a while ago i asked the question: 'would you like to be a vampire?'
it was a quasi-rhetorical question, in that i assumed that everyone would answer 'yes, i'd like to be a vampire.'
so maybe i was projecting, because i would happily answer yes.
or, rather, 'yes'.
the trade-off?
giving up daytime for immortality?
daytime when people do jobs that they hate and eat quick and perfunctory lunches at au bon pain while
distracting themselves with gossip about brad and angelina adopting african babies and posing for red carpet papparazzi?
or, as a nice alternative, nighttime when everything is better?
when brad and angelina and madonna are finally fucking asleep with their arbitrarily adopted children and everyone
else can actually enjoy themselves and forget about selling their souls to whatever god-destroying
company they toil for day in and day out?
i was surprised that, roughly, 97% of the people who responded to:
'would you rather be a human or a vampire?'
chose 'human' over 'vampire'.
i mean, the tyranny of daytime and the indignities of growing old over the fantasic-ness of being a vampire
and never growing old and only living at night?
i dunno, call me crazy, but vampire-ness seems pretty fantastic compared to lunch at chipotle and fm morning madness
with scared fat guys pontificating on the radio about current events and celebrity despair.
daytime sucks and blows.
daytime is when people do things that are obligatory and perfunctory.
if you say 'oh, but daytime is when the sun shines on the earth and we do yoga and touch our
spiritual centers' i might beg to disagree.
or agree, cos, yes, the sun shines and people do yoga.
but there's no mystery.
i want to open a club called '9', that's always open til 9 a.m.
my hope is that vampires might somehow adopt this club and maybe, in a fit of vampire
altruism, turn me into a vampire.
might sound dumb to you, but, eh, a boy can dream.
ok, good night.
see, no one even says 'good day' anymore.
why?
cos daytime is terrible. categorically.
yes, i'm indulging in hyperbole.
but night-time is categorically better.
just ask the vampires.
moby
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another quote
“Vampires are just Zombies that look better.”
--Producer Brian Yuzna (Re-animator)
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Vampires?
I agree, I love night time, so you can tell as it is already 02:30 a.m. in London and I am still awake writing in your blog. I do lots and I am at my best during the night, but I don't need to be a vampire to enjoy the night, and I can enjoy the day at the weekends or when on holidays! Besides, what about the delightful taste of food? You would only be fed by human blood or maybe rats blood if you are feeling kind ;)
xk
can vampires...
...have sex? if not then I'm afraid it's something I wouldn't want to sign up for.
I'm also a bit bothered by having to find "prey".
Agree
Totally agree with you, Moby.
This is why I go to college at the evening !!
jim morrison said it best
"You know the day destroys the night. Night divides the day"
Night time is the right time
For as long as I can remember, I've always enjoyed the night time. When I was younger and riding home at dusk on my Quarter Horse, the sounds of the whip-o-wills were so calming and to this day, well, night they remind me of carefree spring/summer nights. I never get tired of seeing the full moon each month or lying on the grass/rooftop/boat in the middle of the sea to gaze at the stars.
I get energized at night ... it's my most productive time in a 24 hour period. It's calmer/more peaceful to me. I don't feel anxious. And when I want to mingle, I appreciate the fact that that's when the clubs/bars are open & I can get together w/ friends for dinner and/or a night of dancing. "9" is a great idea. And yes, if it's not obvious already, I'd gladly accept the life of a vampire. Although I enjoy the sunshine in moderation ('cause Vit. D & it's warmth is good for one's well-being), I'd embrace the smooth, alabaster look (although historically, vampire skin was dark...).
Only con: vampires, by nature, have to feed on blood. How do we vegans deal with that?
"For the night draws women and stars in a better light."
Not to disagree... but daytime is better
Not to disagree... but daytime is better.
I would never like to be a vampire, for many reasons, but even the few below suffice:
The night can be fun. Dancing away all night is fun. Sure, no argument. But there is no beauty in it that matches anywhere near a sunrise over the water.
A new morning symbolizes a new start, begins a new chapter and has endless possibilities. The night, perhaps, is a celebration of what is, but is to me standing still and not a look forward.
