I'm Illiterate

Sat, 16 Sep 2006 23:36:36 GMT

I don't care if I'm a nerd, all I want is Psychonauts and a PS2 to play it on.

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:40:16 GMT

In two hundred years we'll all be dead. In a thousand years, we'll be completely forgotten. In a billion years the sun will explode and this entire planet will be gone. In couple gazillion years, the universe will collapse on itself and everything that ever was or would be will be obliterated.

There's some comfort in knowing nothing you do will ever really matter on a galactic scale.

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 03:50:09 GMT

From Calvin and Hobbes.

This morning I had a wonderful dream. By holding my arms out stiff and pushing down hard, I found I could suspend myself a few feet above the ground. I flapped harder, and soon I was floating effortlessly over the trees and telephone poles! I could fly! I folded my arms back and zoomed low over the neighborhood. Everyone was amazed, and they ran along under me as I shot by. Then I rocketed up so fast that my eyes watered from the wind. I laughed and laughed, making huge loops across the sky! ...That's when mom woke me up and said I was going to miss the bus if I didn't get my bottom out of bed; 20 minutes later, here I am, standing in the cold rain, waiting to go to school, and I just remembered I forgot my lunch.

Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:30:30 GMT

Where are the classic rap and hip hop stations? In fact, where are the classic rappers?

-Tupac
-NWA(maybe)
-Run DMC
-Fatboy Slim

Any others?...

Cut your hair very short.

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 01:32:40 GMT

What to say? I sorta miss this stupid thing.

I haven't really met anybody here yet. No big deal. If I may be honest... it seems like an aura of fakeness surrounds a lot of them. Maybe it's just me. And can it be that there are so many frat boys and sorority girls here? I mean damn, they're everywhere!

I also want some new books to read or movies to see. Could anybody help me with that please?

Fri, 02 Sep 2005 02:05:05 GMT

Why do we define ourselves by other people's words? Lyrics, quotes, what have you, why? Not that it's necessarily bad.

What it is ain't exactly clear

Sat, 27 Aug 2005 13:09:46 GMT

What do tattoos, a monkey lady, a harvard professor, and the number 1961 have in common?

Wed, 17 Aug 2005 01:08:03 GMT

Chances are, the dirtiest thing you can think of is some kind of excrement from the human body. Isn't it strange that the filthiest, most disgusting thing you can imagine comes from within your own body?

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 02:00:12 GMT

My schedule:
1.AP English Literature
2.Family Dynamics?(switching as we speak)
3.AP Environmental Science
4.Creative Photo 1
5.AP European History
6.American Government Honors

Also, The NFL preseason is slated to start next Saturday at 5 am. Why 5 am? It's being played in Tokyo. Who's going to be up to watch the game? You guessed it. Me.

Ahoy!

Tue, 26 Jul 2005 01:33:15 GMT

Hey, AP scores are in like Errol Flynn.

Art History-4
Psych-4
Amer. History-4
Eng. Language-5

Whoooppeee cushion.

No pun in ten did

Sun, 03 Jul 2005 22:38:55 GMT

Are these signs of immaturity?

>Reading comic books, not just reading but enjoying, understanding, and researching them as well
>Playing video games until your brain is the consistency of oatmeal
>Spending entire days in a bathrobe
>Consistently avoiding applying for a job
>Eating nothing but cereal for breakfast, lunch and dinner
>Using pens and markers to embellish your arms(on a daily basis)
>Shirking homework duties
>Using the time you saved by not doing hw to engage in numerous unrelated trivial tasks
>Playing with plastic army men
>Not shaving for days on end
>Owning and operating a livejournal

Mon, 30 May 2005 04:30:35 GMT

My eyes hurt. If it were more likely I'd think my brain were bleeding. My cerebrum's revolution is being ruthlessly crushed by an army nonprescription asprin pills. I hope.

What is the purpose of the moon?

Sun, 15 May 2005 12:01:52 GMT

I hope you're all doing well. Try and be happy and do what you can for those who can't.

Desiderata

Thu, 10 Mar 2005 22:26:36 GMT

Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even to the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

By: Max Ehrman, ca. 1922

You gotta fight through that shit.

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 23:32:44 GMT

The hardest thing in the world for most people to do is hold two differing opinions in their head at the same time. I have noticed this. Few people can see the benefits of two schools of thought concerning one issue. Wonder why that is.

And now for something completely different.
A brief history of India.
Indus Valley. Dynasties. Islam. Britain. India. Space India.
Thank you.

Dynamite with a laser beam.

Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:34:18 GMT

The vagrant knows the sorrow of poverty. The miser knows the sorrow of wealth. The wise man knows the joy of both.

Queen and Confucius.

Be like water my friend!

