~Lies~ This is not about them.

My friend Lila wrote a very interesting blog post awhile back, on a topic I could never elaborate on. Check her blog out here! ➪ http://silverbonesandgoldenstars.blogspot.com/
The post is based from the book, We Are Broken, and Lila takes the quite a lot of time talking about lies. I, for one, can't say much about lies. I can say that they are bad and untruthful. To help me think more about lies and lying, Lila left us some questions.

When you have to lie to someone like that, when do you stop? Does someone make you do it? Or does the other person find out first? Why do you tell the truth? Why don't you?

I think that to show you care for someone, you have to tell the truth, always. Once you begin to lie, you can't stop. Many people say "I lie to you because I need to protect you from the truth." I disagree. You need to tell everyone, especially the person you really care about, all honesty. Does "all honest" make sense?? Doing this and staying by their side shows how much really you cherish and care for them. It's like saying "Forever I will stay with you, through the good and the bad. You know why? Because I love you, and I have to go through the same crap you do." Saying this reminds me, once again, about the Fruits Basket quote I love so much. "Repeat the good... and the bad. Do it all... and pile on the years."

Also, once you start to lie, it's hard to stop. It may be something imaginative from your world of creativity - I'm trying to come up with a clever way to say "the human mind"- that you must say, but don't feel like making up a whole story because it's annoying and lame. OWN EXPERIENCE...

I think the word "lies" may as well begin capitalized, as is "God" and "He" when directed towards God. Then again, many words should be, they mean so much. But, is "God" his name? A title? It's the same with "His Royal Highness". Does this mean he's up towards God? Off topic, something to look into...

This also reminds me of BIGBANG's song, Lies. ➪ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cv3phvP8Ro&feature=relmfu

The first few lines are

Yeah... Love is pain
Dedicated to my Brokenhearted People
One's old a flame... Yes, Scream my name...

I like how he says "Dedicated to my Brokenhearted People". It seems like in the song he's saying lies break love. Another reason to tell the truth? Yet, at the moment, I don't understand "One's old a flame"... I will have to search into that meaning...

I haven't read this book. It seems like something I may read, yet, I'm not sure why I say this. I suppose, often, I read books recommended by friends?

Well, before I end this post, let me ask you. What do you think about lies? Do you agree or disagree with my theories? Why? Ooh this is making me sound all high-and-mighty...

I wish to hear from you!

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing [ SPOILER ALERT ]

Recently in The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing I have been thinking about the title. Octavian is a slave living in Boston. Although the setting is up north and Octavian and his mother are treated well, they are still considered "slaves" because they are "slaves who may be bought and sold at anytime". This made me think how slaves didn't have last names, or they took the last name of their owner. Perhaps that's why the title is "Octavian Nothing" Get it? :D Well, that's what I've decided to infer.
Also, in this book, they are quite religious. They often mention God, and they are Catholic.

I find it interesting that the owners (there are many living in one building) call themselves by numbers. I'm going to make a quick, small inference that they are bad guys. By this, I mean that they aren't allowed to own slaves but they are anyway and use secret codes so nobody knows where they are. Something like that. Then again, this sets in the late - ish 1770's, so maybe it is still legal in the north...? But I still like my amazing idea better. Because they're evil. So ha.

The Astonishing Life Of Octavian Nothing

Some books are happy.
Some books are sad.
Some tell good stories,
some tell very bad.
Yesterday, I started The Astonishing Life Of Octavian Nothing Volume I - The Pox Party. I already have much to say about it, even though I'm less than a hundred pages into the book. "There is no refreshment more gratifying to the soul than the sight of Nature in her summer finery, before the heat is at its most intense. She is soothing, but not soporific; intoxicating without inebriation." I love how in this paragraph, "nature" is capitalized so it is not in fact "nature", but "Nature." As if She (notice the capital...) were a God, referred to sometimes as "He".
Reading this book has made me want to paint. I have so many beautiful ideas to paint from this book, for example, Octavian's mother, Cassiopeia. She's an African princess of the Empire of Oyo, the Egba people. Apparently, when she lived in Africa, before he palace burnt down, it was covered with flowers and had many gardens, and that the palace so close to the ocean that a breeze would waft the salty scent through it. I can completely imagine the bronze princess gazing out at the sea with vines all over the window with flowers booming from vein-like ivy. This is only one of the many beautiful visions I have so far.
I also love his mother's name, Cassiopeia, because it's my favorite band's fan-club name! (Laughter) I haven't much time, I'm sure to write more on this wonderful next week!!!