HighandDriving's Xanga

The New Classic Reads

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:08:49 GMT

Dan from TheTheologiansCafe has a post of one hundred "best reads from 1983-2008." (http://weblog.xanga.com/TheTheologiansCafe/663769479/the-new-classic-reads.html) I've read eight or ten, depending on how you count.

2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling (2000)
7. Maus, Art Spiegelman (1986/1991)
13. Watchmen, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (1986-87)
40. His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman (1995-2000)
46. Sandman, Neil Gaiman (1988-1996)
72. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon (2003)
84. Holes, Louis Sachar (1998)
88. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby (1995)

Saturday, June 07, 2008

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:57:13 GMT

I can't fall asleep.

C'mon, Siren, sing your song!

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Sun, 25 May 2008 01:15:55 GMT

http://fusillade2.tumblr.com/

I still like Xanga, but tumblr seems pretty nifty.

Instants by Jorge Luis Borges

Tue, 13 May 2008 21:35:49 GMT

If I could live again my life,
In the next - I'll try,
- to make more mistakes,
I won't try to be so perfect,
I'll be more relaxed,
I'll be more full - than I am now,
In fact, I'll take fewer things seriously,
I'll be less hygenic,
I'll take more risks,
I'll take more trips,
I'll watch more sunsets,
I'll climb more mountains,
I'll swim more rivers,
I'll go to more places - I've never been,
I'll eat more ice creams and less (lime) beans,
I'll have more real problems - and less imaginary
                                        ones,
I was one of those people who live
                prudent and prolific lives -
                        each minute of his life,
Offcourse that I had moments of joy  - but,
 if I could go back I'll try to have only good moments,

If you don't know - thats what life is made of,
Don't lose the now! 

I was one of those who never goes anywhere
                without a thermometer,
without a hot-water bottle,
 and without an umberella and without a parachute,

If I could live again - I will travel light,
If I could live again - I'll try to work bare feet
                at the beginning of spring till 
                  the end of autumn,
I'll ride more carts,
I'll watch more sunrises and play with more children,
If I have the life to live - but now I am 85,
        - and I know that I am dying ...

Friday, May 02, 2008

Fri, 02 May 2008 05:19:38 GMT

One day we're going to run out of internets.

The madness...

"There is so much, and so little feels important."

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:09:22 GMT

Nobody reads anymore.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:51:27 GMT

"Do what you will, this world's a fiction and is made up of contradiction." ~ William Blake

Set Your Goals

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:01:10 GMT

It is important to have goals in life. A life without goals will go through its given amount of years monotonously, accomplishing nothing! Here are a few of my goals:

Create a worldwide league for the game of Waterfowl Circumambulation and eventually have it included in the Olympics.*
Write for a journal of literary criticism which specializes in autobiographies, biographies, and semibiographies.** I will publish the symbolism I find hidden within these books.
Travel to the grave of every U.S. President.
Become an astronaut and land on the Moon.***
I hope the ambition I have shown is like a light-house to your life, an example of what a man of ambition should act like.

~Gordan

*But you say, is it a Winter or Summer sport? why, Winter of course! Waterfowl Circumambulation is best played on ski's
**Semibiography: any autobiography partially finished and later completed by one other than the initial author.
***This will naturally be the last of my endeavors. As the 13th man to walk on the moon bad luck would assuredly come upon me.

Everyone is more articulate in their heads

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:22:06 GMT

Are there amazing ideas in your head? Do you have ideas that could change the world world significantly, for the better? Do you have these ideas but cannot find the words to express them? If you do, chances are, your ideas are complete rubbish.

Monday, February 25, 2008

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:51:06 GMT

"I find that the harder I work the more luck I seem to have." ~Thomas Jefferson

    Two major problems (that I can see clearly. I'm sure I have innumerable amounts more!) I have are:
    1) Procrastination. I read a good quote on this one last night: "Procrastination is like masturbation: it feels good while you're doing it but in the end you're just f@*^ing yourself." Take a look at your daily life and realize how many useless and time consuming things you do. If I worked efficiently I would actually get something done.

    2) Lack of sleep. I know sleep is just a symptom of caffeine deprivation, but for happiness to be a side effect of life you need sleep. My body clock and sleep schedule are rather off kilter. I need to fix this.

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