11/28/08

Dear readers, I meant to post this on the 27th, but here I am writing right now when it is currently 12:24 A.M. No wait, 12:25 A.M. I just realized that the Blog's timer is 2 hrs. and 1 min. behind my correct time for the time zone I live in, but I'm to lazy to do anything about it. Well, Happy Thanksgiving (no offense intended) or Happy Turkey Day everyone. There are some strange things going on.

A poll on the Short Stories and Scripts of Nawal site has ended. According to the results, I am supposed to write a Dark Humor story, and I will give all I have in my power to do so. I thank everyone that participated in the poll.

If you have been listening to the news, you might have heard the terrorist bombings in Mumbai, India. Many lives were taken, and a great number of people were injured or mortally wounded. I still do not know the reason why the terrorists did this, but I can guess that reasons are close to, if not the same, as what I say: power, revenge, religious causes, fun???, no reason, political/economical reasons, racial reasons, et cetra, et cetra, et cetra. It does not matter, for I ask if it is really necessary to take a human's(or s') life? Can't anything be compromised. If anyone is fighting for land, when you die, the land will remain, unlike the person who wasted his/hers life over it. The land was never yours, and never will it belong to anyone. If anyone fights for money, then when they die, the money will remain in this world, obviously. However, why waste your life over it, for doing such a thing could be considered foolish. It can be shown in history that change causes change. So unless there is someone to stop it, conflict shall also cause conflict. I have to ask that why do people start fights anyway? If anyone stops to think about it, then through the smothering and clouding blackets of race, religion, society, and politics, they will see that we are all human. The world could be a better place if it was something like this:

"Are you Christian?" A man would ask a person about their religion.

"Gabosa." You would answer, giving him your surname.

"What?" He would ask puzzled, gaining a chance to become aware and free of the burdens created by our own minds.

"My name is Christian Garbosa." You would answer smiling and offer your hand.

"Oh." You would shake hands, and the other man would walk away in a daze of awareness, maybe seeing the truth or maybe not.

OR MAYBE...

"Are you a Christian/Hindu/Muslim/Jew/German/Oriental or Traditional/Buddhist/ [insert religion, race, belief, cult, group, political party, society level, etc.]?" Someone would ask you with some judgement that is just waiting to pounce on top of your answer.

You would smile, slyly, holding back a full blown grin, "No. I am a human. What are you?"

"I am a...human." They would have to reply back.

This is the one I like, for it brings out the best reaction and you might have set someone on to the path of self realization. It's these little things that can make the world a better place to live in.

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On the topic of my writing, I am very happy to announce that I might post a chapter of my book online on my site. Thank you, good bye, and see you all next time.

11/22/08

Hello, everyone. I know that it has been a month since I last posted on this blog. I know, I know. No excuses, no matter how many. So this time, I take the blame on myself. I need to make time.

Many things have happened, since last, besides the increase of projects and homework. I have discovered that my writing is really liked. No joke! Just to say, I have to tell my readers that it is you and myself, who inspires me and keeps me writing. The "Nawal Land: the Forbidden Fruit" book is getting complicated (in the good way) and the humor is coming to me naturally, so every time I write, a smile lights up face, which makes writing the book fun and not platitudinous.

For all the Twilight fans, I have some news. Twilight scored #1 in the box office, Bond 22 or Quantum of Solace was #2, and Bolt came on #3. Fan girls were buying about five tickets a second on the release day. For the girls who are crazy about Twilight, the sequel, New Moon is already being worked on. However, the movie is not for recommended for boys, unless you love romance, are movie critique at heart, or just want to watch it because you have nothing to do. I would recommend Quantum of Solace for the action and adventure lovers.

Thanksgiving is only four days away, so every start looking for turkeys, cornbread, etc. This Thanksgiving might not be a big one, what with all the world issues going on in peoples minds, and money is a little loose nowadays. So this time, try to remember all the good times you have had in your life, and with your family, unless you are a bachelor, in which case think about yourself and only yourself, the good way.

This year is going a bit fast for me. I don't want to let of any of my friends and go to high school. I just do not want that at all. But time seems to be going faster because daylight savings time is still here, for some reason. - dentists - Don't ask why. Next year I am going to be a freshman and I'm going to have to start over, and make new friends, who won't be from WAVE, not that I have anything against RAZ kids. I have just been with my friends for too long and I don't want to part.

Well, that's I have to say for now. It's 11:46 and I'm out.