Wishful Thinking

I used to be a dreamer. Seriously, the imagination is such a weird thing. It may just be the creation of mere illusions, yet it is so welcoming and infinite in capacity. Oftentimes, I would find myself lost in a daydream of two, and everything that seemed intangible before would suddenly be within my grasp. It truly is a powerful feeling. Living in a paradise of my own creation, I would lose myself in its radiant perfection and succumb to the most beautiful of minds.

Here is a poem my friend Korin and I wrote for fun when we were back in high school. We had all the time in the world back then ;)  

If only

If only...
Like dandelion dust

Dots of fluffy white that sparkle bright

We could float away

To the depths of our sinful desires.

If only the nocturnal moon
Would draw in the darkness I felt
I'd wish upon a star every night.
If only I knew
When the sky planned to shoot its stars.

If only tears fall from rooftops
And smiles shine through windows,
If only I knew life as you do.

Dusty floors
Lawns outgrown
Messy beds
Frayed curtains...
If only there was a housekeeper for the heart.

If only you knew our chemical reaction
The effect of your presence
Catalyzing time and mind.

If only I could break it to you
Like a vase crashing to the ground
Spilling its contents.
If only less dramatic.

If only I believed in miracles

If Only
Oh

If only dandelion dust
Would make magic,
Let us fall in love twice again.

40 Things to Ponder About...

1. Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
2. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
3. There are more chickens than people in the world.
4. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."
5. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
6. The average person laughs 13 times a day.
7. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
8. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.
9. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
10. A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds.
11. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
12. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
13. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
14. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
15. We are about 1 cm taller in the morning than in the evening. Layers of cartilage in the joints get compressed during the day.
16. Australia is the only continent that does not have an active volcano.
17. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
18. Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
19. If you ate too many carrots you would turn orange.
20. A baby is born every 7 seconds.
21. You can tell if a skunk is about if you smell only .000000000000071 ounce of its spray.
22. The colder the room you sleep in, the better the chances are that you'll have a bad dream.
23. The fastest growing nail is on the middle finger.
24. A cockroach can live more than a week with its head cut off.
25. There are more people alive today than have ever died.
26. The human body is better suited to two four-hour sleep cycles than one eight-hour one.
27. A man's beard contains between 7,000 and 15,000 hairs.
28. During an average lifetime, a man will spend 3,350 hours removing 8.4 meters of stubble.
29. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
30. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
31. A duck’s quack doesn’t echo, and nobody knows why.
32. Did you know you share your birthday with at least 9 million people in the world?
33. "a man a plan a canal panama" spelled backward is still "a man a plan a canal panama"
34. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
35. A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans.
36. There are about 250,000 pores on the soles of your feet; these pores squirt a quarter cup of liquid each day.
37. There are 20,000 species of bees and only 4 of them make honey.
38. The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card.
39. In a lifetime the average person will walk 74,670 miles. That's equal to 3 times around the world at the equator.
40. Some lions will mate over 50 times a day; maybe this is why they are king of the jungle?

These bizarre and mind-boggling facts are taken from 130 Things People Don't Care About.

Hello!

So this is my first post. I have to admit doing something for the first time can be somewhat intimidating, yea? Anyway, blogging seems to be the "trendy" thing to do right now. I'm actually the type of person that likes to observe and keep their thoughts to themselves, but I do enjoy creativity and love how a mere few words can have the power to inspire, haunt, and entertain. It also intrigues me to no end how the internet can bring individuals from all across the globe to one place - a place where we can step aside from our lives for just a while and do whatever we want. Thus, here I am.

I'd like to keep this one short and simple, and end on a happy note :)