ensure that a minority will never rule. It also will ensure that no considerable minority will ever be excluded from having a voice Is that not democracy?

"What have the self- appointed protagonists of democracy and majority rule in this House to say about that?

"Are they opposed to a minority having a voice?

"Are they opposed to majority rule?"

—William Irvine, MP (1923) [Pictured] https://www.lipad.ca/full/permalink/643351/

[lemmylemons]

Random, useless Tekken headcanons, this time not at 6 am, but still, part 2.

• Xiaoyu and Jin cuddle obviously, but he's very awkward and clunky about it, and she's SOOO clingy (he doesn't care at all, he loves her so much).

• Kazuya had a childhood blanket that he's hidden away somewhere. He had it as a baby and after Kazumi died, it was his clutch. Until he got older and Heihachi tried to make him throw it out, so he lied and kept it very hidden - and eventually, as a 50 year old, he had it tucked away, safely somewhere, and sometimes brought it out in his giant shoe room, just to have some privacy and a little support with it. (I know it sounds weird, but I love giving my comfort characters as much comfort as possible 😭)

• Adding onto childhood endeavors with my favs, I think Jun used to crochet and knit all the time as a child, to pass the time :(. But when she started going out into the forest more, greeting the animals, she was knitting for them!! She would make scarves or little blankets and cuddle up with them all, and I still think she does. She and Kazuya go out into the hills or forest and she knits or crochets, while he tries to be gentle with the animals, and that's their downtime...

• Bruce Irvin and Anna Williams are the only 2 people Kazuya considers friends, and even then, he doesn't like that term, he considers them 'close acquaintances'... He's been out to restaurants and bars with them many times before. He and Anna Williams have a platonic relationship - even if it seems she's flirting with him all the time, I believe that she is his best friend and it's the like joking flirting kind of thing.

• Feeding off of that one, Tekken 2: Jun and Anna were besties!!! They met and would gossip and go shopping, and I hope Anna returns in 8 so I can see my girls together again.

• Bruce Irvin's bisexual with a heavy male lean. I love him, please ALSO come back to 8...

• Lee and Lars practically took Jin under their wing, but I believe Jin lives primarily with Lee - and Lee loves to baby his 'most excellent nephew' a bit. Not like baby-baby, Jin's a grown man, but give him a little comfort. Like if Jin's having an off day (which I think happens a lot, just thinking about how he is with the Mishima side, or him thinking about Jun and missing her). Lee sits him down, makes him tea or a meal and just holds him or sits with him for company... (I LOVE UNCLE LEE HEADCANONS.)

• This is more of an interpretation, but still a headcanon: I think Reina's relation to the Hachijo clan, is that she's a distant cousin of Kazuya. Because Kazuya is technically a part of that clan, as he's Kazumi's kid. So I think maybe one of her siblings had a baby before Heihachi killed them, and he took Reina in... Good to know he doesn't kill infants but will throw a barely past toddler off a cliff 🤔

• Steve Fox isn't trying to get Nina to be his mom, which is what I see a lot of, it's hard to explain... It's him trying to redeem her as a person, not a mom. But I do think he cares deeply for Nina...

• Adding onto that, Anna found out she was his aunt and took him shopping because she felt bad...

• Jin used to sleep on Jun's floor as a teenager. Like she'd be asleep, and he'd come in with his blankets and pillows, throw them on the ground and sleep in there, just to feel his mama's presence.

• Kazuya and Lee obviously treated one another as rivals growing up, but I think they had a trustful bond as teenagers. Like, if one had a secret that would either get them killed or they could NEVER spill around Heihachi, the other would keep it for eternity. They HATED one another, but they were both trying to survive the same threat.

• Lars takes time every morning to style each and every point in his hair. Like the Mishimas got crazy hair, but I know damn well they STYLE it like that. As proven by Heihachi having his down in Tekken 8 -

• ADDING ONTO THAT: THEIR HAIR IS LIKE THAT BECAUSE OF THEIR WEIRD POWERS OF ELECTRICITY. They style it like that because it always finds a way to stick up...

• Paul Phoenix is only that stupid because he was hit on the head so many times. Not saying he was a genius before, but he's got some bad brain damage. Like he's not super stupid, he's just... Got some troubles.

• Bryan Fury has a super, mega crush on Dragunov, nothing can change my mind. 'Deeply admires', okay bud...

• Dragunov's favorite color is hot pink, that's why he collects the hot pink army vehicles. Love a Barbie kinda guy. I also believe Dragunov wears lipstick and eyeliner, there is no way his lips are naturally almost black...

[80smovies]

[gonnaupdatethisrandomly]

Michael and champagne celebrations on the podium

Bonus- Some from Benetton years

[lobbycards]

The Empire Strikes Back, French lobby card. 1980

[vintagef1]

"Melbourne made its debut on the F1 race calendar #OnThisDay in 1996 🤩 It was also the day that Michael Schumacher raced in scarlet red for the first time ❤️ Swipe 👈 to see more of Albert Park where Damon Hill took the chequered flag and Martin Brundle walked away unscathed from a dramatic opening lap crash. We can't wait to go back Down Under again for round 3 of the 2024 season on March 22-24 🙃" - march 10, 2024 📷 @.f1 / instagram

[yorgunherakles]

sen birisini istiyorsun, ama istediğin kesinlikle ben de­ğilim. sana verebileceğim hiçbir şey yok.

iris murdoch - kara prens

[strangledwires]

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 | Kazuya with Anna & Bruce

[thekingwhereitallends]

I believe kazuya being pure evil doesn't make any sense because it contradicts his whole character.

He loves his mother,so much he didn't believe she'd sent akuma to kill him.

