I do this thing where I imagine I'm being watched, almost constantly, by people from my past. People who I will probably never see again. People who I don't even care about. People whose approval I seem to still crave. Not approval, envy. I want them to wish they were me. I want to feel like the tables have turned, and my life is now so much better ( Read more... )

This rocks... er, sways... no, rocks. Yeah.

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I'm trying to figure out where to put my IRA. I checked out a few "ethical and socially responsible" funds that didn't seem to be performing that well. But then, I guess the entire market is like that at the moment. I want to make money, of course, but I don't want to invest in companies that don't care about the things I care about.

Relax. You can't signlehandedly save the world. You are not responsible for the evils perpetrated by society, and you are not a bad person for being a part of that society. And your major health problem isn't mercury. It's stress. STOP WORRYING ABOUT EVERY LITTLE THING THAT MAY HARM YOU. THE WORRY IS WHAT'S HARMING YOU.

I think it's time to embrace my introversion. I'm obviously just not interested in people. A person, but not people.  There's ( Read more... )

I saw god today. Not in the metro, but at the gym. It was very comforting and encouraging.

Wow. My weekends have gotten progressively uneventful since I started my new job. I did more on the weekends when I didn't have weekends off. Actually, I guess my new job isn't to blame. I'm sure that the reason I haven't had much social interaction for the past month is that Lou went back to college and I still haven't made any other friends in ( Read more... )

I've been poisoned. I had to leave work early yesterday because the building owner decided to spray herbicide on the hillside right in front of my office window during working hours and it got sucked in throught the ventilation and made everyone sick. My boss berated the building manager and sent me home. I can't smell it today, but my face hurts ( ( Read more... )

Today is a little strange. Here's why ( Read more... )

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