Thu, 17 Feb 2005 22:29:00 GMT

Isn't water cool?
No?
I think it is. Look at it! Clear, fluid, able to take any form. It never disappears. Ever. The water you bathe in? Dinosaurs drank that same water. The rain that falls on your house? Fell on the palaces of Chinese emperors.
Water can be calm, and water can be violent and destructive.
Water is what keeps your body functioning.
Water sustains all life(at least on this planet). Water also kills.
Water is life and death.

See? Tres cool.

Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song

Sun, 13 Feb 2005 22:11:22 GMT

Happiness isn't hard to come by. See for yourself. Go outside. Now, lay in the grass and watch the clouds roll by.

...Isn't it grand?
Time for some flowers out of season.

Can't always get what you want.

Tue, 08 Feb 2005 01:05:49 GMT

What is school? Why do we spend 5 days a week in a place that most of us wouldn't be caught dead in ten years from now? Unless you want to be a principal. You have my apologies. But school! Doesn't it seem useless?

Is it necessary? Certainly not.
Does it help? Of course.
School has many many benefits. It doesn't quite achieve the goals it's intended to most of the time and the lessons you learn aren't really curriculum material. Are we learning that much? Rather, are we retaining that much? Or rather, are we retaining anything important? Probably not. Well then, what is school about? Good question.
School is like a dance. It's divided into several different groups of kids who stick to themselves like glue, there's very little learning going on, most people are looking at the opposite sex, and it's all surveyed by the teachers. In the end, only a few people really want to be there. Bad analogy.
Meet new people at school, that's the point. Get off your ass and interact. If you're home-schooled... err... good luck trying to relate to public school students.

Hey where did we go.

Fri, 04 Feb 2005 01:19:43 GMT

Little pieces are what you remember of life. Far-ranging story arcs aren't remembered unless they're important. It's fragments. A day here, a moment there, it adds up to a lot in the end. Your memory just can't handle everything. It picks the best memories you've had each day, and files them away for nostalgia's sake. Certain times will never leave you completely. Today, Thursday February 3rd, is such a time.

Everything's going to be all right.

Fri, 28 Jan 2005 03:30:37 GMT

Hmm... Something's different. What though?

God came down from heaven and stopped the bullets.

Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:11:00 GMT

Religion is like professional wrestling. Those who believe, believe. Those who don't, won't.
That's not always true, but it's a really clever analogy nonetheless. Or maybe it's a simile.

Do you believe in...
1. God?
In a sense.
2. the afterlife?
Sometimes.
3. karma?
Yep.
4. true love?
Yes.
5. enlightenment?
Yeah.
6. destiny?
Not sure.

Some say these are the cornerstones of any religion.

Where is my mind...

Thu, 20 Jan 2005 22:09:58 GMT

Introducing the musical to end all musicals....

Fight Club the Musical!
The All-Singing All-Dancing Crap of the World!

Featuring such classic numbers as:
The Rules of Fight Club
His Name Was Robert Paulsen
Do You Know Tyler Durden?
...and everyone's favorite:
The All-Singing All-Dancing Crap of the World.

If you thought "West Side Story" and "Beat It" choreographed all the masculinity out of fighting, you ain't seen nothing yet.

Go and do likewise

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 19:38:16 GMT

If you try to make a difference in life, if you try to make things better for other people, those things will not last. You will not make the kind of long-lasting impression that bad people doing bad deeds will. Your deeds will be forgotten long before theirs are. Does that mean you shouldn't try? Of course not.
Permanence should not be your goal. If you make life better for someone else for one fleeting moment, you can be happy. If you do it for many people on many occasions, you can be happier. Sometimes your presence alone is enough to do the job. Sometimes just a heartfelt comment. Sometimes just a smile. It's not hard.

Yeah. Well. Whatever. You can't teach God anything.

Thu, 13 Jan 2005 05:43:45 GMT

How to obtain enlightenment:
Enlightenment is not some abstract concept. It's not meditation or training. It's not Jedi mind tricks. It's not lying on a bed of nails or breaking cinder blocks with your chest. It's not that.
Enlightenment is living and being happy.
Enlightenment doesn't mean giving up the world in order to live a purer and simpler existence. It is not living on a remote mountain top with monks and sherpas. It is not Shangri La.
To acheive this, you don't need to do much. Realize and understand the reality of life. You're born, you live some, you die. Shit happens along the way. Flaming shit. In the end it doesn't really matter. You're dead either way.
Your life's quality is all that matters. When you're enlightened you can live your life and understand that everything is in a constant state of decay and be happy. You can accept death and be happy.
It'll happen. You have to give up all hope of escaping it. You are not immortal.
Here's how you do it: Stop trying to do it. It's there before you look for it. Once you find it you're right where you started again.
This is all bullshit, so you should probably stop reading it.

Postal Service is beautiful. Absolutely.