Politically correct

It sucks. Political correctness only allows me to say this much. Great.

In Nashville

Finally all set up in Nashville, TN. So tired, but liking it so far. Still miss P. Alegre terribly, though. That is the mistake I have to make.

Dreams

I'm not much of a dreamer. But yesterday I had a dream. One of those dreams that make you want to fall back asleep when you wake up so that you can keep dreaming that dream. I wanted to fall back asleep so that I could physically transport my whole eager being into that dream. To linger for just a moment longer to find out what the answer would be.

Bá, 2006!

Bá, 2006 was my last posting on here. Wow, thats a long time ago. I must come back. I need a place to say what I dont say out loud. It is now 2009.

Neon Lights

Noble gases have all of their subshells filled, therefore they feel no need to mingle with other atoms to form new compounds. They live a happy life on their own. But note: that's just b/c they're completely filled. All other elements in the periodic table want to be like a noble gas, they crave their stability. And that's why they donate, share and accept electrons. All to be stable. And I ask myself... would that be valid for humans, too? After all chemistry is the basis of human life. On the other hand, if it wasn't for the desire to react with others that certain atoms have, how would life be possible? Life as we know it is a huge combination of chemical reactions of unstable atoms reacting to become stable. And some will always be radioactive. An atom's journey could be the story of a lifetime. Nature humbles me.

Mas tem vezes...

que foda-se o stoicismo e viva a paranoia!

Stoicism - I couldn't agree more.

Stoicism was concerned with how individuals find happiness. Happiness to Stoics, the supreme good, could be found lnly in virtue, which meant essentially living in harmony with the divine will: "And this very thing constitutes the virtue of the happy man and the smooth current of life, when all actions promote the harmony of the spirit dwelling in the individual man whith the will of him who orders the universe." One achieved happiness by choosing to follow divine will through the free exercise of one's own will. To the stoics, divine will was the same as the will of nature, since nature was simply a manifestation or expression of the gods. "Living according to nature," therefore, meant following divine will or the natural laws that the gods established ro run the universe.
Virtuous living, then, was living in accordance with the laws of nature or submitting to divine will. This led to the acceptance of whatever one received in life, since divine will for us was by its very nature good. By accepting divine law, people mastered themselves and gained inner peace. Life's problems could not disturb such individuals, and they could bear whatever life offered. They also believed each human contained a divine spark which led to the uniqueness of humanity.

Spielvogel, Jackson in Western Civilization. 6th ed.

Awww those sappy romantic songs in Scottish...

are super cute...