nethcev!'s definitions

Perfection

The single most rare, unusual and annoying character flaw one can be blessed to possess.

"She was a model of perfection."

by nethcev! August 27, 2006

Astronomy

A scientific study for those who seek to understand the intricate ways of other worlds and galaxies because they’ve given up trying to fathom the ways of this one.

"I didn’t see this coming when I left Kansas for the Windy City. At the time I was in college, Loyola University, majoring in astronomy. Why astronomy? Simple, there wasn’t anything on Earth that could motivate me enough to go to an 8 AM class on a half-way regular basis."

My Keys to Success
Published in Crosscurrents Magazine 2006

by nethcev! August 20, 2006

Luck

An indiscriminate phenomenon of chance or fate, which one comes to increasingly appreciate less with hard work.

Pretty much every time you get something you know you don't deserve

by nethcev! April 27, 2004

humor

1. What makes the worst moments of our already miserable existence that more bearable.
2. A sixth sense which some have and others don’t.

"That man has no sense of humor."

by nethcev! August 24, 2006

Time

An infinite resource which, despite its limitless reserves, few of us ever seem to have enough of.

Time,

There is nothing before me, and nothing behind.
I have nothing to lose, but yet nothing to find.

by nethcev! August 18, 2006

Dandelion

A bastard blossom, a parasitic pansy, an annoying destructive weed which can be fermented into decent wine.

The word "dandelion" is derived from French, and means "lion's tooth" because of the dandelion's toothed leaves.

by nethcev! August 24, 2006

honest

A divine attribute we often wrongly assign to one we admire, but sadly, like telepathy, honesty is a characteristic not inherent in humanity. To be truly and completely honest with someone, one must first be truly and completely honest with one’s self. Since our species is incapable of seeing past its own fears, desires, prejudices, convictions, emotional attachments, memories and flawed perceptions, man is not capable of viewing an unfiltered reality. Every single conclusion a person comes to is first carefully screened and reviewed through a series of subconscious unrelated facets of collective reasoning and thus all humanity is blind to all truth. Thus, no one is truly and completely honest with themselves and thus cannot be truly and completely honest with others. The most anyone can hope to give is their honest opinion. But that’s all it is, an opinion.

To give an example would be contrary to my definition of “honest.”

by nethcev! August 24, 2006