Sometimes when music is playing a part will be so beautiful/sad/generally pregnant with emotion that I involuntarily stop what I'm doing to admire it.

This happens most often with Roxy Music.

 Concepts, especially the building blocks of society, should be granted due process just as people should. Innocent until proven guilty on our morality, assuming that our morals can still function despite us, ourselves, being insecure about their justifications keeps society functioning ( Read more... )

 Money is stupid. I say this as I just realized that, in order to actually pay off my rent each month based on some sort of job (ie: AU Phonathon) it would require I work 20+hours a week. In other words, the most convenient job does not offer that many hours, and any other job would likely give me a crappy schedule ( Read more... )

 Took the better part of a month but the inevitable has happened when you have a flatmate with somewhat lax understanding of property and (other people's) privacy. Should have gotten that lock ( Read more... )

 I was going to say some stuff, but my internet was down because I am an idiot -- I needed to connect via my adapter's software, not just Windows's junk ( Read more... )

Should I back off on caring about people when it means I want to, or do, selfishly prevent them from doing things that will hurt themselves?

No, definitely should not.

Man, hanging with old friends is so weird. Especially when you haven't seen them for more than a year. Especially when other friends, not necessarily paired together, are included. Especially when siblings are involved. I mean, tonight was fun, but weird. My interests shifted, but it is hard to do anything but the old standards -- especially if ( Read more... )

 It has been pretty exciting being around the bride and groom and their guests this weekend. Somehow I was not willing to accept my brother's friends were good people when he was beating me up. Who knew there would be a bias there ( Read more... )

 Sometimes I forget that being an adult and general maturity are not just some lame ideals -- that crap actually happens sometimes. People can make decisions about their lives and junk, so weird.

 You can't have a rehearsal dinner without the groom, it does not matter if the groom does not want to be there.