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Two words, each four letters, But with definitions as different As the sun and moon, night and day.
Love and hate are polar opposites,
Trying so hard to overpower the other
Without destroying it entirely,
For without love, what is hate?
Without hate, what is love?
Happiness fills us with power,
Sadness beating our soul.
It is possible to be truly happy,
But impossible to be completely happy,
For with sadness, what is happiness?
Without happiness, what is sadness?
Evil plagues the streets,
While good constantly fights back.
Neither side will win, nor will they lose.
Neither will settle for a tie.
They fight endlessly, trying to rid of the other.
To rid of one, you must rid of both.
For without good, what is evil?
Without evil, what is good?
Coexistence is the only way to survive.
There is no middle ground.
In the world we live in,
It's all or nothing.
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| relinquishing control |
[05 Jul 2009|02:29pm] |
meet me in my lungs.
an abstraction to distract this
suffocation of words
did I? didn't I?
once.
twice.
I've stopped the count.
and I've contemplated and calculated
the loss
and it's just not good enough
lonely with or without
So sip my coffee behind these walls
hiding feelings and intensity, this beating traitor locked in the depths of this oceanic vault.
I can take the fault
with open eyes
and waves that ebb and flow
we all have demons
so come out and play
and let me know
how this should go.
happiness isn't something to be afraid of
and I won't hold you under for long
i'm not that strong
profess and provide. a protector.
is this it?
just a bit just a little bit a slip up
and I wanted to believe in every little thing
could have left it alone but you had to dig and find the lowest of blows...
Love.
Tell me not to give up.
keep my head above water.
if I knew the words to say (you are pushing me away)
if I knew the rules to the games you play
if I could get through to you
pretending I can do this all on my own
well maybe I'm just tired...
sitting this one out
so you can take the helm.
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[05 Jul 2009|07:29pm] |
In the fever of passion,
we say the word love too often to strangers,
wondering if it's just as easy for it to be heard,
or if, truly, every dissipating name
means love is most likely just a prefix
to making out shapes in the dark.
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[05 Jul 2009|07:27pm] |
here i am
fumbling
scrambling
thinning
scourging
to see the surface once again glisten,
to crawl out of the hole
i could once stand tall in.
and then there is you
reiterating
emphasising
crying
bitching
about the quiet,
using an endless equine whine, that
the world's fury has breath on your neck.
i nod away, yes, men are redundant,
screaming with laughter, the lack of respect
for sheer fucking irony.
i've lost or misplaced something much more
than a number, something
in the mind of keys
but you can't get a nameless boy
whose face we doubt was fully formed
to notice your shrinking waist.
another drowsy dirge,
where we bubble and boil inside,
fumbling
wondering
crying
bitching, to sate the quiet.
and i watch the surface glisten
while i'm falling under the waves.
some could, some will say
heartbreak has collected fools by the two
but yet, somehow,
I'd say the pathetic pile of bones
is you.
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| Transgender people are everywhere |
[05 Jul 2009|01:32pm] |
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/16/rose.transgender/
Commentary: Transgender people are everywhere
By Donna Rose
Special to CNN
updated 3:20 p.m. EDT, Tue June 16, 2009
Editor's note: Donna Rose is a speaker and advocate for transgender and transsexual issues. She is the author of a memoir, "Wrapped In Blue: A Journey of Self-Discovery." Her Web site is http://donnarose.com/ .
Donna Rose says transgender people don't fit the stereotypes society often tries to impose.
(CNN) -- It was only a matter of time. The real-life drama of being transsexual has come to Hollywood. Chastity Bono, the impossibly cute little blond girl who, for many of my generation, remains frozen in time as the sweet, chubby-faced cherub closing many a Sonny and Cher show in the arms of her doting parents, recently announced that he is transsexual and will be transitioning from female to male. He will go by the name of Chaz.
As shocking as this news may be to some, it is yet another reminder that all is not necessarily as it appears and that each of us is more complicated than simply the skin and bones of our bodies. Rather, it is our heart and spirit that defines us.
Transgender people -- that is, people who may not experience or express their gender in ways that are necessarily typical for the physical sex of their body -- have been part of the fabric of cultures for as long as history has been recorded.
