cjad100 was always a temporary persona. I didn't know if I was going to use LJ much, and I got frustrated trying to find a decent user name. So many were taken! (kicks obliviousBut the time has come and I've managed to find one that captures much of what my future postings will be about. See if you can find it ( Read more... )

A friend on LJ posted a palm reading link and I did it. I take these things as a joke, most of the time. But it is always curious when they turn out almost exactly right. I know there are a lot of "sometimes" and "slightly" caveats in the reading, but absolutely everything below is applicable ( Read more... )

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Ever feel like you've been coccooned in a bubble, shut off from everyone? The last few days have been very odd - and disturbing ( Read more... )

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I'd love to post something profound, but as I recently remarked to someone, not every journal has to be filled with insights into the universe. I'll do some of that next year ( Read more... )

What a miserable world we live in. An alien reading these journals would wonder why many of the authors hadn't slit their wrists a long time ago. Perhaps it is in fact because of LJs that we are able to deal with such hard situations, share our thoughts and feelings with others. Thats the popular view. But on the other hand... aren't we just stuck ( Read more... )

Apparently, I'm Caligula.


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Well, today was my birthday. Had a pretty good one, considering I'm in a foreign country that I love and have to go back to a country I (currently) hate tomorrow. But that has a lot to do with circumstances rather than the place itself. There is still no such thing like a British summer spent lazing on the Thames ( Read more... )

Wow, what a wake up call. I'm beginning to understand how Caesar felt when Brutus' knife slid in between his shoulder blades. An exagerration? Perhaps. But the transformation I've experienced tonight, the sheer violence of the shift between high and low, is beyond mortal description and certainly beyond mine. How is it possible to fall so far so ( Read more... )