Things Forgotten
Holy Crap!
In the process of packing, I found a set of papers I'd thought lost forever, when I remember that I once had them and consider restarting them. To preserve them, I'm going to put their contents up here. Possibly a stroll down memory lane for some.
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Things Forgotten
In the day-to-day hustle and bustle of life, so much is forgotten - or at least, not remembered. The little things - those things that make one place, one person, different from teh rest; one moment of closeness, of familiarity, with a friend, a loved one. Points in time that, temporarily, set themselves apart from others... and then pass by.
It's so easy to take for granted the joy of sharing a joke with a friend, of laughing with a family member, of sitting in a room with people you know.
Yet... every moment, life changes. Each day, hopefully, people grow. Two friends laughing over a shared joke today might not be the same two people tomorrow.
Where do these precious moments go, once forgotten? Are they simply gone, or will they return later, to bring a smile of remembrance or a tear for what has been lost? Should they remain alive in our memories when they wish to be, or held elsewhere as well, treasured soon after they are gone?
I've been thinking. A few days ago, I posted a list of quotes I've collected over the years. Reading (unimpressed) replies to that post, I started wondering at the quotes I'd chosen. I realized that I'd forgotten *why* I started it in the first place, though I'd kept to that reason regardless somehow.
My Quotes pages have few deep, meaning-of-life quotes. Those I leave to others, for they are bound to be quoted somewhere. There are no quotes from books I'd read when they were quoted. Everything on these pages is a tribute to little moments. *smiles* From Bruce Lee's words, painted on Mr. Skovynick's (whose name I *still* don't know how to spell) wall at Shawnee High School, to snatches of songs heard while driving, or in the midst of a conversation, to comments and conversations that still bring a smile to my face upon recall. I have two book quotes - but they are special because Laynie showed them to me, and the shared beauty of one and passion of the other are memories I treasure and hold dear.
This is my tribute to life.
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"To waste time is to expend it thoughtlessly or carelessly. We all have time to either spend or waste and it is our decision what to do with it. But once passed, it is gone forever."
-- Bruce Lee, written on a school board at S.H.S.
"Conformity is the instrument by which the establishment manipulates the masses in a tyrannical, racist, oppressive, unjust society. Defy the status quo maintained by the mindless automaton droids of the corporation. Contrary to popular belief at SHS, individualism inspires creation."
-- Student of the month quote submitted by William Autrey
"Individualism inspires creation."
-- Student of the month quote attributed to William Autrey
"Brakes don't stop cars - the ground stops cars!"
-- Physics Class
"Being different is good. Conformity is bad. Who agrees with me?"
-- Shadar the Mad, Wheel of Time book forum
"...I'm sorry... the neighbor's dogs were barking early this morning, and I'm a little insane."
-- Julie Mullins
"Lab Gremlins."
-- Will's explanation of possible origins of major lab errors
"Will."
-- Brady Longenbaugh's explanation of possible origins of major lab errors
"...and I dirtied my blanket..."
-- Megan O'Donnell
"...wait, let me rephrase that..."
-- Megan O'Donell, a few seconds later
"Do more than exist,
live.
Do more than touch,
feel.
Do more than look,
observe.
Do more than read,
absorb.
Do more than hear,
listen.
Do more than listen,
understand.
Do more than think,
ponder.
Do more than talk,
say something."
-- John H. Roades, not sure where posted/printed
(scribbled in in red pen sidewise down the edge of the paper, not by me)
"I love you."
-- Guy
"I just shave my toes."
-- Megan O'Donnell
"...oh, no...Please don't..."
-- Megan O'Donnell, seeing me dive for my quotes pages
"There is a land shining with goodness where each man protects his brother's dignity as his own, where war and want have ceased and all races live under the same law of love and honor.
"It is a land bright with truth, where a man's word is his pledge, and falsehood is banished, where children sleep safe in their mother's arms and never know fear or pain. It is a land where kings extend their hands in justice rather than reach for the sword; where mercy, kindness and compassion flow like deep water over the land, and men revere virtue, revere truth, revere beauty, above comfort, pleasure, or selfish gain. A land where peace reigns in the hearts of men, where faith blazes like a beacon from every hill, and love like a fire from every hearth, where the True God is worshipped and his ways acclaimed by all...
"There is a golden realm of light, my son. And it is called the Kingdom of Summer."
