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For those of you wondering about my random change in theme...an explanation of sorts! Ah, loverly. I've noticed lately that I'm at a point in my life where the world is starting to open up. The observations I make every day make the world a little more exciting. The choices I make every day make the world a little different. I'll get my driver's license soon. I'll start getting together material for college applications soon. I'll have to try to decide on a major, at least to start out with. (My interests have changed every year since about seventh grade. The only hobbies I've kept through the years are writing and drawing, and I'm -trying- to find something a little more world-applicable.xD) Life's been full of unexpected turns, some wonderful and some discouraging. But through it all, I think I've kept a pretty optimistic outlook. That's why the sky's the limit. If you stick to what you believe in, pursue your dream, you can make it happen. I've always tried to follow my heart. The trouble is when you're not sure what your heart is saying: Art major or writing major? Study world cultures? Quit band, stay in band? Commit to this, or this? Try to conform to fit in with the people you love, or just be a loner? Try something new, or cling to the old? Just when I think I've hit a rut, I take a look around and find myself at a scenic overlook. In the past year, I've been doing things and going places I've always wanted to do and see. And it's because I've opened my eyes and really looked at everything around me. The sun through the red leaves? An everyday miracle. A conversation with a stranger? Heaven-sent opportunity. That's why I'm the girl I am, and that's why I'm ditching the book theme. You can't start your life over by opening a new book, but you can always turn the page--or try a different road. Life is a no-u-turn zone. But that doesn't mean you can't stop, check your map, and find a way to where you want to be. So yeah. Laugh if you want, but that's my philosophy. Slow down for the corners and pull over at the overlooks. When you're feeling confident, slip into the fast lane and take life by the steering wheel. Take the scenic route when you can. And most importantly, don't be afraid to ask for directions. Edit: Oh, and about the category signs...they're a little wonky.>> So you may have to click in places that don't make sense to get to the category you want. When I figure out where you need to click for what, I'll let you know.xD Not that anyone actually uses those anyway...but they look spiffy. So...there. Peace, -Raia-
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Admit it now, folks. Nature is so awesome. There are millions of wonderful creatures, big and small, rainbow-colored, striped, and spotted, flying, swimming, running, hopping, all sharing this one little blue-and-green planet with us. Some of them hide in plain sight, some of them live in exotic places like rainforests and deep caverns, and some are still out there, completely undiscovered, in their own little chunk of the world. If you think about it, it's really quite amazing. It's equally amazing that I had forgotten how much I used to be obsessed with animal trivia, back when I was knee-high to a grasshopper...oh, wait, I still am.xD Rambling aside, today I learned about the existence of the randomest little critter, the planigale: Daaaawww.<3 -Raia-
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Life. We love it we hate it we fear it we covet it we write poems and songs and books and movies about it; we laugh we cry we scream we sing we wonder and we dream. The further we reach the farther the answer runs ahead laughing; for some questions are their own answers like What is life? Life is. What is life. Life is what? Life. Give me more pass it under the table make me high make me laugh make me sing make me cry I want to live even if it hurts more than anything else in the world but yet the world is life and life is the world so give me the world let me scale Mount Everest to find it; let me dig through the deepest, darkest cave let me ride the buckin' bronco and the roaring wave let me live. Life. More, please. -Raia-
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Today was a random cake day I asked my mother why she said the mix would soon expire so why not eat it anyway? I thought to myself, people have expiration dates too so they're forced to make the most of life instead of sitting idly on the shelf. * * * If you people make fun of this poem like you made fun of that one entry where I said 'life is a delicacy best chewed slowly for maximum enjoyment' or whatever, you will earn my wrath.>:' Cuz you know what? Just because you don't understand something doesn't make it true. And I should be able to express my thoughts without frustrating and thoughtless comments. Okey? -Raia-
