I am missing something from my childhood....where did they all go? Will it come back? Can I go back? Is flying so difficult now that I am older? Trapped. Trapped. Trapped. Trapped Trapped. Grounded. Stuck. Sick. Dying. Dead.
because I hate the human race as a collective at this point. Yes there are some decent people out there but if you read this and think to yourself "I'm a decent person" you are probably one of the people I would first have eradicated for blatant delusions of goodness.
If perhaps you admitted to yourself you aren't perfect then I'd probably leave you be. People who go around untouched because they act like they have some sort of charmed life should be taken out and shot and NOT left to be admired by others because behind the facade of perfection is an evil that causes the complacency of evils beyond our ken.
The only people I do not hate at this point are my BIOLOGICAL parents, My adopted grandparents, my godmother, and the few people on campus who are still my friends.
I have just experience Hell in its most earthly form. Its not made of fire and brimstone. It is made in the modern theater setting at my college. This hell has a name and it is called Q 2 Q. I wish to die now. Unfortunatly I am too tired to actually seek out fast acting poisons to put me out of my misery. (and No I'm not being dramatic. I feel this horrible for good reason). I do not really care to go over how it was so horrible. Just accept that it was and I don't want to talk about it or experience it ever again in my life.
"Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in this history of mankind.
Mankind -- that word should have new meaning for all of us today.
We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore.
We will be united in our common interests.
Perhaps its fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution -- but from annihilation.
We're fighting for our right to live, to exist.
And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice:
"We will not go quietly into the night!
We will not vanish without a fight!
We're going to live on!
We're going to survive!"
Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!"
If it actually takes a threat of worldwide human annihilation to get other people to recognize that we are all one race on one planet, then may the creatures willing to eradicate the human race try to.
I'm tired of the shit that humans do to each other or even accuse each other of.
I'm tired of people being antagonistic towards people who think the earth was created by an intelligent designer instead of evolution and who knows what started it. There is "proof" for both and it depends on how one interprets the data. Until I finally finish my time machine none of us will know for certain.
I'm tired of this stupid idea of hate crime legislation. First off, we were founded as a nation with the freedom of speech, a freedom of ideas, a freedom to have our own opinions and a freedom OF religion (not 'from' you illiterate people). As long as no one is physically hurting/harming another human being each person should have the right to believe what they want to and have their own opinions. The hate legislation will basically deny everyone their right to an opinion and the right to express it.
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is besides the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech.
Justice Anthony Kennedy (1936 - )
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Following the Equator
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), to Archibald Stuart, 1791
My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.
Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965), Speech in Detroit, 7 Oct. 1952
Don't want to walk upon the water
Don't want to look across the waves
Instead of seeing hills of water
I just see markers on their graves
But in the fading of a season
To look across an empty sky
For a forgotten childhood reason
To once more wish that you could
Close your eyes and just believe again
There's a God does he remember when
We were young and faith was not pretend
Anymore
Anymore
Anymore
Anymore
And in the night he sees the ocean
Carve its thoughts upon the shore
For in the way it was created
It can do this and nothing more
And every message it would leave him
The next wave carefully erased
As the tears that passed between them
Were so real that you could
Close your eyes and just believe again
There's a God and he remembers when
We were young and faith was not pretend
Anymore
Anymore
Anymore
Anymore
And all at once the waves were getting
Higher
And as they crashed I thought I heard them say
There'd be a time when men would all be wiser
When everyone, everyone,
Yes everyone is
Saved.
~~~~~
Chills man. Chills.
When you school wastes your time by giving you "Weekly Influenza Updates" telling you how many people have the flu but never which variety.
Quite frankly I don't give a carp about how many people have the flu on campus. It is an illness, it passes with proper rest and care.
Sure college is a petri dish for disease. But if you have an immune system then its not gonna be so bad. However, for those unfortunate to not have a good immune system (like my 'daughter') its hard to stay healthy.
