oh_me_ghost

When something goes wrong, the best thing to do is to assume responsibility Accepting responsibility feels awkward and uncomfortable at first which is why people avoid it, but theyre not pansys because they avoid responsibility, they actually endure more pain, more anger, more net suffering by not assuming responsibility. Blaming others is fine, but after a while, I think it just gets boring, even if...
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Writing in order to uncover.

Verse.

Writing in order to create.

Verse.

Writing in order to communicate
to others.

Verse.

Writing in order to write.

Swish, swish, swish. Which one is the
red ball under?

I'm not sure.

Make a guess.

Ok, the red ball is under the last one.

No.

The problem is we think we exist. We think our words are permanent and solid and stamp us forever. Thats not true Sometimes when I read poems at a reading to strangers, I realize they think those poems are me. They are not me, even if I speak in the 'I' person. They were my thoughts and my hand and the space and the emotions...
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Im probably more angry than I have a right to be. And I can appreciate how it doesnt help to be this pissed, but still. Its as if everything I do is meaningless because of the fact that I do make mistakes on occasion. I get 99% correct, but this is somehow proof that I suck. What I hate is people who use other people...
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The desire to conform in some measure is fine. Its crucial to the existance of a society. Whats bad is sometimes the society itself, or the culture, but there is nothing implicitly wrong with the act of conforming. I think, largely, if a human being is healthy, then there is going to be a significant amount of conformity. But I dont think theres any reason...
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The buddhists state that everything on earth is suffering. Is being influenced by outside forces the definition of suffering? Or is being influenced by an outside force only painful for an ego that cant tolerate the existance of anything but itself, thus it says all is one, all must be one, because they cant tolerate variety and interdependance and varied opinions and the complexities of...
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Ordinary
everyday
people
are
great
ordinary nightmares
ordinary lives

Ordinary
everyday
people
are
fine
ordinary apples
ordinary wine.

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Temporary Love
and cyclical
disgust.

One step forward and
Two steps back

Thats not even close
Its more like

One step forward
Right off the fucking cliff

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Rationality is a metaphysical belief system. Here is what a rational person thinks If something is probable or exceedingly likely, we have a responsibility to behave as if its true. Its nothing more than that. People who hold rationality as the purpose of their life are really holding probability as the highest form of truth. They are watching the dice and playing by the rules....
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Angel is being cancelled. Its the final season. And the lead character is fat and old, even though hes a vampire and is not supposed to degenerate that way. The last episode is next Wednesday. You should watch it. I think theres an interesting parallel between Wolfram and Hart and fox television. Not to say that Joss Whedon has attempted to create that parallel, but...
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