I thought of a few more…
I’ll never be able to see myself as other people see me.
If I had stayed in Chicago, my life would be extremely different from what it is now.
I could get hit by a car and die when I cross the street today and five minutes before I’d have no idea.
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[li]someone out there is having a problem with their DSL and I can do nothing to fix them[/li][li]someone is screaming at their technical support person right now[/li][li]only death is certin[/li][li]somewhere outside my window someone is doing something really freaky, and I am not there[/li][/ul]
… Vikings used to believe that the goddess of the underworld, Hela, used to collect finger and toenail trimmings to build a ship with which she would invade Midgard during Ragnarok. So they would burn their nail clippings so she would be short of building materials.
… whenever I see someone trimming their nails, I have the strange urge to relate this information to them.
… somewhere out there are all the turds my cat has passed since I started letting her out.
When I started reading this I was happy. Now I am not.
Right now I am not where I want to be personally, professionally or geographically.
Very little of anything that anybody does will matter 1000 years from now. In 10,000, nothing will.
No matter how big my problems may seem, the universe keeps on humming along and the stars still shine.
I love my parents, but I hate living at home.
I need to go read some Calvin and Hobbes.
This could be the last thing I ever say.
~ Not only am I not where I want to be, but I have no clear ideas on how I got here, or how to get out.
~ My last web design customer was scared of tildes (~) thinking they were a form of snobbery to non-web-using people.
~ The only thing that makes me feel any real emotion lately is music.
~ I do the same 50 mundane things every day, in roughly the same order, and at roughly the same time.
~ The things that I do, each and every day, could not be done in precisely this way by anyone else in the world.
~ The things that everyone else does each and every day, could not be done in precisely that way by anyone else in the world.
~ Given those two hypotheses, no one in the world is ever appreciated enough for what they do.
~ The song I’m listening to (The Rainbow Connection by Kermit the Frog) is going to make me cry in a minute.
~ It might be kind of weird that Muppets can make me cry.
~ While I was typing this, a minute of my life passed me by - a minute that could have been spent in an infinity of different ways, depending on the myriad choices I made to bring me to this moment.
~ Time only goes. It never comes back.
~ This is the most depressing post I’ve ever made.
People need to pet their pets more
People need more arts in their life
Maybe some of you should take a nice long drive
Maybe some of you should start taking some chances
Maybe some of us could do with taking more walks
Music is more important to me then food
I am very, very happy to still be alive
Before my operation i had another year and a half to live before total heart failure (max)
If i’d been born 10 years earlier i’d be dead right now.
3 months ago i was mentally prepaired to die, now i’m finally getting mentally prepaired to live again
My little brothers have no idea how lucky they are
I have no regrets, only experiences i’ve learned from.
I just scared the living jesus out of my cat with a tamborine (all his little paws went in seperate directions at different speeds while he spun around)
Anyone who needs to talk about anything is more then welcome to e-mail me or add me to their ICQ (my address and number are in my profile)
I’m the happeist person i know.
No matter what I do or how hard I try I am never going to look like Barry Bostwick.
Sixteen years ago, while in the Marines, on deployment to Korea, I was on belay (holding the bottoms of ropes for people rapelling) with a young Republic of Korea Marine who “spoke” no English, yet could “sing” American songs. He knew all the words to all John Denver songs. We sang “Rocky Mountain High” ad nauseum. I wonder if he remembers me.
Someone I remember fondly, but have not kept in touch with over the years, has, unknown to me, died.
I have half-brothers and sisters, I have not seen in 25-30 years though we all live in the same state.
Years ago, I was once standing on a landing overlooking a section of King’s Island. A young lady passed below, glanced up, accidentlly made eye contact. We nodded and mouthed “hello,” and nothing more. I wonder who she was.
Sir
tomorrow I get to go to school! and have a LAN again!
it is really amazing what passes for Christmas decorations sometimes.
I wonder who gets to pick the colors for LEDS on computer things. Do other people know they’re LEDS?
