I hate fake things.

I hate ferns that do not require water.

I hate people that oblige you to constantly question their words.

I hate artificial smiles.

I hate the person that must have a pretense because inside they really don’t exist.

…Ironically I love playing pretend.

**NOTE: this has been ripped off SHAMELESSLY (but without malice) from Mark Kleiman at The Reality-Based Community ( Read more... )

Michael is taking a nap. I am avoiding doing anything productive. Therefore - I turn to LJ. I am bored with the book I'm currently reading. We have no TV and we are on Blockbusters "Mave have a problem - rents too many movies" Watchlist. Surfing the net is too much work. I've already responded to all my emails and I've commented on other people's ( Read more... )

I love my mom. I don't always like her. She can be a real pain in the ass sometimes. There are rare occassions when I sit back and think. "Wow. This is what it must feel like to have real parents." Yesterday I had one of those moments. And still today I am cherishing it. Like I said it doesn't happen very often ( Read more... )

Not always but sometimes, the reason we do things the way we do them is because that’s how it’s supposed to be ( Read more... )

My sister says that I am slowly but surely becoming a Republican. She says it like it's a dirty word. I have always thought of myself as more liberal than anything else. But am I? I don't know for sure but I can say that my views have changed considerably from the time of my youth. In fact shouldn’t they change? As you get older things stop being ( Read more... )