Core

I have this theory that when it comes right down to the core of it, people are either inherently good, or they're just bad seeds.

I also like to believe that everyone's born basically good for that first split-second of life - and whatever turns a person bad goes down to the nature versus nurture question but let's not get too tangled in that nasty, endless web.

So I classify people I meet as core-good and core-bad. Granted, it's a simplistic theory, but it's helped me make some very delicate decisions in my tender 23 years of life.

And it makes me think about the word core: as a root, a beginning, and origin. Where'd it come from? Is it like ore? Core? Mineral ores and emotive cores?? Hah! My sister brings up this question: Why is 'Or' in French 'Gold' while 'Ore' in English means 'Raw Material'? Maybe their root in another language (Latin?) lies in a word that means 'Pure' or 'Essence'...

Or...ore...original? Origin? Do they all stem from the same root? Ah, the irony, that the word 'original' stems from another word and is not so original after all!

So, yes, people...(is it too late to salvage this post as a coherent, well-thought out passage?)...people...I'm disappointed...I see far too much of the 'core-bad' types and I'm starting to think it just has to be a flaw in my theory...or maybe it's my flawed sense of perception?

Whatever it is, I have to have hope that there's more good out there than bad. And I want to seek it out, and I want to surround myself in it...and be a part of it, not apart from it.

In the Absence of Decency...(this goes out to the human race)

Hello?

Your comments are of no value.

You've no respect for anything.

Each of you hides behind their respective barrier...be it religion, pseudo-logic or anonymity...

A barrier is a wall is a fence is something to cower behind is an easy tool is a barrier is a barrier is a barrier is a barrier - why won't you face me?

I don't care who you are, you must have more to say, you must be decent at least at the most basic level, you have to be, you owe the world that much!

I can't believe anyone is that empty, is that shallow, is that low, could stoop to such levels of disgraceful human behavior.

War on Pronouns!!

Before I start what it is this post is meant to convey, let me explain myself a little further.

More and more I have been experiencing this phenomenon of the word 'am' being used distinctly separately from the word 'I' in one of the most common sentence beginnings: AM going out, AM so happy, etc...

(Just say I AM, people, I AM or simply I'M, hell, I'll even settle for IM, no apostrophe...it's not rocket science!)

Having begged and pleaded people to be smarter about their grammar and use the pronoun 'I' in conjunction with the word 'am' - and getting nowhere in convincing them, I am afraid I have been forced to drastic measures:

To show everyone the severity of their "misdemeanor", I have vowed to stop using pronouns altogether until I can show just ONE person the error of their ways, and have them use proper grammar again.

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And now, to begin:

Hand has been forced into doing; will not apologize for weakness of sentence structure in paragraph here! Refuse to use so-called 'pronouns', and not responsible for discomfort in reading sentence like the sentence are reading right now. Deal with problem by spreading the word! Get people to stop using word AM on own unless sentence calls for, in strange scenario unknown. Maybe can help with example of?

Keep in mind, have not specifically waged war on "indefinite pronouns", but am being careful not to overuse/use at all - if can.

Be more informed, have found good links to share with:

http://www.esldesk.com/grammar/pronouns.htm

www.tacomacc.edu/upload/files/academics/studentlearningcenter/What%20is%20a%20Pronoun.doc

AM aware of sounding a little crazy.

AM really perturbed by use of AM on own.

AM forcing self to type as such.

AM almost bleeding internally in trying to make point here!!

Help spread the word!

Grammar nazis unite!