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Gifted Madness

What's the point of eternity if you were able to meet God right away?

About Me

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I know that if I died today the world would go on spinning and wouldn't skip a beat. However, I know that with a little effort of will and some consideration of thought, I could bring about a better world, if even for one person besides myself. Sometimes clichés are entrenched for a reason, they just make too much sense. I forgot the original reason why I started writing this diatribe. I should actually look up the meaning of the word diatribe, doesn't it usually have a negative connotation to it? Or is it denotation? Is the difference between connotation and denotation the same as the difference between infer and imply? Oh who fucking cares. I just know that my life means little if I think it means little and it can mean alot if I put some effort into it and believe in that idea. Oh God, this sounds so not like I intended it to. It sounds very 2+2=4ish, definitely not something I like to write about. I usually like to write about the A squared plus B squared = C squared type of insight, something you don't often realize unless it is spelled out in terms you can understand. And I wonder why I don't try writing more often, probably because nothing comes out but jibberish and worthless points. Fuck it. Maybe I can make a living delivering pizzas.
You Be the Fish...I'll Just Be (September 2006)
You be the fish and...
I'll be the bowl
You stay forever young
while I will remain the old soul.
So you be the fish and...
I'll just grow another bowl
and breathe in the dirty water
to keep it all under control
So swim you little one
you're worth solid gold...
..to me I swear to you
that you will never grow old
So you be the fish
I'll be the bowl
And whatever it is you wish
I will grant your gentle soul
PEOPLE LOVE MY WRITING! Haha.....check out this "review"...
"You’re as generic as a nine inch nails cd, I bet you listen to them don't you? I love you little depressed alterna-teens with your depressing poetry, and your standard liberal views. You more than likely think of yourself as original, and open minded, but of course like the rest of your ilk this couldn't be farther from the truth. I have my views, they are not popular in the scene I travel with, but I uphold what I believe in. From where you are standing I am a man, from where I stand you are just another sheep. I think it would be fun to keep up this back, and forth I love to argue with those who are ignorant."

Ummm, check out my heroes.....I may not be a neo-con, but that doesn't make me a liberal.
Why did World Trade Center Building #7 fall?
I WANT THESE SHOES!
My Brain's Pattern
Structured and organized, you have a
knack for thinking clearly. You are
very logical - and you don't let your
thoughts get polluted with emotions.
And while your thoughts are pretty
serious, they're anything from boring.
It's minds like yours that have built
the great cities of the world!
What Pattern Is Your Brain?

My Interests

Basketball.
Poem Endings.
Concerts.
Ideas.
Soccer.
Writing.
No Limit Texas Hold-'Em.
Reading.
Salt - Vinegar Chips.
Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat Beer.
Winning Eleven 9.0.
Gareth, not Dwight!

"The main thing is that it's over now, you've survived!
So, what do you feel now that you're home again...in the town that left you behind?"


"Gansler, I have a guy who will run through brick walls for you..."

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." - Thomas Jefferson

And I see the reflection of who I am all around me. In the wind, the trees, in the please and thank-yous of those who choose not to be around me. Their oh-so-polite sayings fill the air but give them no oxygen with which to breathe. So I stand there, holding my breath for hours on end, waiting for the curtsy of the one...the one who will allow me to exhale, to let it all go, all of that which I hold inside and hold within me, to hide from the world while I slowly but surely enrich it. (written about the guy above, in the movie he was in, from a book that was written by a woman I've never read)

I'd like to meet:


I just saw Ghost World and I have to say that I now have a Hollywood obession, she is amazing to look at and is an amazing actress...six degrees of seperation, six degrees of seperation ::crossing fingers like a loser::

Chloe! Hmm, would I rather meet her character or the
actor who plays her? Very good question. Probably the
character Chloe.

--Don't Believe Everything You're Told-- Stanley Hilton

Music:


"Never mind what they said
Forget about the things you read
It was something you'll never know
Never see, never understand
Just leave it now if you can"


Stone Temple Pilots(2)
Toad the Wet Sprocket(2)
Ben Lee(1)
Shane Nicholson(1)
LIVE(6)
Lifehouse(1)
Tegan and Sara
Give Me Sound

Sarah McLachlan

Tom Petty
"Oh my love if I reveal,
Every secret I've concealed,
How many thoughts would you steal?
How much of my pain would you feel?"


Glen Phillips(2)
Radiohead
Mute Math
Audioslave
Smashing Pumpkins(2)
Jealous Sound
Death Cab for Cutie
Postal Service
Third Eye Blind
Tom Petty
Cousin Kevin
Lapdog
Vic Chestnut
Dido
David Gray
Chalk Farm
Mark Knopfler
Elliot Smith
Stroke 9(1)
Neil Young
Fiona Apple(1)
Coldplay(2)
Counting Crows(2)
3 Doors Down
Alice n Chains
Kyle Mann Combo
Veda
Tori Amos
Public Affection
Splender(1)
Marry Me Moses (5)
(x) - Number of Concerts I Attended

"Sorrow drips into your heart through a pinhole
Just like a faucet that leaks
and there is comfort in the sound
But while you debate half empty or half full
It slowly rises, your love is gonna drown..."


