Here's some

Friedrich Nietzsche quotes i like:

"He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted."

"There are no facts, only interpretations."

"In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad."

"We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the way in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us."

"It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages."

"God is a thought who makes crooked all that is straight."

"We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once."


mhmmm.

I used

to own one of these little guys. For about a week I brought him to my fourth grade classroom. He was a hit. I don't remember his name or "why" he died. lol. Hedge hogs are cute though. I remember bringing in winter gloves to hold him.

I voted today

for the first time. Waahoo it was easy. I don't know how much I believe in voting/the government/my power in it but hey, you gotta do what you can to have some kinda of voice, i guess. they make it very easy for people, I'd say.

I think

the key to life is destroying fear

Tired and Comfy,

I lie on my couch. eyes still spinning from hours ago. mind switching in and out of beautiful flashbacks. a moment. a minute. an hour that went by in a flash. life can be enjoyed in huge ways... pleasure and happiness are vastly available. To know yourself enough to bend and turn in ways you never have is a perfect place to be.
A caught eye. a kiss. a beat and a vibe. a conversation, conversations filled with lovely connectivity. there's nothing like it.

Right now

thousands of people are gathering/gathered at the National Mall in DC for the Rally to Restore Sanity/Keep Fear Alive. I felt very compelled to attend said Rally, as I am a huge fan of both Stewart and Colbert, but due to both my lack of confidence and poor planning, I'm currently sitting on my couch in sweat pants.
I'm attending a very big event tonight (I spent several hours making a costume for it yesterday) and earlier in the season decided that festivity would be sufficient for my '10 Halloween weekend. However, upon learning that not only my brother, sister in law, and niece were attending, but also my big sister's best friends, I felt a stab of jealousy. Then learned there was an actual bus going from the Rally to the event! "I must go!" said I.
Around 9 PM my planning commenced. With a 27 dollar Greyhound ticket purchased all I needed to do was hash out the details.
Fuck details.
Several hours of pour internet connection and confusing options and limitations to my travel plans, I resorted to calling a friend, Both, for dear help. After embarrassing myself with my panicked attitude and indecisive self, I finally rested on the fact that it just wasn't practical. For the extreme lack of money I currently have, even my wasted 27 dollars isn't enough leverage to get me there.
So too all Rally attenders, I hope you enjoy this fabulous day of sanity and reason. May the merry commodore of American spirit be with you all. For me, I'm just going to enjoy my "event" to the fullest extent with a little tiny bit of cash left in my pocket.

The leaves

are letting go today. Driving this morning, each gust of wind brought a beautiful rainfall of orange and yellow leaves. I love how they dance through the sky. Kissing the edges of each direction they take. Fluttering past me. I reach my hand out, hoping to touch them as they glide through their journey to the ground, to sit, to rot, to be forever. Their lives are so futile. Water and sun birthed them through the branches. They grew green and strong and held on tight. The cool breezes and night freezes made them weak. Tainting their pigment, loosening their grip to their anchor branch. The wind gusts them away, resting them on the floor of the earth. They toss around and dry out, then get caught up in the soil some how. They decay. They desinegrate. Soon enough they are indesiferable from the rest of the ground.
Humans live the same way. Its as simple as that. Birth, growth, strength, life, then exposure to the elements. Weakness, then death. We fall from life and become part of the earth. Our limbs entangled with the roots of trees and old leaves. Eventually, our bodies are no different than the dirt on our shoes.
Its as simple as that.