But getting weekly updates about something that 1)causes panic among the hypochondriacs and 2) most of us don't give a crap about, is a waste of time and inbox space.
I think this whole flu thing has gotten WAY out of hand in general. Yes the flu can kill. Yes the newer strains may be more dangerous. But if people actually took care of themselves the way they were supposed to it wouldn't be so bad.
Jesus
What's the reason
For these scars that will never heal
Hearts that no longer feel
Eyes that can no longer see
Jesus
What's the reason
For this child that will not survive
With all her dreams inside
Could she mean nothing to thee
And jesus please tell me if you can recall
Just where you were when this sparrow did fall
Jesus
What's the reason
Every tear isn't weighed the same
Could you have died in vain
If we have short memories
And jesus would you then come down from your cross
Return every nail and say we are lost
And in the dark we seek your silent company
For each hope that arrives and fades from memory
Still after all this time our loss you won't concede
For in the dead of night the rumor is
Your hands they still bleed
Still bleed
Still bleed
Still bleed
Jesus
It would seem then
That somehow you still trust
You have more faith than us
Perhaps that is how it should be
~~~
It's also how some of my poetry goes. Its nice to find a great metal band you can agree with.
If you think I'm wrong that's your opinion. Keep it to yourself. You probably have no idea as to what I am really talking about. And if you do then you understand my meaning.
In other news I really like Runes. Very pretty. Also considered satanic back during the Reagan era or something...(a random fact from my professor this morning). To which I laughed and replied "Wow that's dumb." Evidently I would be spending much time in the principals office for even liking runes then. Silly superstitious people.
Longer Rant Later
I decided to do these three....for now.....
~~~~~~~~~
And Warious said "let there be Doom," and there was, and it was doomed. ~Cy Raxx Skywalker of ME:I.
"Knowledge comes from finding the answers, yes, but understanding what the answers mean is what brings wisdom. Men who didn’t understand the difference have been the ruin of some of the world’s greatest civilizations." ~ Lionel Luthor
"I believe the psychological term for refusing to accept the inevitable is denial. And no amount of probing can uncover emotional issues that don't exist." ~ Lex Luthor
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Two different Luthor's. Same family. Guess what my newly favorited TV series is?
(an explanation: If I feel a particular song embodies my overall thoughts [either for the whole day, more than a day or some thing more brief but important to me] I will post it here...if I remember. I do not own any of these songs and/or poetry that may appear during song of the day posts unless I specify that I did write it)
Title: Where I Want to Be
(and if you don't know where this is from oh well ^_^ Its also a guessing game courtesy of the brilliant composers lyricists and singers who make/sing good songs)
Who needs a dream?
Who needs ambition?
Who'd be the fool
In my position?
Once I had dreams
Now they're obsessions
Hopes became needs
Lovers possessions
Then they move in
Oh so discreetly
Slowly at first
Smiling too sweetly
I opened doors
They walked right through them
Called me their friend
I hardly knew them
Now I'm where I want to be and who I want to be and doing what I
always said I would and yet I feel I haven't won at all
Running for my life and never looking back in case there's
someone
right behind to shoot me down and say he always knew I'd fall.
When the crazy wheel slows down
Where will I be? Back where I started.
Don't get me wrong
I'm not complaining
Times have been good
Fast, entertaining
But what's the point
If I'm concealing
Not only love
All other feeling.
Now I'm where I want to be and who I want to be and doing what I
always said I would and yet I feel I haven't won at all
Running for my life and never looking back in case there's
someone right behind to shoot me down and say he always knew I'd fall
When the crazy wheel slows down
Where will I be? Back where I started.
the one I agree with
"Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art."
- Charles McCabe
And the one I laughed at
"Given a choice between two theories, take the one which is funnier." - Blore's Razor
And the one that is lamentably true given that I've experienced this at college first hand
"Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog."
- Doug Larson
(lyrics posted with my own commentary in () fun song).
