Histories

[monkeyparts]

"With reference to the narrative of events, far from permitting myself to derive it from the first source that came to hand, I did not even trust my own impressions, but it rests partly on what I saw myself, partly on what others saw for me, the accuracy of the report being always tried by the most severe and detailed tests possible. My conclusions

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[grapejezzle04]

It's good to know I'm not the only one. I too have been doing some self-haunting...taking down old ribbons and things from my own walls...boxing and putting into folders and desk drawers symbols of my past self. It's not such a bad thing despite the uncomfortable, somewhat empty feeling it leaves you with. It'll fill again.

[monkeyparts]

- It's wierd- at around our age we have this urge to break away from our respective pasts, but then when we do we feel sorely regretful. Some assed up society, this.
It is time to get on with life, though, and it doesn't do to wallow in one's adolescence. I'd almost like to forget everything up to this point, for the sake of being thorough, but I guess if I did there wouldn't be any good stories left.