falling asleep lying in a big open raft floating -- flowing -- down a river of slowly moving, creeping, yawning, dreams ( Read more... )

falling asleep lying in a tiny boat floating, flowing, slowly down a little creek. I start dreaming and the dreams meld together with the notes. Each image I see blends into the melody perfectly. The dreams are narrated; perhaps the narration is the lyrics to this song, but it's a quiet jazz tune--a song that never even had words. The smallest stir ( Read more... )

One of my classmates from a class I had last term, Knowledge and Reality, said she never remembers any of her dreams ( Read more... )

It's called living."
-Terry Pratchett

If I had to come up with an analogy for the process of growing up, that analogy would probably vary depending on my mood. That's probably a good sign that I still have quite a bit to go before I "mature". So here's my view of it right now: if childhood is Point A and adulthood is Point B, I'm definitely stuck in ( Read more... )

Yuehua Zhao
Prof. Robertson
English 61
03/21/2008

The Magic of the Internet
    On February 7th, 1958, the U.S. started the Advanced Research Projects Agency, or ARPA, in hopes of maintaining technological superiority over the U.S.S.R., who in 1957 had just launched mankind’s first artificial satellite-the Sputnik-into space. (“ARPA/DARPA”) One of the ( Read more... )

1. I always want to write after I have an argument with my parents ( Read more... )

No Dream Left Behind: a Chinese American Teenager's Pursuit of Identity and Humanity in a World of Egotism and Heartlessness -- Starting with His Own ( Read more... )

Words can save us; at least, so I hope ( Read more... )

Ok, I actually remembered you while dreaming this morning. I'm somehow back in Geneva playing summer soccer, and we're in some random match. For whatever reason, I'm playing goalie, and of course you're Super Defense Commander Dan just like in real life ( Read more... )

Have not joined Des Moines Ladder, but the last three times playing tennis have been extremely enjoyable anyway. Aka, I won a whole lot. Winning is good. Hope I don't get my hopes up though, because that's always when I start to lose. Karma sucks ( Read more... )