[The American]
Bangkok, Oriental setting
And the city don't know that the city is getting
The creme de la creme of the chess world in a
Show with everything but Yul Brynner (awwwww. but I like Yul....)
Time flies -- doesn't seem a minute
Since the Tirolean spa had the chess boys in it (dang. There goes my time at the spa)
All change -- don't you know that when you
Play at this level there's no ordinary venue
It's Iceland -- or the Philippines -- or Hastings -- or --
or this place! (YAY CHORUS TIME!)
[COMPANY]
One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster
The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free
You'll find a god in every golden cloister
And if you're lucky then the god's a she
I can feel an angel sliding up to me (are you SUUUUUUUUrrrrrrre that its an angel?)
[THE AMERICAN]
One town's very like another
When your head's down over your pieces, brother
[COMPANY]
It's a drag, it's a bore, it's really such a pity
To be looking at the board, not looking at the city (but Chess is fun!)
[THE AMERICAN]
Whaddya mean? Ya seen one crowded, polluted, stinking town -- (totally seen them all)
[COMPANY]
Tea, girls, warm, sweet
Some are set up in the Somerset Maugham suite
[THE AMERICAN]
Get Thai'd! You're talking to a tourist
Whose every move's among the purest
I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine (GO CHESS NERDS!)
[COMPANY]
One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful with your company
I can feel the devil walking next to me (Sure its just not a costumed person?)
[THE AMERICAN]
Siam's gonna be the witness
To the ultimate test of cerebral fitness
This grips me more than would a
Muddy old river or reclining Buddha
And thank God I'm only watching the game -- controlling it --
I don't see you guys rating
The kind of mate I'm contemplating
I'd let you watch, I would invite you
But the queens we use would not excite you (yah. They don't even look like people)
So you better go back to your bars, your temples, your massage
parlours -- (go on now. Shoo)
[COMPANY]
One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster (yuck)
The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free
You'll find a god in every golden cloister
A little flesh, a little history
I can feel an angel sliding up to me (-_^)
One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful with your company
I can feel the devil walking next to me (better do a double take dude)
Current obsession: Listening to Chess. If you don't know what I'm talking about then you need to watch TV more than I do (and i don't do it often)
Logic does not apply to everything.
There are somethings that are beyond logic. If everything could be explained by logic then what kind of world would we live in?
Think before you answer because one of the basic needs of any human happens to be an illogical thing which cannot fully and satisfactorily be explained.
One of the Key elements to humanity and the one thing that defies logic is love.
Without love this world would be cold, empty, also very much dead. Without love we would have all killed each other long ago and nothing would be left alive.
And by love I am not talking about reproduction which can be achieved without love. However, if no love existed in this world we would have destroyed ourselves long ago.
The wars of the past would have truly devastated and eliminated all life.
Now this is not to say that war is without love because many wars were started because there was love. But it was a love tainted with jealousy or pride or greed. Whether you love yourself, your country another person. Tainted with other negative things, love can lead to war.
So War by nature is also not logical. It is not the logical answer to things but rather an instinctual reaction. Many arguments and quarrels are born of ridiculous things which logically should not have led to such a reaction. Yet we still see that logic is not present in a fight between two different sides.
Humans themselves are also, not logical. So much of what humanity does is instinctual and done in reaction and not with logic. Humans are not by nature logical beings. I might say nothing is created to be a logical being. We can reason, yes, we can think and decide for ourselves, yes. But how often does one really react to the violent demise of a loved one with logic? The logical thing to do is actually to forget the person and move on. Some do that. But then you never really loved them. The person may not have a outward reaction but on the inside is turmoil and mourning which is a result of love. How often does one react with logic when they are so deprived of something that they would do anything to obtain what it is they lack? No one would be able to react with logic. They would have a instinctual reaction born of desperation to obtain what they need.
