on an unrelated note

anyone using skewed statistics to prove what's wrong with our government needs to learn how to read.


quit taking the easy way out and acting smug on things you apparently care little to nothing about unless it's in a conveniently color-coded bar graph.

dumbledore said

do not pity the dead, harry
pity the living
and most of all, 
pity those who live without love.


for whatever reason, J.K. Rowling has a way of making me feel comfortable with mortality.

she did it first in harry's talk with nearly headless nick after sirius's death:


I was afraid of death [...] I chose to remain behind. I sometimes wonder whether I oughtn't to have ... well, that is neither here nor there ... in fact, I am neither here nor there [...] I know nothing of the secrets of death, Harry, for I chose my feeble imitation of life instead. (38.166)

and.. that's all I got.

I always regret not having better work ethic before, but in some ways I don't think I would have gotten to this point of understanding if I hadn't struggled in the past trying to find what really clicked.

I'm thankful for everything at this point, and I know there's more I can sacrifice to attain my goal.  Before I was scared, now I know what I have to do and what it means to do it.

It always clicks sometime, and no matter what, you can get exactly what you want if you try hard enough and look through things positively.  It's going to take a while, and it's going to hurt, but success is always going to be available.

If we have enough time to read this blog post, we have enough time to better our days through studying, meditating, motivating ourselves to try something else.  I know this isn't the first thing you came across and the last thing you read on the internet today, but ponder it.

Stop wasting your time.