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Entries for June, 2004

June 1st, 2004

Changing Landscapes

Posted by wulfgar at 07:30 PM on June 1, 2004.

I guess that would be one way of putting it. No objections, as long as we all agree with what we are talking about.

As I said in a previous entry, I have passed a crossroads of sorts. So yes, the landscape has been changing.

I feel just fine.

And nalani, I seem 'non-chalant' most of the time, because I am.

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June 2nd, 2004

Pride and Piracy

Posted by wulfgar at 07:23 PM on June 2, 2004.

Last weekend, I got several DVD gems from my favorite pirate. I got a Boney M Greatest Hits Video Collection. It is so cool! They sound good on tape, but to see them perform, my friends, is an experience.

I also got the complete first season of Futurama by Matt Groening -- 3 disks in all. I'm coming back for season 2.

And I got Equilibrium, starring Christian Bale -- a thoroughly underrated sci-fci flick. I remember watching this on the big screen. It was so good it gave me goosebumps. No kidding.

I am currently rereading C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity. It's wonderful how parts of this book previously unnoticed suddenly jump out of the pages the next time I read them. Here's a sampling why I hold this man in high esteem:

"The real black, diabolical Pride, comes when you look down on others so much that you do not care what they think of you. Of course, it is very right, and often our duty, not to care what people think of us, if we do so for the right reason; namely, because we care so incomparably more what God thinks. But the Proud man has a different reason for not caring. He says 'Why should I care for the applause of that rabble as if their opinion were worth anything? And even if their opinions were of value, am I the sort of man to blush with pleasure at a compliment like some chit of a girl at her first dance? No, I am an integrated, adult personality. All I have done has been done to satisfy my own ideals -- or my artistic conscience -- or the traditions of my family -- or, in a word, because I'm That Kind of Chap. If the mob like it, let them. They're nothing to me.'"

Ouch. How can a man who died around a score of years before I was born see through the deepest recesses of my heart?

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June 15th, 2004

Online

Posted by wulfgar at 04:30 PM on June 15, 2004.

After several weeks, I'm finally back.

Nope, I haven't left town. Our company's net cafe was shut down for weeks because of trojans.

I can't think of a coherent entry yet. Lots of things have happened since the last time I updated this site. Both good and bad ones.

I never thought I'd say this but: I missed this blog.

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On second thought...

Posted by wulfgar at 05:10 PM on June 15, 2004.

There is one coherent thought in my head right now.

She just got promoted in my book: from like to really like.

Of course, really like is just a hair away from really really like, which in turn can easily lead to time to panic. Believe me, you don't want me panicking.

Jay! nalani! Hurry up, will you?! Where are your 'bets?'

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