The Scholar

“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN RACE. And the human race is filled with PASSION. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But POETRY, BEAUTY, ROMANCE, LOVE, these are what we stay alive FOR.

To quote from Whitman,
'O Me! O life!… of the questions of these recurring;
Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities fill’d with the foolish…
What good amid these, O me, O life?'

Answer.

That you are here—that life exists, and identity;
That the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse.

That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse.

What will your verse be?”

– John Keating, Dead Poets Society (1989)




These Are a Few of My Favorite Things (not in any specific order):

Doctor Who (Ten :)
-English
-writing
-Dead Poets Society
-England
-basketball
-poetry
-literature
-reading
-fantasy
-The Beatles
-Led Zeppelin
-That 70s Show
-Steven Hyde
-zen
-best couples: Lessa and F’lar, Hyde and Jackie, Gareth and Siuan, Charlie and Amita
-LORD OF THE RINGS (Silmarillion, Hobbit, all Tolkien's works, etc.)
-Wheel of Time
-so many authors I can’t name them all
-classics
-quotes
-Legend of Zelda
-Inkspell
-Dragonriders of Pern
-Aragorn
-Philosophy
-Calvin and Hobbes
-Megamind
-Shakespeare
-antique stuff
-pocket watches
-hourglasses
-letter openers
-quill pens
-bookends
-canes
-Psych
-Carpe diem.
-rainy days
-Steve Nash (+ the Phoenix Suns)
-Dallas Mavs too (Dirk!), and OKC
-history
-speech and debate
-languages
-cloaks
-trench coats with pockets on the inside
-sunsets
-swords
-laughing
-drawing pictures of castles when I should be listening to my teacher in chemistry class
-Barnes and Nobles
-Pirates!
-The Avengers! Loki!
-Artists: The Beatles, Led Zep, 70s rock n roll, Switchfoot, Jon Foreman, The Fray, Coldplay, Eminem, Sleeping at Last, Tallest Man on Earth, Augustana, Jack's Mannequin, The Script, Lifehouse, Rascal Flatts, Josh Groban, Anberlin, Disney music . . .
-Villains: Megamind, Loki
-Star Trek (Spock!) /Stargate (SG1 {Jack O'Neill!}, sometimes Atlantis), and Star Wars, or course (Qui-gon Jinn!)