I am going to weight in here a little bit. What is your desire is to be great, a desire of the heart. The aspiration to greatness, is often not about the lasting effect, it's about for one brief moment being able to look down on the rest of the world, and say "I am great". I think your philosophy is a good one, but I would not confuse contentment with happiness. Perhaps I define happiness different then you do. But happiness is fleeting (an odd moment of pure beauty here, a good orgasm there), when all else in the world doesn't matter but the absolute awe of the moment. I think what you are talking about is contentment, which is in no way to be discounted, but in many ways is still complacency. *delete this if it's out of line*
At the earliest, it's looking like ... maybe Spring of '07? For a visit, at least. To live... I really don't know. My plans, at the moment, seem to be developing in a space rather than driving toward any particular chronological goal. :) I want to see you soon though, so if it's not there, it should be somewhere else.
I would love to write more re: this entry. (Did you read the comment I left on Ted's 'snowboarding = videogames' post?) Lately, I'm really feeling some of what you're saying. But I shan't because I'm at work. I will call soon though. If for no other reason than I have to tell you about the awesome sex I had (seriously all day!) yesterday.
Hah! I was just thinking about you this morning. Specifically, I was thinking, "Nievie should add my new LiveJournal already, so that I can read hers." It never occurs to me to log into the old one anymore. :(
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What is your desire is to be great, a desire of the heart. The aspiration to greatness, is often not about the lasting effect, it's about for one brief moment being able to look down on the rest of the world, and say "I am great". I think your philosophy is a good one, but I would not confuse contentment with happiness. Perhaps I define happiness different then you do. But happiness is fleeting (an odd moment of pure beauty here, a good orgasm there), when all else in the world doesn't matter but the absolute awe of the moment. I think what you are talking about is contentment, which is in no way to be discounted, but in many ways is still complacency.
*delete this if it's out of line*
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I would love to write more re: this entry. (Did you read the comment I left on Ted's 'snowboarding = videogames' post?) Lately, I'm really feeling some of what you're saying. But I shan't because I'm at work. I will call soon though. If for no other reason than I have to tell you about the awesome sex I had (seriously all day!) yesterday.
Much love.
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*mwah*
you rule
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