Archive for the “books” category
‘Siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell’
by jh on April 17, 2012
“The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is not a creed. Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and (…)
Reads
by jh on April 14, 2012
Skimmed quickly through a book by Donald Miller – A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I learned while editing my life. Yes I suppose it was as rambly as the title. I saw it as a book largely (…)
Firefly
by jh on January 18, 2011
That photo, is the book im currently reading – Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman. By Murakami. (Isn’t it lovely to be famous with even just your last name). So why this book, why this photo? Because I’ve been folding pages as (…)
book
by jh on July 7, 2010
[Perks of being a Wallflower] “I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and does not try to sleep with people even if they could have.” “so, this is my life. and I want you to (…)
pills
by jh on June 27, 2010
Dear Dr. Adler, That test that you asked me to take knew how I felt. I did feel blue. I did feel sad. I did feel bored most of the time. But here is what I need to know: when (…)
“Dear Mom and Dad,
by jh on June 26, 2010
I put up such a fuss about moving away from our house on Ionia Street because I thought that you were going to leave me there. You hadn’t packed me up inside a cardboard box like you had nearly everything (…)
inevitable with equanimity
by jh on May 3, 2010
“When I consider my life objectively, it does not seem particularly happy. Yet I cannot really call it unhappy, despite all my mistakes. After all, it is quite foolish to talk about happiness and unhappiness, for it seems to me (…)
