Why the random topic? Well, I just read this article on a Nazi soldier who has just been sentenced to 5 years’ in prison. He is 90 years old. Young people have, for aeons, been forced to fight wars for their leaders. The ones who make the decisions to go to war never have to fight the war themselves. They watch from the comfort of their opulent ( Read more... )

Today I read something written by someone who eloquently described atheism. Probably better than I could’ve ever described it myself. People tend to bind cynicism together with atheism, when in all honesty; cynicism has nothing to do with atheism. You can be an atheist and still be the happiest, most optimistic person on the planet ( Read more... )

If you could go back in time and erase certain memories, would you?

Something a la Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Would you, really? I've always said that I wouldn't. In a very weird way, I think that the mistakes we make keep us from making them again. The memory of them reminds us of the outcome, and therefore deter us from further ( Read more... )

So I was talking to Sarah the other day... And it suddenly it me! Here's my theory:

There are only three kinds of males in this world -

A. The Players. The ones who know exactly what to say and do at exactly the right time. It's like they carry a handbook of "The Things To Do/Say Whenever X" in their brains. They're the ones that every girl ( Read more... )

one of my brother's friends passed away yesterday. he was only 19. i don't really wanna mention names cause then it would seem like i knew him, but i don't, so it's disrespectful (in my opinion) to talk about him as though i knew him. honestly, i have never even seen him before (despite our being in the same primary and secondary schools ( Read more... )

today i was asked a question that i'm completely sure i've never been probed about before. nor have i even ever really given it much thought. makes it all the more enlightening that i got it right after i woke up ( Read more... )

carry my love on the wings of a dove ( Read more... )

michael: why are you so cynical?
sara: michael, i think there's cynicism and there's realism.
michael: and there's optimism, hope, faith ( Read more... )

i feel utterly frustrated when i have my feelings dictated to me. it's like i'm forced to play a role in a movie whose script was written by someone else... this helpless feeling burns. even if that scriptwriter is someone whom i care about ( Read more... )

"daddy's going to build a HUGE house for us, and you can even have a balcony in your own room!" the man said to the little girl with ponytails upon her head ( Read more... )