Ben: "Hey James, you wanna go down that hill a piece behind Books and swordfight some ( Read more... )

Ah, spent some part of the day up at Books, reading. Then went to band rehearsal at six o'clock. We had a great rehearsal. Put together two new songs, and ran through the old ones. Time to get some shows again ( Read more... )

"No one can teach you anything, not at the core, at the source of it. What you're doing - it's yours, not mine, I can only teach you to do it better. I can give you the means, but the aim - the aim's your own."

- The Fountainhead

David Gray writes some of the most beautiful music. Have you ever heard a certain chord, played in a certain way, that it almost brings tears to your eyes? It's amazing. He's a very real, honest songwriter ( Read more... )

“Pride is the recognition of the fact that you are your own highest value and, like all of man’s values, it has to be earned. . . .As man is a being of self-made wealth, so he is a being of self-made soul….”

- Atlas Shrugged

"Every man creates his meaning and form and goal. Why is it so important - what others have done? Why does it become sacred by the mere fact of not being your own? Why is anyone and everyone right - so long as it's not yourself?"

"The best is a matter of standards - I set my own standards."

- The Fountainhead

I hear sermons preached all the time where the pastor tells his sheep that if their life is fucked up, then it's their fault. That God must be trying to break through, but we're just too hard hearted to feel Him ( Read more... )