babe, you're not lost.

rhythm x aged out

memorial tattoo

performing

guitar jams on the quad

wildflowers

abstract fingerpaints

self-discipline

crown aged out

corps and wgi

I have been having a great deal of trouble finding my own passion. I am so inspired by members of corps and wgi, by grad students and undergrad students here who kick their own asses every day, by people who keep themselves in shape, by people who love what they do. Truly love what they do. To the point that they cry when they do it. I am honestly inspired. I get energy from that, from hearing those stories. It makes me want to have that, it makes me think that I might have that inside me. I can see it in so many people, in their eyes and in their auras, the fire that they have burning inside them for the thing that they love. And I'm trying to find my own, because I know I can't feed off of other peoples' forever. I have to have my own. It has to be somewhere. My own self-discipline and determination, my own fire burning inside me. I know I've felt it before. I need to feel it for the things that I have to do every day. I need to bring out my own inspiration. I need to light my own fire. I need to find my own passion, my own passionate energy.

tonight, tonight

ooh, lover boy...

really desperately missing chaz and needing to go home to be with my brother and my dog.

spirits

"Make it a good day. -M"

Not "have a good day," "make it a good day."

I like that better.

For Peace

"For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands; one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others." Audrey Hepburn.

Hodie,

Christus natus est.

Hodie, Salvator apparuit:

Laetantur Archangeli;

Hodie exsultant justi, dicentes:

Gloria in excelsis Deo,

Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis:

Alleluia.

truthful things

I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.

Speak only if it improves upon the silence.

There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.

Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are 'It might have been.'

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

If I

"I'm a nerd, okay - I accept it. How about I apply that, focus, develop some clarity, contribute something to the world, don't be so self-centered with the games and puzzles? Maybe I could change the world... Okay, maybe I'm getting carried away. But I think I did figure something out. "I" equals all of the "If"s, added up over "time." The "If"s, those are the possibilities. That's infinite, for all of us. Every day, there are just millions of them. Time. That's finite for each of us. There's no question there. Maybe if you divide the choices by the amount of time you have, the real "I" can emerge depending upon those choices. So in the end, all I can say is you can't figure out a person. Definitely not yourself. You can't maximize a life. What you can do is try to be honest in the choices that you make. Be true to yourself, no matter how embarrassing those choices are. Life is not a science, I realize that. But if I told you that right now I don't have a point system of some kind, I'd be a liar. Look, I'm a guy who does palindromes and tells jokes about leather jackets, because that gives me some meaning, at least for now. You know what? I apologize for none of it. Because the unexamined life is not worth living, man."