The Rising

Shining lights & bright chandeliers The smell of spice from chinatown Beneath the surface, upon my hand Tingling nerves barely hold ground My hips are swaying, I fall down The water rushes o'er my face I cough it out with shell & sand Open my eyes to blazing sun Dead or alive or in some fairy land I know not, I'm without fear We, the kids of yesterday, built of stardust A flicker in the ocean of stars Shine up! Rise ye'all Pick up the slack and grab your oars There's more to life that you thoug...

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Never Let Me Go - Thoughts

We all ponder on the purpose of our lives some point or the other. Why are we born where we were, what are we supposed to do and do we truly control our destinies. Mankind is nothing but a speck in the vast expanses of the universe, the glorious galaxies, the gazillion stars and their planets. We might be nothing but an minor, insignificant, accidental occurrence. Knowing this might very well makes us cynical and nihilistic, but it could also lead...

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Holy Cow! Did Romney perform worse than McCain?

Apparently Newt Gingrich was finally coming to terms with the 'shocking' election results. But there was a quote in the article which had me really surprised. The media seems to have missed this amazing statistic. But here's the quote first: "But if you had said to me three weeks ago Mitt Romney would get fewer votes than John McCain and it looks like he'll be 2 million fewer, I would have been dumbfounded." Wait, what? Did Romney get fewer votes...

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NanoWrimo

National november writing month is here again. And I feel so inadequate as every year. Just like the marathon I'm always afraid of signing up for, I'm not sure if I've have it in me to churn out 50,000 words within a month. I've somehow managed to pull the great trick of masking it under bravado. I keep telling myself that I could do anything if I put my heart to it but now is just not the right time. Hell, its never gonna be the right time. There...

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