Fortune Cookie!

Need some adventure and enjoyment? 

Take a vacation.

(Thanks Tina!)

Why I like Science Fiction Quote

To me, the biggest selling point of science fiction is to take one out of the realm of reality and allowing us to "escape" for a brief period....this is prolly why most scifi fans loath reality TV; it's kinda the opposite of what most of us are looking for in our entertainment.

-Quote from a user on SyFy.Com

Why Would You Defend America

Why Would You Defend America?

Since you're writing this to me, that probably means that you have a computer and Internet connection, which is something 75% of the world doesn't have, and if you're American then odds are you have a roof over your head, which is something a lot of people in other countries don't have too. So, if you're privileged enough to have a computer, like most other people in America are, then you don't have too many "fucking problems". Civil war, genocide, cannibalism, getting stoned to death for being homosexual, starving to death - that's having a lot of fucking problems. The US doesn't have too much of those things. So how about you sit the fuck down, and be grateful for what America has, instead of bitching because it's not your perfect utopia full of rainbows and unicorns. 

LOST Finale - The End, Jack and Christian Shephard

In case you forgot, one of the best finales I've ever seen. The End finale was such a perfect and explanation for the entire show. A writers had a perfect explanation of the 'after-existence', or afterlife as I would imagine it at least, and it was perfectly encapsulated into the final scenes.

Christian Shephard explaining things to Jack...

"The most important part of your life, was the time you spent with these people. That's why all of you are here. Nobody does it alone, Jack. You needed all of them, and they needed you."

In case you'd like to watch the last few minutes, the second video follows right after the first:

Australian Foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd

"I'm confident that President Lee Myung-bak will handle this appropriately. 

I'm less confident that the North Koreans are capable of handling these things competently."

-Kevin Rudd

Support for South Korea, and using tact to slap North Korea in the face. Awesome. :)

Reference

Love is the Purpose of Life

You are going to be happy from now on, forever.

LOVE IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE.

Positive attitude makes you live.

If you really want to be happy in your life, be happy in this moment. 

Future and past are false, stop floating in them. Fall back on to the present, that is the truth.

You are going to be happy from now on, forever.

 -?-

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Good advice in 99', and it's still good advice now: Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be

it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by

scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable  than my own meandering

experience…I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not

understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.

But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and

recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before

you and how fabulous you really looked. You’re not as fat as you imagine.

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as

effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing

bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that

never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you

Sing

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with

people who are reckless with yours.

Floss

Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes

you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with

yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you

succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your

life. The most interesting people I know, didn’t know at 22 what they

wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know, still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe

you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky

chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t

congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your

choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body,

use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people

think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own..

Dance…

even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the

people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you

should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and

lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you

knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard;

live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will

philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize

that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were

noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund,

maybe you have a wealthy spouse;

but you never know when either one might run out.

Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who

supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of

fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the

ugly parts and recycling it for more than

it’s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen…

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My Favorite Quotes from Jack Kerouac

"Our battered suitcases were piled on the suitcases again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life."

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars, and in the middle you see the blue center light pop and everybody goes, "Awww!"'

"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. The round heads in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules, and they have no respect for the status-quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify, or vilify them. But the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."

"I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till I drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer to anybody, except my own confusion."