life
October 6, 2009
- The blood stains my fingertips, drips like a hot wax down my arms. My breath quickens. Pupils dilate. Here I sit, ready to confess my crime.I am the murderer of minutes.Have you ever noticed how easy it is to “kill” Time? Life feels like a giant waiting room, each of us leafing through our distractions until we are finally called to the back.I work, go to school, run errands—deepening the ...
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October 6, 2009
- For about a month now, I've been looking for the special light bulbs for my desk lamp. These light bulbs are sort of those UV light bulbs, emitting light like sunlight. This isn't for SAD, but apparently, they are kind of special and for the model of my desk lamp, hard to find.Upon moving, I broke the existing light bulb, and thus ensued the "Where did they go?" question into every ...
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October 5, 2009
- I went numb and felt death in my bones. It was an ‘over and out’ moment. There had been no specific stimulus to trigger this off. I was, in fact, sitting at the table having lunch. The rice was whirling before me and I knew even a grain could choke me.Deep melancholia has lodged itself within me. You won’t notice it when I write, when I talk, when I sing, when I draw and when I smile at ...
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October 4, 2009
- Like most people, I've been through some changes at my job in the past year. Between the hundreds of layoffs and multiple company re-orgs over the past 11 months, employee morale is at an all-time low. Everyone is struggling to stay motivated, with the rumor mill churning out weekly reports of gloom and doom yet to come.Although I escaped the company cuts (so far), I did fall victim to the ...
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October 3, 2009
- I didn't see all of the segments of Ken Burns' documentary on America's National Parks, but from what I did, I was disappointed there was not more on the artists who were so instrumental in the founding and promotion of our greatest wilderness areas.If I'm wrong, and there was a one- or two-hour segment on them, someone please let me know, though I would still be disappointed because I think ...
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October 3, 2009
- Contemplation Vs. Intellectualism For many individuals, in truth, this is a blurred area not only to express, but also to define, and thereby distinguish.The reasons for this may indeed be numerous, but the fact is, there are indeed just a few that merit a basis for reason to germinate. May I start out by saying that they are perpendicular: that is to say, they are as different as simple ...
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September 30, 2009
- Is it me or does the time seem to be whizzing by? It's October! Wasn't it just June? I know we are all busy and we have things to do every day, but come on there has to be more than the daily grind. The only reason I even mention this --- now don't start shaking your head when you read this and say to yourself, "Damn, she's right!" I have this stupid pill container, because I can't for ...
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September 29, 2009
- The checkout clerk scowled, slid my bread, apples, and tampons across the scanner. Blip. Blip. A monotone reminder of how much money she probably wasn’t getting paid. She had dark circles under eyes and did not look up when I stepped forward. There was no cheery, “How are you today? Did you find everything all right?” I’m not sure how old she was, but she looked like she was ...
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September 29, 2009
- When one ponders deep, about life in general, life moves on an individual basis. In city life, a nuclear family has still again fragmented itself into a single nucleus and that is the self. Look around and we find everyone fighting one’s own battle for existence; of course exceptions are there, and I am not touching them. We have stopped looking out and have closed our eyes to our ...
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September 29, 2009
- I don't know if any of you who are fans of Facebook have experienced this, but for me, Facebook is like looking at movie snippets of your past. Friends post pictures (that, of course, we have NO recollection of being taken) of us from the past doing things we used to do (and would never do now) wearing things that we'd not be caught dead in. If you're lucky enough to have Facebook friends who ...
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