TerranCoder's blog

I'm heading off to my last class of the semester, my last class of the year, and my last class of High School. It's strange how little this fact has affected me; I don't feel any different, other than an anticipation of summer and all the things planned during it. It seems like I should feel sad, or happy, or ... something. But it's just like any other Friday morning.  Read More »

I have a question that has been plaguing me.

Why are you going to college? Is it so that you can get a good career?

I've been looking around myself at my fellow college students and I can't help but wonder why they're here. Are they honestly motivated by a need for a career? Are they truly in pursuit of a reality that consists of repetition and ritual?  Read More »

This will be the first of a parallel posts about Life. I can't cover nearly everything, and there's a lot to cover. It all falls under the heading of the Beginner's Guide to Life. So, this will be the first.

What is there to say about life? There are no guides, no rules, no second chances. Every minute you've spent on life is a minute you will never have again.  Read More »

There is a basic idea behind your existence, my existence, and our neighbor's existences. There is a basic building block to our lives without which we would not be human. There is a basic building block on which our entire society rests.

Want to know what it is?  Read More »

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What does a promise mean to you? Have you ever thought about it?

Let's start again, from a different angle:

How many promises, over the course of your life (the part that you remember) have you broken? How many vows have been left uncompleted?

Now imagine a bubble.  Read More »

It's a common question: how do I better understand my life? How can I better understand why things happen, why people act the way they do? Why do people make irrational decisions?  Read More »