Brenton
Dice Living
September 28th 2006 04:54
Just... Roll
So, 1. Spend the day trying to find someone to go on a date with me.
2. Buy a skateboard.
3. Begin preparing resumes for my three main dream jobs.
4. Try to convince my friend to fight me.
5. Donate ALL my clothes to charity.
And then you roll the dice.
Dicing, Die-ing, Dice Living; Everyone has a name for it. Everyone who's heard of it that is. What it is, is simple. Some call it freedom. You give yourself over to chance. Six options. Six life paths. Then roll.
It’s a bizarre case of life imitating fiction. The concept itself comes from Luke Rhinehart's Diceman novels, but the appeal goes well beyond a good storyline. Dicing is a means to embrace uncertainty, to worship it, to derive happiness from it - not to fear it.
Change is inevitable - but this way it can even be fun. Dicing teaches you to treat life as a game and to simply ENJOY IT. Something far too few people seem empowered to do.
So…
Roll.
| 81 |
| Vote |
Add To: 
subscribe to this blog
Activist Links: (Request one)
Vitamins are criminal?
Just say Know
Could Corporate Interests Destroy The Internet as we Know it?
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Now put the dice down and step away. We all do this once this book has fucked with our heads.
I love it.
Comment by Brenton
Dr Spin
Tales From The Other Side
Blip Blog
Gadget Museum
If it lands on 5 it'll cut my fingers off for the shame.
Whew, 3.
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
When I first read the book about 15 years ago it really screwed with me. I was travelling at the time and started choosing destinations with the role of a dice.
It is an exceptional novel that I consider the finest Ive ever read.
Paving the way for the likes of Eaton Ellis (American Psycho, Less Than Zero) and Chuck Palhunuik (Fight, Survivor, Choke)
to all those who havent, read this book now.
Comment by Brenton
Dr Spin
Tales From The Other Side
Blip Blog
Gadget Museum