RANDOM THOUGHTS


All this confusion -
What I heard is not what I hear...
What I saw is not what I see...

I can see the signs -
But they're not very clear

If nothing has changed
How come nothing's the same?

MY LIBRARY

I sit every night in front of my pc to write my blogs. Right next to me, I have my sidekicks: my trusty unicorn (the horny-corn), my Dogbert (ruler of the Universe) and my owl key-chain. And to my back, there lies a wall full of books... my joy and pride... my own personal library.

There you will find about 75 books on every subject related to the Teaching of English: Methodology & Training, Second Language Acquisition, Pronunciation, Writing, Grammar, Syntax, Syllabus Design, Pragmatic Research, Discourse Analysis, Multiple Intelligences, First language development, etc.

Also, you will find about 30 books on the search for the historical Jesus. Some of the titles include: The Urantia Book, Jesus Lived in India, The Other Life of Jesus, The Lost Years of Jesus Revealed, the Lies of the Catholic Church, Jesus and the Mortal Secret of the Templars, etc.

There is also an interesting section on classic literature: World Folktales, Legends from around the world, Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Sophocles, Ibsen, O'Neal, Tenessee Williams, Faulkner, D.H. Lawrence... I have a very interesting collection of short stories that includes Ghost Stories, Great Short Stories by American Women and the most interesting cases of Sherlock Homes. On this section, you will also find all the Harry Potter books, the Lord of the Rings, some books by Paulo Coelho, Garcia Marquez, and a lot of Costa Rican and Latinamerican literature.

Of course, I have other things as well that may not fall on any of the previous categories. The most interesting titles are: The Book of Questions, The Book of Sense and Non-sense puzzles, the Everything Trivia Book, the Great Works of Frida Kahlo, Chicano Grafitti & Murals, The Best Book of Lists ever, about a dozen Snoopy books, some books on Origami, several cookbooks, 5 books from Dr. Seuss, aboout 6 Chicken Soup for the Soul books, some books on Computer Programming, a Champaing/Urbana Phone Book, lots of books on the Teaching of Spanish as a Second Language, lots of Travel Guides and Road atlas, tons of dictionaries and several movie guides.

ALWAYS ALL 4 NOTHING

Your lips are moving and the sound's coming out
The words are audible but I don't think
That you realize what has been said

I look at you but you're so far away
It's like the feeling at the end of the page
when you realize you don't know what you just read

What are words for
When no one listens anymore?

Anyone can say anything...
Words mean nothing
When they are not backed by actions!

Maybe
I just don't believe in your empty words anymore...
Maybe
I'm just the most stupid man on the world...

NOTHING

As I walk through the shadow of the valley of death
I take a look at my life these last few months
And realize there's not much there...

I get up in the morning
and I ain't got nothing to say
I come home in the evening
I go to bed feeling the same way
I ain't nothing but tired
Man, I'm just tired and bored with myself

I can't remember when was the last time
I felt excited about anything
I can't remember when was the last time
I felt passionate about anything
I can't remember when was the last time
I had an erection, or felt any sort of desire
I can't remember when was the last time
I cared about anything but just getting through the day
I can't remember when was the last time
I felt alive or felt any agape.

You can't start a fire
Worrying about your little world falling apart
You can't start a fire without a spark

I'm a zombie... I simply exist
I'm not half the man I used to be
I'm a lifeless lump
Roaming the world with a broken heart
No blood in my veins
No wind beneath my wings

And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
And cried...
Because I felt nothing.