"But you are such a pleasent fiction to me" Joe Purdy
2010-02-21, 3:47 p.m.

I really LOVE this link
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/

Genetics just amazes me, the way the environment and our biology interface never ceases to amaze me. Especially plants. They come in such an array of colors, functions, and with so many beautiful intricacies. When I'm old I'm going to be like the professor from "Power of One" and take trips just for the sake of photographing and documenting plants.

One of the reasons I would be a terrible photographer, and a terrible botanist, is because I get so caught up in enjoying what I see, hear or feel that I'm loathe to break that experience in order to document it. It's like no matter how amazing you are at capturing something, you can never actually have it's soul, it's essence so to speak. So why bother? I can just soak it in, breath it in fully and keep that memory all to myself forever.

"I'm Not What You Wanted"
-Joe Purdy

I just want something beautiful
I wanna look in your eyes
I wanna listen to you sing my favorite song and cry
I wanna reach into your oceans
I wanna calm your sea and your storms
I wanna let you take a hold of this sinking ship and lead me home

But I am not what you need
But only so much stronger
But you are such a pleasant fiction to me
So I guess that I'll dream of you a little longer

I wanna pack up and move with you
And never look behind
I wanna take your hand as we chase down the skyline
I wanna tell you my stories
And wake you up in the middle of the night
I want you to tell me I'm wrong
And I just want you to smile at me when I'm right

But I am not what you need
But only so much stronger
But you are such a pleasant fiction to me
So I guess that I'll dream of you a little longer
A little longer

Don't wanna take the light from your eyes
It would be nice if I could hold you tight
While we lay in the sand
You could love what's left of this lonely excuse of a man

But I am not what you need
But only so much stronger
But you are such a pleasant fiction to me
So I guess I'll dream of you a little longer

And I am not what you need
And only so much more
But you are such a pleasant fiction to me
I guess I'll dream that you're here to keep me warm
Keep me warm