I can't stop wondering...

Twentysomething

2008-05-03T13:39:00.002-03:00

After years of expensive education
A car full of books and anticipation
I'm an expert on Shakespeare and that's a hell of a lot
But the world don't need scholars as much as I thought

Maybe I'll go travelling for a year
Finding myself, or start a career
Could work for the poor, though I'm hungry for fame
We all seem so different but we're just the same

Maybe I'll go to the gym, so I don't get fat
Aren't things more easy, with a tight six pack?
Who knows the answers, who do you trust?
I can't even seperate love from lust

Maybe I'll move back home and pay off my loans
Working nine to five, answering phones
But don't make me live for my Friday nights
Drinking eight pints and getting in fights

I don't want to get up, just let me lie in
Leave me alone, I'm a twentysomething

Maybe I'll just fall in love
That could solve it all
Philosophers say that that's enough
There surely must be more

Love ain't the answer, nor is work
The truth elludes me so much it hurts
But I'm still having fun and I guess that's the key
I'm a twentysomething and I'll keep being me

- Jamie Cullum

Why, dear, WHY?

2008-04-08T13:23:00.002-03:00

"What is this posture I have to stare at"
That's what he said when I was sittin' up straight
Change the name of the game when he lost it
He knew he was wrong but he knew it too late
But I'm not being fair
'Cause I chose to listen to that filthy mouth
But I'd like to choose right
Take all the things that I said that he stole
Put 'em in a sack
Swing 'em over my shoulder
Turn on my heels
Step out of this sight
Try to live in a lovelier light

- Fiona Apple

Now... Why are certain men such jerks?
And why do women fall for them anyway?

Here's a theory.

2008-03-05T22:57:00.004-03:00

If there is such a thing as "good" public speakers, shall we take a moment here and discuss the possibility of "bad" private speakers? I think I could be the necessary material for analysis - "analysis" being a key-word here =) ... How is it that I can feel sooo comfortable speaking in public, but so awkward talking to one or two strangers? Any idea? Isn't it generally the opposite?

Beats me, people.

Rafa

How is it that thoughts can take you away from reality and, yet, they always make you keep your feet on the ground?

2008-01-07T15:15:00.001-03:00

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This is my letter to the world
That never wrote to me
The simple news that nature told
With tender majesty

Her message is committed
To hands I cannot see
For love of her, sweet countrymen
Judge tenderly of me.

- Emily Dickinson

If we look closely, won't all addictions look the same?

2007-12-31T14:10:00.000-03:00

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People think it's all about misery and desperation and death and all that shite, which is not to be ignored. But what they forget is the pleasure of it. Otherwise we wouldn't do it. After all, we're not fucking stupid. At least, we're not that fucking stupid. Take the best orgasm you ever had, multiply it by a thousand and you're still nowhere near it. When you're on junk you have only one worry: scoring. When you're off it you are suddenly obliged to worry about all sorts of other shite. Got no money: can't get pished. Got money: drinking too much. Can't get a bird: no chance of a ride. Got a bird: too much hassle. You have to worry about bills, about food, about some football team that never fucking wins, about human relationships and all the things that really don't matter when you've got a sincere and truthful junk habit.

- Trainspotting

What is the deal with skepticism?

2007-12-29T16:00:00.000-03:00

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JOHN MILTON: - Who are you carrying all those bricks for anyway? God? Is that it? God? Well I tell ya, let me give you a little inside information about God. God likes to watch...He's a prankster. Think about it. He gives man instincts! He gives you this extraordinary gift and then what does he do? I swear, for his own amusement, his own private, cosmic, gag reel, he sets the rules in opposition! It’s the goof of all time: look, but don't touch; touch, but don't taste; taste, don't swallow. [laughter] And while you're jumping from one foot to the next, what is he doing? He's laughing his sick f***ing ass off! He's a tight ass, he's a sadist, he's an absantee londlord... Worship that? Never!

KEVIN LOMAX: - Better to reign in hell than to serve in Heaven, is that it?

JOHN MILTON: - Why not? I'm here on the ground with my nose in it since the whole thing began! I've nurtured every sensation man has been inspired to have. I cared about what he wanted and I never judged him. Why? Because I never rejected him. In spite of all his imperfections, I'm a fan of man! I'm a humanist... I rest my case.

- The Devil's Advocate

What if what you see is not what you get?

2007-12-26T15:50:00.000-03:00

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Richard Cory

Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored and imperially slim.

And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked,
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.

And he was rich -yes, richer than a king -
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.

So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.

- Edwin Arlington Robinson

Let's try a little tenderness, shall we?

2007-12-26T15:43:00.000-03:00

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If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Onto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

- Emily Dickinson

What is it about vacations?

2007-12-25T14:01:00.001-03:00

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There is no pleasure in having nothing to do. The fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.

- Mary Wilson Little

What is it about New Years?

2007-12-25T13:12:00.000-03:00

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune
Without the words
and never stops at all.

- Emily Dickinson

What it is about Christmas time?

2007-12-25T02:17:00.000-03:00

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Christmas gift suggestions:
To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To a customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect.

- Oren Arnold