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Name: zilkha
Interests: Studying, getting a good future, music, reading, art, meditation, current events, global warming crisis, anime, manga shopping, internet, blogging, making friends, laughing, sleeping, soul-searching, cute stuff, games, piano, clarinet
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Occupation: Townsend Harris HS Student
Industry: the Educational Industry
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AIM:  somethinginmybox
Member Since:
2/6/2005
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| Hey, I was upset. But what can you do you know? It's this whole mesh of politics and ethics right there. But here is my opinion about gay rights:
"I was really upset about the turning down of the bill, but I have to
play somewhat the devil's advocate here. People who don't support gay
marriage can be homophobes, it can be against their religion, it can be
on basis of their logic, and it can be political affiliation. I think
that it is right that they also have their say when it comes to this.
No one said it was going to be an easy fight. Because freedom of speech
not only applies to change, but also applies to conservatism. People
are free to express their fears, and it is not surprising that they act
upon them. So although I detest it, they are not acting in a way that
is unacceptable. And whether you like it or not, human beings are
social creatures. To say that marriage of such a couple cannot harm
people who are not even indirectly related is an understatement,
because we are simply social creatures. If you a frustrated by the
supposed insensitivity of people, I feel that it is because they are
too sensitive about the changes in the society around them. Sure, they
are not obligated to change their moral values, and I think that is the
main reason why US is so slow in general for these things. Realize that
altruism is an abnormal behavior in many respects. Is fear a valid
reason in its own right not to pass the gay rights bill? I cringe to
say, but it is. Absolutely. It has been for a very long time."
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| Sometimes the melody is in my heart but it doesn't transfer to my fingers.
What do you do but stumble the keys?
You stumble, and the mistakes are engraved into your heart.
They mesh with the melody, and become a foil.
Underneath the roses, the soil is barren.
Faint piano.
Whir.
No.
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| "Even stones have a love, a love that seeks the ground."
- Meister Eckhart (c. 1260-1327)
"When you really want love you will find it waiting for you."
- Oscar Wilde, De Profundis, 1905
"Take away leisure and Cupid's bow is broken."
- Ovid, Remedia Amoris, early 1st century
"He would like to start from scratch. Where is scratch?"
- Elias Canetti, The Human Province, 1978
"The stone fell on the pitcher? Woe to the pitcher. The pitcher fell on the stone? Woe to the pitcher."
- Rabbinic Saying
"Faith is under the left nipple."
- Martin Luther
"The world of dew is
A world of dew . . . and yet,
And yet . . ."
- Kobayashi Issa, c. 1800 (Trans. Geoffrey Bownas and Anthony Thwaite)
I always admired those blogs that were mainly focused on quotations, but I always found that they were too shallow for my taste.. or too swamped with icons.So here are a few quotations I took from the Oxford Book of Aphorisms, chosen by John Gross. Enjoy. 
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So... today I bought a domo plushy doll ($9.99). Domo wants to say that he loves you!
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| I did /not/ expect my boyfriend to be so attuned to sensuality. But... I like it. | | |
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