( Read more... )
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[05 Jul 2009|11:46am] |
People always tell you what to do when life gives you lemons.
What if life doesn't give you anything, leaving you in the dark?
There are really only two options in such a situation.
Sit there, beating yourself up in hate and self-pity,
Or get up and walk into the dark, never looking back.
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[04 Jul 2009|11:49pm] |
Micah Kellner:
"On this our day of independence, we must always remember that we had to fight for our rights and freedom. They were not handed to us. The 4th of July should be a reminder to all those in the Bisexual Community that we must continue to fight for full acceptance with in the greater LGBT community. Bisexuals must be an equal partner in the loud and proud fight for LGBT civil rights."
http://binetusa.blogspot.com/2009/07/happy-fourth-of-july.html
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| Three news stories from Britain |
[05 Jul 2009|06:51am] |
Politics ...
The Conservatives have reacted angrily to claims by two openly gay ministers that many Tory MPs are homophobic.
Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw told the BBC News website: "a deep strain of homophobia still exists on the Conservative benches".
Foreign office minister Chris Bryant said: "If gays vote Tory they will rue the day very soon."
But Alan Duncan, one of two gay shadow cabinet ministers, accused the two men of "stirring up hatred and division".
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The context of this news story is a poll which indicates that the Conservative Party is gaining support among gay people:
A membership survey by Jake, a networking group for gay professionals, found 38% would vote Conservative at the next election, 1% higher than the general population, according to an average of recent opinion polls.
Labour came third on 20% behind the Liberal Democrats - even though 86.6% of those surveyed said Labour was the party that had achieved most for gay people and just 4% said the Tories were "gay friendly", compared with 44% for Labour and the Lib Dems.
The Conservative Party leader, David Cameron, recently apologised for his party's creation of the notorious "Section 28" law whilst in government under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Section 28 of the Local Government Act of 1988 made it illegal for local councils to portray gay relationships in a positive light, notably in materials for use in schools. It was eventually repealed in 2003, but only after repeated attempts to block the repeal by Conservatives in the House of Lords.
Religion ...
A traditionalist Anglican group has warned the issue of homosexuality could split the Church of England the way the Episcopal Church has done in the US.
The Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans will be launched in the UK on Monday.
The group has campaigned against active homosexuality in the Anglican Communion after being established last year.
One supporter, the Bishop of Rochester, the Right Reverend Michael Nazir-Ali, told the Sunday Telegraph homosexuals should "repent and be changed".
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In happier news, the Church of Scotland has appointed an openly gay minister to a parish in the north-eastern coastal city of Aberdeen:
Mr Rennie, 37, a divorced father-of-one, was minister at Brechin Cathedral but was appointed to Queen's Cross earlier this year, where he is expected to preach his first sermon a week on Sunday.
He has been open about his relationship with his partner and plans to live with him in the manse in Aberdeen.
Some sections of the Church of Scotland feared Mr Rennie's appointment could cause the greatest divide since the Disruption of 1843, when part of the Kirk broke away to form the Free Kirk.
Mr Rennie had been backed by the majority of the congregation at Queen's Cross Church.
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[04 Jul 2009|10:57pm] |
Life beats you, kicks you while you're down,
Eats at your soul, taking away your youth.
Life, however, is far from cruel,
Because no matter how far down you go,
One instant, one moment, can change it all.
Life is a beautiful thing.
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[04 Jul 2009|09:19pm] |
this may well be off topic and if so feal free to deleat it.
iv been building a pc and my new copy of windows xp does not want to install.
first it went half way threw befor it stared just turning the pc off and refusing to go any further so i cleared things and started over. were as the pc got turned off right after it started formating the main hd ( i have 2 hd,s ) after which it wont go past loading the drivers and other base files befor shutting off.
monday im going to see about getting a copy of linux to instal on one drive and trying to get windows loaded to the other. i have no idea if that would work and am interested in ideas about whats going wrong. stupid thing has never gotten to the point were one puts in the oem.
me sad. want to play spore. want pc internet..
gotta get wolverien for ps2.
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patriotic