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A Mirage Half Full

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

About Me

Beauty births life and it is life that surrounds us. I always attempt to find those things that most people don't appreciate - not for the desire to be different, but the drive to be whole. I appreciate sincerity not only for it's rarity but also for its ability to make the world stop and breathe. My goal in this life is to affect change...to perpetuate beauty...to share my eyes as they continually open to new things.

My Interests

I find most everything in life to be artful so naturally most of your common arts are my interests i.e. Music, Philosophy, Writing, Movies, etc.

I'd like to meet:

I want to meet you...the one that wants to see more...the one that can stare at the stars and feel a heart's flutter...the one that never gives up on dreams...the one that remembers the past but is not condemned by it...the one finding every day to be enlightening.

Music:

Hmmm, given that I have more than maxed out a 40GB iPod, I will listen to most anything. My favorites include alternative, metal, classical, some opera - mainly Andrea Bocelli, blues, and blues rock.

Movies:

Favorites included Pulp Fiction...anything Kevin Smith...anything inspiring or spiritual (not necessarily religious)...if it's got a good plot/message or some good laughs - I'm in.

Television:

Right now I'm trying to keep up with Studio 60, Heroes and One Tree Hill...

Books:

Currently dwelling on philosophical texts such as 'The Alchemist', some essays by Jean Paul Sartre and Ken Wilber but this list will be expanding very soon :)

Heroes:

My mother - you would not believe how incredible this woman is...she's powerful even. I'm also a big fan of *anyone that can ask questions that don't necessarily have answers...it's the question that drives us...

My Blog

An idea...

The events in my life, lately, have led me to reflect on one of those 'ever-pressing' questions that seem to plague us in times of stress or even disillusionment  who am I really?  Bombarded wit...
Posted by A Mirage Half Full on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:57:00 PST

Someday maybe...

Here I am.... 2:30 in the A M...New Years Eve Morn...heart beating uncontrollably...can't sleep...and thinking about a dream I've already had. Sorry to do this to you cus I know this might begin a bit...
Posted by A Mirage Half Full on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:24:00 PST

I miss that...

Ya know...it's not often that I get to have a good heart-to-heart with my mom anymore...I miss that... So the other night, we did...for like 5 hours...one of those 4 am chats... We didn't really talk ...
Posted by A Mirage Half Full on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:25:00 PST

This is personal...

The Dream I took a nap this afternoon and something that seems to be happening more and more often as of late happened again - I had a dream. For the sake of not being totally obtuse with an introduct...
Posted by A Mirage Half Full on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 06:21:00 PST

A meaningless blog...

Normally when I write something, I want to create something in the readers' mind that equates to meaning and/or edification.  I really want this particular post to be the same...but I think that ...
Posted by A Mirage Half Full on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:09:00 PST

Indeterminacy of Translation...

W.V. Quine is a modern philosopher that taught Philosophy and Mathematics at Harvard until his death in 2000.  The reason I would bring up such a man would have to do with his noteable works in l...
Posted by A Mirage Half Full on Sat, 02 Sep 2006 08:25:00 PST

First a Stretch...and then this...

I was driving home from school today...first day of class, so naturally things are a bit geared up.  Go into class and go through the normal thang...get debriefed on the coursework and then hit t...
Posted by A Mirage Half Full on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:37:00 PST

Like a rock...Only dumber...

That's what I got to stare at for about 15 minutes while I was on my way back home from the bank... An old-ass Chrysler mini-van with a picture of George W. Bush and that caption: "Like a rock, only d...
Posted by A Mirage Half Full on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:17:00 PST

Can you stretch?

Or should I say...how willing are you? How willing are you to rely on intuition, reason, and experience to challenge everything you've ever heard? Here's a fun thought...and I have these at least once...
Posted by A Mirage Half Full on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 09:48:00 PST

It gets better...I promise

*sigh* What a summer...no tremendously profound way to lead into this, so go ahead and get a drink, maybe a bathroom break in...then come back and read the rest First...the JobSo I left Wal-Mart, fina...
Posted by A Mirage Half Full on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 02:51:00 PST