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Sleeping with the Dictionary

About Me

"I have studied many times
The marble which was chiseled for me
A boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor.
In truth it pictures not my destination
But my life.

For love was offered me and I shrank from its disillusionment;
Sorrow knocked at my door, but I was afraid;
Ambition called to me, but I dreaded the chances.
Yet all the while I hungered for meaning in my life.

And now I know that we must lift the sail
And catch the winds of destiny
Wherever they drive the boat.

To put meaning in one's life may end in madness,
But life without meaning is the torture
Of restlessness and vague desire
It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid."
-Edgar Lee Masters

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Cunning linguists. And people not easily classified.

My Blog

"This is mass madness, you maniacs! You people are the real thing, WE are the illusions!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTN3s2iVKKI One of my new favorite movies...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Nov 2008 07:33:00 GMT

Hope.

"Hope is the thing with feathersThat perches in the soulAnd sings the tune without the wordsAnd never stops -at all-And sweetness -in the Gale- is heardAnd sore must be the stormThat could abash the l...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:04:00 GMT

Funeral dis-ease

"Funereal dis-ease"Joseph BerkowitzI hate funerals. I mean I doubt that there are any aficionados out there who look forward to them, but I really-really hate funerals.I hate words like mortality and ...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:26:00 GMT

The visceral punch in the paunch

I've always had a theory about "gut feelings.". I think when something happens, especially when emotion (perhaps panic?) is going, and you need to make a decision, something kicks in& almost as if you...
Posted by on Fri, 25 May 2007 15:47:00 GMT

the kids are tired of running.

Space Aliens Found Performing in Carnival Freak ShowsIn 1920, my great-aunt Janehopped a midnight freightand ran away from hometo sing on a New York stage.She was only sixteen.The family took her phot...
Posted by on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 11:49:00 GMT

words to set you free...

               Just a collection of some quotes that I enjoy."Its easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." -Frederick...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:47:00 GMT

P.s., I fight like a girl.

I fight like a girl who refuses to be a victim, I fight like a girl who's tired of being ignored and humoured and beaten and raped. I fight like a girl who's sick of not being taken seriously. I fight...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Jul 2005 10:14:00 GMT