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2005 23 December :: 2.02pm
this is hilarious and sad at the same time
this is how one is accepted into american culture.
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2005 22 December :: 8.09am
slate.com, on the religious right's push to get Christ back in Christmas
When so many of the religious groups they belong to today, didn't want him there in the first place a couple hundred years ago:
http://www.slate.com/id/2132387/nav/tap1/
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2005 21 December :: 7.20pm
the invitation
it doesn't interest me what you do for a living.
i want to know what you ache for
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.
it doesn't interest me how old you are.
i want to know if you will risk looking like a fool
for love
for your dream
for the adventure of being alive.
it doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon.
i want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow
if you have been opened by life's betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed
from fear of further pain.
i want to know if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.
i want to know if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes
without cautioning us to
be careful
be realistic
remember the limitations of being human.
it doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me
is true.
i want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
if you can bear the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
if you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.
i want to know if you can see beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
and if you can source your own life
from its presence.
i want to know if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand at the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
"yes."
it doesn't interest me
to know where you live or how much money you have.
i want to know if you can get up
after the night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.
it doesn't interest me who you know
or how you came to be here.
i want to know if you will stand
in the center of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.
it doesn't interest me where or what or with whom
you have studied.
i want to know what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.
i want to know if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like the company you keep
in the empty moments.
written by: oriah mountain dreamer
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2005 20 December :: 3.24pm
i wasn't born to follow.
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2005 15 December :: 3.03pm
not very intellectual but still funny:
http://filmstripinternational.com./
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2005 15 December :: 3.11am
happy birthday, big boy!
from all of us gladiators, we wish you the best and hope you have a great day! happy 23rd, joe!
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2005 14 December :: 3.45pm
"There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost. The world will not have it.
It is not your business to determine how good it is; nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.
You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urge that motivates you. Keep the channel open.
No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others."
Martha Graham
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2005 10 December :: 4.25pm
a rush and a push and the land is ours
they said, "there's too much caffeine in your bloodstream and a lack of real spice in your life."
i said, "leave me alone, because i'm alright, dad."
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2005 8 December :: 2.34am
don't lie to me.
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2005 6 December :: 3.43pm
today is sue's birthday and i am making her a chocolate cake.
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2005 6 December :: 3.13pm
it seems so fickle to me to write down a list of things that you want, have someone else buy them for you and wrap them up so you can't see what they are, then act all surprised and happy when you get what you told them to buy in the first place.
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