Oh, hey, thanks very much. I appreciate that, a lot.
I've heard that I'm not a very nice person before, too. I do TRY to be a nice person when I can, but ultimately I do have a bit of a mean streak in me. I just never let it out when I'm with my friends or loved ones. Probably you are the same.
Great story! "I am constitutionally incapable of doing a half-assed job." I'm a little bit like this myself, although I do value my relaxation time quite a bit now that I'm older. And, okay, maybe it also has something to do with watching so many people get away with doing less. LOL
It's the "seeing people get away with doing less" thing that makes me scream. I am SO tired of watching other people do a shitty job of whatever it is they're doing. Especially if I have to work with some of them.
I had a host of fears when I was younger. I still have quite a few, but they no longer cripple me.
When you get right down to it, I was afraid of change and anything unfamiliar to me. I equated change with a fate *WORSE* than death... and the unknown terrified me in ways I can't describe.
I still don't like change, and I'm no fan of "the unknown". But at least I'm no longer curled up in a corner, wishing they'd go away.
I am not overfond of change myself. When you get right down to it, I'm a hobbit at heart, preferring the safe and comfortable. But even Bilbo Baggins was convinced to go on an adventure once, and I'm the same way -- I can change things if the change seems big enough and worth it. As when I moved to Texas.
I don't pick you as the type to be terrified of *any*thing....so I imagine you're making that out to be worse than it really is. And at least you are working on your fears. Good on you, mate.
My mother-in-law is also terrified of bridges. It's a strange thing to me, because getting in a terrible accident or falling off the bridge is scary to me, but I never think that's actually going to happen.
Just goes to show how weird some phobias are to those who don't have them. We tried asking Ed once why bridges freaked him out so much and he just couldn't tell us. :)
"Nobody likes bugs. Not even entomologists." - great line!
The intersection is great - I really enjoyed the loop you created with copyright1983. I didn't catch the straw, though - what did I miss?
Your writing about the fear of failure is spot-on - definitely something I can identify with :) I wonder if there's a way to also loop within this story to tie Ernie and/or the bridges back in again at the end? Ernie at the beginning is so promising, I wanted a bigger payoff from him!
Ernie? Um, did you mean Eddy? :) Yeah, he's an interesting guy, definitely more than the sum of his fears.
Glad you liked the intersection. The "straw" quote came from baseball player Reggie Jackson, and copyright1983 chose to write as Reggie (who had a pretty inflated opinion of himself). I did think that perhaps he should have done a bit more to identify Reggie, or provide a link back to his Wikipedia page somewhere, but ultimately it's his journal and his choices. :)
And I definitely hate bugs. I am convinced that not even entomologists DO like them.
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I think that is true.
I also think it is quasi-irrelevant.
Be good at what you are good at...and build your life around it. I already know one thing you are VERY good at.
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I've heard that I'm not a very nice person before, too. I do TRY to be a nice person when I can, but ultimately I do have a bit of a mean streak in me. I just never let it out when I'm with my friends or loved ones. Probably you are the same.
cheers,
Phil
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Glad you liked this! Thanks.
cheers,
Phil
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I had a host of fears when I was younger. I still have quite a few, but they no longer cripple me.
When you get right down to it, I was afraid of change and anything unfamiliar to me. I equated change with a fate *WORSE* than death... and the unknown terrified me in ways I can't describe.
I still don't like change, and I'm no fan of "the unknown". But at least I'm no longer curled up in a corner, wishing they'd go away.
Deeply moving. Thanks for sharing.
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I don't pick you as the type to be terrified of *any*thing....so I imagine you're making that out to be worse than it really is. And at least you are working on your fears. Good on you, mate.
And thanks for dropping by.
cheers,
Phil
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Thanks for chiming in!
cheers,
Phil
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The intersection is great - I really enjoyed the loop you created with copyright1983. I didn't catch the straw, though - what did I miss?
Your writing about the fear of failure is spot-on - definitely something I can identify with :) I wonder if there's a way to also loop within this story to tie Ernie and/or the bridges back in again at the end? Ernie at the beginning is so promising, I wanted a bigger payoff from him!
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Glad you liked the intersection. The "straw" quote came from baseball player Reggie Jackson, and copyright1983 chose to write as Reggie (who had a pretty inflated opinion of himself). I did think that perhaps he should have done a bit more to identify Reggie, or provide a link back to his Wikipedia page somewhere, but ultimately it's his journal and his choices. :)
And I definitely hate bugs. I am convinced that not even entomologists DO like them.
Thanks for coming by!
cheers,
Phil
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Love finding out that it was Reggie Jackson - most weeks I'd have googled but I was out of time :)
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Just as an FYI, I always tag my fiction pieces with [fiction] so you can tell. Most of what I write is real stuff.
cheers,
Phil
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