Hypnoseel's Quotes:

"Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity. And so we ask ourselves: will our actions echo across centuries? Will strangers hear our names long after we are gone, and wonder who we were, how bravely we fought, how fiercely we loved?" - Homer, "The Illiad"

"Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone. Its evidence before the world is to be sought in my life: if it has been honest and dutiful to society the religion which has regulated it cannot be a bad one." - Thomas Jefferson

"Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not." - Epicurus (ancient Greek philosopher)

"The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet." - James Oppenheim (I don't know who he is, but he's right)

"I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. My heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor. Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun.... 'Meaningless! Meaningless!' says the Teacher. 'Everything is meaningless!'.... Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil." - Ecclesiastes 2:10-11, 12:8, 13-14

This quiz my brother filled out...

1. First Name: Nic

2. Were you named after anyone? Not that I know of, but then again, I wasn't exactly there to hear my parents pick out my name

3. Do you wish on stars? Wish, no. Gaze, yes.

4. When did you last cry? A couple weeks ago.

5. Do you like your handwriting? It's ok. I'll put it up on eBay though if anyone wants to buy it.

6. What is your favorite lunchmeat? Either ham or roast beef. I don't eat much lunchmeat though.

7. What is your birth date? June 11, 1984

8. What is your most embarrassing CD? Like, what's the CD I'm most embarrassed to say that I own? That would probably be "Stereotype Be" from Kevin Max. I bought it because I really liked one song on there, and after listening to the whole CD, I realized I still only liked that one song.

9. If you were another person, would YOU be friends with you? Probably not. Knowing me, I'd never even talk to myself, which is funny because I talk to myself all the time!

10. Are you a daredevil? At times.

11. Have you ever told a secret you swore not to tell? No... Well, once I almost told someone that my friend once had A... Oh wait, I promised I wouldn't tell anyone that. *shuts up*

12. Do looks matter? Not really.

13. How do you release anger? I talk to myself or to the wind, write, or sleep it off.

14. Where is your second home? Lol, probably my girlfriend's house. Sometimes I'm over there every day for a week, and others I'm never there. Although, I liked the my brother's answer about heaven being my first home.

15. Do you trust others easily? Yep. What do you mean that's a bad thing?!?!

16. What was your favorite toy as a child? Um... This little cassette recorder my brother and I carried around. We created whole tapes of silly sounds and stories. We still have them somewhere.

17. What class in high school do you think was total waste of time? CINS 111. I didn't like it, so I dropped out.

18. Do you have a journal? Sort of. I "sort of" have many of them.

19. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Suuuuure.

20. What are your nicknames? Um... Maybe... But I won't tell you any of them.

21. Would you bungee jump? I cannot say until I'd be about to jump.

22. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? Nope. It kills the back of the shoe too.

23. Do you think that you are strong? Moderately. I'm sure there are plenty of stronger people around me.

24. What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Cookies and Cream.

25. Shoe Size? On my right foot or my left? Approximately 12.

26. Red or pink? Blue.

27. There is no question #27?

28. Who do you miss most? Short term or long term? Short term, my girlfriend. She's out as an EMT tonight and I won't get to see her tonight like I hoped earlier. Long term, my Grandfather. He was so great to me and my family while he was alive.

29. Do you want everyone you send this to, to send it back? I don't really care. Since I'm not really sending to anyone, I don't expect anything.

30. What color pants and shoes are you wearing? Black jeans, and right now, no shoes. When I do have them on, my shoes are white, black, and red.

31. What are you listening to right now? It was "Gone" by Tobymac and now it's "Frail" by Jars of Clay.

32. Last thing you ate? PB&J. There's nothing else to eat here now.

33 If you were a color what would you be? "The deepest of blues"

34. What is the weather like right now? Dark. Cold. Clear. Windy.

35. Last person you talked to on the phone? My girlfriend, before she left for the firehouse.

36. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex? Smile.

37. Do you like the person who sent this to you? No one sent it to me. I got it from my brother's blog, and I guess I kinda sorta like him... Maybe...

38. What's your favorite Drink? Suicide. Mix everything ya got together!

39. Favorite Sport? 1) Football. 2) Baseball

40. Hair Color? Brown.

41. Eye Color? Hazel, blue, or somewhere in between.

42. Do you wear contacts? Nope.

43. Favorite Food? So hard to say. I guess you'll have to ask me later. Maybe I'll post a comment to my own entry with a few.

