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What makes us annoying?
I'm always yearning to make myself a better person, and the personal conversations I've had the first few months have been somewhat, uh, lacking. So here are five things I'm going to keep in mind in order to be a bit more pleasant when talking with friends:
1. Stop being a know-it-all.People have told me that I tend to be very assertive, and that ( Read more... ) -
A Return to Insight
I want to say, "I've realized a valuable lesson," but in reality I realized it a long time ago, and I can specifically being determined to do it as little as one year ago. That is, I specifically came to the conclusion in the "golden era" of my Hawaii trip (about the last two months) to remember to live in the present, not the past, and to not ( Read more... ) -
Work and Its Dubious Problems.
I don't have much time - I work in just a few minutes - but I wanted to write something because I haven't written in awhile, and, well, it's kind of an important topic (I guess that "all great topic" I keep wanting to talk about is going to have to wait until tomorrow ( Read more... ) -
Purim and the Future to Come
You know, Final Fantasy VI really does have some beautiful musical tracks, bad SNES synth or no ( Read more... ) -
Prilosec and Deadly Toothaches
I had another acid reflux attack, today ( Read more... ) -
Pause.
I think...
...maybe I got it all wrong... from the beginning, you know?
Maybe I missed it, and now I'm paying for it.
I thought I was right. But then, maybe I never was. Not about that, anyway. And maybe what I need is some good, old-fashioned humility and take it one step at a time.
Maybe I need to redefine... what makes me, well, me. -
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So, I went up to Hollister over the past few days. I just arrived back in town tonight. There was something really sad about Hollister. I had figured that, what with the moratorium, that time would have 'stopped' for the town, and it was all the better for me, because I could see where I grew up. But it was sad and depressing. Time can't stop. It ( Read more... )
