I've always been slightly terrified/haunted by the idea that I had to Do Something with my life, and that that Something had to be big and important, because otherwise it would mean that my life was being squandered. It occured to me, though, that the living of it all should come first, and the doing will either follow naturally, or it won't, but
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Taoists will often tell you that words are really more trouble than they're worth. If they can't describe the Really Important Things without marring them, then what's the point? We make words, we define words, we use words - we are masters of words. But when we set our thoughts to words, they become entities seperate from us. We can stare at them triumphantly because we have created them, and also because they are different from the original. Plato said that our concept of "a tree" and the trees in proximity to him bore no resemblance. He has a point... the concept of a "tree" applies both to oaks, alders, firs, and maples alike, despite that these are all very different from each other ( ... )
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But I suppose that would be like "fishing for trout in a peculiar stream" -Shakespeare (or some moderation made by Lizzy and co.) however sense I dont have a particular fondness for "AH FISH!!!!" -ME as proved by my killer guppy experience perhaps the fact that even emily jones inquiring if "the testing made us tired..." and how it went would only produce unanimous "BUBBLES" -Nikki, Lauren, Aarthi, Lizzy and Me will convence you that I need a piece of cake.
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"Guys, I'm pissed." Harriet
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"It's a good thing to get your ass kicked sometimes" - Dave Corkran (too bad you never had him)
"(insert group/person) did not feel so warm and fuzzy about (insert historical event)" Harriet
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