Maybe there is death perhaps. We always fear what we do not know. Some people fear death and some people embrace it as a part of life. I was taught to embrace death from a young age through my parent’s religion, Buddhism. Death is the next step after life and that if you live a kindhearted life; the transition between the two would be painless. So ( Read more... )

Maybe there is death perhaps. We always fear what we do not know. Some people fear death and some people embrace it as a part of life. I was taught to embrace death from a young age through my parent’s religion, Buddhism. Death is the next step after life and that if you live a kindhearted life; the transition between the two would be painless. So ( Read more... )

Money is the division between humans. It is the only criteria in which we separate ourselves from each other, the rich from the poor, the upper class from the middle and lower classes, the homeless from those with homes, and the well dressed from the one’s that are not, etc. Money characterizes many of the classes and it also enforces many other ( Read more... )

It’s lame that I’m going to write about how punk isn’t dead so instead I’m going to write about how it is dead, long dead. There’s punk and then there’s punk culture, kind of like rap and hip hop, where the lifestyle is defined by its own musical product. Like the corporate infiltration of the Seattle grunge scene, where after the successes of ( Read more... )

I definitely wrote a lot. I definitely read a lot. I think I a learned a lot. I’m not sure. I feel like I walked in with the same knowledge I left with. I feel like I’m leaving with only the names of the philosophers we talked about and what they had to say because that was the only aspect of class I enjoyed ( Read more... )

The main insights we explored in the hegemony and good life unity would be in order to lead a good life we need to break away from hegemonic powers such as the standards of living, the government, religion, military rule, etc. The unit made me realized that were all don’t live a good life because we life within the boundaries given to us by the ( Read more... )

BEGINS HERE

Early Half Of October, 2005 "Dirty Shoes ( Read more... )

Online Portfolios are more of a spectacle than anything. I feel i will have a blast looking back at my essays in the future and remenice about what i went through this school year. The online portfolio is a sign. Its meaning isn't necessarily embedded in the text. Just by looking at the essay, i can conceptualize memories such as the steps i took ( Read more... )

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