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Finally I am back! Time has been very nice to allow me to do something I have always enjoyed, blogging. Now that I am here Let me first share with you the most important of entries I have been desiring to type for a while... About that well known Rainbow I saw.
It was June 25th of this year, a Sunday afternoon that was overcast by showering clouds and a sun peeking through the light gray sky. The mixture of sunshine, clouds, and tiny droplets of rain made my rainy day unusually pleasant.
My house is not surrounded by fences, at least not yet, so I was able to watch my lawn, the empty parcel of land and the tree-filled conservation area (behind my house) turn from mundane to some vivid shades of green. The icing on top of that spectacular view was the rainbow forming over Osceola county.
Although, this was not the first time I saw a rainbow, I found out that not many of you get the chance to spot one, it was the first time I got to admire a rainbow not only for the beauty it portrays as a natural wonder bust also for the symbolism its associated with the LGBT rights movement. Admiring the rainbow as a symbol, a logo, for many Americans and citizens of the world is what made that day, week even my 20th birthday that much sweeter.
I consider that particular rainbow as a statement from God (don't think I am loosing it, please). What do I get from it? Well, because I am an optimist, I view that Homosexuality is no more sinful than adultery, greed, gluttony, fornication, betrayal and envy. I mentioned the term sinful because some things of homosexuality are stated in the Bible as such. Its something I have to live with and believe that I am doing no harm to society because I am questioning my sexuality. Being attracted to guys is something I have noticed since childhood and no one, not even me nor my parents can correct it. I have feelings towards guys for a reason and perhaps God has a purpose for my life I have to live with. I have no problem with that.
I never knew I can get so much thoughts from watching a rainbow.
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Speaking of updates, sorry for the lack of them in the past few weeks. I never intended to take a long hiatus from something I enjoy doing. But with increased interest from my brother to use the internet (I only have one computer in my house). Together with this being my summer vacation, work, school registration, and "stuff," I never imagined that I would have a full plate of things to do in a "vacation."
In all sincerity, I also lost a bit of my motivation to create blog entries. That may be contributed with the ordeal [om] from last month. I have received an email questioning my neutrality and that really ticked me the wrong way. Yes, I am now weary and careful to believing everything I read since then, but I don't read blogs entirely for their honesty and credibility, although those are qualities I admire... Blogging has an entertainment value and will stir many emotions at once. I'll end this topic at that. I have better things to worry about.
Finally, I took some time off from my routine and visited the city I used to call home (although I still consider it my hometown), Miami! If you have followed my blog for a while, you'll know this trip was not my first nor will it be my last to South Florida. It was a short two-day vacation, but I had fun nonetheless. There some things I observed and bothered me a bit, so I'll share that info soon...
Hopefully sooner rather than later!
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I know this happens to the best of us, and for the most part, the song replays itself in one's mind in an endless loop. Sometimes the tracks are great head-banging songs, nice soothing tunes, or a horrible played-out nuisance.
At this moment, Amazing Life is the song that I just can't get enough of. At least not until I find a way to obtain the track and play out the song until I have no choice than to puke the mp3 out of my collective soul.
Unfortunately, iTunes does not have the song by Jem (comparable but she's better than Dido) available to download individually because its an exclusive track to a compilation album. Which means I have to spend more money I did not plan to invest to purchase the whole CD, a second volume soundtrack to Six Feet Under, the former HBO show.
I have no problems with spending more money for the whole CD, I just don't have money to lavish myself with an amazing song. I'll save extra change though.
Here is the lyrics of track, performed by the Welsh native beauty, Jem:
Come with me I want to show you something You don't see You've given up trying Watch the leaves Rustling in the wind The summer breeze That's living and dying Ah, Ah Come with me Remember when you were So carefree Laughing not crying Spin around And listen carefully Can you hear the sound Of living and dying It's amazing, it's amazing, this amazing life (x2) Come with me Stop making it so hard You can be Laughing not crying Nothing's changed Just got to recognise That it's a game Of living and dying Ah, Ah It's amazing, it's amazing, this amazing life (x4) Come on now baby please Just look around Look around it's there ItÃs good to feel alive Feel alive, feel alive This amazing life It's good to feel alive Feel alive, feel alive This amazing life This amazing life Relax it's easy, relax it's easy This amazing lifeIf you ask me for an interpretation, I will concur with an insight I read online. In the song, the protagonist is persuading a loved one to axe the idea of commiting suicide because of the potential of living a wonderful life... Its just my interpretation but there so many ways to spin the lyrics and get different meanings out of it. --It's good to feel alive! [Photo Source] [Jem: Official Website] [Radio Paradise: Amazing Life's song web page] [Amazon.com: Six Feet Under, Vol. 2]***you can hear the sample track on this page
We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence indeed, will dictate, that Governments long established, should not be changed for light and transient Causes; and accordingly all Experience hath shewn, that Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while Evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the Forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a Design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their Right, it is their Duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future Security.I would include more or add the Constitution of the USA, but that's good for another post. Go ahead and celebrate or independence! Have fun and be safe. --
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