I stand in a daze
staring out at the sea
watching the last of the sun's reassuring light
slip below the horizon
Old scars thought long ago healed
have been torn open once again
the blood staining the sand
I am deafened by Neptune’s constant roar
echoing in my head
speaking words so foreign
yet so familiar
Strength
Power
Serenity
Loss
Betrayal
Chaos
Freedom
Regret
Life
Death
The waves come and go
soaking my feet
washing away the very same debris
that they themselves brought only a moment earlier
but they cannot wash away the stains in the sand
I stand, still dazed
staring out at the sea
feeling the reassuring warmth of the sun
creep above the horizon
The stains are still here
but so am I
still standing
still waiting
still bleeding
I don't know how much longer I can wait
for you to change your mind
when I can’t even make up mine
Mar 15, 2009
Mar 12, 2009
And I quote.....
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”
(Henry David Thoreau, author)
Unless you have recurring dreams about coming to work naked. Then try not to live the life you have imagined. But if you are going to go in the direction of your dreams, by all means, do it confidently!
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
And a slut is one who doesn't care who you are and loves just the same as everyone else
A true friend is someone who knows you and loves you more because of it
A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.
Is this quote about driving?
A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
I've done this one already :) but I think I might be able to come up with a couple more....
Unless you're a porn star, in which case you're paid for using... oh wait, that's the same....
A man playing soccer IS paid for having a head and hands, but penalized for using them, the hands anyways
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
an ANAL retentive memory is just annoying
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but... um, what was I talking about?
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy to be called an idea at all.
an idea that is not dangerous is called a GOOD idea. A dangerous idea is called stupid. Unless it succeeds, in which case it's called a stroke of genius.
Die, verb: to stop sinning suddenly.
Die, verb: to stop spinning suddenly (if you are falling anyways)
Die verb: German for "the verb"
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
on the contrary, stupidity is very handicapped! In the short bus, wear a helmet everywhere kind of way that is.
This kind of adds a new spin to the whole "shoot for the stars" thing doesn't it? Hey, you're a raging moron, but don't give up, you can always get stupider!
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
Especially if you are a mute. Or if you're silent because you speak a foreign language and don't understand "his" words.
If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
And be a politician. Or a 2 term President. Wait, this also explains the previous quote....
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
actually, it requires NO strength to decide what to do. I can decide not to lift a car, and that takes no strength. But to actually lift a car takes a LOT of strength!!
Life is just one damned thing after another.
whereas a beaver's life is damming one thing after another
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
kind of a sick self-fulfilling prophesy there isn't it?
actually though, the greatest mistake you can make in life is dying.
The man who has no problems is out of the game.
only if the game is math, in which case you're only out cause you won. at math. at life you're kind of a loser.
We are not punished for our sins, but by them.
no, we are motivated and tempted (and often entertained) by our sins (and those of others). we are punished by the judicial system which decided to base many of it's laws on what is and is not a sin in the bible, thus punishing us FOR our sins. Unless of course the sin is suicide or adultery and the jealous husband is armed. Then we are punished both for and by our sins.
(Henry David Thoreau, author)
Unless you have recurring dreams about coming to work naked. Then try not to live the life you have imagined. But if you are going to go in the direction of your dreams, by all means, do it confidently!
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
And a slut is one who doesn't care who you are and loves just the same as everyone else
A true friend is someone who knows you and loves you more because of it
A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman as bad as she dares.
Is this quote about driving?
A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
I've done this one already :) but I think I might be able to come up with a couple more....
Unless you're a porn star, in which case you're paid for using... oh wait, that's the same....
A man playing soccer IS paid for having a head and hands, but penalized for using them, the hands anyways
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
an ANAL retentive memory is just annoying
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but... um, what was I talking about?
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy to be called an idea at all.
an idea that is not dangerous is called a GOOD idea. A dangerous idea is called stupid. Unless it succeeds, in which case it's called a stroke of genius.
Die, verb: to stop sinning suddenly.
Die, verb: to stop spinning suddenly (if you are falling anyways)
Die verb: German for "the verb"
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
on the contrary, stupidity is very handicapped! In the short bus, wear a helmet everywhere kind of way that is.
This kind of adds a new spin to the whole "shoot for the stars" thing doesn't it? Hey, you're a raging moron, but don't give up, you can always get stupider!
He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
Especially if you are a mute. Or if you're silent because you speak a foreign language and don't understand "his" words.
If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.
And be a politician. Or a 2 term President. Wait, this also explains the previous quote....
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
actually, it requires NO strength to decide what to do. I can decide not to lift a car, and that takes no strength. But to actually lift a car takes a LOT of strength!!
Life is just one damned thing after another.
whereas a beaver's life is damming one thing after another
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
kind of a sick self-fulfilling prophesy there isn't it?
actually though, the greatest mistake you can make in life is dying.
The man who has no problems is out of the game.
only if the game is math, in which case you're only out cause you won. at math. at life you're kind of a loser.
