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"When we describe the Moon as dead, we are describing the deadness in ourselves. When we find space so hideously void, we are describing our own unbearable emptiness." ~ D.H. Lawrence "Is the meaning of life defined by its duration? Or does life have a purpose so large that it doesn't have to be prolonged at any cost to preserve its meaning?" "Living is not good, but living well. The wise man, therefore, lives as well as he should, not as long as he can... He will always think of life in terms of quality not quantity... Dying early or late is of no relevance, dying well or ill is... even if it is true that while there is life there is hope, life is not to be bought at any cost." ~ Seneca "People will tell you nothing matters, the whole world's about to end soon anyway. Those people are looking at life the wrong way. I mean, things don't need to last forever to be perfect." ~ Daydream Nation "All Bette's stories have happy endings. That's because she knows where to stop. She's realized the real problem with stories-- if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death." ~ The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes "The road now stretched across open country, and it occurred to me - not by way of protest, not as a symbol, or anything like that, but merely as a novel experience - that since I had disregarded all laws of humanity, I might as well disregard the rules of traffic. So I crossed to the left side of the highway and checked the feeling, and the feeling was good. It was a pleasant diaphragmal melting, with elements of diffused tactility, all this enhanced by the thought that nothing could be nearer to the elimination of basic physical laws than deliberately driving on the wrong site of the road." ~ Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita "It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend." ~ William Blake Think about it Musicalities! Kill that boredom!
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Jhonen Vasquez's site Overheard in New York Passive Aggressive Notes Submarinechannel.com Superdickery UHpinions Whirled | Maker Faire pictures (and other thoughts) Monday, May 18, 2015 Welp, I found out there's a budgie tag on Vine today. Time to never be productive again, I guess. This makes me so happy. I like this one too. So, Maker Faire was fun! Some of the exhibits/shows I was hoping to see weren't there this year, but there were some other new things that were cool. Flamethrowing rhino car. (The flames came out of its horn) The Two Penny bike. A... gorillabot? This guy's hat had a track that you could roll ping pong balls around! He had some glasses that you could roll marbles down too but I didn't get a picture of that. Legoscape. A sword swallower! This one was new to me. There was also a fire eater in the act, and a crappy sorta-burlesque thing. My friends and I volunteered so we'd get free tickets, and our job was to help Tapigami pack up their exhibit. This was what it looked like during the faire... And afterward when we were cleaning up. Tapigami makes sculptures with tape, so it was pretty sticky. I ended up wearing some gloves I had stashed in my bag from the last Maker Faire. I was really glad to have them, because some of that tape was pretty nasty. Anyway... That was Sunday for me. Today I'm just doing reading for school and playing Twenty (aka procrastinating). --- My friend Alex drove me home from the Maker Faire, and on the way we were talking about relationships and stuff. I mentioned some of the things I do for my boyfriend, and he asked me what I get back. I wasn't entirely sure what to say. All I could think to respond with was "I just feel happy when I'm with him." That got an "awwwww" from him, haha. Even though it's not like, super energetic and bouncy happiness anymore, I guess there's something... nice about being together. Or doing things for him. I don't think about it in terms of what I "get back" really. I dunno. I love him and I think that's all the reason I need to want to do anything I do for him. ---Edit--- I was thinking earlier about being right vs. being effective. I guess in some situations you could also describe it as tact. For instance, if someone is feeling really down, you can't tell them that their emotional state is in their mind and they can just change it. First of all, nobody wants to hear that, so it comes off as insensitive and not understanding. Even though it is true, pretty much, that you have control over your emotions, it's not an on/off switch you just need to be told about, and it's a skill that you have to develop. I've been encountering some people who don't have a good grasp on how to effectively react to other people's problems in the recent past, so it's something I've been considering. Maybe it has to do with timing more than anything else. If someone comes to you and says they were the victim of a crime, it's generally inappropriate to say something along the lines of "well, yeah, but what about the perpetrator's side?" I think most people would understand and agree with that. When I was in high school I thought it was good to be bluntly honest, but I've been realizing more and more since then that being up front in that way can be really ineffective, especially since people may react by getting defensive and digging their heels in if you say something they disagree with/don't like. If you must correct people or assert your views, it seems best to wait until they're in a frame of mind to accept what you say with more tolerance. So I guess that what I'm trying to do looks roughly like this? Other: I have a problem. Self: What is it? -Listen, ask questions to increase understanding and clarify, find out how the person feels about the subject, refrain from inserting too many personal opinions unless they ask... -Sympathize -Find out what person wants to do or is doing about the problem (if anything; if they're doing nothing, do they actually want to do something? If they don't, it's not up to me to make them solve it) -After it has been discussed to an extent satisfactory to the other party- -Very gentle questions about possible dissonance in thought, if any at all (No grammar corrections; terminology clarification is okay if something is not clear though, I think) My opinion at the moment is that it's better to phrase these questions as "I don't understand" statements rather than "I think you're wrong" statements. It can be tricky to do that at times, though. Sometimes people will say "I don't understand" in a way that implies they think you're crazy or wrong. You probably know what I mean. So yeah, I'm still working on my approach to these things, of course. I'm sure I'll spend the rest of my life refining it. 2 Comments. Those birds are so adorable!!! The rhino thing looks pretty cool. The idea that fire comes out of its horn makes it seem even cooler. My friend in LA has LEGO sculptures in his apt like that. He actually has a FB page for it: Rob Lowe's Legos. » LostSoul13 on 2015-05-18 09:01:40 Well, it's a sun conure, but maybe you'll still like this dancing bird video: http://superziggy.tumblr.com/post/52808196137/in-attempts-to-get-teka-to-stop-chewing-at-my Whoa, that's a super important distinction to make, in comforting people. It seems like perhaps it's natural for views to become less binary and more situational/grey as people get older, which is cool to watch. » Unicornasaurus on 2015-05-20 08:19:44
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