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Lovecraft and metaphor
(Augh, internet, why do you have to have so many interesting things? I should have been asleep hours ago.)
So, as I've said, I frequently listen to Lovecraft audiobooks to get to sleep. (I remain disproportionately entertained by the fact that I use cosmic horror to relax.) I tend to get stuck on a story or two at a time -- for several weeks, I' ( Read more... ) -
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I guess I'd just like a chance to say, "Goodbye; I have loved you, and I wish you all the best in your future endeavours." -
stereotypes
"Are some of these stereotypes uncannily true? I’m sure they can be. But that’s the problem with stereotypes, it’s not about whether they are true or not, it’s that they are used to disempower people or deny them certain privileges."
-Samhita -
because I need somebody to say it
Depression is not your fault. The lows do end, and you're not a loser or a drama queen for having them. Just be patient, and hang on. -
marriage
"Knowledge is a form of union of Self and not-Self; like all union, it is impaired by dominion, and therefore by any attempt to force the universe into conformity with what we find in ourselves."
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acceptable targets
Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar.
- Molly Ivins
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Please to be remembering
Notes to self:- clinical depression and social anxiety are not excuses I made up to get out of being a loser
- depression is a lying liar that lies
- cleolinda is, as always, the awesome
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Choir: it's either this or hit something.
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There's a word I don't use very often -- in fact, I don't use it at all, except perhaps in oblique references. It's sitting on the tip of my tongue right now and not really going away.
Mmkay, I understand that the BLATANTLY FRIGGING OBVIOUS STOP INSULTING MY INTELLIGENCE statements are for the new people, who may not have the ( Read more... ) -
Choir: getting it out of my system
'Scuse me? I have two questions:
What the hell have you been smoking and did you bring enough for the rest of the class?
No, seriously. It may surprise you to learn that I'm an adult, not only past the age of majority but also possessing previous college experience. Treat me like a grown-up here: explain to me how "the guys are getting haircuts ( Read more... )