We are not punished for our sins, but by them.
no, we are motivated and tempted (and often entertained) by our sins (and those of others). we are punished by the judicial system which decided to base many of it's laws on what is and is not a sin in the bible, thus punishing us FOR our sins. Unless of course the sin is suicide or adultery and the jealous husband is armed. Then we are punished both for and by our sins.
Mar 6, 2009
a couple more Thoughts
“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”
(Conrad Hilton, founder of the Hilton Hotel chain)
so no matter how many times you mess up, you are successful as long as you keep messing up and don't give up? So Paris Hilton really IS a successful actress? I think not! Mr Hilton must've come up with this one to keep Paris and Nikki from whining too much. Like the girls, it didn't work.
Success seems to be connected with action...figures. Successful people have action figures of themselves with parts that keep moving. The more variations of an action figure you have, the more successful you are.
Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.
actually, the plane you are in and your fear of heights will determine your altitude
Success is dependent upon the glands-sweat glands.
so... really fat people are the most successful cause they sweat the most?
When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
but you won't notice how easy it is because you are so hard on yourself
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success
no, you PAY the price of success, that's why it's called the PRICE. What you enjoy, is driving it off the lot, and the ensuing buyer's remorse.
Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking the tartar sauce with you.
Stupid is going after Moby Dick at all, tarter sauce or no tarter sauce. Whaling is illegal in US waters.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking.
unless the negative thinking inspires you to try to disprove it, in which case negative thinking will let you do it better than positive thinking. Positive thinking often makes you complacent. If you are happy with who you are, and how things are, what motivation is there to change anything?
People often say motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
The problem comes when the motivation to bathe doesn't last.
Remember that failure is an event, not a person.
But who is it that causes and is the victim of that event? People.
(Conrad Hilton, founder of the Hilton Hotel chain)
so no matter how many times you mess up, you are successful as long as you keep messing up and don't give up? So Paris Hilton really IS a successful actress? I think not! Mr Hilton must've come up with this one to keep Paris and Nikki from whining too much. Like the girls, it didn't work.
Success seems to be connected with action...figures. Successful people have action figures of themselves with parts that keep moving. The more variations of an action figure you have, the more successful you are.
Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.
actually, the plane you are in and your fear of heights will determine your altitude
Success is dependent upon the glands-sweat glands.
so... really fat people are the most successful cause they sweat the most?
When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
but you won't notice how easy it is because you are so hard on yourself
You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success
no, you PAY the price of success, that's why it's called the PRICE. What you enjoy, is driving it off the lot, and the ensuing buyer's remorse.
Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking the tartar sauce with you.
Stupid is going after Moby Dick at all, tarter sauce or no tarter sauce. Whaling is illegal in US waters.
Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking.
unless the negative thinking inspires you to try to disprove it, in which case negative thinking will let you do it better than positive thinking. Positive thinking often makes you complacent. If you are happy with who you are, and how things are, what motivation is there to change anything?
People often say motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily.
The problem comes when the motivation to bathe doesn't last.
Remember that failure is an event, not a person.
But who is it that causes and is the victim of that event? People.
Quotant Quotables
A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
approval, La-Z Boy, whatever
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
and charges you interest for the time you had it but didn't need it. and refuses to give you back the fees you racked up for letting it sit dormant all summer.
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
to commit more what? crimes? is this saying that by pointing out a victims weaknesses you are giving yourself free reign to victimize them even more as long as the cops are not expecting it? but, if you acknowledge the fault, wouldn't that put the authority figures more on edge and clue them in to what you are up to? So how are they caught off guard? That's why they are in authority, cause they know how to point out all of your faults (and anyone else's). See, I acknowledged the fault of this quote. You are caught off guard, so I can now move on to commit more crimes against your mental being!
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Unless you are a NASCAR driver, then always do left. This will gratify some people and bore the rest.
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
be even more careful about getting hit in the head with medical books. You may die of massive head trauma.
We are not human beings on a spiritual journey, we are spiritual beings on a human journey.
ok, so correct me if I'm wrong, but does this mean we're all aliens trying to be human? Were the neanderthals the last "real" humans, and we were the space men who came down and wiped them all out and are now just trying to fit in the way we thing they would have evolved? And if they never evolved past that stage, just who are we trying to fool? You know what's scary about this thought? This means that terrible Cavemen show was really a reality show or a documentary
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
and having what everyone else wants
A man is not old until regrets start taking the place of dreams.
a man is old when wet adult diapers start taking the place of dreams. and when he stops regretting it.
Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.
really really fun exercise!
The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces.
shouldn't it be the road to ruin (or sin) that is lined with temptations? I would think the road to success would be a nicely kept 4 lane highway, maybe with a heavy security toll booth to keep out the riff-raff. afterall, the people at the end of the road are successful right? and with that success, I'm thinking they'd have some pretty nice cars. People like that would not bother with parking spaces, they'd just cruise right on through
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
ok, I think I already addressed this in another quote, but I will say it again. If you don't worry about the future or anticipate troubles, what's the point of being healthy, and how will you know if you achieve it. And if you don't worry about the future, you are likely not to have one.
And from the mind of the great Robin Williams...
