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Savage Garden... do you remember them?
When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please to tame your wild wild heart
I know you feel like the walls are closing in on you
It's hard to find relief and people can be so cold
When darkness is upon your door and you feel like you can't take anymore
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone
Sometimes I am led to believe life is one big crash and burn... it's nice to hear a song about other people who are nuts, especially from the perspective of someone who wants to save them. In truth, I don't like the sort of people that want to save others, probably because I've had enough of a tendancy to play that role.
I've been having difficulties keeping to myself
Feelings and emotions better left up on the shelf
Animals and children tell the truth, they never lie
Which one is more human
There's a thought, now you decide
Well I don't agree with the children bit. I think I was somewhat a compulsive liar when I was a small child, at least if I thought I was going to get in trouble, but I think I lied to my parents at random as well. I don't really know why, I don't think they ever beat me much, but I definitely took things to hide them and say I never had them. G, however, really is superior.
1. If you worked at the zoo and could only look after one type of animal, which animal would you want to be responsible for caring for and why?
That is tough... it's difficult because I would be very sad for animals that lived in captivity and wouldn't want to keep them there, but in that situation I'd probably be more worried about thier well being than mine own. This would depend on the zoo, I think, and since the only zoo I remember visiting is Wildlife Safari in Winston, if I worked there I'd pick the Siberian tigers. They are the saddest and the most alone, in the smallest enclosure in relation to their size. They are surrounded by antelope and camel that run about their enclosure but are fed dead farm animals... they are depressing, I somehow feel that I relate to them and so would want to coddle them and love them so maybe their lives wouldn't be entirely worthless.
2. If you found yourself stranded on a raft in the middle of the ocean (people just happen to find themselves in these sorts of situations quite frequently), and there was very little hope of you being rescued, what would you tell yourself to come to terms with the fact this was the end? And would you wait it out, or drown yourself intentionally?
I think drowning is perhaps the scariest and worst way to die, so I would rather stay on the raft hoping I'd go nuts and be delirious before death. I'd tell myself that I was never meant to understand why things are the way they were, and then I'd cry a lot about it being unfair and unjust and probably be pretty damn depressed and hope sharks might find me and eat me so I'd have a purpose in dying.
3. What kinds of things most appeal to your aesthetic sensibilities?
Hummmmm, bizarre things that are unexpected, ordinary details that could have been easily missed. Flying kites on the beach at night, kisses in the rain, songs that make me cry, puppies falling asleep in bizarre positions that look anything but comfortable, waking up in the middle of night to reclaim stolen covers.
4. Has there ever been a decision you've made in life that you felt was unquestionably the right decision to be making?
Yes. Particularly because I tend to resolve that once something has been decided, that is the decision and reality can't be wrong. (When making a decision I make the one I think is best: my resulting thoughts would be different if I made a choice I felt was unquestionably wrong for a given situation.) I might not like it, I might not understand it, but if it is, then it's supposed to be - that is unquestionable. Many things in life aren't fair and I might question them, but that doesn't make them wrong. I'm trying to think of an example, but it's everything really. I think it's right UO is the only school I applied to, it's right that I decided not to go back home after I left, it's right that I'm not moving with Melaia and Lolanie, everything really.
5. What could make you, or has made you, stop and think, "THIS is the reason I continue to live"?
Those things I mentioned in question number three.
Well I think that's enough of that for one afternoon. I have to go write communist propaganda now.
When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please to tame your wild wild heart
I know you feel like the walls are closing in on you
It's hard to find relief and people can be so cold
When darkness is upon your door and you feel like you can't take anymore
Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone
Sometimes I am led to believe life is one big crash and burn... it's nice to hear a song about other people who are nuts, especially from the perspective of someone who wants to save them. In truth, I don't like the sort of people that want to save others, probably because I've had enough of a tendancy to play that role.
I've been having difficulties keeping to myself
Feelings and emotions better left up on the shelf
Animals and children tell the truth, they never lie
Which one is more human
There's a thought, now you decide
Well I don't agree with the children bit. I think I was somewhat a compulsive liar when I was a small child, at least if I thought I was going to get in trouble, but I think I lied to my parents at random as well. I don't really know why, I don't think they ever beat me much, but I definitely took things to hide them and say I never had them. G, however, really is superior.
1. If you worked at the zoo and could only look after one type of animal, which animal would you want to be responsible for caring for and why?
That is tough... it's difficult because I would be very sad for animals that lived in captivity and wouldn't want to keep them there, but in that situation I'd probably be more worried about thier well being than mine own. This would depend on the zoo, I think, and since the only zoo I remember visiting is Wildlife Safari in Winston, if I worked there I'd pick the Siberian tigers. They are the saddest and the most alone, in the smallest enclosure in relation to their size. They are surrounded by antelope and camel that run about their enclosure but are fed dead farm animals... they are depressing, I somehow feel that I relate to them and so would want to coddle them and love them so maybe their lives wouldn't be entirely worthless.
2. If you found yourself stranded on a raft in the middle of the ocean (people just happen to find themselves in these sorts of situations quite frequently), and there was very little hope of you being rescued, what would you tell yourself to come to terms with the fact this was the end? And would you wait it out, or drown yourself intentionally?
I think drowning is perhaps the scariest and worst way to die, so I would rather stay on the raft hoping I'd go nuts and be delirious before death. I'd tell myself that I was never meant to understand why things are the way they were, and then I'd cry a lot about it being unfair and unjust and probably be pretty damn depressed and hope sharks might find me and eat me so I'd have a purpose in dying.
3. What kinds of things most appeal to your aesthetic sensibilities?
Hummmmm, bizarre things that are unexpected, ordinary details that could have been easily missed. Flying kites on the beach at night, kisses in the rain, songs that make me cry, puppies falling asleep in bizarre positions that look anything but comfortable, waking up in the middle of night to reclaim stolen covers.
4. Has there ever been a decision you've made in life that you felt was unquestionably the right decision to be making?
Yes. Particularly because I tend to resolve that once something has been decided, that is the decision and reality can't be wrong. (When making a decision I make the one I think is best: my resulting thoughts would be different if I made a choice I felt was unquestionably wrong for a given situation.) I might not like it, I might not understand it, but if it is, then it's supposed to be - that is unquestionable. Many things in life aren't fair and I might question them, but that doesn't make them wrong. I'm trying to think of an example, but it's everything really. I think it's right UO is the only school I applied to, it's right that I decided not to go back home after I left, it's right that I'm not moving with Melaia and Lolanie, everything really.
5. What could make you, or has made you, stop and think, "THIS is the reason I continue to live"?
Those things I mentioned in question number three.
Well I think that's enough of that for one afternoon. I have to go write communist propaganda now.