-- Merlin, Stephen R. Lawhead
"Now if I'd seen him really there, really alive, it'd be in me like a fever. If I thought there was some god who really did care two hoots about people, who watched 'em like a father and cared for 'em like a mother... well, you wouldn't catch me sayin' things like 'there are two sides to every question' and 'we must respect other people's beliefs.' You wouldn't find me just being gen'rally nice in the hope that it'd all turn out right in the end, not if that flame was burning in me like an unforgivin' sword. And I did say burnin', Mister Oats, 'cos that's what it'd be. You say that you people don't burn folk and sacrifice people anymore, but that's what true faith would mean, y'see? Sacrificin' your own life, one day at a time, to the flame, declarin' the truth of it, workin' for it, breathin' the soul of it. That's religion. Anything else is just... is just bein' nice.
"And a way of keepin' in touch with the neighbors."
-- Granny Weatherwax, Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett
"I hope I like my own children... I'll decide about two or three."
-- Kendall, on parenthood
"Mechanical babies are funny."
-- Kendall, on babies
"I asked Valerie if I could thump her baby."
-- Kendall, on Family Living class activities
"Please... Don't have children."
-- Erin, to Kendall, on parenthood
"Love is enough, if it's unconditionally given -
now you're livin' out the Great Commission."
-- D.C. Talk, "Love is a Verb"
"Have we ever given this on a quiz?"
-- Dr. Allum, Calculus
"Don't be afraid to look like a ninny!"
-- Dr. Victor Worsfold, Humanities
"My heart pushes forward,
my will's in reverse."
-- Frito Boat
"Hey, I got it right!"
-- Dr. Allum, performing some basic algebra
"The set of all strings x having some nonnull[...]
"Suppose the complement were regular. Then the pumping lemma would apply."
-- Computer Theory Staff (Think I saw it on a random board at college and it just tickled me pink.)
"You talk about a strength that comes from within.
But there is no energy that does not come from Him."
-- Some song, heard on radio on a beautiful day
"Oh, sorry. My math is... uh..."
-- Junalyn, Calculus Problem Section T.A.
"I have students stashed on islands all over the world."
-- Dr. Allum, Calculus
"I come home and take my clothes off."
-- ReAnn Cornell, on getting comfortable
"What kind of smoke are you cracking?"
-- ReAnn Cornell
"Guidance - God, U and I dance."
-- Pastor Loren Chong
"If you don't have a computer, what in the hell are you doing in engineering?"
-- Dr. Dodge, to EE class, on the importance of computers for schoolwork
"I know which direction that professor's going - professors don't bounce that well."
-- Professor Izen, Physics, re: the effects of gravity on a suddenly not-floating professor
"A little bit of knowledge can be a very dangerous thing."
-- Dr. Allum, Calculus
"If life's a battle, the invasion is complete.
If it is music, then I found the perfect beat."
-- Random song on the radio on a peaceful drive
"You are now fully dilated to 17 cm. Congratulations - you may now give birth."
-- Worf, ST/TNG: "Disaster"
"Real men have teddy bears."
-- Guy Hale
"Teeny-weeny is one of those physics terms."
-- Dr. Izen, Physics
"I tricked you all out of your skins! Nya-ha-ha!"
-- Dr. Izen, Physics (And yes, eh said the nya-ha-ha. With an Ny, not a Mw. You may or may not have figured out, I really loved this teacher. :-D)
"They say the boid is on the wing,
but that's absoid -
'cause ev'rybody knows the wing
is on the boid."
-- Dr. Izen, in his native Brooklyn dialect
"The big thing in life is not work alone - the big thing in life... is POWER."
-- Dr. Izen, Physics
"Practice random kindness and pointless acts of beauty."
-- Seen on a bumper sticker in Richardson, TX
"My mage is wearing a thong... how uncomfortable."
-- Zedora Sedai, #ddtavern (The night Guy lost Ellie to EQ.)
"And all have hated,
crucified and walked away...
Savior of the prostitutes,
drunkards, rapists, and the gays."
-- Brave Saint Saturn, Under Bridges
"Um... If you set your cruise control to 80, why are we going 70?"
-- Me, to Guy :-D
"I have another name for Windows ME. It's *cough* never mind. But it's two initials."
-- Dr. Nathan Dodge, Electrical Engineering
"Don't they get extra money from, you know..."
-- Student in Government class
"Bribes?"
-- Another student in Government class
"Let's keep him. All he's going to do is eat us..."
