This is my skewed view of the world. I like it.

Rule Number 1: Life is Funny. Laugh at it:

-When I laugh, a lot of people tend to think that I'm laughing at them. This is almost never true. I look at life as I think we were intended to view it, and that is with a great sense of humor. Yes I might start laughing right after something a person does or says, but generally this means that a humorous thought has been triggered in my head. In fact, sometimes I laugh solely at the potential that something would be funny (If I were to think about something long enough I might think of something funny).

-I mean, seriously...look at the duckbilled platypus. Do you think that a God who created such a critter would truly want us to be gloomy all the time?

Truth: The truth is out there and it should be held in utmost respect:

-I view everything that comes out of my mouth as having an effect on someone. I will not lie unless I believe you know that I am lying (i.e. in sarcasm, irony, or some form of humor). Granted I will get technical and will utilize the language as well and as literally as I can, (I mean, I have a goal of becoming a Lawyer at some point), but I will not say something I don't firmly believe is true, without some sort of caveat. I might let you believe something which is false, but if you ask me to tell you something, be expected to hear truth as I see it, even if you don't like it.

-I will debate about anything (semantics, values, excuses or contradictions), if only because I think a lot of people do not know what they believe. I don't argue out of contrariness, but out of this desire to find the truth. I can see the arguments on both sides of any issue, and I feel that it is important for all beliefs to be questioned. Only by questioning a belief can we truly know if it is valid or not, and if it is true, it can only be strengthened, and if it's not, we should not hold to it.

-I will also tend to believe something or the possibility of something until it is proven to me otherwise. I assume truth, beauty, and goodness until something acts to destroy that belief. I will act on the assumption that everyone else will be truthful, unless I have some specific reason to doubt them. I also feel that somebody else's truth is sacred, and if they share it with me, I will not exploit it.

Rule Number 2: Exercise the right to Think For Yourself:

-I am a student of Sociology and Philosophy. Both of these fields challenge the assumptions which we have been handed, and attempt to persuade people to think about things themselves. I come from the viewpoint that nothing is infallible. Not preachers, teachers, formulas, police officers, economists, meterologists, philosophers, human nature, or even logic.

-When someone tells you something, don't assume that they are right, or even necessarily well informed. I mean, I personally have an answer for most any question you might want to ask me, yet regardless of this fact, it is not because I know everything, but because I can make things up very easily. If you ask me something like, 'when snow melts where does the white go', I can give you an answer which sounds plausible, but that does not mean that I am right.

-Further, why would you want to accept someone else's ideas as true, without thinking about them for yourself? Where's the fun in doing something if the only reason you do it is because someone else tells you it's fun? I dislike social norms for the simple reason that for the most part they're quite arbitrary and people assume that something the whole of society accepts is necessarily true.

Quirk: You're only young once but you can be immature forever!!!

-As I don't accept the standard view on things, I am what the dictionary calls immature (not mature--not made ready for a destined application or use; not perfected; as, an immature plan). Ironically, I am also mature enough to realize this, and when necessary I can be responsible and adult and so forth....I just don't deem it necessary very often.

-Secondly, if you've ever read the book 'Finite and Infinite Games' by James P. Carse, you should have a pretty good view of my beliefs about life, as they mirror his in a number of significant ways...I am an infinite player. I also find myself agreeing with John Stuart Mill in a lot of respects, as with his views on education, liberty, utilitarianism, and even his Metaphysics and concepts on determinism (which many people say were a dead end).

L'Amour: I love like a RAinbow:

-My view on love comes from a fundamental respect for the female of my species, combined with a few apparently contradicting goals. I do desire to get married, but only after I'm 26 or 27. I plan to remain a virgin until I am married (in fact, if I were ever to have sexual intercourse with someone before then, I would have to marry her). And then I'd remain married and monogamous until one of us dies.

-Regardless of this goal, I also view dating as a way of finding that perfect marriage partner, and do not believe in dating 'exclusively' until such a time as you're ready to be engaged. I feel a long engagement(of a year or more) is very important to a good marriage, for the most part, but I personally think my parents could choose someone for me to marry, and I could meet her during the wedding, and I could live happily with her for the rest of my life (of course, this says nothing about whether she could have lived happily with me, which is why I feel the long engagement is so important).