Saturday, 25 October 2008

Saturday, 09 August 2008

  • the good folks


    do you love what you do? if you don't, do you have a good reason for doing it - a reason not solely based on yourself, on your own needs?

    i live selfishly. i know this. even in my acts of kindness, it comes out of a selfish place. or perhaps i'm confused about the chicken and the egg. maybe in my acts of kindness, it does indeed come out of a selfless corner in my heart, but the gratification of making someone else happy rubs upon that selfish "pat yourself on the back now" feeling i'm only too familiar with.

    and all i do is talk about myself. why? there's no need.

    yesterday, a character caught my attention. there are so few people who make the cuts. i count three, with only one making the final round. but my focus should reshift... i'm not of the same species. i need to learn to blend better; i need to learn to be of my own breed again. it's for my own good.

    or so i think.

    i just need a family. that would solve all problems.

Wednesday, 14 May 2008

Friday, 09 May 2008

Sunday, 13 April 2008

Tuesday, 08 April 2008

  • project self 04.08.08


    i have to brand must begin branding the branding of myself me shawny.
    hmm.

    there.

    i don't know if it is entirely appropriate for me, at least during this juncture in my life.  a decision made is a sacrifice chosen, but all i know is a fire ignites, an excitement is stirred, the mere thoughts of all the plausible possibilities spin my head to twisted pieces.  the whole thing is built with a quality that is so deeply ingrained and embedded in myself - a quality i can't even put a finger on.  influences from my childhood i brushed aside now resurfacing with a sharpness, and now with the company of a new and more guided clarity of vision...

    i can't wait.

Monday, 07 April 2008

  • project self 04.07.08


    i've long ventured from the stream-of-consciousness type blogs on xanga.  for whatever reason, myspace blogs seem more appropriate for those types of entries of which i am most proud of for their ambiguity and poetic, circularly-reasoning qualities.  facebook notes have been the medium of open communication - i can spam it, post it, put it as the first thing to be seen via newsfeed.  xanga though... it's gone from what i use myspace blogs for now to being truly an open avenue of where like-minded people view, lurk, occasionally comment, and constantly observe.  proceed with caution, please.

    maybe it's time to bring it back a little bit towards what it used to serve for me.  i'm not entirely sure;  i have a ton of silly parameters that go through my head every time i write any sort of blog.  how should i punctuate?  Should I write properly like this?  no - the tone isn't as natural for me.  Typing like this is too stiff, too aware of the public... not enough introspection.  that's it.  Introspect is a lacking characteristic, for me, when I write this way.  i guess in my own brain i type in lowercase letters... and yet in moleskines abound, I handwrite like this.  haha.

    i'm also too verbose.  people get exhausted from a simple glance at my blogs - sorry...!  you're reading the words of a girl who can sit at a computer all day long googling the random things that enter her brain while keeping at least five tabs open in the browser at all times.  for example, the google searches:  "history of wigs" [stemmed from a music history class;  i've always wondered why wigs of such monstrosities were so popular]; "define: monstrosity" [to make sure it's an actual word].  as for the tabs... it's a series of dated blogs belonging to another random individual.  people think i "know" a lot - the humble truth is that i observe human behavior and put my stalker qualities to good use.  think dexter, but stalker - not serial killer.  okay wait;  that's an awful comparison.  i think it's an awful comparison, anyway.

    for the past three weeks, i haven't been able to do much except focus on the near-future.  which is a huge problem, believe me - when i begin to plan for my dreams i lose sight of the present and the actions i must carry through in order to even reach the future.  lost-in-dreamstate.  oops.  i think today is the first day i've been of any productive use in a long while.  i'm quite proud of myself.  high time for some local productivity, seeing as how i'm in "limbo" and every action i need to take has a certain executable time frame... and oh-blah.  everything is just a waiting game, from one event to another...

    i'm also proud that i've always been able to find happy compromises between my dreams and practicality.  i need some grounds of practicality, given i can't even truly tell you what my dreams are just yet.  i need to be at a better vantage point in order to see exactly what the options are, what roads exist.  i just know the general direction of where i want to go - so let's take all the practicalities and capitalize on my knowledge of them.  and then cook up some mean stew of shawnysuperbness.  i guess i've always been good at realizing my own weaknesses and making workarounds for them.

Sunday, 03 February 2008

  • don't let me peak.


    i'll yield a confession.

    i've come as far as i can alone in this path of self development.  everything and anything from here on out is pure entertainment;  pure twiddling of my thumbs out of sheer boredom.  any further growth is going to require the influence of someone better, someone more powerful, someone smarter.

    yes, i said it.  someone smarter.

    i always thought i'd get to the top of the cliff and jump for joy;  scream for the excitement of the accomplishment.  it was always about getting stronger;  being the strongest.  instead i find myself sitting here wondering what the next challenge will be.

    everything is so monotonous when you reach a point where nothing, and nobody, is capable of surprising you anymore.  it's a conundrum in itself because nothing loses its beauty.  in fact, beauty in all things is amplified.  but... being awestruck by that beauty becomes a rarity, whereas before staring in wonder at it with new eyes each time was commonplace.

    twiddle-dee-dee.

Monday, 21 January 2008

  • shed the clothes that have become my skin


    And to stand on my own, to be strong enough to realize what I need and what I desire; what I will compromise to gain a pathetic semblance of what I need; to finally discover that no, I will never be satisfied and there will always be a part of me to compromise my own ideals and moral standards, whatever they may be, just to take a piece of something to show off or to prove to myself that I am worth something, that I am capable of something. But what are my own ideals? I have no moral standards, but I do have ideals; and yet I've been shown over and over again that my ideals are impossible. Impossible but now I see them for what they truly are; what they want, which is not so dissimilar to what I seek. But to remove layers upon layers of protective armour, to absolve not just another's but your own, and to do it together... most human beings either have not the brain capacity to know how, or in my case - are unsure of their own strength and if it is possible to accomplish all of that and still remain standing in the end when it is cause for celebration because you have succeeded. Do you sacrifice yourself for the mere possibility of happiness? What a silly question... but to actually mold those actions and ideals into certainty and persuasiveness, to have the guts to go for it and do it and risk failure...

    circa 2006

Tuesday, 08 January 2008

  • please replace your bulb, beacon.


    over-embellished joys rooted in untrue ties were enough, then.
    vanity is far too easy to satisfy.
    to not feel for the rest - just a simple choice.

    so assault my life like a sudden gust of wind.  bring me to my knees.  open me once more while i choose, fully choose, to not take shelter.  tempt me to care.

    and then leave.


    his retreating presence shines a dim light upon my loneliness, and then amplifies it.
    tenfold.