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I went back and read it again anyway......
and i agree with all of it
Finding love within yourself is a lot more difficult than loving others sometimes....
and i apologize about my drunken comment last night.
I started the night out early with cocounut martinis.

no such thing! but that might be the hippy coming out in me...remember those speakers that used to come to the different schools and give speeches? you know like "don't do drugs" or "don't smoke" or "everyone is someone" etcetera etcetera? well we had this one who was actually really cool and funny, and one of the things he said has always stayed with me..."you can never love too much, and you can never say 'i love you' too much...most of the fear and anger we deal with today comes from not saying 'i love you' enough, or not hearing it....and if you do love someone, don't be afraid to tell them, don't be ashamed, we should be able to say 'i love you' as loudly and as often as we like"....and for those times when you feel like a barren wasteland, look in the mirror and look at your art and tell yourself 'i love you' and why say, write, or draw everything you love about yourself until it's more than just words...sometimes these simple self-affirming exercises can get me out of a depression funk when nothing else can...sounds corny, i know, but it's true...

p.s. i vote for keeping the fu manchu