It takes all the hoping I can do just to stay in one place.

I really hate when people are hypocritical. Really, really hate it. Especially if they won't admit that they claim to hold two contradictory values. You don't have to have all of your arguments based on reason, but be willing to recognize that your opinions are opinions, not truths, regardless of how many other people agree with you ( Read more... )

Not feeling good...panicky, with a twinge of sad. So many things to do, but none that important RIGHT NOW.

I have very few really strong opinions, ones that withstand poking from people whose opinions I trust. I am not good at articulating my thoughts; I suppose I feel better about my ability to write what I mean (after rearranging words and, sometimes, consulting a dictionary/thesaurus), but even when I say what I mean when I say it, it's very easy to ( Read more... )

Can I write fan fiction about my own life?
I suppose that would be a diary of daydreams.

Argh...can't really focus. Going to try to sit somewhere else. Why/how is it only Tuesday and I already feel like giving up ( Read more... )

Usually, when a thing you've freaked out about is over, you're left thinking, "huh. That wasn't so bad" and wishing that you'd saved some of your energy. Some people would learn from this and take comfort in the fact that things are seldom as big a deal as you think they are ( Read more... )

Trying to accomplish what I can, and using lots of little things to build up confidence/motivation to tackle bigger ones ( Read more... )

I think that I can now say, with confidence, that I have eliminated the possibility of my life continuing on its current/apparent trajectory.

It really is easier to talk to people who went to Juniata. Perhaps it's the much greater foundation of similarity of experience to build from? Or there's a giant crystal from another planet buried deep under von Liebig whose extraterrestrial radiation resonates with the subconscious of the fundamentally awesome, and those who visit can't not attend ( Read more... )