I could have been a giant said the bonsai tree

But someone bound my roots and held me down

I could have reached for heaven said the snowy owl

But they clipped my wings and kept me on the ground

 

I think I heard them tell me that they loved me

They’d care for me without them I would die

But what’s the use of roots if you can’t spread them

And what’s the use of wings if you can’t fly?

 

I could have been a singer said the minor bird

But they caged me and they told me what to say

I could have run forever said the pony

But they bridled me and made me go their way

 

I think I heard them tell me that they loved me

They’d care for me forever so it seems

But what’s the use of voices without freedom

And what’s the use of living other’s dreams?

 

And why do people cage the things they love the most

Is it simply that we fear to be alone?

If you give your love its freedom it may stay a while

If it leaves you it was never yours to own

 

I could have found adventure said the angel fish

Now my world’s so small there’s nowhere left to go

I could have ruled a kingdom said the lion

Now the land inside my head is all I know

 

I think I heard them tell me that they loved me

They’d care for me and tell me it’s alright

But what’s the use of life without adventure

And what’s the use of strength if you can’t fight?

 

And why do people cage the things they love the most

Is it simply that we fear to be alone?

If you give your love its freedom it may stay a while

If it leaves you it was never yours to own

the only thing i really think is funny about this is the last line....

And you who were bewildered by a meaning;
Whose code was broken, crucifix uncrossed –
Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving.
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost.

I think everyone in the universe should watch this video. Especially everyone in Atlanta. This is the funniest video I've seen on the internet since the kitty cat dance. Watch the whole thing. Hilarious and ironic social commentary at the same time. So worth two minutes and fifty seconds of your life. I can't give it any higher praise.
Read a book.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN2VqFPNS8w
It's called deodorant, Germans, it's not expensive.

"as americans we shall never be free until each and every one of us is afraid of being thrown into jail."

i finally died, started the whole world living. oh if i'd only seen, that the joke was on me.

For sure you have to be good and lost to find a place that can’t be found... elseways everyone would know where it was.

i wonder what it would be like to be a mermaid. that would be sooooo cool.

"Vivre? les serviteurs feront cela pour nous"

"When all buildings shall be destroyed, language will none the less persist. It will be a magic castle with towers and battlements, with primeval vaults and passageways which none will ever search out. There, in deep galleries, oubliettes and mine-shafts it will be possible to find habitation and be lost to the world. Today that thought consoles me."
-Ernst Junger

The thing which I currently find absolutely hilarious. Really, rolickingly funny. Perhaps one other person will find it funny, and maybe another will understand why I find it funny, but wont think its so funny themselves. That being said, now I share:
"I'm against the Nazis, they're such plebeians."

I MADE RL2 TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

why oh why cant i stop watching this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkGp72d0Ny0
damn hippies. so cheerful. cant...not...like. and when i like, i watch over and over and over... honestly tho, reminds me ov ELO. ive always loved ELO without boundaries. ov course, i think the retro is maybe supposed to illicit that sort ov notion, but prolly not specifically the ELO.
i bought gooseberries today. i dont know wot they are but they looked so cool in their little leaf pods and they were cheap. oh, they are so so so so so so gooooood. mm-mm.
lastly, i was reading a KY box earlier today. one ov the indications is the insertion ov tampons. now, i wont go into detail and possibly gross anyone out, but that just seems counterproductive to me. in the extreme. i boggle.
car i cant drive. heheh.
incidentally, if anyone has any notes on my impending car i cant drive, experiences with the type, etc, i would very much appreciate it.

Stephen Prothero, author of Religious Literacy:
"You took a course in it, and I wonder if George Bush ever even took a course like that [re: comparative religion or religious studies courses]"
John Stewart, on the daily show:
"Well, I had to take that course. But Jesus speaks to him directly, so he didn't need to.......All they need to know is who is evil. And they've obviously established that."
Noone will probably find that as funny as I do. And I probably misquoted a little.
But, btw, this guy makes soum good points. Ov course, I think pointing out how idiotic Bush is in pretty much any basic fashion is great. But he also makes good points.


Has anything terrible ever happened to you?

marriedtothesea.com

rationality is edible underwear.

ponder and become enlightened.

wherein action always precedes thought: a whole universe full ov uncontrolled unstoppable actions, and all thought is just an attempt to justify. interesting and very very funny notion.

http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html
We will take over the world!!

wait for it..wait for it.., let it load....

http://www.nfctd.com/home.html

yeah.
whoa.
i hope i dont have creepy dreams now.

i just dont know wot it is about hippie christian rock opera that makes it so easy for me to concentrate. and makes me so goddamn chipper at the same time. its just soooooo funny. its like my intellectual x-kryptonite. yes, there is such a thing. look it up. theres a cat involved.
we all have a little gay man in us soumwhere.

"Behold I am death, the destroyer of all"

"I'm an airplane, I'm an airplane, board me!"
"He's a little off."
"He smells like fuel."
"He's an *airplane*."

how do hastily scrawled things in permanent marker soumhow look better than prettily calligraphied things? maybe its the nature ov the phrase. now my hands are covered in ink spill.
im going to see german hare krshnas tomorrow. yaiy!

-a guy walks into a dentist's office and says "I think I'm a moth"
the dentist says "if you think you're a moth, why are you in a dentist's office?"
so the guy says "the light was on"

thats my favorite stain ever.

this is awesome. especially if you have a sense ov humour which makes no sense.
http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2007/02/now-we-are-six.html

"I do not know what spermatogenesis is, but I am certain it is not moral," the Pope said.

pt tests suck.