Or how about a more common example. One has fallen in love with someone who they should not logically have fallen for. They are the everything they have never wanted and yet find that they care for and love this person despite everything. Everyone has had this happen before at some point on some level. Is this logical to do? This love for someone you would normally find repulsive and despicable?
Logic would also dictate compatible or similar natures/personalities (unless you believe people are like magnets then logic dictates that opposites attract) should be how one falls in love. After seeing so many people come together despite the complete askew-ity of their personalities. Not pure opposites not pure similarity. It tends to rather be a more chaotic mix of illogical things that inexplicably work together causing observers to wonder where this new love had come from.
People who believe in the supremacy of logic tend to think that they're in love when the other person has:
1) Same level of interest in the same things
2) agree politically
3) sexual tendencies
4) close enough in age
ect...
To put people in a box like that isn't healthy for them and curbs their ability to grow as long as the logic worshiper is around.
Logic therefore cannot be the one true dictator of the world when so much of it depends on specific circumstances to even be performed correctly.
In addition to my thoughts I have discovered something new:
There are so many things that cannot be explained away by either science or logic. Logic is a fallible god. I have seen so many people worship their god "Logic" that I'm wondering if they realize that they have placed a divinity context to it. Atheist proclaim the good news of logic everywhere they go. Atheists don't worship a god, or so they claim. They clearly have made for themselves this new intangible god to worship. So where is the "logic" in that I wonder.
Also, too many Christians have also begun to worship this false god Logic. Our God is a God of LOVE not human logic. If you idiots can't get it through your thick skulls how can you even dare to claim you understand our God? He DEFIES your earth logic. You are always saying don't put God in a box right? Take him out of your logic box too. Let him show you things and don't worry about how things are possible. The Bible already told you how.
I would rather draw bones and skeletal remains more than a piece of fruit or a tree. (A skeletal tree being an exception to the tree rule.)
The aesthetics of a skeleton does not appeal to many people because people see a skeleton and think "Oooh death, scary, bad, evil. Must avoid".
However, skeletons are not as symbolic of death as most people make them out to be. Perhaps I may be more goth than the average person but I find skeletons absolutely beautiful. The complexity and form one can get from a skeleton is more than one can get from a live being. Also, skeletons are quiet. Peaceful. Calming. Heck, they don't make any rude or lewd comments about the naked model in the art room. They don't snicker at how badly you've done something. They listen and never speak (if one DOES speak I advise checking the room and ventilation shafts before panicking. Also check your computer speakers and any media devices).
On the whole the company of a skeleton of any creature is a nice soothing primitive piece of nature invoking the ancient memory passed down through generations of when death was not as feared but respected and accepted as a natural part of life. (unlike taxes which may be the more logical thing to fear which is unnatural and man-made and has always inspired dread in human beings since it's creation).
Except for the people in the IRS no one is going to sit there and sigh happily and relaxed in the presence of taxes.
More people are likely to find peace and comfort in the reminder of physical mortality than the ever recurring horror of taxes.
But this is not a political blog post so no talking about taxes unless related to aesthetic art please. i don't really care for the feel or discussion of money because the concept in itself is ridiculous and the world seems to think it revolves around money and not the Sun. (Which is more important to Earth than money because we'd be in the dark without it and art would have no shadows or dimension).
Anyway, I guess I said all that to just say, I love skeletons. When I get my own place guess what's gonna be the decor? Skeletons. Animal, human, it doesn't matter; all are beautiful.
How about the incredible lack of maturity you have towards each other. I swear most of you self glorified 'adults' need to go back to preschool to learn all the lessons you have forgotten
1) Try to get along with others!
This includes not bitching about them to others behind their backs (or in front if you even TRY to get technical with me I WILL exhaust all directional words). Not taking what you hear from others as truth about another person. Not going by first impressions cause you could have caught them on a bad day and it normally isn't their fault that that happened.
