I may be wrong, but I'm never in doubt.

"There is a cardinal rule of chess that people would do well to apply to life: Make no pointless move. Or, in my paraphrase, understand your every move. This is what separates beginners from intermediate players. Beginners will make moves that they can't explain afterwards. They will move pawns because they ( Read more... )

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It looks as though I've made my choice.

..You would feel bad about it after.

No, sorry. Unfortunately, you just got Punk'd Play'd.

And I don't understand all the things you've seen
but I'm slipping in between you and your big dreams
It's always you in my big dreams

I went by the place where you and I
wrote our names in wet cement
And for a moment I remembered how it felt
to have no one understand
that there's this dream
and we're not part of it
How soon we do forget

But my ( Read more... )

While doing my anthropology reading, I was taking notes on the various types of human mating behavious accross the globe. Interestingly enough, most human societies practice polygamy, which can be divided into two separate categories. The first is polygyny, which means one man with many wives; the second is polyandry, which means one woman with ( Read more... )

That was the last $1.99 that I will spend carelessly for the next little while.

Within the past few days, I have encountered a large number of both ups and downs. In a sense, they sort of balance each other out. Still, as I prepare for slumber, it is the good that sticks with me moreso than the bad.

..Thank you.I've been told that my sarcasm is ( Read more... )

Sales is a numbers game. You can't take any reliable averages from your first few presentations. And every now and then, we will all have one of those 'character-building' days.

..This is so weird!
..Why?
..Well, did you ever expect this?
..People only ask questions to which they already know the answers.There are basic reasons that I am not good ( Read more... )

..What does make you happy, Brent?

I stared blankly at this question for a good two minutes before I replied.

..Having the respect of my friends?Even after that amount of time, I still put my answer in the form of a question, since I really couldn't be sure of myself. Afterall, if I want the respect of my friends, why haven't I even tried to get ( Read more... )

I'm so lost ( Read more... )

..I feel like I know Brad.
..Why?
..Cuz you always talk about him.
..This is making the journal.

It has, for a long time, been my belief that the personas we all assume are the biproducts of our interactions with other places, people and experiences. To date, no one has successfully disputed me on this claim.

"Life is made up of little things ( Read more... )

..The high point of my trip was getting to talk to her!

It strikes me as odd that even when I try to be shallow, I still am wading halfway into the deep end.

..You're the first guy to comment on my personality.If this battle between deep and shallow were anything like real life, the chlorine would be burning my eyes too badly to tell in which ( Read more... )