Wednesday, August 04, 2004
Loner
Today I went and saw Faranheit 9/11 all by myself. It has been a long time since I went to the movies by myself and it was quite enjoyable. The movie was amazing!!! It is an emotional rollercoaster and really makes you think and question the world around you...and shows how immoral goverenment is and how so many people are blinded by the almighty dollar...including myself...but i guess the first step is admiting you are an addict, right? It all reminded me of this conversation I had with Shannon about emotion and how emotion controls reason...and then from there I realized that governement and corporations function on reason alone...scary. Michael Moore illustrates that point when he tries to get congressmen to enlist their own children to fight the war in Iraq. It's easy to send other people's kids over to fight a war...
Man, it really sucks realizing how messed up the world is and how sad it is that all this people in government, congressman, senators, the cabinet, they were all young once and idealistic and knew what was right and what was wrong and then as they grew older they realized that some things were not so wrong and it didnt matter if they ignored certain facts in the pursuit of something they desired...I mean, everyone thinks their a good person. I'm sure Ken Lay from Enron thinks he's a good person, but he has committed so much evil and hurt some many people and ruined so many people's lives! It's scary! How do you reach that point where you're no longer a good person and not realize it? How do they(Halliburton and others) lie to themselves and convince themselves that sending kids to die for the sake of new business contracts and potential finanial gain in Iraq? How can they look in the mirror? I just hope that when I'm old I don't decide that my ethics and morals can be ignored for the sake of a profit or anything for that fact. That I will always stand by my principles and beliefs. I hope that when im old i wont become disillusioned or realistic...because if realistic means ignoring my heart and killing my empathy for other then forget it! I guess I am a tree hugging, peace preaching hippy...because in the long wrong what's wrong with that? At least I wont kill innocent people to attain what i believe in. And that's that.
Man, it really sucks realizing how messed up the world is and how sad it is that all this people in government, congressman, senators, the cabinet, they were all young once and idealistic and knew what was right and what was wrong and then as they grew older they realized that some things were not so wrong and it didnt matter if they ignored certain facts in the pursuit of something they desired...I mean, everyone thinks their a good person. I'm sure Ken Lay from Enron thinks he's a good person, but he has committed so much evil and hurt some many people and ruined so many people's lives! It's scary! How do you reach that point where you're no longer a good person and not realize it? How do they(Halliburton and others) lie to themselves and convince themselves that sending kids to die for the sake of new business contracts and potential finanial gain in Iraq? How can they look in the mirror? I just hope that when I'm old I don't decide that my ethics and morals can be ignored for the sake of a profit or anything for that fact. That I will always stand by my principles and beliefs. I hope that when im old i wont become disillusioned or realistic...because if realistic means ignoring my heart and killing my empathy for other then forget it! I guess I am a tree hugging, peace preaching hippy...because in the long wrong what's wrong with that? At least I wont kill innocent people to attain what i believe in. And that's that.
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Shaina-San,
I wish you were here. I would have gone to see the movie with you and then we could have discussed the movie and what not. I'm bored here without a Shaina movie buddy! What about the new Exorcist? Who's going to see it with me and help me not feel like a big scaredy cat?!? : )
I wish you were here. I would have gone to see the movie with you and then we could have discussed the movie and what not. I'm bored here without a Shaina movie buddy! What about the new Exorcist? Who's going to see it with me and help me not feel like a big scaredy cat?!? : )
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!
I saw a preview for it last night and i was all by myself and i had to change the channel because the preview was so scary! Oh man im so pissed im leaving before it comes out!!! I want to see it sooooooooo bad!! It looks absolutley terrifying!!! LOL I remember when we went and saw it in Moraga!
Hey! Remember when we saw The Others and you screamed and the whole theatre started laughing at you??? lol that was funny!
I saw a preview for it last night and i was all by myself and i had to change the channel because the preview was so scary! Oh man im so pissed im leaving before it comes out!!! I want to see it sooooooooo bad!! It looks absolutley terrifying!!! LOL I remember when we went and saw it in Moraga!
Hey! Remember when we saw The Others and you screamed and the whole theatre started laughing at you??? lol that was funny!
Hey Honey!! Summer Classes are finally over, & I had a chance to log on & read the log...Just talked to you!! Have a good flight...Call golden one again & explain that you will be out of the country and in dire need of your ATM...Yellow strippie tomatoes are ripening...yellow, red and green on the outside....deep red inside and real mild tomato taste...14" around the outside!!! Flying to Utah to visit my relatives...last chance until Christmas!!! Will log on again soon!! Good luck!!! Love ya!!
Hi there! I was at first attracted by the title of your posting: "loner". I go to the movies since i was maybe around 6 years old. At first my father took me, but then when i grew up i started going on my own and for the time being (almost 20 years since) i've gone to the movies with no more than 10 different people. Most of the time on my own. This maybe due to the fact that i'm an extroverted introvert, but there's a very slight possibility to find someone who could watch the movie with your eyes, or to feel it with your heart, And it feels so good to know that there's someone, who you could share a feeling with, and that's just indescribable.
About what you felt when watching Fahrenheit 9/11: i can only quote:
"What we always fear and loathe,
becomes of of us..."
Unfortunately this idealistic feeling is soaked through my skin and i also don't want to wake up one day just to find that i've become an asshole, but it's life that's pushing us to the edge and i think that the only people who refuse to oppose this are those we call "mentally ill" or just "crazy". Of course i may be wrong or may sound quite depressing but when i see what's going on around us (especially in my country-BG- and with my parents) it's difficult to think other way.
I would like to greet you Shaina with those excellent thoughts and english of yours. This is mainly due to your provoking lines making me exercise my progressively degrading skills in spoken and writen english language.
And still, putting aside these thoughts of mine, i'd like to say: There's nothing more beautiful(except maybe love) than that feather in Forrest Gump: like our fate, luck and destiny, it flows through our lives, comes only once touching us by the shoulder, and then:
"Just like that: it's gone!" Well, guess where that was from!
About what you felt when watching Fahrenheit 9/11: i can only quote:
"What we always fear and loathe,
becomes of of us..."
Unfortunately this idealistic feeling is soaked through my skin and i also don't want to wake up one day just to find that i've become an asshole, but it's life that's pushing us to the edge and i think that the only people who refuse to oppose this are those we call "mentally ill" or just "crazy". Of course i may be wrong or may sound quite depressing but when i see what's going on around us (especially in my country-BG- and with my parents) it's difficult to think other way.
I would like to greet you Shaina with those excellent thoughts and english of yours. This is mainly due to your provoking lines making me exercise my progressively degrading skills in spoken and writen english language.
And still, putting aside these thoughts of mine, i'd like to say: There's nothing more beautiful(except maybe love) than that feather in Forrest Gump: like our fate, luck and destiny, it flows through our lives, comes only once touching us by the shoulder, and then:
"Just like that: it's gone!" Well, guess where that was from!
Hi Sweetie,
Ray just pulled your Bulgaria CD out of his computer. Hope you didn't need it....
Are you having fun?? I love you!!!!
Ray just pulled your Bulgaria CD out of his computer. Hope you didn't need it....
Are you having fun?? I love you!!!!
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