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+
+A slam poem by Ernie Cline ,
+bastardized
+by Paulo Ang (pbba13@hotmail.com )
+
+
+Page Last Modified: 2009.07.08
+
+
+Page First Created: 2005.03.09
+
+
+About this project
+
+2009.07.08 - Putting another mirror up
+here , seeing as Google Pages is going the way
+of the dodo and I've got this webhost I'm trying out.
+
+
+2008.03.26 - Graduation is finally in sight, and I don't know how much
+longer I'll have this webspace on UCSD servers-- so I'll put up
+this mirror at Google Pages
+that should stay up even when I leave UCSD.
+
+
+2007.01.21 - Ernie's animation webpage keeps going down, so I'm just gonna
+link to the Google video version
+here . Oh, and
+someone started a Wikipedia article
+on him too. And finally, a billion should be 10^9, not 10^6.
+
+
+2006.08.27 - Good news, everyone! Not only has Ernie allowed me to put my
+flash animation back on this webpage, it seems like he's put his
+filmstrip version back on his website too.
+
+
+2006.08.16 - I've taken the flash animation off, after a request from Cline
+himself. If you're not familiar with DMD yet, I suggest you
+Google it now, or go
+here for his official site.
+
+
+2006.05.09 - Cline's website seem to be having problems.
+Here is the text of the original poem.Here is a
+YouTube copy of his newer version and animation.
+
+
+2006.04.18 - Check out Ernie Cline's own
+animation of this.
+
+
+
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+A slam poem by [Ernie Cline http://www.ernestcline.com/spokenword],
+[bastardized http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict?Form=Dict1&Query=bastardize&Strategy=*&Database=wn]
+by Paulo Ang (pbba13@hotmail.com)
+
+Page Last Modified: 2009.07.08
+
+Page First Created: 2005.03.09
+
+**[About this project dance_monkeys_about.html]**
+
+**2009.07.08** - Putting another mirror up
+[here http://pauloang.com/dmd/dance_monkeys.html], seeing as Google Pages is going the way
+of the dodo and I've got this webhost I'm trying out.
+
+**2008.03.26** - Graduation is finally in sight, and I don't know how much
+longer I'll have this webspace on UCSD servers-- so I'll put up
+[this mirror at Google Pages http://pbba13.googlepages.com/dance_monkeys.html]
+that should stay up even when I leave UCSD.
+
+**2007.01.21** - Ernie's animation webpage keeps going down, so I'm just gonna
+link to the Google video version
+[here http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1431038195362274085]. Oh, and
+someone started a [Wikipedia article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Cline]
+on him too. And finally, a billion should be 10^9, not 10^6.
+
+**2006.08.27** - Good news, everyone! Not only has Ernie allowed me to put my
+flash animation back on this webpage, it seems like he's put his
+[filmstrip version http://www.ernestcline.com/dmd/] back on his website too.
+
+**2006.08.16** - I've taken the flash animation off, after a request from Cline
+himself. If you're not familiar with DMD yet, I suggest you
+[Google http://www.google.com/] it now, or go
+[here http://www.ernestcline.com/spokenword] for his official site.
+
+**2006.05.09** - Cline's website seem to be having problems.
+**[Here dance_monkeys_text.html] is the text of the original poem.**
+[Here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7UnHOTnPNk&search=Ernest%20cline] is a
+YouTube copy of his newer version and animation.
+
+**2006.04.18** - [Check out http://www.ernestcline.com/dmd/] Ernie Cline's own
+animation of this.
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+About Dance, Monkeys, Dance -- A Flash Animation
+
+
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+
+
+I chopped up this Flash animation as part of a school project whose
+thesis was that, simply, and taking my cue from Ernie Cline,
+people are just a bunch of monkeys . And a bunch of fucked up monkeys at
+that: we think we amount to something more than monkeys, but we do not have
+anything that is uniquely human in its essence. Some of the things we
+might consider as human distinctions are language and technology, but
+animals have them as well--only on a lesser scale. If we really wanted to
+separate ourselves through the sheer degree of which we have these
+certain skills (and not just "either we have it or we don't"), we might as
+well consider our unbelievable ability to wage war. Animals kill each
+other all the time, but only the human monkey can achieve routine
+genocide.
