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Dear Portland (Letter Left in a High-School Locker, Folded Neatly)
Hey there. Do you remember me? I saw you when I was visiting my friend a couple years ago, and then we were at that party together just last week. I've been watching you, you know. Wait, that sounds wrong, can I start over? No, no one can ever start over, I'll just keep going. I mean, it's true, I have been watching. Not that I've been following ( Read more... ) -
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My sister: Hey Nate, why are you being all depressed??
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Updating My Self-Perception
Every once in a while I start to feel like my LiveJournal User Info doesn't really match the way I think of myself any longer, so I go through and update it. A great deal stays the same, but there is always enough change that I have to be at my most reflective and introspective to be able feel as if I am actually representing myself. As such, I ( Read more... ) -
Graphic Art
I'm not sure if many of you know this, but a couple of years ago I used to be very interested in graphic design. Like everything I enjoy, it was just a hobby. I have never been trained, nor have I ever seriously entertained thoughts of making a living at it. Having switched computers, I lost Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, my primary tools for ( Read more... ) -
Overdramatic Feelings of Isolation, the City I Live In, My Dog, and Rilke
To have outgrown a place does not mean that you feel bigger than you have, so in that way the expression is inadequate at best. You are aware, however, that the place itself has changed neither its size nor its shape, and thus it is you who is different; so, in this way, the expression must in some way be valid. But we all live with ourselves as ( Read more... ) -
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As you may or may not know, I just returned home after spending several months overseas, where I did a great deal of reading. Since I probably read more in this period than I have in any other short amount of time in my life, I thought it would be interesting to give you all a little break-down of the books.
List (in alphabetical order)*- 20,000 ( Read more... )
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España
Coming to Spain is like taking a huge gulp of fresh air. After the stuffy, haughty, stuck-upedness of England, where no one was very nice and I only had a truly good time by myself or with other non-natives, Spain started out looking like paradise. The weather was and continues to be absolutely beautiful here: November and it's still in the 70s. I' ( Read more... ) -
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In a Psychology class I once failed, we had a discussion about altered states of consciousness. How the human body and mind require these periods of other-worldliness and relaxing of mental boundaries in order to maintain health. How we crave these states, whether induced by a chemical substance or through some other means. Spinning extensively ( Read more... ) -
Sample Conversations Concerning 'The Secret'
For those of you who haven't heard of the #1 best-selling book in the country (topping out over even preorders for the next installment of the Harry Potter series), it's called 'The Secret,' Oprah is pimping it out like it's a free new sports car that helps women lose weight, and it seems pretty awful. Read why hereConversation #1 ( Read more... )
