Since I will change no one else, I will change myself.
Since no one else will take me seriously, I will take myself seriously.
I will be different from now on.
God, give me the strength to be resolute.
There’s nothing I could say
To make you try to feel OK
And nothing you could do
To stop me feeling the way I do
And if the chance should happen
That I never see you again
Just remember that I’ll always love you
—Badly Drawn Boy, “A Minor Incident”
First, you have to give up.
First, you have to know, not fear,
know, that someday, you’re gonna die.
It’s only after we’ve lost everything
that we’re free to do anything.
—”Tyler”, in Fight Club
I know.
Nothing would matter, until I vanish from this Life.
I understand.
In death, a member of Project Mayhem
has a name.
His name is Robert Paulsen.
His name is Robert Paulsen.
His name… is Robert Paulsen.
His name is Robert Paulsen.
It’s time that I lose all expectations.
Lose… all expectations.
Wordpress, without the fat.
Read on.
Is what I am experiencing. Right now.
You understand?
I feel like I want to die cry.
From The Shawshank Redemption:
Andy:
My wife used to say I’m a hard man to know.
Like a closed book.
Complained about it all the time.
She’s beautiful.
God, I loved her.
I just didn’t know how to show it, that’s all.
I killed her, Red.
I didn’t pull the trigger.
But I drove her away.
And that’s why she died; because of me, the way [...]
[56] They are those with whom thou didst make a covenant, but they break their covenant every time, and they have not the fear (of Allah).
[61] But if the enemy incline towards peace, do thou (also) incline towards peace, and trust in Allah. for He is One that heareth and knoweth (all things).
[62] Should they [...]
Every night, I go through my principles again. I redeclare them. I see if I am on the right track. I look out for self-contradictions. I read them out to myself softly. I recall them, and how I mention them each time I raise my palms in supplication. I renew my determination to constantly act [...]
How low must one go just to sell deodorant body sprays? The following is one of the latest in the ongoing series of media mindfucks:
Now read the lyrics (excerpted) like you couldn’t see the tasteless filth coming:
It invades a woman’s mind.
Her limbic region goes insane.
She’ll start aching for a man
and acting so profane.
It’s a sexual [...]