Cal(a)m(ity).

To stand before a storm, strong and unyielding.
Scamper, like a hound with tail between its legs.


It's always before something urgent that people show you who they really are, their true colors in a certain sense. Everyone can be all fun and games when times aren't trying and nobody have to make any tough calls, then everyone's your friend. That's an easy enough finger to point at anyone other than yourself. But then through another's perspective, how do you - any of us stand before any decision with measurable repercussions? What of your own colors? Where do you stand in all of this?

Everyone - me included, liked to think that we're the better person than every single person we meet. That's because we enjoy the sense of superiority imposed upon by ourselves - an illusion of thought, the feel good gene in our dna. In truth, there's no method of judging who's the better one. It's all just a matter of how you see things. Yet, that don't change the undeniable fact that anyone of us would jump at the chance of proving ourselves in anyway deem probable. Petty, yes but we'd even have a name for such an occurrence, "Ego" (a particularly nasty mutation is the male type of ego) Apparently, humanity didn't get too far ahead of the curve as we think we did. And neither am I immune to this affliction nor am I doing anything to take care of it, though I think it's nigh time that I should take a look into, sometime, probably, maybe.

To carry on the trend of ever contradicting myself, this "Ego" is the thing that built cities and razed civilizations whole, without which then there won't exist a font of tension between ruling men, aspiring scientists and adventurers wannabes. And of course without said tension, there's won't be any sort of competitiveness floating around. In my opinion, progress only comes when there are people fighting for it and advancement only happens when there are people behind you, pushing you forward. Well, in a way. Man, I suck at analogies.

On a side note, I've again failed to gather any sort of an audience around haven't I? A few weeks hiatus in between posts tend to do that I suppose..but still it's kinda hard to keep blogging in regular intervals and making it a habit. Perhaps I should try again?


To look into the calamity that which is a storm,
Stand, in the eye and be calm.