I've found that (almost all of the time) I get extremely hopped up and excited over people. However, I've slowly come to realize that my enthusiasm can be rather overwhelming... and that it doesn't exactly help that I can type relatively quickly and tend to go off on tangents with ease. (Plus, I also suck intensely at icebreakers -- not the breath ( Read more... )

Whether it's been this past week, these past two weeks or, heck, even this past month, I really don't know... but, let's just say "recently," I've undergone a growth spurt. Not in height, no, and I don't exactly think it's in maturity or seriousness; but I've undoubtedly, irrevocably grown ( Read more... )

Just a quick, thought-provoking excerpt from the start of Chapter 23 in Chuck Palahniuk's LullabyCenturies ago, sailors on long voyages used to leave a pair of pigs on every deserted island. Or they'd leave a pair of goats. Either way, on any future visit, the island would be a source of meat. These islands, they were pristine. They were home to ( Read more... )

Birds fall from the window ledge above mine ( Read more... )

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(Yes, I know I'm blatantly shoplifting this experiment-of-sorts from da funkalicious one [Dina], but hey: at least I'm also blatantly giving her credit ( Read more... )

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind = fucking brilliant = a personal catalyst.

As with my toy tester post, I may elaborate on this thought soon(er or later).

www.Jivejournal.com, that is... unfortunately, it's down at the moment. What a sad, sad existence.

At any rate... I stumbled back upon WordTreasures.com, the website of one of my professors. On the front page is a very smart, very personal essay titled "Why I Can't See 'The Passion'." Dr. Thierfelder has some interesting thoughts on the matter, ( Read more... )

Perhaps my true calling is as a toy tester.

(I'll elaborate on this thought in a future entry.)

I was going to quote Incubus and say "pardon me why I burst into flames," but there's something cheeky about quoting bands too randomly like that, so I'll just say that I'm about to explode. In a good way. No more grand declarations, and no, "I'm about to explode... in a good way" doesn't count. That's more of a I'm blurting stuff that's too random ( Read more... )