He respects jinpachi,bows to him as seen in tekken 5 and only kills him in ending when devil gene takes over him. You can see he is conflicted.

He hates heihachi much more than he hates anyone else and that's if he hates someone other than heihachi. But when he finally kills him,which was depicted as a dramatic scene showing a broken man who was traumized and abused in childhood,suffered and humiliated by the man who was suppossed to be his father,the one who is responsible for the deaths of everyone he loved. Kazuya didn't look happy,didn't even smile. Definitely not pure evil attitude.

Kazuya has saved bruce when he lost his memories,when he simply could've ignored him. Bruce kinda considers Kazuya his friend.

Kazuya respects Anna and when she asked him she wanted to take a break for a while, He accepted her request.

When he found out lars is his half brother, kazuya warned him about the curse of mishimas and stopped the fight. You know he could've mopped the floor with lars but chose not to(no lars did only beat jin who was holding back alot and even harada himself stated that 3 main mishimas aka heihachi,kazuya and jin are much stronger than lars is).

Don't want to talk about jun because their relationship is a mystery and kinda one-sided with some statements speculating kazuya might have been in love with her. But damn,kazuya died because angel and devil were battling inside him and that was why he couldn't beat heihachi as he couldn't focus on the fight and go all out. Jun had that much impact on him. (T8 might reveal just what was their relationship like,why kazuya didn't come to meet jun after he was revived,does he at least respect her,etc)

Kazuya doesn't particularly hate jin and only wants to compete with him and take the devil powers. Jin hates Kazuya though and believes everything is his fault(dude is so deluded,heihachi screwed everyone but got away with it).

I mean yeah,he is now continuing a world war and killing thousands but pure evil thing is just BS. Hope they show us his human side once again. My man has suffered way too much😭

[laestoica]

"As strange as it may seem, consciously abstaining from pleasure can itself be pleasant."

William B. Irvine, A Guide to the Good Life

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

The Empire Strikes Back (1980, Irvin Kershner)

20/03/2024

The Empire Strikes Back, also know as Star Wars: Episode V or Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, is a 1980 film directed by Irvin Kershner. Sequel to Star Wars, it is the second film in order of production (fifth in order of internal chronology of the series) of the science fiction saga of the same name created by George Lucas set three years after the events told in Star Wars and is the second act of the original trilogy.

The Galactic Empire, under the leadership of the evil Darth Vader, is looking for Luke Skywalker and the forces of the Rebel Alliance. While Luke's friends, Han Solo and Leia Organa, are busy fleeting the Imperial threat, the young hero is sent by Obi-Wan Kenobi to the old Jedi Master Yoda, in order to complete his training.

The film, in which Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels and Frank Oz took part, was produced independently by Lucas himself, without the influence of a film studio, and had a troubled production, plagued by delays, disagreements within the crew and unusability of the sets. Received lukewarmly by critics, alienated by the abrupt change in atmosphere of the film compared to its predecessor, The Empire Strikes Back won two Oscars, becoming a cultural phenomenon over the years and is today considered the best film in the saga and one of the best science fiction films ever realized. Adjusted for inflation, the film is the twelfth on the list of the highest grossing films of all time in the United States of America and Canada, having managed to sell more than 98 million tickets in the two countries.

[80smovies]

[erenaeoth]

oh please go on about the kazuya team nonsense. from a marketing perspective i get them partnering kazuya and nina together as they're the main guy and girl of og tekken, but it's a nightmare story-wise, almost as bad as nina working for heihachi. but at least with heihachi she was unwilling and fought til her last stand. with feng... i guess a replacement for bruce in his absence was due.

It's infuriating!

It shows a total lack of respect of Kazuya's character and the close relationships he's formed. He's known Anna and Bruce for decades, and they return to him. They know what he's like, they know all his deeply unpleasant aspects, and yet they continue to seek him out and he seeks them out in turn. There is a mutual understanding here that places Anna and Bruce in the category closest to something that you could call Kazuya's friends.

The 'oh, Nina will do', is insulting in this regard, as Kazuya has always enabled Anna's vengeance against Nina. Nina herself is amoral and would work for anyone who paid her, so I don't mind her taking up employ with the rival corporation she'd been against. The only justifiation for Kazuya taking her on is she de facto enters his employ as a Zaibatsu member when he takes over, and she's a useful enough asset that he needs her around since he's lost Anna. But still, he must know he can't trust her, she's tried to kill him countless times.

I don't even know what's happening with Feng. I suppose since he justifies right by might, so he might see eye-to-eye with Kazuya's philosophy, but Feng has always been one of those old school martial arts movie villains/antags, and that personal strength above all else approach is very different to what Kazuya's doing right now. It also doesn't fit with the anti-technology aspects we've had glimpses of in Feng's character. It's wild to me. I don't know why Kazuya in turn would suddenly want to start picking up lone fighters who have no experience in leading troops in warfare. He'd be better off blackmailing Eddy into working for him if Bruce truly isnt around, or even Josie since she was so keen to join Tekken Force and Kazuya presumably now leads the Zaibatsu's old forces.

I understand that probably Bruce won't make a return with all these new Muay Thai characters appearing, even though I think he's indispensible to the story, but why can't Anna have a lead role? With her vengeance renewed, she's going to want to kill Nina all the more, and there's nowhere for her to go but back to Kazuya. Her righteous fury being on Kazuya's side could have continued to lend him that greyscale aspect of his character, and enhanced that side that he, Bruce, and Anna have always shared - of being wronged children, looking out for themselves and trying to make their own justice.

It's very annoying and places Kazuya more easily into the evil villain category.

[machetelanding]