Daytime represents everything that can be. Nighttime represents the end of what was. Debauchery can be fun, but to me the purity of a beautiful day ahead wins every time.
Okay, perhaps I'm being to serious. I can say with certainty though that I would rather be listening to music in a boat on the beach, with blinding sunlight reflecting off the water, than in a dark sweaty club listening to the same song.
Daytime is inspiring. Moby - seeing the daytime as all the negatives listed above is quite pessimistic and a jaded view (I dare say!).
Thats my 2 cents and more!
David
Not to disagree... but daytime is better
Not to disagree... but daytime is better.
I would never like to be a vampire, for many reasons, but even the few below suffice:
The night can be fun. Dancing away all night is fun. Sure, no argument. But there is no beauty in it that matches anywhere near a sunrise over the water.
A new morning symbolizes a new start, begins a new chapter and has endless possibilities. The night, perhaps, is a celebration of what is, but is to me standing still and not a look forward.
Daytime represents everything that can be. Nighttime represents the end of what was. Debauchery can be fun, but to me the purity of a beautiful day ahead wins every time.
Okay, perhaps I'm being to serious. I can say with certainty though that I would rather be listening to music in a boat on the beach, with blinding sunlight reflecting off the water, than in a dark sweaty club listening to the same song.
Daytime is inspiring. Moby - seeing the daytime as all the negatives listed above is quite pessimistic and a jaded view (I dare say!).
Thats my 2 cents and more!
David
Curious unanswered questions about vampires
Dude,
Only 3%...did you get the Goth vote in yet? Who knows the demographics yet?
Do vampires still have to pay cover charge to get into clubs or do they go in thru the back window? Bouncers don't discriminate.
What bar makes the best Bloody Mary? Inquiring vampires want to know.
PS---I say "g'day" (ala Paul Hogan, remember him?) and "g'night" to everyone depending on what time it is.
Curious unanswered questions about vampires
Dude,
Only 3%...did you get the Goth vote in yet? Who knows the demographics yet?
Do vampires still have to pay cover charge to get into clubs or do they go in thru the back window? Bouncers don't discriminate.
What bar makes the best Bloody Mary? Inquiring vampires want to know.
PS---I say "g'day" (ala Paul Hogan, remember him?) and "g'night" to everyone depending on what time it is.
A good summertime book
I wonder if you have time to read a nice book about vampires, specialy about Dracula - Elizabeth Kostova: The Historian.
sine sole sileo
Bon appétit ...
I hope you'll bite many people ... This planet will certainly be tomorrow a better place to live ...
Take care and " bon appétit " ;-)
I bet the 3 percent of
I bet the 3 percent of vampires in your survey are insomniacs hence the reason why they are vampires who prefer night time to day...
As long as there is no blood
As long as there is no blood drinking involved, I'm in.
nighttime
you don't have to be a dark person to prefer night. i'm sure there are stereotypical vampires that are just as they are portrayed in pop culture. but to be a vampire or enjoy night, doesn't automatically make you a creature of the dark. i, for one, enjoy doing yoga at night.
A third option
There is a third option - You can be a Raelian: they are immortal, they can choose between day and night, they are sexy and they have a great philosophy of love, peace, and non-conformism: a beautiful combination of spirituality, sensuality, and science.
Dance of the Vampires
I’m a vampire, ha, ha. A few years ago we went to a theatre for a music performance “Dance of the Vampires” directed by Roman Polański. At the end of the show when all of the vampires were running near the audience one of she-vampires just jumped and bit into my husbands’ neck so that he had his collar all covered with fake blood. As it happens from time to time that he bites me - I’m, a vampire, too. So I could work in your pub ‘9’ especially that I’ve just quitted a job that someone could say was great but was stealing my soul...
P.S. Jealous of Brad? Don’t need to. I’ve heard people vote for you as a sexiest vegan or something… :)
being a vampire
...it's not only a question of daytime ang nighttime. It's mostly about feeding on other people and hurting them. Which I believe is a bit worse than eating in KFC. Then again if it's about sleeping with those lesbovamps from European movies I might think again.