"Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests And is never shaken;" "Twenty years from now you will..."The soul has illusions as the birds have wings — it is supported by them. " ""Human history, in essence, is the history of ideas." “If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.

"Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it." --Mark Twain

If you're ever in the area, the Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT is worth visiting. It's a Victorian house but one of the more unusual ones -- appropriate for an unusual person. Here's a page from the...Some of what looks to be inlaid marquetry on the wall going up the stairs of the front hall for instance, are actually painted to look like marquetry. It's amazing what one can do with a bit of paint ;

Why not go out on a limb? That’s where the fruit is.   – Mark Twain

Been seven weeks since my last post? No shit. Kinda settling into college life -- still not crazy over it, though. Definitely feel the need to get a job soonish; rather find work than spend money on...to get some more of the side-quest espers, (Zalera and Cuchulainn I know about, but need to level up first). Then again, I still haven't gotten past Draklor Laboratory... Better get that done soonish.

Illustration from ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'', 1889, by Daniel Carter Beard .

So ive been watching the show dexter.  Its surprisingly pretty damn good.  I mean its got some cheesy acting here and there and its alittle 'drama-y' for my taste but all in all it's really addictive. ...atleast i know she can't afford to fire me.    I think im going to start reading mark twain again.  I miss his cynical passiveness.  that is one of the most enjoyable books i've read. billy

Friday morning I flew across the United States to meet people I had only met briefly or only knew online. I was nervous about how the weekend would go because I wasn't a rawk star and I certainly haven't...that that friendship is a Reality, and not a Fancy--that it is builded upon a rock, and not upon the sands that dissolve away with the ebbing tides and carry their monuments with them. Mark Twain

my parents came to community service with me yesterday, that was amusing, they watched me teach this kid to swim, and mind you i swear he swallowed more of the pool than anything else , but i did when...went to breakfast, then went to target ( saw Coleman at Target !!!!!! :D) and then they left because had to get scamper from the vets, and i came back to my room and slept for 5 hours. i was tired

Both debators lastnight exceeded my expectations. Palin didn't look like a total idiot, and Biden managed not to say anything totally idiotic. No death blow was landed, but Biden avoided looking like...human breast milk instead of cow's milk - I still support hippie chics getting naked, no matter how crazy elsewise! Craigslist ad linked to Brinks heist - Criminal genius! (thanks striver