I am incredibly tired of two adults (in a position of power over me no less) bitching about the other like I don't have an opinion of my own and think they can convince me otherwise. Honestly. I like the both of them in their own ways but the immaturity and hostility HAS TO STOP! We are working together towards a common goal. Get over your freakn' selves this leads me to the second thing one learns.
2) Work together!
Whether you're working for the same goal or believe in the same God you should NOT be at odds with each other. One denomination is not better than the other unless it goes directly against the book/teachings the beliefe is founded on. Christians are damaged more by this non-working together than anything else. Get your act together people.
If you're working with someone on the same project in two different areas try to get along and work together by not hindering the other's progress either by slander or sabotage.
I have seen so much of this I'm beginnig to wonder why the heck humanity hasn't destroyed itself yet from all this sundering (seperation).
Next is the ever popular "Golden Rule"
3) Do to others what you want done to you.
I am having an extreem problem with these people going back and forth with the slandering and bitching. THere is another player in my life in an even higher postion of power who should ALSO remember this if they want to keep any respect.
One does NOT treat the people under them like incompetants and nor does one call someone under them incompetant for NOT knowing something because the one over them has not explained what they are to do. Good lcuk getting your mind around THAT sentance. Let me break it down. Student/teacher example. The student does not understand what their homework is supposed to be or how to go about it despite paying attention in class and taking notes. The teacher then berates the student for being incompetant and tells them that it "should be obvious". This sort of thing happens in school and in the workplace. When one in power tells someone of normal intelligence something 'should be obvious' perhaps they should then OBVIOUSLY tell the person working for them how to do what ever it is they don't understand.
I and several others are working under a person who has constantly shoved people with no experience into areas that require experience and then not giving them the help or the training nessiscary to do the task assigned. Then said person berates the person THEY GAVE the task to for not getting it done the way they want. Also what has happened is that the person in question has not passed on required information in a timely manner forcing the person into a state of extreem stress and panic on top of the mounds of homework required of a college student in the upper classes.
Obviouly we cannot truly do to him what he has done to us but that does not mean that we might not in the future or that someone else won't.
So moving on to another 'issue' you 'adults' have with us 'younger people' let's talk about authority.
I personaly have absolutly no issue with authority. I love working FOR people that are authoritative in their manner. I have had the pleasure of experienceing two differnt personality type in authority figures and have absolutely no issue with serving them. They are enjoyable and pleasent to work for providing you actually work. No big problem for me. I can say that I do not have an 'issue' with authority figures.
I do have an issue with abuse of power. 'Scuze me for being old fashined but the ideals of the forefathers of America are very dear to me. I am also very justice...oriented.
If there is injustice it offends me and makes me angry. Mercy is one thing blatant injustice as a result of corruption is another and yes one CAN tell the difference.
I have the utter displeasure to have to suffer under an unfair teacher/head of department/academic advisor.
I do not really care about what he does to me because I'm strong enoguh to bear it cause I have REAL help. However i have a mother complex when it comes to my friends and when this person treats MY friends unfairly I get upset.
This person has not only overstepped thier bounds in treating others like humans he has also failed to be a teacher and failed as academic advisor to my friends.
People are leaving the major and/or the school because of this person. We of the upper class cannot leave but i have friends there too and they have been treated abominably.
SO When i say we are going against him through the proper chennels one cannot say I have 'a problem with authority' this is only the second teacher i have EVER had an issue with.
All because they are not mature like they want us to be.
SET A REAL EXAMPLE! WE ARE WATCHING ALL OF YOU.
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=57630853969&h=0Ayex&u=O8PXA&ref=nf
Don't discount it when you hear what church this guy is from because he has something important for all of us to hear.
I mean it.
If you have had any sort of respect for me or my opinion I would ask you to watch this.
I have yet to hear someone speak on this subject so forcefully in this day and age.
This means all my pastors and people I have heard speak save for one who is now serving God in the deep south or in another country (I don't quite know where they are).
