oil & the military

the high price of materialism

is there a volcano behind me?

yes, yes there is.

the value of money

you really know that money means complete & utter shit when
you travel to an impoverished country and see that the people there are happier than the people back home
who live in a society that is ridiculously affluent.

i stayed at an orphanage on an island in nicaragua- the second poorest country in the western hemisphere.
i'd go back now if i could.

what happens after

does dying feel like waking up?
does dying feel like being born?
is being born, dying in another life?
after you die, do you enter a permanent state of dreaming?
after you die, do you know that you are dead, or do you have no conscious at all?
after you die, does it feel like sleeping?
after you die, can you know what continues to happen on Earth? sort of like watching the news -but from a dead sort of perspective, watching all of those that are still alive on Earth..
after you die, do you remember the life you lived, or do you forget it all?
after you die, are you even yourself anymore?

death is one of the most interesting things to think about.
and it seems that most people either choose to believe:
1) there is some sort of heaven where you live in paradise after death. the afterlife.
2) you are either a pile of ashes or you are six feet under the ground in a box rotting. nothing happens.
3) who the hell knows.

number 3 sounds like the most interesting approach to me.
endless possibilities.

shadow

early in the morning

famous last words

Thanks to John Green, author of "Looking for Alaska," I now have a newfound interest in learning people's last words.
Sounds a little eerie, and maybe a little twisted, I know.
But it really is interesting.
And sometimes funny, but I didn't just say that, because that makes me a weenie.


Here are the last words of some famous individuals:


John Quincy Adams- "This is the last of Earth! I am content."
James M. Barrie- "I can't sleep."
Henry Ward Beecher- "Now comes the mystery."
Louisa Edith Cavell- "Standing, as I do, in the view of God and eternity I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone."
Grover Cleveland- "I have tried so hard to do the right."
Karl Marx- "Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough."
Oscar Wilde- "Either this wallpaper goes, or I do!"
Thomas Edison- "It is very beautiful over there."
Leonardo da Vinci- "I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have."
Bob Marley- "Money can't buy life."
George Harrison- "Love one another."
Henrik Isben- Nurse speaking to Isben said "You seem to be feeling better this morning." Isben responded, "On the contrary" and died.

single use plastic

i don't like to be a complainer,
but plastic makes me sick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsESgDC7bxM