Ah, yes, divorce...from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet.
also from the ancient Italian word vorce meaning short and curlies, as in "she's got ya by di vorce"
and the Olde Tyme English "devyde your selfe" as in self castration to keep her from taking half of your manhood.
I like my wine like I like my women-ready to pass out.
wine ready to pass out? me so confuse-ed
I like my wine like I like my women too, smooth, australian, and with a yellow tail (oh wait...)
Do you think God gets stoned? I think so...look at the platypus.
Platypus proves that even God (being a man) ends up with parts left over when he tries to build something.
I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you.
Yup, cause everyone is entitled to their own opinions, even if they are all wrong.
If you were right, I'd agree with you. since you're not, I'll just point and laugh. and maybe throw rocks.
Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.
Not only do they have nothing to lose, there's no way to tell if you won! "yeah, but you should see the other guy" does not apply
Also, never hit a man with glasses. Hit him with something bigger and heavier.
Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.
Also a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs? cartoons (though I'm told they are better without the other crutches)
Then you get those people who CAN cope with drugs, and decide it would be fun to swing their crutches around like a sword and see how many people they can beat over the head (thank you reality tv)
We've had cloning in the South for years. It's called cousins.
Ah, this also explains why the first animal to be cloned was a sheep. In case the cousins were all busy.
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.
I was given a little sparkler of madness. I like to wave it around and see what I can create with the afterglow.
a little spark? Robin Williams had the whole freakin bonfire!
approval, La-Z Boy, whatever
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
and charges you interest for the time you had it but didn't need it. and refuses to give you back the fees you racked up for letting it sit dormant all summer.
Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
to commit more what? crimes? is this saying that by pointing out a victims weaknesses you are giving yourself free reign to victimize them even more as long as the cops are not expecting it? but, if you acknowledge the fault, wouldn't that put the authority figures more on edge and clue them in to what you are up to? So how are they caught off guard? That's why they are in authority, cause they know how to point out all of your faults (and anyone else's). See, I acknowledged the fault of this quote. You are caught off guard, so I can now move on to commit more crimes against your mental being!
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Unless you are a NASCAR driver, then always do left. This will gratify some people and bore the rest.
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
be even more careful about getting hit in the head with medical books. You may die of massive head trauma.
We are not human beings on a spiritual journey, we are spiritual beings on a human journey.
ok, so correct me if I'm wrong, but does this mean we're all aliens trying to be human? Were the neanderthals the last "real" humans, and we were the space men who came down and wiped them all out and are now just trying to fit in the way we thing they would have evolved? And if they never evolved past that stage, just who are we trying to fool? You know what's scary about this thought? This means that terrible Cavemen show was really a reality show or a documentary
Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.
and having what everyone else wants
A man is not old until regrets start taking the place of dreams.
a man is old when wet adult diapers start taking the place of dreams. and when he stops regretting it.
Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.
really really fun exercise!
The road to success is lined with many tempting parking spaces.
shouldn't it be the road to ruin (or sin) that is lined with temptations? I would think the road to success would be a nicely kept 4 lane highway, maybe with a heavy security toll booth to keep out the riff-raff. afterall, the people at the end of the road are successful right? and with that success, I'm thinking they'd have some pretty nice cars. People like that would not bother with parking spaces, they'd just cruise right on through
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.
ok, I think I already addressed this in another quote, but I will say it again. If you don't worry about the future or anticipate troubles, what's the point of being healthy, and how will you know if you achieve it. And if you don't worry about the future, you are likely not to have one.
And from the mind of the great Robin Williams...
Ah, yes, divorce...from the Latin word meaning to rip out a man's genitals through his wallet.
also from the ancient Italian word vorce meaning short and curlies, as in "she's got ya by di vorce"
and the Olde Tyme English "devyde your selfe" as in self castration to keep her from taking half of your manhood.
I like my wine like I like my women-ready to pass out.
wine ready to pass out? me so confuse-ed
I like my wine like I like my women too, smooth, australian, and with a yellow tail (oh wait...)
Do you think God gets stoned? I think so...look at the platypus.
Platypus proves that even God (being a man) ends up with parts left over when he tries to build something.
I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you.
Yup, cause everyone is entitled to their own opinions, even if they are all wrong.
If you were right, I'd agree with you. since you're not, I'll just point and laugh. and maybe throw rocks.
Never pick a fight with an ugly person, they've got nothing to lose.
Not only do they have nothing to lose, there's no way to tell if you won! "yeah, but you should see the other guy" does not apply
Also, never hit a man with glasses. Hit him with something bigger and heavier.
Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.
Also a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs? cartoons (though I'm told they are better without the other crutches)
Then you get those people who CAN cope with drugs, and decide it would be fun to swing their crutches around like a sword and see how many people they can beat over the head (thank you reality tv)
We've had cloning in the South for years. It's called cousins.
Ah, this also explains why the first animal to be cloned was a sheep. In case the cousins were all busy.
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.
I was given a little sparkler of madness. I like to wave it around and see what I can create with the afterglow.
a little spark? Robin Williams had the whole freakin bonfire!
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