Wednesday, March 5. 2008
Once upon a time, there was a heart of Fire and a heart of Wind that beat side by side. He was the only one able to calm or ignite her. Then one day the heart of Air disappeared and the heart of Flames entered a mortal body, forever chasing the wind in hope to find him.
Monday, March 3. 2008
Hi everyone! For those of you looking forward to the sequal of my book, I've just sent to a professional proofreader to correct. It will take between 6 to 8 weeks before being returned, after which I must approve or reject the editing. That should not take that long, but bear with me!
Saturday, February 9. 2008
People claim to be many things, but if there is one thing I've learned, is that they are exactly what they say they're not. An honourable or trustworthy person will simply be trustworthy, and not show off about their supposed qualities. What is honour? Does anyone truly know or care anymore?
Continue reading "Where hast honour gone?"
It is a scary thing when you have fallen so low that you come to understand why some people commit suicide. A few years ago, it happened to me. It was a very hard time in my life and suddenly it became so clear: had I not all the things that drove me forward, I too might have take that choice to escape all my torments.
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 You think the sky is the limit? WRONG! There is a whole universe out there!
Have you noticed how everyone uses the same door to enter and leave through a building, like let's say, the Hall building at Concordia University. There are maybe ten doors available and only one, maybe two are used. At least until someone decides to take the lead and open a new door through the which a new line of sheep will follow. What I don't understand is how people notice what people wear, what shoes they have, and what haircut they got, and so forth, and they don't notice there is another way to go where they're going. It would make things easier because they would not need to wait after the mass of people cumulating a the entrance of one passage or another, or even waiting for those exiting to pass through before being able to go in.
Now that we have legalized homosexuality, recognizing their rights to get married on the same level as any heterosexual couple, when are we going to legalize polygamy and incestuous coupling? Though these might be concepts that are hardly acceptable to many, they are not harmful to society, so why should they not be made legal?
Continue reading "Marriage, Hetero, Homo, Bi, so why not Poly?"
Sunday, February 3. 2008
I'll admit, 6 pages ago I had 10 pages left to reread, and now I have 9. In the meantime, I've passed on the 5 out of 6 chapters to my editor to proofread. So it should be another two months before we have everything finalized.
 The Milgram experiment, though illegal nowadays, has proven how obedience can lead to fatal crimes and crimes of inhumane proportions. So the question is, should we systematically question every rule imposed on us by our parents, teachers, police officers, and government? Some people today rise up against authority as their new hip philosophy. It's like a trend. We've discovered authority can lead us to evil, so we systematically reject it. As reference we can recall Hitler killing 6 million Jews, King Leopold 10 million Africans, and the list goes on. History is full of examples. But like Moses said, without the Law, there can be no freedom. If everyone took it upon themselves to live along their own moral lines, society as a whole could not exist. Humanity would inevitably fall into chaos because you cannot expect everyone to make the moral choice. That is why there is a hierarchy in our authority system. It is based on the fact that knowledge and experience gives a person the ability to take better decisions than someone who has neither culture nor experience.
Continue reading "Obedience or disobedience, that is the question?"
Sunday, January 20. 2008
I've been meaning to write this for a while now... Great philosophers have always encourage independent thinking. Take for example the movie: "The Dead Poet Society," the poetry teacher tried to teach his students independent thinking and look where it got him! [expelled for those who haven't seen the film] It seems our society is focused on following the crowd, remake the things that were already done. I was in the library the other day and noticed how so many books were based on Greek mythology, Celtic myths, other myths of the kind, movies like Star Trek and Troy. But where are the original stories? They are so hard to find, it was nearly impossible! Ok, I found one, but then I read the back and it wasn't that original...
Continue reading "School: Leaning Centre for Dependent Thinkers"
Saturday, January 19. 2008
Ok, I had this one for a while on my file... but it's still valid! Many people are against the torture of war prisoners, but they forget that they are criminals. People often believe that the enemy is as human as themselves. They forget that to inflict pain on others, plan, or help terrorist acts that aim children, women, and men, the human half of these people have long been lost. To believe it is acceptable to kill and exterminate others because they are of a different faith, race, sex, or colour, is inhuman. If these people have lost their humanity, why should we treat them better than the animals they are? If it was torture for the sake of torturing, I would be against it, but when the goal of torture is to obtain information that will save lives.
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Wednesday, October 31. 2007
We tried many counter spells, but all worked in vein. All it seemed to do was hurt her further. We were on the edge of despair when I took her by the shoulders and shook her. "Wake up!" I told her. "Wake up! You have to fight this, you're stronger. If anyone can, it's you." I took her in my arms and hug her so tight. Tears were in my eyes. The others looked at me, feeling much pity for me and for the friend that we had lost. Cilvaina stepped forth, as if with the intention of drawing me away, but Vladimir stopped her, shaking his head. She looked at him questioningly. "He might be right," he said. "What was it the wizard said?" Kalahan stepped in, as if waking from a dream, and realizing what was happening. "That she hid her fire from him?" said Kalahan, half surprised of his realization. "She pulled away," said Vladimir, "that's why we can't sense her. That's why she's not fighting it!" "Without her will," said Kalahan, "the spells could never have worked." "You can't free someone who doesn't want to," said Vladimir gathering around me. They all came, placing a hand on her shoulder, or mine. "Come on!" they shouted. "Wake up! You haven't finished your task! You have to wake up! We need you!" "I need you," I said, in tears. But she wouldn't wake.
Continue reading "The Daughter of Flames - Escaping Part V"
I stopped, suddenly feeling something wrong. I looked at the others. They were not feeling it as I was. "She's fading from my mind," I told them, afraid. Vladimir looked at Kalahan who also seemed suddenly disconcerted. "Hurry," said Kalahan, leaping forth. We ran faster, trying to keep up the pace, but something felt terribly wrong. Tyal was drifting away. I feared the worst. Life would be so empty without her... We arrived at some clearing and suddenly were confused about which way to go. Tyal suddenly vanished from my mind and I crumbled down in tears. I was shaking. The thought of being without her, tore me apart. Denemirah grabbed my arm, pulling me up. "Get a grip!" she slapped me in the face. "She ain't dead yet." "How do you know that?" I asked, angry, in a burst of desperation." "Because we don't know that she is," she answered. There could be another explanation why we can't sense her." We all turned to Vladimir who raised his shoulders. "We don't know anything," he said, "let’s not imagine stories and find her. We'll see the truth then." "How can we find her now?" I asked. "We are not far," said Kalahan. "We need to find something here. Have faith." ********
Continue reading "The Daughter of Flames - Escaping Part IV"
Saturday, October 27. 2007
 How is it that since the beginning of time, men have been telling women what to wear and how to cook? Men have become chefs, fashion designers, makeup artists, and hair dressers. But how is it, when it was women who started this trend?
Continue reading "Stolen Arts"
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