Time to rest

Things have been very laid back here in mad-town. I think that things would be a little more cool if I actually were in freshmen year at college, rather than in a seven week program. But the initial vaccination of college "life" is rather nice so far. I would have thought that I would be making more posts if I really did have more time, but this may also be due to a lack of a portable thing.

I will probably change this post in the coming days.. or even hours depending on when I can upload quote that I have been meaning to immortalize into the interwebs.
It has been very nice to see Michael and people again, and disscuss stuff. I don't feel that I am working adequately enough (as usual though), but I am glad at my assimilating abilities of adaptaion.

I need to do more processing.

"Surely there is some point where one must stop this nonsense and emerge. "-past Sam.

-July 2.
I have been reading more, and trying to see more than just the physical in the world around me. I am not sure how well I am doing this, but it is...different. Before I loose this concentration, below are an assortment of quotes that I have collected from The Giver and what I have gotten from The Conference of the Birds so far.

"Reality is not what it is. It consists of the many realities which it can be made into." (Sight and Sensibility)

"Love involves the surge of feeling experienced when one perceives another acting as a reliable and trustworthy care giver, and submits passively and fully to being the recipient of this care." (Sroufe,1996)

"...the thought of the moment chased away the experience and bliss slid into wonder."(S and s)

"...Seeing is the power to catch the light thrown at us."(S and S)

"...By reaching out and touching, we can alter the world that we see." (S and S)

"I also know a dark similitude
Will on the fancy more itself intrude,
And will stick faster in the heart and head
Than things from similes not borrowed" (Conference of the Birds)

"The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the lonliness of it. Memories need to be shared." (The Giver)

"Give up the intellect for love and see
In one brief moment all eternity..." (The Conference of the Birds)

The Pigeon:
"Dear pigeon, welcome- with what joy you yearn
To fly away, how sadly you return!
Your heart is wrung with grief, you share the gaol
That Jonah knew, the belly of a whale-
The Self has swallowed you for its delight;
How long will you endure its mindless spite?
Dut off its head, seek out the moon, and fly
Beyond the utmost limits of the sky;
Escape this monster and become the friend
Of Jonah in that ocean without end."
(Conference of the Birds)

"Renounce your soul for love; He you pursue
Will sacrifice His inmost soul for you."

"A man whose eyes love opens risks his soul-
His dancing breaks beyond the mind's control." (Conference of the Birds)

I am trying to remember these as I go about days. I am feeling comfortable here.

Growth is not a path, it is learning.

Thank you Patrice.

Fare Well

I will be leaving soon, and I don't feel that I've apportioned my time on things correctly, as usual. The last few days of school, and continuing into now are still too busy-busy and I haven't actually gotten to things that I would like to do before leaving. I will do the best I can to continue in augmenting my self with learnings that I should know, or revisit. I got The Giver today from the library at long last. I can't wait to read it again. Even when I was little I recognized that this book at huge undertones that I wasn't able to see in entirety. On another note, Ninja Gaiden is amazing.
I got done taking my SAT's, but even there I found a small tidbit. I forget what the problem was asking me to do, or who the quote was by, but I was asked to look at this quote in a reading problem. The direct quote eludes me, but the idea was that in remembering and thinking about remembered information, actually changes the perspective that it was originally viewed in, and thus changes the memory. If this is true, I have significantly altered my past. I suppose I should concentrate on my future though. Junior year is finally over, and only one more year until college. Even typing that feels weird.
I am also taking requests for book lists. I don't think I have read as much as I should have by now. I have started with re-reading A Wrinkle In Time, and The Giver, but I may also read over Ender's Game, and maybe find some new ones.

After today.. I'm off for adventure i guess.

Oh, I can relate XKCD.. I can relate.