Slog - Comments on Living in Heaven http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/living_in_heaven I'm in a cafe on Lummi Island. Bob Marley is playing on the stereo. The chorus of his song: "Think you are in heaven/But you are living in hell." The subject of the song, a rich person, believes he/she is in a rosy situation, but in actuality he/she is living in the mud. The problem with Marley's assertion? If you believe you are living heaven, and live like you are heaven, you are in heaven. If you believe you are poor, and live like you are poor, you are poor. Condemning the rich for living like the rich is empty.... Copyright 2008 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:36:08 -0800 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:23:42 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Erik Luxury is not an illusion. I would rather have a nice house than a crappy one. I would rather eat a fantastic meal than a poorly made one. So would you.

]]> Erik http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/living_in_heaven#c829608 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/living_in_heaven#c829608 Arts Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:10:37 -0800 Comment by True Luxury True Luxury is being able to pontificate in a consistently stupid blithering manner, getting it published, AND being paid for it.

]]> True Luxury http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/living_in_heaven#c829611 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/living_in_heaven#c829611 Arts Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:14:30 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle No, I'm going to have to agree with Charles on this one.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/living_in_heaven#c829613 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/living_in_heaven#c829613 Arts Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:19:35 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave luxury is a relative measurement, not a standard that one either is above or below.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/living_in_heaven#c829666 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/living_in_heaven#c829666 Arts Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:09:34 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale I agree. It all starts from where you come from.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/living_in_heaven#c829707 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/living_in_heaven#c829707 Arts Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:47:56 -0800 Comment by Amelia Quoting Marley, eh? Please be more cliche in the future. This originality is really eating away at my soul.

]]> Amelia http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/living_in_heaven#c829789 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/living_in_heaven#c829789 Arts Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:24:56 -0800 Comment by Al Luxurious living is luxurious living. Thinking you deserve it, that you'll never lose it, believing that it makes you a better person or that will make one bit of difference when you are dead is the illusion.

]]> Al http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/living_in_heaven#c829834 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/living_in_heaven#c829834 Arts Sat, 20 Oct 2007 07:42:50 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell I'm with you all the way on this one, Charles.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/living_in_heaven#c829835 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/living_in_heaven#c829835 Arts Sat, 20 Oct 2007 07:50:44 -0800 Comment by old timer #7

Well said, Al.

]]> old timer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/living_in_heaven#c829847 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/living_in_heaven#c829847 Arts Sat, 20 Oct 2007 08:51:12 -0800 Comment by Mariesa Hello Charles, glad to see you are still pissing off hipsters, no matter where you are. We've moved to Portland. Do stop by when you're back in the states.

]]> Mariesa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/living_in_heaven#c830290 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/living_in_heaven#c830290 Arts Sun, 21 Oct 2007 15:40:44 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV It was pretty frickin' wet in heaven this weekend, wasn't it?

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