life isn't all ha ha hee hee

This is kind of interesting. Mind-map of philosophies. I think mind-map lovers would love this conceptualization, or whatever you call it. :\

Okay, what is with the latest barrage of quotes on literaryquotes? They seem tobe centered on love and love only. I'm sorry that I'm a fat-assed cynic but HELLO IT IS NOT VALENTINE'S DAY YET.

Still, Women, girls, anybody that shall hear me, listen to this: don't love somebody beyond limits and consciousness. Try to have always some other aim or duty. Don't love beyond your very soul... if you can. I cannot.

- The Husband I Bought, Ayn Rand

Hey, we should all take notice of that. I should remember that and not you know, clean the blood off my sleeve every now and then.

(My brother's watching Yes Dear now. TV WHORE!)

Another great quote which I found, was I have never understood the song 'Infatuation,' just as I have never understood the concept of infatuation. It has always been my understanding that being 'infatuated' with someone means you think you are in love, but you're actually not; infatuation is (supposedly) just a foolish, fleeting feeling. But if being "in love" is an abstract notion, and it's not tangible, and there is no way to physically prove it to anyone else... well, how is being in love any different than having an infatuation? They're both human constructions. If you think you're in love with someone and you feel like you're in love with someone, then you obviously are; thinking and feeling is the sum total of what love is. Why do we feel an obligation to certify emotions with some kind of retrospective, self-imposed authenticity?

Chuck Klosterman, Killing Yourself To Live

Actually, its beautiful. It really sums up what I think about love - and infatuation. Aren't they essentially the same thing?

Well well well, today was the ever wonderful GP mock exam. 3 hours of sheer fun, fun and guess what, for fun! JTan accosted me after the paper to ensure that I didn't go wax lyrical with my "witticisms" and whatnots and screw myself over. But yes, I guess I did do alright. Self-restraint! Self-restraint! I tried to adopt a more sane sounding tone instead of some random psychotic you meet in Arkham. However, I think I ended up going slightly out of topic for my essay. (Which went something along the lines of "Do the arts, really play a significant role in Singaporean society?) Maybe it was the whole patriotic atmosphere in the air, but I really did espouse oh crap I mispelt it as expouse the whole notion that the arts really are the modus operandi of Singaporean culture. Though, I didn't have enough time to do an indepth analysis of like the arts are communication and language. I went crazy on Tolstoy's definition of art though. D:

Oh well, I had a relatively good time in school and on the way away from it - more so away from it with the band people and the gift of prata. Thanks to Kevin for reminding me about the other fish in the sea. Like pshaw, I'll go fishing some other time.

graaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. Tomorrow's going to be a total waste of time. We're supposed to walk 7km, as a school, from CJC all the way to MacRitchie reservoir. Like huh?! Honestly, like darylg, I feel that if we had some sort of aim after walking that 7km which really isn't for 'fund-raising' (or fun-raising for that matter), I wouldn't mind. My class nearly convinced me to walk in my Indian costume but uhh... once they heard that it was 7kmx2Layers of clothing, they decided not to subject me to animal abuse.

I remember somewhere or someone really criticising the horrible Tiger Beer ad. You know, the one with Jessica Alba. The person was going on and on about how retarded the grown men, acting like little kids when they went "woaaaaaaaoooooooohhh" upon finding out that the leading man like Jessica Alba. Hello? How old are you guys?

My brother's back for the week, which I'm really happy about. I haven't had a decent conversation with him for ages, and laughing with him about his friend's prank calling each other and stuff is really a great change from a quiet house.

Alright, I think I'd better get down to uh some 'studying', using the term in its loosest form.

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Mmm. The Sony VGN-SZ25GP/B is like <3.