I had a very odd urge to write something on my blog (I think its guilt) and I started typing something out. Didn't know what it was till it became what it was. 30 second poetry
Somewhere
In a forest somewhere
There lay a few golden leaves
And looking up there were more.
Floating, streaming and swaying down, they rests upon your palms
And you walked on, bathed in the glow of the sun, trudging through
Soft swooshes and silent swishes
Birds chirp in odd harmony,
how did they learn the melody of serene?
Trudging through somewhere, in a coniferous scene.
This should help
Really awesome bloggers visited my exhibit when my classmates didn't, thought they were in my pictures. (Granted I know some of them would have if they could)
Finally a term to describe me. After establishing my belief in my extroversion and succumbing unknowingly to social convention that charisma, energy, action, American-ish traits are better then solitude and contemplation, my introvert self has been left woefully neglected. As it should be shouldn't it? And its so sad that when we just want to be ourselves its because we're emotional or not in a good mood. What's that supposed to mean? Too long have we understood homo sapiens as social beings, a result of group selection, that we respond negatively to quiet, deep thought by one's self.
Perhaps the supposed anger and insecure that emanates from introverts manifests from the social perception that such behavior is 'anti-social'. This, in fact, instead of improving their sociability, grossly undermines their confidence and self-worth, a detriment to their creativity and productivity. A sure trait of the introverted intellectual.
I should try to stop talking in sophisticated fashion.
Lately my thinking has been shaped by atheists who shall not be named. It has definitely made my thinking much more independent. I cannot tell if that's a good thing.
Fundamentally, I believe in universal truths plus rational morality. I dislike the sort of modern thinking of 'to each his own'. You mean its OK for someone else to do this but not the other guy? Why is that so? How can that be so? If there is any logic in your behaviour then rationally speaking it should apply to someone else? Granted this person was apparently 'brought up differently'. Yes our behaviour should change in different environments but no it should not be different between people in the same situation, because only of them can be logically coherent.
Of course, it has made me a self-intuitive, self-righteous bastard. Indeed, my friends are scarce. Well screw it. Do not call someone arrogant if you cannot get your thinking straight and he has, albeit with pride. Humility is good because it leaves one available to a change in thinking and is socially acceptable and easier to convince others of your lifestyle given a more amiable front. If he has constantly questioned his own beliefs and way of life and has justification for his character why do you condemn his conviction in it?
Perhaps my natural way of speaking has always been to sound like a snobbish high-philosophy prick.
Jeremy told me something that was obvious but didn't occur to me yesterday 'not everyone thinks like you'. Well if you want the ultra-elitist response its because everyone else are clearly not as smart. If you want the diplomatic response I have clearly wronged and I should not object to other people's way of living nor impose my own at all. Of course, this has always been quoted by the hedonists, liberals and hippies. Whom ironically impose this way of thinking on others. Indeed, freedom for all remains elusive because clearly freedom of an individual will surely clash with another. Hence the need for a higher authority dictating the ground rules. In this respect, has the Holy See or the secular government done better?
It is symbolic that after 1 year being a Christian, I am faced with overwhelming problems with the faith. I say overwhelming not out of exaggeration and I'd like to elaborate but gosh the TV behind me is really distracting. So till next time for now.
Sometimes in life, we are inspired.
By the beauty of nature, by the complexities of life, by the adversity of will. We are inspired.
TO MAKE FACEBOOK STATUSES.
"Pessimists need to be more optimistic, optimists need to read more"
Alt: "Pessimists..., optimists need to be more realistic"
"Someone likened Florence and the Machine to Lady Gaga, I likened his face to a punching bag"
"*In class* GP tutor: "... cause there are still seemingly viable non-democratic states such as China" Classmate: "HUH since when was China not democratic??" Me: *Jumps off building* "HUH? US LOST THE VIETNAM WAR?" Me: *Comes back from the dead, jumps off again*
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I think I like the Arts so much cause I'm in science. God dammit I'm a generic hipster. *drowns in the mainstream* I swear if I was taking Arts I would be reading science shit.
I set the new club members an assignment that involved taking an egg in different ways. Decided that I should also do it with them but what a waste if I just throw away the album and never share it with anyone else except the club! On a side note... should I put more of my photos on facebook?
Every person on that train you're on, every student sitting in that lecture hall, the lecturers, the cleaners, the hawkers and the ministers, all have a story. Did you look at them with nondescript eyes? Did you see the struggle in their eyes? The humanity in their soul?
Watched the Dramafest full dress rehearsals a few days ago.
Let me be honest (knowing full well I'll be judged!) that I am a little disappointed and envious of all the actors up there. I wonder if it made a difference if I tried for dramafest or not, and the fact that I was shortlisted. We always think of the what ifs, and I find it so much more so in JC
In the darkroom. They say councilors do a lot of work. Well at least they do it together. Its lonely in the darkroom, and the lights are flickering. Better call estate.
