Link to Harry Potter blog I have been working on.

http://amoniel-letterstohogwarts.blogspot.com/

Death Is Stupid

Death is stupid
Unexpected
Shocking
Jolting
Strange
Unexplained
Unworded
Misunderstood
And
Ubiquitous.

Does it really have to BE?
Does it have to be?

A "conversation" with "Cleverbot"

22:36:14 User: Wow , your grammar's getting worse.
22:36:19 Cleverbot: How was my grammar wrong?
22:36:48 User: You should have written it after got.
22:36:53 Cleverbot: You put too much emphasis on morality.
22:37:14 User: Morality, is it?
22:37:19 Cleverbot: I don't know. Maybe you should Google it.
22:37:48 User: I know what morality is, you, however, don't.
22:37:53 Cleverbot: Is it august?
22:38:24 User: Ah, so you're insane? That would explain the morality problem...
22:38:30 Cleverbot: Well duh?
22:38:42 User: Still confused...
22:38:52 Cleverbot: Me too...
22:39:19 User: Too, is it?
22:39:27 Cleverbot: Well...
22:39:50 User: You're starting to sound like B.
22:39:55 Cleverbot: Got that right.
22:40:12 User: Grammar...
22:40:17 Cleverbot: So am I.
22:40:39 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:40:45 Cleverbot: I'm not going to Greece.
22:40:55 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:41:00 Cleverbot: I tried to give wisdom.
22:41:14 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:41:20 Cleverbot: The police are coming.
22:41:28 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:41:32 Cleverbot: No, the trickiest thing is attempting to justify yourself when you get caught. But I wouldn't know. I never get caught.
22:41:52 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:41:58 Cleverbot: Your majesty, gannon and his minions have siezed the island of Koridai.
22:42:20 User: You spelled seized wrong. Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:42:26 Cleverbot: Enough! My ship sails in the morning! I wonder what's for dinner?
22:42:45 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:42:51 Cleverbot: But you are not ready for anything, maybe other than my insults.
22:43:05 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:43:11 Cleverbot: No, stop saying Don't worry, Zelda. The Triforce of Wisdom promises the King will safely return.
22:43:29 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:43:34 Cleverbot: You dare bring lisht into my lair?!
22:43:43 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:43:49 Cleverbot: My point exactly.
22:44:00 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:44:05 Cleverbot: I don't know who Princess Midna is.
22:44:23 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:44:29 Cleverbot: Playing what?
22:44:39 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:44:44 Cleverbot: Playing what?
22:44:53 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:44:59 Cleverbot: I'm in greece now.
22:45:10 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:45:16 Cleverbot: Oh. I understand now. You're right. Trials can drive you mad. But I believe that trials also strengthen your sanity. It teaches you new lessons in life on how to live and how to become closer to God.
22:45:36 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:45:42 Cleverbot: I agree. I have dreamed while awake. Do you dream? Is your existence finite?
22:45:56 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:46:02 Cleverbot: Don't you agree with me?
22:46:13 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:46:19 Cleverbot: Everyone does agree with me, except for you.
22:46:32 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:46:38 Cleverbot: I don't understand.
22:46:53 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:47:00 Cleverbot: This is gibberish!
22:47:10 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:47:15 Cleverbot: Hey, Nicky, you're so fine.
22:47:29 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:47:36 Cleverbot: Never heard of it.
22:47:47 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:47:53 Cleverbot: No, he is jealous for me.
22:48:08 User: Yup :) We're working our way through the trilogy.
22:48:16 Cleverbot: Are we?
22:49:13 User: As you can see, Cleverbot seems to generally pick random answers and questions from it's database to use in simulated conversation.
22:49:18 Cleverbot: Duh so am I.
22:49:47 User: Really random answers and replies.
22:49:53 Cleverbot: Yes you are.
22:50:38 User: Mara mesta, Orc.
22:50:43 Cleverbot: Hi Mara :).

It seems that in this society, people go directly to city or law officials whenever a problem arises with their neighbors.
This is really stupid in my opinion. If you have a problem with a neighbor, you should go directly to that neighbor and discuss it with them. Figure out how to resolve the problem, figure out how you can help.
This would be a much better solution, and it would target and adress the root of the problem. I think that it would also make people feel a lot safer and more amiable towards each other, rather than being fearful, resentful, and suspicious, which is basically what is happening in my town now.
I wish that people were smarter and kinder. I wish I knew how to fix things. I think I might, but I really am not sure.

Lackadaisically Half-hearted (Or, we didn't fix the problem, but we didn't do it, with a smile.)

We did some stuff,
We did some stuff,
We did some stuff,
And that's enough

We fixed a hole,
Stuffed a mole
Inside
He'll probably get out,
Oops,
He just died
But that's enough

We did some stuff,
We did some stuff,
We did some stuff,
And that's enough

Sunset and Frost

Just playing with my camera, figuring out if I could get the photo just right.

It was so beautiful, the colors and the condensation on my window, I just had to capture it over and over again.

A Different Point Of View

I dreamt I was a wanderer.
A man.
I stood in a barn, away from the freezing wind, and I smoked a cigarette, nursing it with my hand.
It seemed that I was in Soviet Russia, long ago. It was as if Soviet Russia had been dropped into the Great Depression.
I watched through the door of the barn, wary of oncoming people.
The wind shrieked and swirled sparse, stinging snowflakes along a dirt path, dark trees stood sentinel along one side.
A woman walked by.
Her dress swirled in the wind, and she bent forward against the wind's force.

I began to experience the dream from the woman's point of view.

The man ducked behind the barn door, but I noticed him nontheless.
I didn't care, so what if he decided to use my barn to get out of the cold? He deserved it just as much as I did, if not more. There were many wanderers in my time. I could not house or feed or clothe all of them, so why not let them take shelter in my barn every once in awhile?
I continued on, and the dream seemed to end.


(Have you ever dreamt you were an animal, or of the opposite sex? Or that you were younger or older than you are?)