Here's something I learned in Philosophy class yesterday. This has to be the most beautiful art form ever created by mankind.

"The Sand Mandala is a Tibetan Buddhist tradition which symbolises the transitory nature of things. As part of Buddhist canon, all things material are seen as transitory."


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This is a suprisingly optimistic entry, perhaps as rare as the passing of Halley's comet, or Alyssa doing her homework two weeks before the deadline.

I've figured the best way to nullify certain emotions is to bring yourself closer to that object, person or place which triggers such feelings.

The best way to get over your fears is to confront and ( Read more... )

People say all the time that they want to know everything and have everything, but I believe they always mean otherwise. If we knew it all and had it all, we'd be living a life of constant ennui, that's for sure ( Read more... )

True happiness lies in accepting the fact that we're all focked in the arse, laughing at the irony of it all, but at the same time, not using it as an excuse to complacently sit around and do nothing.

(a conclusion I derived from a looooooooong discussion I had with Tami my dear)As the great Matt Bellamy once said, "I'll never get there, but that ( Read more... )

I feel...scared ( Read more... )

I shall attempt to contain my last thoughts for the year while the remaining minutes of 2007 continue to tick away. Phew...what can I say? 2007 was a year of painful transformations and significant life lessons. For almost the entire year I had devoted myself almost entirely to a single purpose, only to be slapped in the end by the excruciating ( Read more... )

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In retrospect: Alyssa's post 2004 Incubus gig fangirl ramblings

Isn't it strange that a gift could be an enemy? Isn't it weird that a privilege could feel like a chore?

I'm feeling puwet-ic this afternoon.
Of sleep and sanity, so deprived
Into academic oblivion, I dive
Must get through this and survive
To see the f-awesome Incubus live!

Je redoute le dix- ( Read more... )

I don't want to stop wearing collared shirts, jeans and rubber shoes. I don't want free Saturdays and U-Breaks. I don't want to stop waking up early in the morning every school day just so we could go to the office and log in.

It's difficult to move on after giving up something you've learned to love and cherish for so long, despite all the ( Read more... )

In case I die any time, please let this song be played at my funeral.

I dedicate it to all the great minds in history, and all the people out there who have spent all their lives searching for the answer to life, the universe and everything (which is definitely not as simple as "42").

A self-fulfilling prophecy of endless possibility ( Read more... )