Black & White
August 30, 2008
When people ask me if I am an optimist or a pessimist, I tell them quite simply that I am a realist. I dream for the best, but know that the worst might occur. I hate sappy romance movies because they never stay true to life, yet secretly I root for the happy ending. I want the fantasy to be a reality.
When I was younger, my mother would become so upset with me because I always had to have things as black and white–no room for gray. She used to tell me that things are not always black and white and that I had to accept that sometimes there is just gray. I never could. I still cannot. I tell people that in order to get gray, you must mix the black and the white. Sure, it applies to colors, but it can apply to life too. People only accept the gray because they do not want to accept the truth. Read more
Tags: optimist, pessimist, realist, gray
Freedom of…
August 28, 2008
Are we really afforded the freedom of religion? I mean, I have heard that the justice system cannot charge a polygamist if it is a part of their religion to practice polygamy. Perhaps it only applies to foreign delegates? I have not researched the idea in depth, but it would seem to me that if we are allowed to practice what our religions teach, why then can we not have gay marriages? There are many religions that do not have a problem with us, but since the Christians do, we cannot have the same rights as straight individuals do. Yet we are supposed to be afforded the freedom of religion. Meaning we can choose what religion we follow. Yet at the same time, we are being force-fed Christian ethics by not being allowed to marry whomever we please.
What happened to my individual rights? Since when did the rights of the country overtake the rights of the individual? A gay marriage does not hinder anyone any more than does a straight marriage. What are the straight people afraid of? That because we are now allowed to marry, we can now revolt against them? We are now able to join forces? Ya know, cause we couldn’t do that before….right?
We have individual rights, but they are so intruded on that we cannot know what they truly are. It is hard to find the fine line. What do we do with a piece of paper that is too important to wipe our asses with, but not important enough to take action with?
Tags: freedom, religion, individual rights
What is Love?
August 24, 2008
Have you ever been in love? How do you know? What is to say that it isn’t just infatuation, lust, or desire confused for love? Is your lover always on your mind? Do they make your heart smile just thinking about them? Does it pain you to be away from them for mere hours? How do you know that you are in love?
I’m in love. I know it. I’ve never felt this way before about anyone. You never know what true love is until it hits you like a ton of bricks. Daily we express to each other how much we love each other as though it is still the first day being together. We are still as strong today as the first, and more in love today than yesterday. It astounds me. I am in awe of the ‘us’ that we are. We don’t let the other fall because we have what the other needs. Where I am lacking, she is strong, and where she is lacking, I am strong. We fit together like Yin and Yang. Read more
Tags: infatuation
Anyone Out There?
August 20, 2008
I write because I love to write. I write because I love to get my voice out. I write because I love to let my thoughts flow like pure word vomit…it helps me figure things out.
From what I can tell, people do visit this site and read what I have to say but have very little to say about it. I would be very interested to find out what your opinions are on a subject. If it gets enough coverage, I’d even be willing to write a follow-up post on it. Many of the topics I have discussed will get touched on over and over again throughout this blog in some manner again, but if you want to know more right away, I’m willing to write on it.
I would also just like to know that there are people out there. Whether they agree with what I am saying or not, it is nice to know that they are actually pondering on what I have said. I just like knowing that people are taking time out of their day to actually think.
Tags: people, opinions, pondering, think
I’m Me
August 17, 2008
I’ve always been the inquisitive type to go out and learn new things. I join forums looking for information, social networks looking for peers, and download informative materials on whatever avenue I’m looking in at the time. I’ve come to find out that everyone wants to be the top dog, the attention, or just the rank in their certain niche; they want to be labeled.
My opinions on labels has already been touched on here before, but I began to pay more attention to other people and what they allow themselves or even want to be labeled. I frequent a Black Hat forum where every n00b that joins decides he is a blackhatter. You see it in all their posts ‘we blackhatters’, ‘us blackhatters’, and so forth. I laugh and scoff at them because it’s like they couldn’t do anything black hat if they tried, but they think joining a black hat forum makes them a blackhatter. It’s crazy! Insane! I love it! I mean I really do! These are the same n00bs who are making requests after requests yet not able to fulfill any [including their own]. I’m amazed sometimes at how easily accessible the product/ebook is they are looking for yet they call themselves a blackhatter…they want so much to be ‘in’ the black hat community that they label themselves accordingly…yet they do not know a single black hat technique more than what is posted within the forums. Read more
Tags: labeled
I Love You
August 12, 2008
In a previous post I talked about my character and personality and about how we should tell the people love why we love them as we do. I practice this idea daily with my girlfriend whom I love very much. She brightens every day with her smile, and not a day passes without getting a good, hearty laugh out of her. She truly keeps me balanced.
I let her know why I love her by telling her directly why it is I think she is as amazing as she truly is. I also take it a step further and actually do things that make her happy. I make sure that she has the things that she wants just as she tries to make sure that I am happy too. I love the way we do ‘us’. Read more
Tags: character, personality, balanced
Intentions
August 10, 2008
Everyone has their own motives for doing, saying, and acting the way they do. Funny thing is that with modern society, we do not trust ‘Goodwill Towards Men’ anymore. Everyone has to have a motive, right? No one could possibly be doing something ‘kind’ without getting something for themselves in return…right? Gone are the days where you could find a bed and a warm meal merely by looking for a candle in the windows, and gone are the days where a community meant something more than PTA meetings and golf memberships. Read more
