February 2011
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January 2011
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trust
it’s some tricky business
“Why waste a second not loving who you are?”
– Natasha Bedingfield [Freckles] (via quote-book)
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lipstickonthefilter:
z0mbies:
DO THE CREEEEEPAAAH
Oh my god I can’t even
yesterday night , amazing whwfvghfvcer
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“»On towns
Or else to own only the clothes you stand up in, to keep nothing, to...”
– Species of Space, Georges Perec (via noitsfine)
An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to...
Professor: You are a Christian, aren’t you, son?
Student: Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.
Professor: Is God good?
Student: Sure.
Professor: My brother died of cancer, even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn’t. How is God good, then? Hmm?
(Student was silent)
Professor: You can’t answer, can you? Let’s start again, young fella. Is God good?
Student: Yes.
Professor: Is Satan good?
Student: No.
Professor: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From.. God.
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student: Yes.
Professor: So who created evil?
(Student didn’t answer)
Professor: Is there sickness? Immortality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student: Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them?
(Student had no answer)
Professor: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son.. have you ever seen God?
Student: No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your God.
Student: No, sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God, for that matter?
Student: No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.
Professor: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, Science says your God doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student: Nothing. I only have my Faith.
Professor: Yes, Faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student: Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student: And is there such a thing as Cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student: No, sir, there isn’t.
(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events)
Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of Heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There was a pon-drop silence in the Lecture Theatre)
Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
Student: You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light… But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and it’s called Darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, You would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student: Sir, my point is, your Philosophical Premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student: Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality. You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life, just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Professor: If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes of course, I do.
Student: Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going)
Student: Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?
(The class was in uproar)
Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
(The class broke out into laughter)
Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? .. No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable and Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures?
(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable)
Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on Faith, son.
Student: That is it, sir.. exactly! The link between man and God is Faith. That is all that keeps things alive and moving!
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That student was Albert Einstein.
Brilliant.
Beautifully done.
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MIND. BLOWN.
“Change has considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful...”
– King Whitney Jr.
“Don’t you hate that? Uncomfortable silence. Why do we feel it’s necessary to yak...”
– Pulp Fiction (via emilyadrienne)
everything falls apart to discontent and boredom in the end, that’s when you bring in the magic word: change
The Sign - Nujabes
Do you want to watch it all fall apart? Every time I walk, I watch, I look, I notice, I observe. I read the signs. And the signs are pointing in the wrong direction. The signs are not naming the streets or leading me to the highway, The signs are naming names. Tombstones to mark the dead of children not even born. And I don’t mean abortion, I mean what is to come. The signs are telling me to...
mistakes
left and right, mistakes are made. everywhere. that’s how you grow up, right? that’s how you learn?
ATIONS. →
fictioneer:
If we meet and I say, “Hi,” That’s a salutation. If you ask me how I feel, That’s consideration. If we stop and talk awhile, That’s a conversation. If we understand each other, That’s communication. If we argue, scream and fight, That’s an altercation. If later we apologize, That’s reconciliation. If we help each other home, That’s cooperation. And all these ations added up Make...
T:
what does happiness consist of?
I’m always pretty bad at recognizing and labeling my own emotions, but I must admit I think I’ve been pretty happy lately. This could be a combination of the fact that I have a wildly amazing support system of friendships, the fact that I am handling fairly well a schedule that I thought would overwhelm me, and that I’m enjoying the opportunity to be more involved and learn more...
best way to start the day is with some tang
Rebs: Aw man I have something in my eye.
Me: What is it?
Rebs: You.
Me: ...........you just ruined my morning.
This is gonna get exhausting real fast.
Luckily, every day gives me a reason to keep calm & carry on. It’s mostly the people I’m around. (: <3
zotzot
Today I endured possibly THE sweatiest hour of my life. The costume was uncomfortable and appropriately stinky but it was pretty sweet being the most well-known person on campus for an hour. Hope I repped you well, Peter. (:
Introspectrum: Exercises for Fiction Writers →
maladylike:
English 50 – Intro to Creative Writing: Exercises for Story Writers
More Exercises:
Write the first 250 words of a short story, but write them in ONE SENTENCE. Make sure that the sentence is grammatically correct and punctuated correctly. This exercise is intended to increase your powers in…