If you choose to flame me for posting this video then that's your problem.
When all is said and done, at the end of the day, Humans are human.
They makes us angry, happy, annoyed, scared, and all sorts of emotions.
Some brag, some insult, some act arrogant, all signs of either insecurity and/or various psychological complexes. This is human too.
Now to address my fellow Christians:
There is NO REASON to get pissed off at people for being human.
Our ... orders, if you will, are simple.
1) Love Unconditionally
God loves EVERY-FREAKEN-BODY. Quit complaining about other people when you see/hear them sinning. Leave that to God to deal with. He DID NOT give us the right to condemn others. We are only to correct other brothers and sisters in Christ when they are sinning. Not the rest of the world. Leave that to GOD. Just leave it.
This doesn't mean we can't get mad at them or be upset - That is a normal human feeling. HOWEVER, discussing, gossiping (which is a sin) or blogging about people and their sin it crosses a line. How would you like to have your faults broadcast all over the web, the work place, etc.?
You may be thinking its not the same thing. Bull freaken shit. You pretend to be the perfect person with no faults when you point out others, but you create for all other Christians an even bigger fault and paint us a color that we are not. To the outside you become no better, if not worse, than they are.
You can say, "Oh I'm not perfect" or "I know I'm not perfect". Could have fooled me when you start talking about other people's shit. Honestly, I am sick of my fellow Christians not even attempting to curb one of the most widely spread issues of talking about others.
2) Worship God
Self explanatory.
3) Obey God.
Sometimes we need to take a step or two back from our lovely academia of theology.
It seems to me that most theology has screwed us over and made more than half the problems we have with each other today.
Tying back in to number one - love unconditionally. This means love EVERYBODY (in case you missed that the first part) as the disclaimer of most things have to be: Regardless of race, gender, sexuality, hair color, eye color, personality type, hygiene, political affiliation etc...
You need to realize we undermine the message of Christ's whole purpose of being here by judging and ridiculing and condemning other people because of what they do or say. If they choose to follow God, then GOD will tell them what to do and if they love God as we say we do they'll obey what he tells them.
Remember the vision Peter had about the unclean animals being lowered and told to eat?
Do you remember what that was supposed to mean?
Well it sure as hell ain't something you people preach about very often. Maybe you should go back and take a look.
Seems to me that after Peter had that vision he went to visit the unclean Gentile Roman to deliver God's words to him and his family.
We Christians are acting like Jews vs Gentiles instead the gentiles are people we treat as unclean because they act, do, say something different.
I'm not just referring to sexuality issues.
I've been misjudged by other Christians because of my personal style. Quite frankly this judging people based on what you see is crap and we aren't supposed to be like that. How many times are we gonna forget that and how many times are punk upstarts like me are gonna have to yell at the rest of y'all?
Honestly people. EPIC FAIL!!!!!
Simple command: Love one another and love the Lord your God. This is the simplest and only two things God really asks of us. It is NOT THAT COMPLICATED! Condemning and judging are not in line with these commands. If you all got the stick out of your butts, the wax out of your ears and the blindfold of jargon and dogma off your eyes you'd see that and REMEMBER.
But no!
Even pastors are making the Epic in Epic Fail in obeying God's laws. You are in a position of leadership. Quit screwing up and make an attempt to love without condemning.
"I'm not condemning anyone" You may be saying. Well guess what? Any time you poke fingers at people's wrong doings you are condemning. People know whether or not something is wrong. You're not supposed to be the ones who rub the puppy's nose in their poo. People aren't dogs. You don't need to do that. Resist the urge. Quit it.
We're only supposed to love them. I know going above and beyond is normally good in the work force...but go about and beyond in your loving others. Do not try to do God's job for God. Not your place. God's. Not yours. Get it?
Now, that being said...I will stop for today. Ciao.
need to finish paper
need caffenee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Blarg gleep grorp gloop gerlop shliop
*drowns in homework*
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