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The power of music. That's all we need, folks. Besides love, though per say, music is an expression of human emotion. Including love. So therefore, music=love. I was listening to Old Faithful, my Sansa mp3, and this song came on while I was reading this comment. I almost cried. It was just so moving.;; Iris -The Goo Goo Dolls And I'd give up forever to touch you Cause I know that you feel me somehow You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be And I don't want to go home right now. And all I can taste is this moment And all I can breathe is your life Cause sooner or later it's over I just don't want to miss you tonight And I don't want the world to see me Cause I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming Or the moment of truth in your lies When everything seems like the movies Yeah you bleed just to know your alive And I don't want the world to see me Cause I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am I don't want the world to see me Cause I don't think that they'd understand When everything's made to be broken I just want you to know who I am I just want you to know who I am I just want you to know who I am I just want you to know who I am I just want you to know who I am -Raia-
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Last night, I had a revelation. But the internet was a meanie and wouldn't let me share it with you. Bad internet! It's very simple really; the only real way to be happy. I introduce...the Spoonful of Sugar Philosophy! A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down The medicine go dooooooown The medicine go down Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down In a most delightful way Life inevitably sucks sometimes. It sucks a lot, actually, after a certain point. But, if we can get a little goodness or joy along with all the blah-ness, we can still have fun! Heck, I started singing that song to myself, and after a few repetitions, I was so cheerful I was just about crazy. Part of the craziness was probably caused by the fact that I could only remember the chorus, but even so. So let's experiment: try it! If you're feeling down, sing (or hum, if you're a bad singer or are in public) this song. Even just in your head. Might want to look up the rest of the lyrics, so you don't go insane. See what happens. If you try it, let me know how it works out for ya. If you think it's a waste of time to even try, or the whole philosophy thing is lost on you... Karzahni, I'm not a psychologist! Whatcha lookin' at ME fer? So yeah, just a thought. Personally, I'm going to try it when I feel all depressed and see if it works. If not, I'll just keep on poking around until I figure something else out. -Raia-
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Life is a delicacy that is best chewed slowly for maximum enjoyment. -Raia-
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Yes, it is. So it's Labor Day weekend, and specifically, the last day of the three-day weekend. So I should have the sads, but I don't feel much of anything, except an itch to go work on some arts 'n crafts I need to finish before school tomorrow. I missed an hour of P.E. on Friday (the Friday before last Friday, to be precise) while at the doctor's, so to make up we are given the option of 1) writing a paper on a sport of the teacher's choosing or 2) do an activity in which you achieve your target heart rate for 25 minutes. I went for option 2, as I am sick to death of papers. My stupid English class has had a paper a night for like, all week.D8 On Saturday, groggy from catching up on z's, my parents dragged me to the high school tennis court to play. We lasted 15 minutes before a couple with a loud toddler showed up, and I didn't think I could stand to hang around, being tired, so we went home. I wanted to pretend as if I'd done 25 minutes of excercise, but no, it wasn't good enough. My dad suggested riding bikes. Last time I rode a bike, I practically hyperventilated. I'm a little out of shape. Here, out of shape means 'a skinny ninny who is nothing but skin and bones and whining.' So we got on our bikes and took off into the neighborhood. I had to stop and figure out how the Karzahni to change gears several times. We approached a hill. I groaned and begged to turn around. Dad pushed me on. We turned around and pointed our bikes at the bottom of the slope. And then we pushed off. My legs were seizing up, feeling as if they were being squeezed by unseen, burning hands, because we had been at it for so long. The handles of my bike bit into my hands. And yet, as the wind rushed up to meet me and the houses zipped by, sweat dripping down my forehead... I felt completely and gloriously alive. Every worry about homework and friends was wiped cleanly and painlessly from my mind. I leaned, sending the bicycle into a swooping curve. Outside, I was exhausted and helpless in the hands of gravity. Inside, my heart was laughing. Never walk the hills; always bike 'em. Take chances. Make mistakes. Ride with the wind. -Raia-