-- Amber, as related by Fritha. (From a dream she had, I do believe.)
"I'm a metamorphic rock."
-- Fritha Robinson
"Now if you're smart, and living in the 20th century, you carry a Glock..."
-- "Richard Brooks, RadioShack District Sales Manager, on sales theory
"That's what happens when you correct exams and get old."
-- Dr. Allum, Calculus II
"There is a society that has been formed to protect the use of this test."
-- Dr. Allum, Cal II, re: the Divergence Test
"Now... Do we surrender?"
-- Dr. Allum, Calculus II
"Yes!"
-- general class sentiment
"Proof math is evil: It makes you sin all over the place!"
-- *groan* Me, on Calculus. (Probably at a study session with Jerry and co.)
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And, to add to the list, though mostly friendly joking-around stuff since the only real quotes I've got recorded anywhere right now are my "oooh, that was funny!" ones from in WoW:
"Go, go Gadget Tentacle!"
-- Guy, Hentai-fest, during live-action La Blue Girl
[Dakal]: what is the movie Point of Origin bout?
[Carticket]: it's about (0,0,0)
-- Afterdark Guild Chat
[Tilt]: 2 cows are in a field - One says to the other "Hey...are you worried about this mad cow disease?" Other cow turns to him and says "Worried? Why should I be worried? I'm a helicopter."
-- Afterdark Guild Chat
[Isolde]: Hear ye, Hear ye, the ancient order of WoWoW hereby declares that henceforth... "getting some is good."
-- Women of World of Warcraft chat
[Maiven]: For the record - Raun just said "Why am I in the Undercity and flagged?" in officer chat.
-- Afterdark Guild Chat
[Raun]: we want rogues vanishing, hunters FDing, and paladins doing whatever
-- Afterdark Raid Chat
[Tarig] yeah, nobody ever responds to my mindless prattle :(
-- Afterdark Guild Chat
[Lazarus]: i have an interesting idea
[Tilt]: The cross dressing one again?
-- Afterdark Guild Chat
[Nubira]: I could REALLY use an endless quiver
-- Afterdark Guild Chat
[Isolde]: leaf's role is hot angry sex
-- Women of World of Warcraft chat (Sentiment generally decided upon.)
In the process of packing, I found a set of papers I'd thought lost forever, when I remember that I once had them and consider restarting them. To preserve them, I'm going to put their contents up here. Possibly a stroll down memory lane for some.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Things Forgotten
In the day-to-day hustle and bustle of life, so much is forgotten - or at least, not remembered. The little things - those things that make one place, one person, different from teh rest; one moment of closeness, of familiarity, with a friend, a loved one. Points in time that, temporarily, set themselves apart from others... and then pass by.
It's so easy to take for granted the joy of sharing a joke with a friend, of laughing with a family member, of sitting in a room with people you know.
Yet... every moment, life changes. Each day, hopefully, people grow. Two friends laughing over a shared joke today might not be the same two people tomorrow.
Where do these precious moments go, once forgotten? Are they simply gone, or will they return later, to bring a smile of remembrance or a tear for what has been lost? Should they remain alive in our memories when they wish to be, or held elsewhere as well, treasured soon after they are gone?
I've been thinking. A few days ago, I posted a list of quotes I've collected over the years. Reading (unimpressed) replies to that post, I started wondering at the quotes I'd chosen. I realized that I'd forgotten *why* I started it in the first place, though I'd kept to that reason regardless somehow.
My Quotes pages have few deep, meaning-of-life quotes. Those I leave to others, for they are bound to be quoted somewhere. There are no quotes from books I'd read when they were quoted. Everything on these pages is a tribute to little moments. *smiles* From Bruce Lee's words, painted on Mr. Skovynick's (whose name I *still* don't know how to spell) wall at Shawnee High School, to snatches of songs heard while driving, or in the midst of a conversation, to comments and conversations that still bring a smile to my face upon recall. I have two book quotes - but they are special because Laynie showed them to me, and the shared beauty of one and passion of the other are memories I treasure and hold dear.
This is my tribute to life.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"To waste time is to expend it thoughtlessly or carelessly. We all have time to either spend or waste and it is our decision what to do with it. But once passed, it is gone forever."
-- Bruce Lee, written on a school board at S.H.S.
"Conformity is the instrument by which the establishment manipulates the masses in a tyrannical, racist, oppressive, unjust society. Defy the status quo maintained by the mindless automaton droids of the corporation. Contrary to popular belief at SHS, individualism inspires creation."
