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The Wisdom of Silent Words

Published on 2012-01-26 20:34:00

I wish I had words of wisdom to share, words of comfort, and words of hope. If only I had the gift to put together words so profound and powerful as to leave mountains untouched but move hearts and minds all around the world. But wishes are seldom granted. And perhaps all this is naught but self aggrandizement, and such bellows often go unheard. So I leave you instead with unintelligible whispers, then silence, in hopes that by saying nothing further, a head might turn, an ear might twitch, and [..] > read more

To Wander The Universe Or Travel The World

Published on 2011-08-10 20:31:00

Sometimes I imagine myself an old soul, wandering the the universe, watching, learning. Yet somehow, I know that wouldn't be right for me. There is still much to see and do on this Earth. I am, as of yet, too attached to this world, this plane. I would mayhap endure a thousand pains, suffer a thousand heartaches, cry a thousand tears, just to laugh once more, smile once more, touch one more person, live one more life. Perhaps I am already an old soul, and this just another step in my journey. > read more

In The Time It Took To Watch A Video Log...

Published on 2011-08-10 18:51:00

10:32 stories shared adventures followed laughed clapped gasped smiled then wondered and reminisced from half a world away attentions held thoughts provoked lives touched friends made in just ten minutes and thirty two seconds > read more

An Arm's Length Away And Still Untouchable

Published on 2011-08-10 18:25:00

vital connections In the moments when we share our stories, I feel as though I know you. Part of me wishes I really did. We call each other friends, but in truth... We are little more than faceless names and numbers, masked only in the facades we wish to show the world. And still we share our stories. Then, why? I think... Everyone wants to get to know each other, but not everyone wants to take off their mask. So, for now we share our stories, touching lives from across the greatest distan [..] > read more

The Sound of Snowflakes Falling

Published on 2011-08-01 10:54:00

untitled words are sometimes shallow raindrops dancing vainly on mirrors words are sometimes deep ashes sleeping beneath a riverbed but oftimes words are just words snowflakes falling on the sea > read more

Inspired by Halo's 343 Guilty Spark A.I. (No, Just Kidding)

Published on 2011-07-03 21:29:00

untitled what is a spark two worlds colliding the birth of a flame a star's final moments what is a spark an idea a prayer a beginning > read more

Sometimes the greatest storms are the ones inside of us

Published on 2011-06-08 19:57:00

glass flower a beauty so enticing yet so frail and fragile reaching out in yearning wanting to know longing to feel just the feathery touch of a finger but that alone might shatter the dream facing a storm of fear and regret she stands at a precip > read more

Japan, Here I Come!

Published on 2010-07-27 13:15:00

Hello, everyone! If you're actually reading this, thank you kindly for your patronage and reader loyalty. It is greatly appreciated, much more so than I have let out. :) And if you're wondering where I've been, the answer is - right where I've alway > read more

One Large Half and Half, Plus A Dark Chocolate and White Chocolate Cookie.

Published on 2010-05-19 19:36:00

Here's an experiment that sprung from the question, can one really, accurately define true beauty without describing ugliness? I realized immediately that the resulting theme alludes to the Yin and Yang entities, and thus decided to make this shorter > read more

Self Destruction: Good for poetry. Bad for reality.

Published on 2010-05-18 20:59:00

You can keep punching a brick wall with your bare fists until you don't feel it anymore, but that doesn't mean you should do it. It might make for some good poetry brainstorming, except that it'll be hard to write or type anything afterward. please > read more

At the bottom of a deep well of anger, there is great sadness.

Published on 2010-05-18 19:58:00

Which is scarier - Piecing together the jumbled fragments of a nightmare and looking at the finished picture? Or knowing that something so dark and morbid came from inside your own head? delirium the world is rocking to and fro am i shaking or is > read more

Noein: Episode 23 Summary and Afterthoughts

Published on 2010-04-25 22:58:00

The timespaces have started to converge, but Karasu and Yuu have yet to reach Haruka. I can't decide what I despise more - the whiny, neurotic annoying puff of smoke called Noein, or the depressed, bedraggled, corpse-like husk called Noein. Oh, wait > read more

Noein: Episode 22 Summary and Afterthoughts

Published on 2010-04-11 18:00:00

Ai, Isami, and Miho look out into the vast (and mostly empty) expanse of Shangri La. In another inadvertent flash of the Dragon Torque's erroneous powers, Haruka's house, along with the people still inside it, gets ported to Shangri La. Miho's expla > read more

Noein: Episode 21 Summary and Afterthoughts

Published on 2010-04-11 14:48:00

Uchida meets with Professor Mayuzumi, former head of the Magic Circle Project. Themes of noble self-sacrifice and about-faced idealism abound in this installation of the pseudo-science fiction / fantasy hybrid. It's hardly surprising; though in effe > read more

Noein: Episode 20 Summary and Afterthoughts

Published on 2010-03-21 13:23:00

A glum gathering of old and new friends in the underground city of La Cryma. At last, we are in the home stretch of the series, and things are getting more interesting. The shreds of quantum theory that have been sprinkled throughout each episode ha > read more

Noein: Episode 19 Summary and Afterthoughts

Published on 2010-03-07 02:04:00

Haruka watches a video of herself as a small child with her grandmother. Earlier episodes of Noein have played around with the theory of how existence can only be substantiated at a quantum level, as well as with the concept of existentialism. This > read more

Illogical Persistence Or Fanaticism

Published on 2010-03-07 00:29:00

This evening, I asked myself why, even after my month-long post-holidays hiatus, have I bothered maintaining my updates of Noein summaries? Am I a fanatic, a crazed anime fan who will watch a show until the very end and write incessantly about it eve > read more