I lied a lot when I was a child. I was punished for it, which has been a factor in the idea of truth becoming close to my heart. I wrote a thought experiment some time ago, concerning a letter sent from a soldier's family. Please look back and find it, if you didn't see it. My perspective on this exercise was that I believe people should desire to ( Read more... )

I have thought about it for a long time, and I believe I will begin introducing myself as Jamie once more. This may not seem like such a grand event, but to me, it has much meaning. It is a symbol, just as wishing to be called James was once a symbol. I wanted to be called James because I wanted to be big more than anything. I wanted to have ( Read more... )

The Three Laws of Emotion1. Emotion cannot be created or destroyed - it only changes form ( Read more... )

You know, it may be a delusion, but I wonder if worse would have happened if I hadn't tossed myself over that rebar. Someone might have gone down a slope they didn't know was there, head-first, or perhaps enfolded something sharp in one of their organs. Also, there could have been a protruding something where I fell on the concrete. I am glad what ( Read more... )

I read in the paper today that the Matoaka ampitheatre is being refurbished. While I had problems with the rumors of it being destroyed, I have even more problems with the idea of it being destroyed and remade. It will be used more often, and for the intended purpose of an ampitheatre, when work on it is completed. The latent purposes of a location ( Read more... )

I should be abed, but since I no longer have a girlfriend to pour my thoughts into, I will have to put them here, or lose them by the morrow in duties and structure (or perhaps just my memory, a sieve as it is). I hope you will allow me to return, journal, though I've neglected you in favor of a fleshy companion. Perhaps this is actually a return ( Read more... )

Is that the answer? Is that what I've felt in the quiet questions I hear inside myself ( Read more... )

I'm not in love with poverty. I love all the luxuries I have enjoyed throughout my years. However, I believe the story I told long ago was a miraculous model for existence. Living with all basic needs met, and giving all the rest to those less fortunate is what I wish for myself. I take too many meals in restaurants, spend too much time in self- ( Read more... )

Wanting to protect someone from all the evils of the world is noble, but also paternalistic. When protection becomes restriction, a parental relationship forms. People must be allowed to make their own mistakes, and only restricted if there is a very good chance they will hurt others or themselves. Attempting to restrict someone else is rarely a ( Read more... )

My mother explained to me the difference between pornography and art this way - a naked woman holding a baby to her breast is art, but a naked woman with whipped cream on her breasts is pornography. It was a very titillating thing to say to an eight year-old, but I'm not sure I accept the definition any longer. Pictures of naked young girls are ( Read more... )