-- Student of the month quote submitted by William Autrey
"Individualism inspires creation."
-- Student of the month quote attributed to William Autrey
"Brakes don't stop cars - the ground stops cars!"
-- Physics Class
"Being different is good. Conformity is bad. Who agrees with me?"
-- Shadar the Mad, Wheel of Time book forum
"...I'm sorry... the neighbor's dogs were barking early this morning, and I'm a little insane."
-- Julie Mullins
"Lab Gremlins."
-- Will's explanation of possible origins of major lab errors
"Will."
-- Brady Longenbaugh's explanation of possible origins of major lab errors
"...and I dirtied my blanket..."
-- Megan O'Donnell
"...wait, let me rephrase that..."
-- Megan O'Donell, a few seconds later
"Do more than exist,
live.
Do more than touch,
feel.
Do more than look,
observe.
Do more than read,
absorb.
Do more than hear,
listen.
Do more than listen,
understand.
Do more than think,
ponder.
Do more than talk,
say something."
-- John H. Roades, not sure where posted/printed
(scribbled in in red pen sidewise down the edge of the paper, not by me)
"I love you."
-- Guy
"I just shave my toes."
-- Megan O'Donnell
"...oh, no...Please don't..."
-- Megan O'Donnell, seeing me dive for my quotes pages
"There is a land shining with goodness where each man protects his brother's dignity as his own, where war and want have ceased and all races live under the same law of love and honor.
"It is a land bright with truth, where a man's word is his pledge, and falsehood is banished, where children sleep safe in their mother's arms and never know fear or pain. It is a land where kings extend their hands in justice rather than reach for the sword; where mercy, kindness and compassion flow like deep water over the land, and men revere virtue, revere truth, revere beauty, above comfort, pleasure, or selfish gain. A land where peace reigns in the hearts of men, where faith blazes like a beacon from every hill, and love like a fire from every hearth, where the True God is worshipped and his ways acclaimed by all...
"There is a golden realm of light, my son. And it is called the Kingdom of Summer."
-- Merlin, Stephen R. Lawhead
"Now if I'd seen him really there, really alive, it'd be in me like a fever. If I thought there was some god who really did care two hoots about people, who watched 'em like a father and cared for 'em like a mother... well, you wouldn't catch me sayin' things like 'there are two sides to every question' and 'we must respect other people's beliefs.' You wouldn't find me just being gen'rally nice in the hope that it'd all turn out right in the end, not if that flame was burning in me like an unforgivin' sword. And I did say burnin', Mister Oats, 'cos that's what it'd be. You say that you people don't burn folk and sacrifice people anymore, but that's what true faith would mean, y'see? Sacrificin' your own life, one day at a time, to the flame, declarin' the truth of it, workin' for it, breathin' the soul of it. That's religion. Anything else is just... is just bein' nice.
"And a way of keepin' in touch with the neighbors."
-- Granny Weatherwax, Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett
"I hope I like my own children... I'll decide about two or three."
-- Kendall, on parenthood
"Mechanical babies are funny."
-- Kendall, on babies
"I asked Valerie if I could thump her baby."
-- Kendall, on Family Living class activities
"Please... Don't have children."
-- Erin, to Kendall, on parenthood
"Love is enough, if it's unconditionally given -
now you're livin' out the Great Commission."
-- D.C. Talk, "Love is a Verb"
"Have we ever given this on a quiz?"
-- Dr. Allum, Calculus
"Don't be afraid to look like a ninny!"
-- Dr. Victor Worsfold, Humanities
"My heart pushes forward,
my will's in reverse."
-- Frito Boat
"Hey, I got it right!"
-- Dr. Allum, performing some basic algebra
"The set of all strings x having some nonnull[...]
"Suppose the complement were regular. Then the pumping lemma would apply."
-- Computer Theory Staff (Think I saw it on a random board at college and it just tickled me pink.)
"You talk about a strength that comes from within.
But there is no energy that does not come from Him."
-- Some song, heard on radio on a beautiful day
"Oh, sorry. My math is... uh..."
-- Junalyn, Calculus Problem Section T.A.
"I have students stashed on islands all over the world."
-- Dr. Allum, Calculus
"I come home and take my clothes off."
-- ReAnn Cornell, on getting comfortable
"What kind of smoke are you cracking?"