+
+
+But whether war is right or wrong is not my point. My point is that
+war is simply an extension of what the rest of the animal world do:
+kill each other. We are no more than monkeys in our core. In
+whatever we do, we still act like monkeys, because that's what we are
+made out of.
+
+
+I try to expand on this thought on an
+essay that accompanies this project .
+Stress that again: I try . =D
+
+
+--Paulo Ang (pbba13@hotmail.com )
+
+
+Back to "Dance, Monkeys, Dance"
+
+
Dance, Monkeys, Dance -- By Ernest Cline
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Orbiting the sun at about 98 million miles
+is a little blue planet
+and this planet is run
+by a bunch of monkeys.
+
+Now, the monkeys don't think of
+themselves as monkeys.
+They don't even think of themselves as animals
+And they love to list all the things
+that they think
+separate them from the animals:
+Opposable thumbs, self awareness . . .
+They'll use words like
+Homo Erectus and Australopithecus.
+
+You say Toe-mate-o,
+I say Toe-motto.
+They're animals all right.
+They're monkeys.
+Monkeys with high-speed digital fiber optic technology,
+but monkeys nevertheless.
+
+I mean, they're clever.
+You've got to give them that.
+The Pyramids, skyscrapers, phantom jets,
+the Great Wall of China.
+That's some pretty impressive shit . . .
+for a bunch of monkeys.
+
+Monkeys whose brains have evolved
+to such an unmanageable size
+that it's now pretty much impossible
+for them stay happy for any length of time
+
+In fact, they're the only animals
+that think they're supposed to be happy.
+All of the other animals can just be.
+
+But it's not that simple for the monkeys.
+
+You see, the monkeys are cursed with consciousness
+and so the monkeys are afraid.
+So the monkeys worry.
+The monkeys worry about everything,
+but mostly about what all the other monkeys think.
+Because the monkeys desperately want to fit in
+with the other monkeys.
+
+Which is hard to do,
+because a lot of the monkeys seem to hate each other.
+This is what really separates them from the other animals.
+These monkeys hate.
+They hate monkeys that are different.
+Monkeys from different places,
+monkeys who are a different color-
+
+You see, the monkeys feel alone.
+All six billion of them.
+
+Some of the monkeys pay another monkey
+to listen to their problems.
+
+Because the monkeys want answers
+and the monkeys don't want to die.
+So the monkeys make up gods
+and then they worship them.
+Then the monkeys argue
+over whose made-up god is better.
+Then the monkeys get really pissed off
+and this is usually when the monkeys decide
+that it's a good time to start killing each other.
+
+So the monkeys wage war.
+The monkeys make hydrogen bombs.
+The monkeys have got their whole fucking planet
+wired up to explode.
+The monkeys just can't help it.
+
+Some of the monkeys play to a sold out crowd . . .
+of other monkeys.
+
+The monkeys make trophies
+and then they give them to each other.
+Like it means something.
+
+Some of the monkeys think
+that they have it all worked out.
+Some of the monkeys read Nietzsche
+The monkeys argue about Nietzsche
+without giving any consideration to the fact
+that Nietzsche
+was just another fucking monkey.
+
+The monkeys make plans.
+The monkeys fall in love.
+The monkeys fuck
+and then they make more monkeys.
+
+The monkeys make music
+and then the monkeys DANCE
+Dance, monkeys, dance.
+
+The monkeys make a hell of a lot of noise.
+Exhibit A
+Monkey making noise.
+And when he's done,
+five other randomly selected monkeys
+will rate this monkey's noises
+on a scale from one to ten.
+And at the end of the night,
+they add all the numbers up
+to see which monkey made the best noises.
+
+As you can see . . .
+these are some fucked up monkeys.
+
+These monkeys are at once the ugliest
+and most beautiful creatures on the planet.
+
+And the monkeys don't want to be monkeys.
+They want to be something else.
+But they're not.
+
+
+
+Back to "Dance, Monkeys, Dance"
+
+