Most days I'm disinterested, but every now and then I want a boyfriend. I'd like someone who pets me on the head when I'm feeling down, but otherwise leaves me alone unless I clearly want to be engaged. (I guess he'd have to be a mind reader because "clearly" is relative.) It'd be nice if he was on the upper end of handsome, but I'd settle for a ( Read more... )

it is times like these when we wish we were endowed with a greater gift of speech. often it is more difficult to find the perfect words of praise than it is to pontificate on subjects that spur our scorn.

tonight, i watched capote. i wish i could describe how wonderful it is but it has left me breathless. it is a true cinematic masterpiece.

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My older brother is the closest thing I have to a role model. (The oldest brother, on the other hand, is a close embodiment of everything I don't want to be.)

I was feeling confused with life again today, so I asked him to call me for some brotherly advice. He gave me some good thought victuals to chew on.

"Don't go looking for a single experience to ( Read more... )

Sometimes the timing of the events in your life is uncanny, almost as if some divine presence is trying to reify platitudes, or some less didactic force of nature is challenging you to deeper meaning in what really amounts to little more than a string of coincidences ( Read more... )

I like to think of my parents as generous people, and for the most part, they are. They regularly give to church and send money to acquaintances who allocate those funds to charitable purposes. But the moment I mention wanting to volunteer abroad, they do a second take. They are dubious of international aid organizations, and that is understandable ( Read more... )

I felt myself starting to feel better about my prospects, but today, for some reason, I suffered a relapse. The anxiety of uncertainty, the fear of incompetency--these things send me in a state of mental paralysis where I dwell on negativity and can't bring myself to just do something about it. I am getting a little better with that, but inactivity ( Read more... )

There are people around who walk with such confident footing that even though they're not entirely sure where their will lead, they never take a misstep. I envy people like that. I'm not sure what or who I want to be. I feel like I'm groping in the dark sometimes. I feel like I'm standing on a precipice, and there's fog all around me. As soon as ( Read more... )

I just finished the book I mentioned a few posts ago, We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People by current enemy of the State, Peter Van Buren.

I thought I should get into the habit of jotting down my thoughts after finishing a book. Not so much to review, but to consolidate the reading experience and keep ( Read more... )

This morning while walking the dog I tuned into Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me on the Radio. No surprise, it's a hoot as usual. But whenever I listen to the program, I always wonder whether I'll ever as be as witty as the commentators on Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me. The synapses in their brain must work instantaneously for them to come up with such speedy ( Read more... )

I have a subscription to audible.com. Originally I only signed up for the free fourteen day session (thank you This American Life!), but I've been too lazy to cancel it since the the trial period ended. Besides, it's a useful service. (And this is how they hook customers ( Read more... )