I have a clean new office with actual walls and an actual door in a clean new building. I have a wonderful new girlfriend. Debt is dissolving. Things are going very well. I must put this good fortune to good use and not squander it like I did the last one.

...and have posted a rash of private entries about how depressed I had been lately, for future reference. Then on Friday December 9, things suddenly started turning around. I may yet exit 2011 happier than I entered it. I am cautiously (ever cautiously) optimistic.

“Generally speaking, things have gone about as far as they can possibly go, when things have gotten about as bad as they can reasonably get.”

-Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

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Wow, it’s been nearly a month. Yes, I’m still here. I have a lot to say but have just not felt comfortable saying it. In lieu of that, I present you with a vision of socialism perfected.

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I’ve amassed a bunch of half-written LJ entries and kept them private. I have indeed neglected LJ a lot lately, but I like it better than Facebook ( Read more... )

I have lived to see the greatest, freest nation in history reach its peak and begin its swift cultural and economic collapse. I will never afford to have my own children. I may never have my own house in working order. My best years are behind me. The opportunity to reverse all of this came and went about 20 years ago before I had any real control ( Read more... )

Over the past year, with next to no cycling or exercise and lots of rich food, I oozed back up outside of normal BMI range again. I was 164 pounds on my birthday, and the maximum for my height should be about 160. I lost about five pounds last week, and another over the past three days. I’ve gotten rid of most all carbs and sugar and am eating ( Read more... )

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