The Vorlons and the Shadows ask, and I answer

[misscam]

I just finished plowing my way through Babylon 5 on DVD, all five seasons (though not in one go,obviously). I'm now feeling sad. The last episode, Sleeping in Light, just makes me cry every dratted time. The Sheridan/Delenn (the pair is on my new icon - they're so adorable together) goodbye, the station going in a blaze of fire, the knowledge this is the end of B5... Oh, how I love this show. My favorite show ever. I watched it through season one to five and it was like a journey to watch. Sometimes, I really do miss the days when it was still on.

All this got me thinking. In Babylon 5, the Vorlons and the Shadows each ask one question. The Vorlons ask: "Who are you?" The Shadows ask: "What do you want?"

So who am I and what do I want?

I am Camilla, daughter to Reidun and Matz, sister to Marius. I am a child of Norway, a child of Earth. I am human.I am the dreams I've had and my dreams to come. I am good and bad both and I walk the shades of grey. I am my mind, my heart, my body. I am what I will make myself to be.

I want life. Life to be lived, life to be enjoyed, life to bond to, life to love. I want my heart to be good and my mind to be wise. I want to make a difference. I want for the Earth to be better and brighter, but never prefected. I want peace and to sit in and be simply happy with myself. I want love and lust and to be cherished and be able to return the favour. In the end, I want my ashes scattered in a mild wind and fall like leaves over Norwegian soil. And I want that wind to haunt the grave of George W. Bush. So there.

No good answers to these questions, are there? That is rather the point. But sometimes, it's not about the answers, but the questions we ask ourselves.

So what questions do you ask yourself in the still of the night?

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[misscam.livejournal.com]

Perhaps what you want, you have and thus no great desires of wanting overcomes you? *shrugs* Or perhaps your heart knows what you want and your mind does not.

Besides, when life changes, when we change, what we want changes too, but sometimes, it takes a while to adjust.