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Tuesday, September 25, 2007
You grew on the apple tree. Always so warm from summer. I cannot wait to pick you. Because you are my sugar. I can't resist your sweetness. Even if you are sour. I will forever love you. The Mirror My mirror is eternal. Whence tribune has it shown fourth? Fifth chime, he of nature’s grace. Onward come he who bears truth. To see one’s self through others. Light has come to darkened roots. Time has come to all undone. Words are nothing without meaning, what is meaning without words? Labels: blog
Contrary to what Caelabbas would have hoped to believe, he was not a great creature. His horns were indeed numerous, but in comparison with the Cornivasaur he would look rather plain. Indeed his tail was long and mighty, but compared with the Caudanasaur he would always fall too short. It is said that his teeth were both sharp and precise, but next to the Ferrumasaur he would appear quite herbivorous. Unshook by these minor setbacks, Caelabbas set out to establish the testament of his greatness. “Certainly, there must be countless feats I could achieve which would make my name remembered for the ages,” he said to himself. So he went beyond the hills, through the desolate lands of Derelinquia and through the lush forests of Quercetumia. He set out to create the greatest structure that had ever been built; he would build a structure to the skies. “If the world is this beautiful from the ground, I can only dream of its beauty from the skies,” he thought. He spent days and nights, weeks and months building his structure. However, he had a thought: “Why build this structure simply to the skies? I could build a structure to soar through them! Then surely the world would be a more pleasant place to be.” Thus he reworked his structure, he spent days and nights, weeks and months rebuilding his structure so that it may fly through the skies. Indeed he was hard at work, and indeed he might have been tired had he not been so determined. However, he had a thought: “Why build this structure to simply soar through the skies? I could build a structure to roam them and beyond, to the stars that shine so brilliantly. Certainly that would be a more pleasant place to be!” After reworking his structure for many months and many years he grew old and tired. He still dreamt of touching the skies, soaring them, and going beyond to visit the stars. He took a moment to rest. Several moments later a Matrisaurus came by with her little ones clinging to her so tightly. “Mommy, what is that?” asked a little one upon gazing Caelabbas’ structure. “That is the virtue of carpenters, the grace of painters and the wisdom of writers,” she said. “Will I ever become any of those things Mommy?” asked another little one. “You may become what the heart desires, and what the mind wills to accomplish my love,” she replied. Upon hearing those words, Caelabbas rose to his feet, and invited the Matrisaurus and her little ones inside his structure. They were safe because his structure was strong, for it must have been strong from the grounds that shook so fiercely. They were warm because his structure was warm, for it must have been warm from the winds that blew so coldly. They admired the beauty because his structure was beautiful, for it must have been appealing to the stars that shone so brightly. Caelabbas thought to himself: “Why build a structure to the skies, to soar them or beyond to the stars? Certainly this is a more pleasant place to be.”
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So many are unwilling to use the masses of knowledge that have accumulated on the internet to its full (or even semi-full) potential. The first time in human history since the Great Library of Alexandria has the world been so capable of sharing knowledge and ideas and what have we accomplished with it? A few discoveries have been made as a result, but for the most part the world is still the same and people just as ignorant--if not more so. My question, my great question, is why do some actively engage in this booty of knowledge, while others stand by and do nothing and remain interested in mindless degrading activities. Unto the lazy give ignorance, and unto the determined give knowledge? I think a degree of awareness is most certainly separating the two. The five levels of awareness have always separated us as humans, but never before has it been so blatantly obvious. Labels: blog
France was great, amazing. I spent 4 months in Angers where I lived with a French Family going to school and taking French classes. Angers is a good city if you ever get a chance to visit it. It is right above Chateaux country (Loire River Valley) and the people there are friendly and down to earth. After Angers I went to Italy where I lived for a few weeks. Started out in Milan, then went over to Rimini. Rimini is a city on the east coast beaches of Italy. I stayed there the longest, and got a horrible sun burn which lasted a week. I guess you could say my beach trip to Italy was "ruined" because of the sun burn but I still had fun - just not as much as I would have liked to have had. Ugh, I don't want to even think about the itching I had from that sun burn. And being in a hostel too was even worse. I felt so horrible lying in that bed, with all those people in that room I didn't know. I was so distanced from everything I knew. UGH i don't want to think about it. Anyhow, after I left Rimini I went over to Venice. Venice was alright, it just seemed like a big theme park to me. Everything seemed so FAKE. I bet the city would have been really cool, had it not been so targeted to terrorists... oops I mean tourists. I left Venice that night so I didn't have to buy a god awfully expensive hotel/hostel room. Slept on the train, met this Asian kid. Ugh the worst part of that, I had to change trains at like 3 or 4 am and I fell asleep while waiting for my next train. The Asian kid I met woke me up as he was sleeping next to me, and we had like 30 seconds to get on the next train. We ran and ran and well fortunately we made it. God that was a bad experience, I don't know what I would have done had I missed it :S So I left from Venice to Turin. Turin was probably my favorite part of the whole trip. I only stayed there one day but what I did in one day was incredible. I met this Italian guy my age in the post office. I was telling him that I was just in the city for one day, and he decided he would show me around the whole city. We went to the top of the city on this hill, went all over the old buildings, to some bars that he knew the bar tenders, to his university campus, and then that night we had dinner with his friends and went to a concert. Now, remember throughout all of this the only sleep I had was on a train for just maybe.... I'd say 4 hours, I. Let me back up a bit. After I changed trains, I was at the train station in Turin at about 6 am. Nothing was open and I had no idea where I could go as I had no hotel or anything. So I wait around until the tourist office opened at the train station, found a map and then found this hotel which was about 35 euros. A little more than I had hoped but it was like the second one I tried. And THEN I went to the post office just afterwards, as I was going to send a post card to some French friends. Anyhow, so went to the concert, then went home at about 9 or 10 pm. We exchanged emails and still keep up today. 21st century is incredible. That people can do so much. I'm impressed with what humanity is capable of achieving. What I'm disappointed with, is what we actually do with it. So, a final note. I love to do random projects. That is by FAR my favorite thing to do. I don't know why but I just love concepts, ideas et cetera. So I started this website for an idea I had a long time ago. About a year ago, so if you have some time and you want to read something interesting you should check out http://dmorris.axedio.com/3dxml/ and while you are at it, you can check out my portfolio site that is just a few characters back from that link ( http://dmorris.axedio.com/ ) I'll try to keep these blog posts more regular, or at least quasi-regular. Labels: blog |
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