I love Biographies. Always have. I don't really even like reading fiction too much, and reading an interesting person's life story can be great nonfiction. I love reading a interesting personal quote thats unexpected. Recently while using the biography channel as background noise, I heard of Bobby Kennedy's favorite quote being from Dante's inferno. Something about "the deepest depths of hell & neutrality". I tossed my ibook aside & listened for more. Unfortunately, all I got was an inspiring story about how b.Kennedy suddenly took on the civil rights cause after tragedy was befallen on 2 him after a life of privilege.


Is being neutral or open minded a bad thing? As a kid, my summer's were spent in a 3rd world country, been to both the Caribbean & Europe more than once. I was even the only American girl in my 5 girl dorm apartment, the 1st time I went to college. I always subconsciously felt that 2 enjoy alot of these experiences, you had 2 personally own a little open mindedness. Looking at it again though, maybe it just might be the other way around.

I'm not against reviewing opinions in life that i hold or have held. I'm not a republican, so you can't scare me with the flip-flop tagline. Was this a trait I should not be so proud of as a start 2 mature intellectually? hhuumm... Well, 1st things first, you know, -maybe I'm not so bad. So the first stupid quiz regarding the matter I saw, I took. This was my result:


You Are 84% Open Minded
You are so open minded that your brain may have fallen out!
Well, not really. But you may be confused on where you stand.
You don't have a judgmental bone in your body, and you're very accepting.
You enjoy the best of every life philosophy, even if you sometimes
contradict yourself.

How open-minded are you?



Pretty funny stuff huh? Well, I could have let that get to me, if I gave a shit, but instead I looked up the original quote that started this. It said this:

"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis."
Dante Alighieri

See that,.. it said "neutrality in times of moral crisis" that's not me,
I'm totally in the clear ....At least for that! ha

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So, I come in right about where there's talk about both things being true. Although, I have yet to see secular terrorist?
·Terrorist= Care about some shit ~a whole lot!
·Secular= Don't give a shit 'bout nuthin'!
It was a good one though.

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It hurts me 2 say my man mighty Mos, needs to read up on the period of Muslim rule.

• In 622 C.E., Muhammad makes the journey from Mecca to Medina, known as Hegira, marks the foundation of Islam.

• In 638 C.E The Arabs, belonging to the new Islamic religion and led by the Caliph Omar, capture Jerusalem, ushering in a four-hundred-and-fifty-year period of Muslim rule.

• In 685 The Caliph Abd el-Malik commissions the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount. This shrine commemorates the spot from which, according to the Koran, Muhammad was carried on his magical horse to the "farthest place," from which he visited Allah in heaven. Muslim tradition says that the "farthest place" was Jerusalem. The Al-Aqsa Mosque, opposite the Dome of the Rock, is built for prayer at the beginning of the eighth century.

• In 900s-1000s C.E. A number of Muslim groups fight for control of the city.

• In 1099 The Crusaders, Western Christians led by Godfrey Bouillon, capture Jerusalem from the Muslims in the First Crusade. Pope Urban II had called upon Christians to recapture the holy city. The Crusaders massacre both Muslims and Jews alike, and forbid their settlement in the city.

• In 1187 Muslims recapture the city under Sultan Saladin and Muslims and Jews return to the city in large numbers, reinstating Muslim control. Churches are converted into mosques and Muslim shrines are restored.

• In 1228 The Crusaders return and, through a treaty, the Muslims surrender Jerusalem to Frederick II, who crowns himself King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

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So back to the we shit, There's enough blame to go around history a couple of times. Pardon the pun, but wouldn't it be the bomb if we were different.
WE WHAT?

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Current mood: pensive

Machiavellian- [mak-ee-uh-vel-ee-uhn]
Main Entry: Cunning
Part of Speech: Adjective

• Definition: Devious

• Synonyms: Machiavellian, acute, artful, astute, cagey, canny, crafty, deep, fancy footwork, foxy, guileful, insidious, keen, knowing, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, sly boots,smart, smarts, smooth, streetwise, subtle, tricky, wary, wily

• Antonyms: artless, gullible, honest, ingenuous, naive, sincere

1) being or acting in accordance with the principles of government analyzed in Machiavelli's The Prince, in which political expediency is placed above morality and the use of craft and deceit to maintain the authority and carry out the policies of a ruler is described.

2) characterized by subtle or unscrupulous cunning, deception, expediency, or dishonesty:
He resorted to Machiavellian tactics in order to get ahead.

I'm at this weird place right now,
emotionally speaking.

I'm not wanting to verbally express myself

At a time when I have so much to express.

It's weird because, as a gemini,-

I am to have supposedly been born a natural communicator.

No, I haven't misplaced the infamous verbal gift
(times a curse).

But I have found that when I want to sum up my
current mood, I end up feeling stumped.

I find myself in a unexpected transitional phase which is seems to require caution and restraint.

In the past, my feelings have been based on criticism & suspicion, but they are not this time.

It maybe, that karmically,

I have felt the real depth of fully loving someone in a way that almost seemed abstract to me.

But really, I'm too much of a skeptic
~2 be a true mystic.

Surprised I'm not. Cold... No. Detached? maybe, but not fully by choice-

I do belong to the element of air after all.

..You Are Somewhat Machiavellian

You're not going to mow over everyone to get ahead...But you're also powerful enough to make things happen for yourself. You understand how the world works, even when it's an ugly place. You just don't get ugly yourself - unless you have to!

How Machiavellian Are You?

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