말도 없이

Tae Kyung: Night or day, the sun is the star.
Mi Nam: Then I must be something like a moon using the light of a star like you.
Tae Kyung: But a moon is not completely useless. No matter how many other stars there are at night, the only thing I see is the moon.

RIP J.D. Salinger (010119 - 012710)

What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.

J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

As the end of yet another school year—the fifteenth of my life—draws closer, my mind is sent reeling; housing preparations for the upcoming year need to be made, how I'll keep busy this summer has to be decided, etc. Beyond the superficial, the near future, I've also been thinking a lot about what has to be done now in order to progress later. XV is something I hold very near and dear to me, which is surprising to both myself and those who knew me back in high school as I absolutely dreaded having to be here for four years. I'd made all types of plans to get out as soon as humanly possible but now that that chance looms ever nearer, I'll say that I never expected it to get here so soon.

The bonds I've formed in the past two years are tighter than the vast majority I've made in my entire nineteen years of existence; college not working out in my favor (and vice versa) have opened my eyes to a whole new world of post-school possibility; and I've never been so certain of how I want to progress. My choices are not supported by all but I have such confidence in them that I'm willing to sacrifice, well, everything I know right now. When I leave this place I'll know that I can always find home in these beautiful people; when I leave this place I'll know what I'm setting out to do with my life will make me happy, and if not, I have the rest of my life to figure it out.

I've always been a fan of change—staying with something long enough to enjoy it but not quite long enough to pine for it when its time is up—after all (and this may seem a little immature) what's life without good adventure? I'm not a believer of God or any other higher power, but I do believe in the karmic powers of the universe: what goes around comes around; every action has a reaction; everything happens for a reason; and when one door closes another opens. And my doors are open.

DUAN IT <3 Kevin makes my life, that is all~

Happy 7th, Rage!

I like the three big escapes: drinking, smoking, and going to bed.

La Dolce Vita

Good weekend with Kevin~

The Known Universe

What would it look like to travel across the known universe? To help humanity visualize this, the American Museum of Natural History has produced a modern movie featuring many visual highlights of such a trip. The video starts in Earth's Himalayan Mountains and then dramatically zooms out, showing the orbits of Earth's satellites, the Sun, the Solar System, the extent of humanity's first radio signals, the Milky Way Galaxy, galaxies nearby, distant galaxies, and quasars. As the distant surface of the microwave background is finally reached, radiation is depicted that was emitted billions of light years away and less than one million years after the Big Bang. Frequently using the Digital Universe Atlas, every object in the video has been rendered to scale given the best scientific research of 2009, when the video was produced. The film has similarities to the famous Powers of Ten video that has been a favorite of many space enthusiasts for a generation.


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All movements go too far.

Bertrand Russell

In the past week alone I've been exposed to sides of people I was previously unaware of or just chose not to notice up until now. I've seen complete idiocy, complete disregard for something as simple as common courtesy, and another something that I can't name but know is there; I can't say I'm surprised but it certainly makes me think. On top of that, I've realized that as much as people disappoint me sometimes I can also be on the opposite end of that deal, contributing my own share of disappointments. All actions (and words) have repercussions and I just have to deal with mine until they blow over.

On a separate note, I'm slowly pressing forward with my New Year's resolution of spending more time with the fam; I'm only going back for a day but I haven't made too many plans so maybe we can make this happen. And now I'm going to make some bacon bacon + rice + shoyu + sugar and continue watching You're Beautiful~

U.S. Military Rifle Scopes Inscribed with Bible Verses

Seriously. I'm disgusted but really shouldn't be surprised that once again the religious extremists (namely Christians) are trying to force their beliefs upon the rest of the world, making the rest of you look just as bad. I cannot listen to a speech without hearing "God bless;" I cannot purchase an item without reading "in God we trust"—why even bother with the supposed separation of church and state?

Being provocative is not just about getting people's attention; it's about really saying something that affects people in a real way, in a positive way.

Lady Gaga

On my list of mostly already failed New Year's resolutions I'm adding "more substance"—this is to include (but is not limited to) more art, more reading, more motivation somehow, and more reflection. I don't want to look back on my life and find only silly (but lovely) pictures that don't even belong to me, so here we go.