On the rooftop, long after the sun has rotated to the other side of the world, I'm eating Thai noodles with mixed veggies and pieces of tofu I wish were chicken. My stereo, now plastered with Garbage Pale Kids stickers hums softly to me as I stare out to Mt. Olympus where Zeus is sitting alone on his rooftop as well, listening to my music as its ( Read more... )

I use to wonder if I could leave this world behind. Just pack a bundle and leave. No note. Nothing. Could I ever leave Onaji, Bai and Mum? The twins are almost old enough to take care of themselves... right? Maybe the question wasn't 'could I leave them...' Maybe the question was 'Could I leave?'
Everyone dreams of the open road unspooling ( Read more... )

Sorry I never updated about my park adventure ( Read more... )

There's a sub shop on the way to the park. I stopped there today for the first time (after always passing by saying "I should stop in there sometime"). It was nice. It looked much smaller from the outside. You know how some fast food places are just a counter inside the door... That's what it looked like through the semi-tinted glass from ( Read more... )

Living in a time of such rapid change, our future starts looking pretty meek. The world is changing right before our eyes, every day. It's going by so fast that we have to live in the moment. The world is being so clouded over in material desire that we can't see an inch in front of our own noses. So we become busy trying to build careers around us ( Read more... )

"So, what's it like, then? Being dead?"
"Live long enough, Old Bailey, and you'll find out for yourself."
[...]
"It's very cold, my friend. Very dark, and very cold."
~Old Bailey and Marquis de Carabas, Neverwhere

A) If you can't be happy where you are, you can't be happy anywhere. [Do you agree?] Discuss, with examples from your own life ( Read more... )

If they made a device that you could push to help you find your keys (like a car alarm-ish to help you find your car) do you think they'd make it to attach to a keyring?

testes

Have you ever wished for someone to love you? If you have, had they loved you after that, or no? If they didn't, would that destroy your belief in magic? If they did, would you be happy or would you suffer the question if it was really love or if it was just magic. If you didn't wish for it, and it happened, would you think of it as lovely ( Read more... )