Monday, June 28, 2004

   10:40 AM.Mon.Jun 28,
To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.

-Hamlet

God I love that soliloquy. For anyone who has no clue that there was something beyond "To be or not to be" the question first is whether or not it takes a greater man to kill himself or simply suffer.

Hamlet then goes on to talk about how death is eternal rest which all men want, but for fear of the "dreams" they dare not kill themselves. Men are terrified of the unknowns after death, and there for lose any will to end their own life.

It's such a great passage. Alex and I were talking about Hamlet last night (rather breifly, but it's been on my mind anyway), so I just had to post that up.

There's not much going on here. My mother and brother are coming down today, so they're spending three days here, and then she, him, and I are going to Anaheim for Anime Expo. I hope we can stay out of each other's way, because my mother and I have a bad habit of...not getting along.

Anyway, I think I now have some very good experience with child care. I know how to catch them when the run out in the street into five lanes of traffic, I can stay up all night with them, and my ears have become accostomed to high pitched squeals.

Lol, they're actually pretty fun, but by the end of the day, I am just worn out. Gabriella slept in my bed with me last night, it was the cutest thing in the world. I really am going to miss them when I leave.

.:Commentary:.

Mimmi: Swimming is the best. The RPG is definitely turning out to be fun, hopefully it will get even better. And yes, it's Auf Wiedersehen. ^-^

Mitch: I know where your mind is.

instantramen14: Chocolate ice cream is beyond good. It's bloody incredible.

Shinmaru: That was the most hysterical thing I've heard all day. Maybe you should show it to Sennen's mom, so she knows you're an innocent child? ;)

.:End Commentary:.

July and August are going to be very busy months, between Expo, getting ready for school, and actually going, (I'll be a Sophmore, woo), I'm sure pleanty of craziness will ensue.

So for right now...I'm just enjoying the silence. Ciao.

-Karma

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