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letters from the earth. [May. 17th, 2007 - 11:18p]
I. "man is an experiment, the other animals are another experiment. time will show whether they were worth the trouble."

II. "man is a marvelous curiosity. when he is at his very very best he is sort of a low grade nickel-plated angel; at his worst he is unspeakable, unimaginable; and first and last and all the time he is a sarcasm. yet he blandly and in all sincerity calls himself the 'noblest work of God.'"

III. "but now they could do evil--and suffer for it; now they had acquired what the church calls an invaluable possession, the moral sense; that sense which differentiates man from the beast and sets him above the beast. instead of below the beast--where one would suppose his proper place would be, since he is always foul-minded and guilty and the beast always clean-minded and innocent. it is like valuing a watch that must go wrong, above a watch that can't."


-mark twain.
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civil disobedience. [Apr. 12th, 2007 - 01:28a]
"the mass of men serve the state thus, not as men mainly, but as machines, with their bodies. they are the standing army, and the militia, jailers, constables, posse comitatus, &c. in most cases there is no free exercise whatever of the judgment or of the moral sense; but they put themselves on a level with wood and earth and stones; and wooden men can perhaps be manufactured that will serve the purpose as well. such command no more respect than men of straw, or a lump of dirt. they have the same sort of worth only as horses and dogs. yet such as they even are commonly esteemed good citizens. others, as most legislators, politicians, lawyers, ministers, and office-holders, serve the state chiefly with their heads; and, as they rarely make any moral distinctions, they are as likely to serve the devil, without intending it, as God. a very few, as heroes, patriots, martyrs, reformers in the great sense, and men, serve the state with their consciences also, and so necessarily resist it for the most part; and they are commonly treated by it as enemies. a wise man will only be useful as a man, and will not submit to be "clay," and "stop a hole to keep the wind away," but leave that office to his dust at least:--

"i am too high-born to be propertied,
to be a secondary at control,
or useful serving-man and instrument
to any sovereign state throughout the world."

he who gives himself entirely to his fellow-men appears to them useless and selfish; but he who gives himself partially to them is pronounced a benefactor and philanthropist."


-henry david thoreau.
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you can't take me anywhere, i can't take you anywhere. [Feb. 26th, 2007 - 10:27p]
[mood. | calm]
[music. |arbeit macht frei - the libertines.]

we would quickly lose count if we attempted to count every time we heard a siren or saw and emergency vehicle drive by. but everytime we do, someone's family member, best friend or spouse is in trouble. i think it's sad that we forget about these sirens minutes after we hear them. i'm not saying we should dwell in what brings us down, i just think it's sad that we're so easy to forget the problems of others and take for granted what we have.

i rarely speak like this. it's funny that i'm in a surprisingly okay mood.
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pages + words = beautiful. [Feb. 13th, 2007 - 07:10p]
[locale. |olin library.]
[mood. | anxious]

hey everybody ever.
it is imperative that you obtain a copy of fante's 'ask the dust' immediately. once in your possession it must be read in one sitting or the world will end and it will be your fault.
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ar-tard. [Feb. 12th, 2007 - 07:59p]
[mood. | nerdy]
[music. |jackie, dressed in cobras - the new pornographers.]

today while sitting at a red light on fairbanks i noticed what seemed to be a private practice advertising a man named 'DR CLEANER'. i thought to myself, 'wow, what a neat last name.'

as the light changed and i pulled forward i realized it was not, in fact, a doctors' office of any type. it was merely a 'DRY CLEANERS'.

the end.
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