Unrequited love

We've all had it. I'm sure it's affected everyone that has lived on this earth (unless you've had a frontal lobotomy). But WHY on earth do we have to go through that? Unrequited love has created many a novel, TV show, movie and a hell of a lot of real life (and most definitely virtual) DRAMA! Because of unrequited love, a lot of lying has to occur. I didn't quite get on with a date a few weeks ago, I made up excuses to not see him again. Even went so far as to say I had met someone else, when that wasn't even close to the situation. I didn't like him, I didn't want to see him again, but I couldn't just tell him that outright. Are we not mentally, physiologically or intellectually capable of dishing out or hearing the truth? May I ask one question...why can't we just be honest with how we feel. Why do we have to make things up so as to not hurt another person's feelings? Would it have been so wrong for me to have said---

"you know, look 'insert 2nd date guy's name here', I think you would want to be with someone that finds you interesting and charming, and that is not me. I wish you the best, take care!"

Sometimes we even go so far as to completely ignore that person. Make like they never existed. WHY?! Whatever happened to "the truth shall set you free". I want this answer and I would like it in my lifetime, but again, I'm sure this one won't be either!

Good Lord, there's even a wiki page on unrequited love.

It sure does make us feel like shit, doesn't' it? But then when it's not unrequited, it makes us feel anything in the world is possible....So without going through it, I guess we wouldn't know real love feels like...And that's just positively yummy--so I guess we trudge through and keep going on our quests!

Creativity and the Muppets

I didn't really understand when I was 7 that I had already seen true creativity at its greatest. As I grew, I failed to accept that my favorite television show, that even my mom would watch with me, was filled with all things I desired in entertainment...music, comedy, drama, suspense, and even comment from hecklers. Yes, I'm talking about the Muppet Show. This morning on the Today Show I caught a quick glimpse of some of the Muppets, and was instantly brought back to a wonderful time in my own life! The creativity of grown adults making children and adults emote is the goal of many I know, and has only been achieved by some. Why do some of us get graced with creativity and others not? Or do we all get creativity and some of us find a way to have it spill forth. For me in regards to my own creativity, I feel it comes in pockets. It's not necessarily artistic either, even though I wish that it were. In my head I have the ideas and the vision, however, when i bring pen to paper, nothing happens. Is my creativity bound to just ideas? Is the output non artistic and I just haven't found it yet? I wish I knew the answer to this and many other questions. Experssing ourselves in whatever way we have access is creativity, I just wish I knew why I can see artistic creations in my head that I want to create, yet I don't have the ability...ah....sigh...I guess I'll just continue to be a participant and not creator! Happy Day everyone! Oh and a friend passed this on the other day...check this out if you enjoyed the Muppets too-- Make your own Muppet!

"I don't know exactly where ideas come from, but when I'm working well ideas just appear. I've heard other people say similar things-so it's one of the ways I know there's help and guidance out there. It's just a matter of figuring out how to receive the ideas or information that are waiting to be heard." ---Jim Henson

Wonderings I Ponder Introduction!

I think a lot. I wonder about things all the time. I have often said to myself, "Self, one day I will write down the things I wonder about that I can't find answers to." If you're a believer in some sort of higher being, perhaps you, too, have thought that one day you'll have all the answers to the questions you have always wondered about. I believe in God. Not many people will say this out loud in the circles I find myself in, be it in real life or in virtual circles (twitter, Second Life, social networks galore). I don't' mind saying it, and I don't mind that people have differing views from my own, but I think that when I die, if i get to a final place, then all my questions will be answered! Sophomoric view of the afterlife, s'ok if it is! I am going to use this blog to keep a running diary of questions I want answered!

Today's wondering:
Does my dog comprehend things? What's life like for him?