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Sorry
I think there's something inside of humans that is innately drawn to the unpleasant. Or one could say to the dynamic, or the exciting, if one were so inclined to speak more gently. Really, though, everyone loves a good drama. It's not that we want to see other people fail, not really. It's just that a string of struggles followed by a triumph, and ( Read more... ) -
Love is a battlefield
My eyes and nose still hurt from crying so hard last night.
Chris and I fight very rarely, but when we do it's always fucking awful. Last night's fight happened because of miscommunication, which is hugely rare for us. I suppose, though, these things will happen sometimes, even to the best of us. This particular piece of miscommunication touched ( Read more... ) -
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Bahahahahahaha!!
Robin on HIMYM just introduced Barny as "a sociopath, and also my ex."
I've totally said those exact words before!!!
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NYE
It's the end of 2013! Well, it's not quite yet. Tomorrow at midnight will be the end of 2013, but I don't expect to be spending a whole lot of time sitting around on the internet tomorrow (it might still happen, but it's not actually a plan, if you get me), so I'm gonna go ahead and say it's the end of 2013 ( Read more... ) -
So, this is Christmas
I kind of expected today to be a disaster, for a number of reasons, starting with my own fears and tendency to believe to good can't last, and ending with the realities of my mother's family. Today did not meet those expectations. Today was lovely. Today was not rushed, or stressed, or stressful. Today there was no griping, whining, teeth-gritting ( Read more... ) -
A letter, of sorts
Dear Universe ( Read more... ) -
Right here right now.
Someone on FaceBook posted one of those pictures that's mostly just words (I think they're supposed to make incredibly emo statuses seem less emo than if they just wrote and posted the words themselves) that said "Someday I'm going to leave this place and never come back." The string of reactions in my head struck me as kind of funny. My almost ( Read more... ) -
Ch-ch-ch-changes
A lot of advice on how to better oneself is based around the idea of modeling your present self after someone whom you greatly admire. "What would Jesus do?" "Be more like Person You Think is a Great Person." I don't think that's enough, though. It's not enough to mimic some other good person's actions, or beliefs. It's a good first step to be able ( Read more... ) -
With a voice as big as the sea
I have to admit, I thought my first Christmas away from my childhood home would have significantly more "bitter" in the "bittersweet" of it all. Jack and I (and wow I just called Chris Jack. Sometimes it happens. Usually not out loud, though.) went and got our Christmas tree today. It was more money than I probably should have spent, but it's ( Read more... ) -
Future promises
Every so often (well, it's been happening more and more frequently, truth to tell), I'll just be sitting around, doing mundane things, and suddenly I'll be... overcome. I'll see my name on something. Or write it. Or... sometimes I don't even know what the catalyst is. And suddenly I'm filled with this... upwelling of anticipatory jubilance. It ( Read more... )