-- ReAnn Cornell
"Guidance - God, U and I dance."
-- Pastor Loren Chong
"If you don't have a computer, what in the hell are you doing in engineering?"
-- Dr. Dodge, to EE class, on the importance of computers for schoolwork
"I know which direction that professor's going - professors don't bounce that well."
-- Professor Izen, Physics, re: the effects of gravity on a suddenly not-floating professor
"A little bit of knowledge can be a very dangerous thing."
-- Dr. Allum, Calculus
"If life's a battle, the invasion is complete.
If it is music, then I found the perfect beat."
-- Random song on the radio on a peaceful drive
"You are now fully dilated to 17 cm. Congratulations - you may now give birth."
-- Worf, ST/TNG: "Disaster"
"Real men have teddy bears."
-- Guy Hale
"Teeny-weeny is one of those physics terms."
-- Dr. Izen, Physics
"I tricked you all out of your skins! Nya-ha-ha!"
-- Dr. Izen, Physics (And yes, eh said the nya-ha-ha. With an Ny, not a Mw. You may or may not have figured out, I really loved this teacher. :-D)
"They say the boid is on the wing,
but that's absoid -
'cause ev'rybody knows the wing
is on the boid."
-- Dr. Izen, in his native Brooklyn dialect
"The big thing in life is not work alone - the big thing in life... is POWER."
-- Dr. Izen, Physics
"Practice random kindness and pointless acts of beauty."
-- Seen on a bumper sticker in Richardson, TX
"My mage is wearing a thong... how uncomfortable."
-- Zedora Sedai, #ddtavern (The night Guy lost Ellie to EQ.)
"And all have hated,
crucified and walked away...
Savior of the prostitutes,
drunkards, rapists, and the gays."
-- Brave Saint Saturn, Under Bridges
"Um... If you set your cruise control to 80, why are we going 70?"
-- Me, to Guy :-D
"I have another name for Windows ME. It's *cough* never mind. But it's two initials."
-- Dr. Nathan Dodge, Electrical Engineering
"Don't they get extra money from, you know..."
-- Student in Government class
"Bribes?"
-- Another student in Government class
"Let's keep him. All he's going to do is eat us..."
-- Amber, as related by Fritha. (From a dream she had, I do believe.)
"I'm a metamorphic rock."
-- Fritha Robinson
"Now if you're smart, and living in the 20th century, you carry a Glock..."
-- "Richard Brooks, RadioShack District Sales Manager, on sales theory
"That's what happens when you correct exams and get old."
-- Dr. Allum, Calculus II
"There is a society that has been formed to protect the use of this test."
-- Dr. Allum, Cal II, re: the Divergence Test
"Now... Do we surrender?"
-- Dr. Allum, Calculus II
"Yes!"
-- general class sentiment
"Proof math is evil: It makes you sin all over the place!"
-- *groan* Me, on Calculus. (Probably at a study session with Jerry and co.)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And, to add to the list, though mostly friendly joking-around stuff since the only real quotes I've got recorded anywhere right now are my "oooh, that was funny!" ones from in WoW:
"Go, go Gadget Tentacle!"
-- Guy, Hentai-fest, during live-action La Blue Girl
[Dakal]: what is the movie Point of Origin bout?
[Carticket]: it's about (0,0,0)
-- Afterdark Guild Chat
[Tilt]: 2 cows are in a field - One says to the other "Hey...are you worried about this mad cow disease?" Other cow turns to him and says "Worried? Why should I be worried? I'm a helicopter."
-- Afterdark Guild Chat
[Isolde]: Hear ye, Hear ye, the ancient order of WoWoW hereby declares that henceforth... "getting some is good."
-- Women of World of Warcraft chat
[Maiven]: For the record - Raun just said "Why am I in the Undercity and flagged?" in officer chat.
-- Afterdark Guild Chat
[Raun]: we want rogues vanishing, hunters FDing, and paladins doing whatever
-- Afterdark Raid Chat
[Tarig] yeah, nobody ever responds to my mindless prattle :(
-- Afterdark Guild Chat
[Lazarus]: i have an interesting idea
[Tilt]: The cross dressing one again?
-- Afterdark Guild Chat
[Nubira]: I could REALLY use an endless quiver
-- Afterdark Guild Chat
[Isolde]: leaf's role is hot angry sex
-- Women of World of Warcraft chat (Sentiment generally decided upon.)