Okay, so I stole this format from Veronica’s blog, because I loved it and I feel a lot of life advice/ lessons learned can be summed up in a quick bullet point while learning them takes a whole personal process. Anyway, a lot of these are to a great extent based on my view of … More The Human Condition

Five+Four I tumble down the river of the nine. Grasping desperately for any ground Loosing everything I once called “mine” And screaming desperately to just be found. The tumble and the fall is what I fear That all of this can slip away and fade That all that this becomes is one long jeer, And … More Nine

Memory A brave yet elusive oldfriend. Friend? friend…Yes, the guiding handthat leads to salvationHe walks in circles,though he says he’s exploringthirsty for growtheven though he is shrinkinghe ran from me when he was neededand he remained when he was wished awaythat little bloated bureaucratof the mind, the soul, the bodyEach day he smirked and frownedlaughed … More Memory

Ok, real quick, today is actually Silvia Plath’s birthday (ya know, the one who wrote this Mirror poem…) So that’s kinda neat! Also I’m definitely not doing a timed write so I’ll just be doing some analysis. Anyway, let’s dive in shall we? Lets start with what you all already know. The poem comes from … More The Fear of Reflection and Truth

Ok, sure, I started my Literature Review today… but I also finished today so like no regrets. Feel free to take these, I decided to post some of the topics lower on the list for all of you who are like me and finished the first few on your own and then got tired as … More Procrastination is a Human Construct

Ah yes. The USSR. I mean in any analysis of 1984 the three nations that always are talked about are the Soviet Union, the United States, and China. Oftentimes people focus on the Government Style of the USSR, the Patriot act and governmental spying of the USA, and China… well, government style and government spying. … More The Difficulties of Nation Building

Good morning Airstrip One. Let’s chat, shall we? This, is of course, a message not to the party, but to the proles. You. Yes you, sitting at your “telescreen”, encapsulated by that little black mirror of yours. I want you to think for a moment. And no, not the regurgitation they call thinking, I want … More Fear of Freedom

Field Report #27 SRGT. Arthur McMannen January 27, 1979Another crushing defeat of Eastasia! We fought long and hard with those blokes on the beaches of Bombay, but this morning was silent. We crawled out from our positions only to see those Chinese [retracted from file] turned tail and retreated in the dead of the night! … More Field Report

Good and Evil. The definition of these words will greatly vary from person to person, however for the purpose of this post I will define evil as any “unwarranted harm inflicted on another living being”. Anyway, let’s get into this shall we? Now, why do humans commit acts of evil? I believe that it all … More The Utopia Paradox

*Tick toc* Yeah, sure, I’ll probably need a sleeping bag. Check. Alrighty. Oh Yeah! Need to grab a pillow too… *Tick toc* Check. Ooo, entertainment… hmm… let me think. Sure. I’ll grab that too. I mean don’ want to regret not bringing something… *Tick toc* Huh. Now I’m here. This is strange. Why am I … More Time’s up, kid.