Archive for April, 2007
My philosophical self is back, I think. I’ve been thinking a lot about freedoms and liberties, and what they mean to me. Freedom, to me, is something that is most precious and dear. I cannot imagine giving up my fundamental rights for anyone, anywhere, at any time. Yet, so many do relinquish these freedoms for [...]
A simple recipe for breaking my heart:
You’ll need good people, best when clumped together in a social setting, but alone will work. Mix in three inept leaders, stirring in underlying hatred and disgust. Stir it all up again within a building with loud music and lights. Wait for the heated reactions and the stares, and [...]
I feel like a duck.
All ducks ever do is quack at people. They don’t have to make any sense, just quack quack. That’s what this post feels like: something to give you that is conspicuously devoid of any informational or entertaining content. I hate feeling like I’m worthless and useless. Of course, this probably isn’t [...]
I just want to make a quick post in memory of the thirty-three that lost their lives in Virginia. They lost their lives not only to a cold-blooded killer but to a society that has lost it’s memory of why we are social in the first place. They stand as an eternal memorial of our [...]
Life is so damned busy. I say this because I have room to talk. Between keeping up with my boyfriend, writing papers for school, writing for pleasure, working for money, and trying to write the “Great American Novel,” I’m really quite tired. My life is getting so full, and I can’t reverse that. If I [...]
I Vant To Be Left Alone
April 29, 2007 in commentary, life, rants
I love Greta Garbo. One of the most famous, not to mention mysterious, actresses of the 20th century. She had a famous line, one which is quoted the world over. Wikipedia has an entry on it, which I’ll quote here:
Her famous byline was always said to be, “I want to be alone,” spoken with a [...]