R.I.P.

Ingmar Bergman is dead. He died today or last night or something. I kind of liked the guy. His movies were good, but there was also this quote of his I always liked: "My personal view is that when we die, we die, and we go from a state of something to a state of absolute nothingness; and I don’t believe for a second that there’s anything above or beyond or anything like that; and this makes me enormously secure."

What a cool guy. I used to wonder a lot about religion and the future and death and stuff, but when I read that, it was the first thing that really made sense to me. I think it's comforting that nothing you do is going to last forever, that any problems you have, anything you're afraid of, are eventually going to go away. I don't know if I'm explaining this right. Nothing I do makes any difference. That's great. I used to be afraid of fucking things up, but now I know I don't have to be afraid. Someday, I'll be dead, and all the stuff I cared about is gonna be gone, along with every mistake I ever made. People talk about death like it's something to be afraid of. I don't feel that way. I think it's comforting to know that I have an end. Would you want to live with the consequences of your mistakes forever?