Problems in the Year of the Rat

[vagus_nerve]

I feel sad, not depressed, if one can appreciate the difference. Depression is being sad about nothing. In fact, it is an inability to feel anything, including sadness. It took me almost a year to stop feeling like that. But in the year after that depression, I continued to focus on stabilizing my life, not rocking the boat. This kept me in a

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[zulkey]

I'm really sorry about your dad. I sort of am experiencing something related with Steve's parents and it sucks that you had/ve to deal with that situation.

I'm also sorry for contributing maybe to some of the things that didn't help you in '07.

Lemme know what I can do.

[cakecrumb]

first off, i totally adore you. secondly, life is too fucking short to do a single thing that makes you miserable. do what feels right for jess, not what everyone else feels is right for you. declutter your life, sell the shit you don't need or realistically can't afford to keep. craigslist, ebay, the stoop outside your apartment. i know i can lean towards some weird quaker shit and get extremist in my rejection of material things...but really, how many triple ply cashmere sweaters does a person need. also, just simple hippie bullshit like this year alex and i decided not to hurt ourselves on New Year's Eve in a blaze of coke and moet and uneaten $67 entrees...and instead i got new long underwear and snowshoe boots and promises of a ton of weekends spent in nature. you just have to find the answer to: "i'm happiest when _________".

whatever you do jess, i know you will always end up on top. i still know that i'll spend every second of my later years bragging "well,i knew her when..."

oh boy

[lileycoyote]

this entry is so worthy of a letter response, but as i was just explaining to someone else, it takes me so long to get a letter written AND mailed these days, pathetique