Exactly how bad is it that today, while skiing, I was contemplating the mountain as a gradient field?
my monitor sometimes makes everything be shades of purple. Actually, it’s not my monitor. For this I am very glad.
at some point, someone chose to make computer components all this color.
I live in a house with bright blue doors. And it was mostly accidental.
altoids are wonderful, wonderful things.
I haven’t had sex in a week, the newlywed phase must be over.
I really want sex but can’t do anything about it.
I am at my job that I hate, but somewhere, someone wants my job.
I constantly wear shoes that hurt my feet and make me too tall, but I can’t stop wearing them.
I have 12 computers facing my head that could be proven in a few years to cause all types of radiation induced disease.
I could live till I’m 99, then what would I do with my time?
Do you think I’ll get sex more often then once a week when I’m 99?
Right now someone is listening to Van Halen.
–the warm, silky dog curled around my feet is dreaming, yipping and paws “running” in her sleep, and I have no idea what she dreams about or how the world looks to her.
–my handwriting changes so drastically when I’m tired, stressed, etc. And it’s changed so much as I’ve gotten older. It used to be small, neat and rather beautiful; now it’s much scrawlier.
–my civilization is in my “stuff”; I couldn’t produce anything I’m surrounded with: grow and weave fabric stuff; design and build a house, computer, furnace, car, glassware, etc. I’d be lost without other people’s skills.
–artists, musicians and math whizzes–engineers and such–conceptualize in a way I’ll never be able to do. They can perceive things I can’t.
Veb
Somewhere, someone is teaching children with a new system that will eventually be proven a failure. I have experienced this.
I am 26. I have no drivers license. Yesterday I saw a 16 year old who just got his license. Which one of us is right?
If I could take a knife to my gut to loose the beerbelly, and knew, without doubt, that it wouldn’t hurt much, I would do it.
I dated a girl once in Junior High… I saw her again a few months ago, and she wanted to say something very important, but I blew her off…
…as a corrolary to that, I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt that I could kill a total stranger and sleep well. I worry that part of me is missing.
Somewhere, a kid just bought a gun to take to school.
I am wearing a shirt that I consider witty, but it would probably get me jailed in other countries.
My parents cat and my mom are allergic to each other.
-that although it’s 2 am and I’m exhausted from work, outings, and 45 minutes of skating, I’m still not in bed, and that this is a common occurance.
That does it, I’m nuts. G’nite dopers.
That was the first time anyone’s quoted me that I remember
Some girl out might think I’m the hottest guy on the planet
Varnish doesn’t help protect from wax stains
Sticky notes are a huge waste of paper
You people impress the hell out of me. When i started this thread i hardly expected more then 2 or 3 posts at the most, but there’s some deep, introspective, thoughtfull stuff in here
Thank you for being so open and willing. And as i’ve said, if any of you feel you need to talk my address and ICQ# are in my profile.
Upham
…it doesn’t really matter who’s in office, just as long as he doesn’t become a fascist dictator.
…there are people with views diametrically opposed to mine. And they are just as right as I am.
…if I could nominate Oscar contenders, I’d try and get a “Best Supporting Actor” nom. for Wilson, the volleyball in Castaway.
…Popularity is no proof of quality.
…A lot of words look funny if you’re not used to seeing them on paper (or screen)
…Television today is of such high visual quality, and special effects are so amazing that what we consider mundane, overdone, even kitch was inconceivable in the 60s, when cool special effects would really have been appreciated.
…it’s sad when the one you love doesn’t love you back.
…it doesn’t matter where you go, or what you do, your BEST friends will always love you.
…if you wake up one morning, and you are unhappy, only you can really choose to do something about it.
…knowing the difference between a “decision” and a “choice” will help you make better choices in your life.
…sometimes, when we think we can’t, it’s only because we don’t know how.
…sometimes, when we think we can’t, it’s only because we’re too scared to try.
…i always feel much better when i smile.
…i have the best friends anyone could ever ask for.
…i am thankful for the things and the people and the experiences i have in my life.
…even if it’s snowing in ohio, someone in australia is surfing at the beach.
…sometimes, when it’s really quiet and i’m all alone, i give myself the opportunity to think of amazing things.