"There is an invincible taste for prostitution in the heart of man, from which comes his horror of solitude. He wants to be 'two'. The man of genius wants to be 'one'... It is this horror of solitude, the need to lose oneself in the external flesh, that man nobly calls 'the need to love'."


Can you guess the author? Most likely not. One of my favorite french writers, and probably 1 of 3 famous ones , ever.

Poetry is, in short, the universal art of the mind, which has become essentially free, and which is not fettered in its realization to an externally sensuous material, but which is creatively active in the space and time belonging to the inner worlds of ideas and emotion. - Hegel

sometimes i feel a great swell rise up in me, and something beautiful wants expression, but it just wont come out. like something so ancient, so precious , tells me

I visited all quarters with my mind
Nor found I any dearer than myself;
Self is likewise to every other dear;
Who loves himself may never harm another..

I should post the many , many gajiin blogs I have scoured over the net- of foreigners in Japan. I only can think of one other person who may have the same fascination, albeit different reasons. It really would be great actually, to submerge... ill digress later. Right now I have more important matters to attend to, like- where are all the clears !? Have to re-visit Pop-Killa.

I have been reading a lot of blogs. I believe, I read a prolific amount in one day. Maybe about six to seven hours I spend reading. Blogs, Economics, Hedging Instruments (not musical- for the financial markets), philosophy, some short stories, poetry ( which is inundated, as it is) , newspapers, stories, arts, crafts, cooking, organic living, programs to make a future of myself in, and onwards. Lately, I have been reading a lot of blogs about peoples experiences in Nippon. I would like myself to travel there, but I will wait sometime. The financial responsibility of any endeavor bearing such magnitude requires a fortitude of thought and well, a long time to plan it out because it's my ass on the line. Apparently, teaching english is the best way to get your foot it the door. Only thing is that they pay around 25k$ a year. For someone like me, with a mathematics background, I'd be taking one hell of a potential pay cut. But I've heard stories of people with computers and engineering degrees switching to their appropriate fields after living for sometime there, and being on the job hunt ...But it will be sometime, I plan to enjoy the Californian sun for days to come. Business opportunity is here, and the pursuit of higher education. It's nice to go live in a foreign land, but the perception i get is- you wont make it big. I mean, if your some musician like Jero, well yeah. Wait and see.

what doesn't make you want to travel to Nippon

Jero:: A black biracial Japanese Enka Singer. ...