44. Last Movie You Watched? "Shark Tale". It was ok. I enjoyed the company better than the movie.

45. Favorite Day Of The Year? Hmmm. June 10. (for no apparent reason) *grins*

46. Scary Movies or Happy Endings? Can't scary movies have happy endings? Both are good in my opinion.

47. Summer or Winter? Both are good in their own ways, and they both are necessary. "Every drop of sun is full of fun and wonder, You are summer... Even now in death, You open doors for life to enter, You are winter"

48. Hugs OR Kisses? Both.

49. What Is Your Favorite Dessert? Oreo cheesecake comes to mind right now...

50. What Books Are You Reading? "Mortal Questions", "Free Will", "Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art" (all are school books).

51. What's On Your Mouse pad? Lots of little black cubes, a large gray circle, and The word "Dell" written three different times. Fun stuff.

52. What Did You Watch Last night on TV? "Without a Trace".

53. Favorite Smell? Mmm... Strawberry

54. Favorite Sounds? Um, music?

55. What's the furthest you've been from home? Germany, or my mind. I don't know which is farther.

56. Have you ever told your crush u liked him/her? I suppose in a way.

57. Are you ready to be done? NO! What do you mean this is the last question?!?! How dare you end this thing so abruptly! I'm going to find the person who wrote this and kidnap them and make them write more questions until their brain explodes just like a scanner!!!!!

More stuff that no one will really read...

Ok, so I guess I said yesterday that I had my first set of days off in almost two weeks. Well, it seems that I was wrong. That's right, they called me into work. It seems that nobody can seem to hold their schedules there, as I have worked for more people in my short time at ledos than I ever did in three years at Charlestown. It's not the worst thing in the world, seeing as I pulled in $55 for 4 hours of work, but it still gets annoying when every couple of days someone is asking me to work for them and I feel obligated to have a good excuse as to why I can't.

In a completely unexpected change of topic, my Discussion Group earlier today was talking about an article on pornography we had to read for class... This woman claims that pornography is bad because it oppresses women. It should be censored if and only if "it describes degrading and abusive sexual behavior so as to endorse and/or recommend the behavior as described." I have problems with this definition to begin with, but making things worse, our TA tried to argue with me that even if we censor material which "contributes to the violence of women", we shouldn't censor material which could contribute to violence towards men (apparently because there is no such violence, where there is violence toward women). I'm sick of this topic, and I'm sick of the feministic agendas behind it.

Perhaps later today, me and my $55 will go out and do something fun. I don't know what yet, and it all kind of hinges on who could go with me, but I'll probably do something. For now, I have to call up the mechanic and set up a time for him to check on that biker I'm dragging when I drive, then I have to do some reading (I'm so far behind). I think I'll read about why my life is absurd ("Mortal Questions" by Thomas Nagel).


If I can't swim after 40 days, and my mind is crushed by the crashing waves...
LIFT ME UP!

Sihj

So hey ya'll. anyone out there? I'm posting again, and for the first time, I am actually posting something other than a list. I suppose that's a good sign.

Let's see, what's been happening in my life recently... well, my girlfriend and I spent the evening together two nights ago, for our non-comformist (in a conformist sort of way) Day-After-Valentine's Day. Of course, I won't say much about that, other than we had a great time. *grins*

What else? I got a B+ on my first paper in a 400 level philosophy course. I'm actually quite happy about that, though I know I need to do better on future papers. I have a bunch of classes that only test me on two or three papers/tests, and that's a good thing and a bad thing. It's good because I'm not constantly overloaded with work that's due, but it's bad because all I have to do is fail one of those and my whole semester goes down in flames like a million parachutes going under like a supernatural homesick flood into the unknown in the end. (ok, at least I thought it was funny.)

Mmmm... pancakes. Thanks D!

Sorry, I know that was random. Oh well, thats me, Mr. Random. Well, not really, but maybe I can be Mr. Rambler; lets see how long I can talk here without really saying anything... Ok, I'll stop. Guess I failed.

Yup, and for the first time in nearly two weeks, I actually have more than one day off from work in a row! I worked 8 out of last 10 days through these last two weeks, and now I don't work again until sunday. Yay for me!

You're cold that way
And that's why you say
The things that you say
You can't attract
The things that you lack
You're trying in vain

It seems it's always the crazy times
You find you'll wake up and realize.
It takes more than your saline eyes
To make things right

You spiral down
You've broken your crown
You don't feel like a queen
You've seen the proof
But you're still crying wolf
You'll never believe

It seems it's always the crazy times
You find you'll wake up and realize.
It takes more than your saline eyes
To make things right.

Try to climb a broken ladder
Grip the missing rungs
And fall down down down down
Seems some time ago you said
This wouldn't last
And now you sit here crying, yeah

Beside your bed
You feel left for dead
You kneel in the dark

It takes more than your saline eyes
To make things right.
It seems it's always the crazy times
You find you'll wake up and realize
It takes more than your saline eyes
To make things right

-"Crazy Times" by Jars of Clay

I'll leave you all now with that thought. Byes until next time.