Archive for December, 2000

• 12.29.00 "L’shana tova. Happy Birthday" is posted in Best Of, Reflections

There are voices. One of them tells me “Carpe diem! Act, live, love, let go!” And the other silences me with its “Patience is a virtue. Just wait and it will come.” And then people look at this conflict and mutter, “well, obviously you can’t *always* get what you want, and *sometimes* you should take a chance.” Well, damned if I do, damned if I don’t. All the famous lines, holy texts, and ethical theories are about as helpful as Bazooka Joe comics, only I get a piece of gum with the latter. Ask me what I want to be? Sure, I can give you an answer and a dream. The dream is to be a supreme court justice. But how on earth can someone make decisions in this world where relativism reigns supreme. Why should I believe that we’re any more enlightened in the 21st century than we were 200 years ago. Sure, we live longer and have fancier toys, but what’s to say we’re “progressing”? Hell, 200 years ago we weren’t worried about our species still being in existence just a few generations down the line. What has all this bought us? (more…)

• 12.27.00 "Tantalize" is posted in Best Of, Quote/Lyric, Reflections, Relationships

tan·ta·lize
To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach. (more…)

• 12.21.00 "More Choices" is posted in Reflections

So much to do, so many choices, and only so much time and money. Maybe it’s too early to think about any or all of this stuff, but I honestly can’t help it. So here are some things I’ve been considering, listed from largest-scale/immediacy to least important… (more…)