abunai

I wasn't aware of any connection with V for Vendetta

but I loved that movie - so I'll take it as a compliment

I think these are very telling quotes for the present political scene. I fear the Democrats though newly in power are divided and will squander this opportunity to accomplish the good that they were elected to accomplish

I wish that this Congress would take the current energy crisis seriously - as I think it is a matter of national security, and not just a matter of global warming

I hope this makes sense

I wish you well

Hey sweetie, saw your post in the pagan group. Horus is a sky god, nae goddess of love.



Egyptian love goddesses would fall under Isis or perhaps Hathor, or several other minor deities

Loved your pics

love the words you have assembled here

it is true that a broad swath of evangelical and catholic christians are pretty far from Christ.
take my parents, for example, hard core catholics who believe that life begins at conception and extol the sanctity of life when it comes to abortion, but are in favor of the death penalty

christians are a bloody war-mongering lot - mind you, they justify their bloodthirstiness with notions like Just War etcetera but the fact remains that they are about as intolerant a class of bigots as the islamic mullahs they wish to eradicate

I think the lack of intellectual leadership is the result of our corrupted and bankrupt age

loud and proud - that seems to be your style

I like it

tell me about these days of silence - it seems like an interesting form of political expression

questions questions

what school do you go to in these parts: RPI .... I'm just guessing

I'm currently working on a Bachelor's degree in Classical Language at Suny Albany and soon to be completing my Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering at RPI

curiouser and curiouser am I about you

Thanks.

The day of silence is for LGBT rights. U try to go the whole day without talking and when people talk to u u give them these cards that explain what ur doing. The idea is that ur prepresenting all the voices that have been silenced by homophobia. It really works best if u do it at a job where u deal with lots of different people all day, like when I was working at that toy store.

Are there any other ivy league schools around here?

Classical language and MechE interesting combo. What drew u to those majors?

Ask away, can't always promise I'll answer, but like u said, loud and proud tends to be my style.

O Abunai

I think you marvelous - each element of your spirit more wonderful than the next

an achingly beautiful form - body & soul

a fiery passionate mind

you reveal all with every breath, with every gesture

no need to be anything but your beautiful self

i didn't even know there was an "hirsute" group!

I think a toast to friendship is in order!

conformity, to me, is a matter of social acceptance - people just go along to get along. it is cheap soul-sucking comfort though - and comes at the expense of everything I hold dear: improvisation, creativity, violence (in thinking) and individuality

one of my favorite thinkers is Ralph Waldo Emerson - here is a passage from one of his brilliant essays


Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events. Great wo/men have always done so and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their trust that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being.

"Self-Reliance"
-Ralph Waldo Emerson-

A toast indeed! Salute!

I hear you, confomrity is soulless, spiritless and never worth the bennefits. And poeple wonder why I refuse to "play it straight". Im not going to "play it" anything, Im going to be me. No matter what I may loose for it, it will never be equal to losing my soul. Btw, I *love* that Emerson essay. It was one of the first philosophical essays I ever read, back in AP English. Self reliance is not only strength to not conform, but realizing that iron string: some universal truth that we are aware of deep down in our hearts, even if we cant put our fingers on it. Its as if quantum entanglement links us all, thru this one tie. Every search for truth must look inward as well as out.

Thanks for ur thots on the subject. One last question, however: "violence (in thinking)"? I think of statements lashing out at society, trying to draw attention to societies wrong, to change minds... like those truth anit-smoking comercials, I love them. I think of outsider type anger, like when my parents moved out of the city and when I came to visit they told me I had to play it straight in front of the neighbors. In response I wrote "DYKE" in big red letters on a t-shirt and took a stroll around the block. I dont know if it changed any minds, but I did have a good laugh about it. Shock value as intellectual violence, if we can't change minds at least we can laugh at those who treat us badly, yet secretly we hope that knowledge is contagious and that if we keep making fools of people like bush we will affect change, slowly but surely. We hope the shock will wear off and people will stop caring about how we chose to live our lives. Is this what u mean by violence in thinking? If not, please explain, I am intrigued.

I think you are beautiful and should trust yourself

be true to your instincts