I am a psychology graduate dedicated to making sense of this increasingly senseless world. Always trying to transcend the ordinary. Always hoping to be something of more substance. Existing solely to contemplate existence.
What I'm Reading
Musicophilia, Lunar Park
Subjects I'd Like to Learn More About
quantum mechanics, chemistry, buddhism, taoism, science, music
An Interesting Fact
The more I get to know, the less I find that I understand.
Universe, 14 billion years old
Earth, 4.6 billion years old
Acrocanthosaurus skull, 125 million years old
Carcharodon megalodon teeth, 25 million years old
Homo sapiens sapiens, 200 thousand years old Read Full Story
"At the end of time,
a moment will come
when just one man remains.
Then the moment will pass.
Man will be gone.
There will be nothing
to show that
we were ever here
but stardust." Read Full Story
Upon crossing the state border, the skies cleared
and I breathed a deep sigh of relief...
I drove through a tropical storm to get here (for eighteen hours).
I drove through OCALA to get here (where apparently snakes
are poisonous rather than venomous).
I left most of my belongings, including my car, back in Florida to get here.
And you know what?
There was a Jones soda section AND a Read Full Story
How a logical person feels about controversial issues.
Drug laws are completely unnecessary. A person should have the right to choose what he or she puts into their body. These laws increase the impurity of street drugs, which must be obtained through dealers, which increases the danger tenfold. I personally think drugs should be used only in moderation, to expand consciousness and awareness. Read Full Story
Life is going to kill me.
one fall day, it's going to hit hard
a thunderstorm, no rain in sight
booming and cracking
through all the flimsy walls.
I will rise up, a wounded animal
sedated by a keeper's dart
draped in silence and mourning the sound,
which no longer echos up and down the hall
in search of sheltered ears to bombard.
The white noise screams out "static"
a brooding calm before the Read Full Story
absence
1. a state of being absent or withdrawn from a place or from companionship
2. inattention to things present; abstraction; absence of mind
3. an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness
The absence of things is, at times, deafening. Read Full Story