Movies:


"lf Hitler didn't kill six million Jews, why in the hell is he your hero?"

"She's a very risky writer, Lili. Very racy. I mean, exhibiting her cunt in that fashion is very racy. I mean Lili has her influences in post modern literature, it's a bit derivative of Kafka, but for a student, very racy. Did you get that it was her cunt?"

Television:


"What does a squirrel do in the summer?
It buries nuts. Why? Cos then in winter time
he's got something to eat and he won't die.
So, collecting nuts in the summer is worthwhile
work. Every task you do at work think, would a
squirrel do that? Think squirrels. Think nuts."


NBA playoffs.
Seinfeld.
Poker.
The Office (BBC Version).
Fox Soccer Channel.
Flipping Channels Endlessly.

Books:


The World is Flat.
Crime and Punishment. - F. Dostoyevsky
Angels and Insects - A.S. Byatt
Trust Us: We're Experts.
We the Living. - Ayn Rand
The Fire in the Equations.
The Idiot. - F. Dostoyevsky

Sad to say that lately I haven't been reading books. I'd like to read A.S. Byatt. All I read at the moment is the magazine Business 2.0 - the best magazine ever.

Heroes:

Walter E. Williams
Milton Friedman

Ayn Rand
"There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. When there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws."

Thomas Sowell
Dave Ramsey
Kevin Trudeau
Jesus
Dostoevsky.
Preki.
Ewing Kauffmann.
Chloe O'Brien.
Kirk Hinrich
Ram Charan

Kirk, you're making the NBA fun to watch, buddy, great job guarding Wade

Dempsey's First EPL goal for Fulham!

My Blog

Forever Grateful

Never a sound to hear you coming, except for the tenderness revealed by my sigh. Sighing because you relieve the feeling, of tension building forth; nowhere to hide. Mutual feelings of admiration, spr...
Posted by Gifted Madness on Fri, 18 May 2007 10:58:00 PST

My Only Way (2006)

I'm sorry that my perception of you grows so strongwhen clouds block your sunand falling rain clouds my vision-...
Posted by Gifted Madness on Thu, 17 May 2007 02:55:00 PST

Ideas of Reference

I'm not sure if I'll ever again be able to get rid of my ideas of reference. For those of you who don't know, I will attempt to explain this to you, it is the most frequent symptom of my illness. I'm ...
Posted by Gifted Madness on Wed, 16 May 2007 10:13:00 PST

Kimmy II

"I understand your concern," Principal Wlaters paused, smiling warmly at the new teacher, "and I understand your frustration, so on and so forth. But we here at ________ Elementary have an open mind...
Posted by Gifted Madness on Mon, 14 May 2007 02:58:00 PST

Kimmy I

She had brown eyes, not big brown eyes, but simple brown eyes. Eyes that seemed to be particularly good at absorbing the light that shone her way and ears that stuck out a little more than they prob...
Posted by Gifted Madness on Mon, 14 May 2007 02:56:00 PST

Correspondence I

Memo: September 15, 2002 Subject: Report on My InvalidFrom: Agent RandleTo: Chancellor RobinPer your request this memo is written. I still do not waiver from my position yet my heart is continuing ...
Posted by Gifted Madness on Mon, 14 May 2007 02:30:00 PST

Correspondence II

October 11th, 2002Handwritten Note from D.M.C. to D.My goodness D-man, it seems some fucking luck has finally come your way. You weredue for it, my friend. Don't be too anxious though, remember wha...
Posted by Gifted Madness on Mon, 14 May 2007 02:31:00 PST

Scottie Dogs

I need to meet new people. I need to hang out with old friends. But more importantly I need to meet new people. How is this done? Well, I am strongly considering taking up smoking. Cigarettes. Why? We...
Posted by Gifted Madness on Mon, 14 May 2007 07:16:00 PST

Move Along......(2004)

Yeah I know, sometimes I try too hard, and yes I see, I've been negligent for weeks, and now I have, nothing, almost nothing to go by, except the one, the sincerity of a gentle heart. And how could it...
Posted by Gifted Madness on Sat, 12 May 2007 05:48:00 PST

Give Me a Reason (2005 blog)

And I see all the people who used to be like me, and I see the marriages and I see the careers and I remember the hard times they went through and I know they made it through and for some reason I gav...
Posted by Gifted Madness on Sat, 12 May 2007 03:08:00 PST