September 2011
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Other "me"s
As I was sitting in class today, I realized that I am an individual: uniquely different from my classmates. My combination of beliefs, values, interests, motivations, skills, and experiences is exclusive to me and different from everyone else. Everyone else has their own unique set of qualities. I found myself thinking, “This is me. Here. In this class.” I thought about how the other students in...
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How to be normal.
Hurt someone you love. Eat normal food. Brush your teeth with a normal toothpaste. DON’T floss. Go to a normal school. Major in business. Get average grades. Date someone normal. Text. Get an iPhone. Watch TV. Listen to pop music. Check your facebook. Eat lunch at a trendy place. Get a normal job. Have a dysfunctional family. Wear normal clothes. Drive a normal car. Get normal friends. Read...
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How would you like to be perfect?
How awful! If you were perfect in every way, but you were stuck here in this imperfect, entropy-stricken place you’d probably go insane. If you looked perfect, everyone else would be uglier than you. If you were perfectly wise, everyone would be infinitely foolish. Everything from the clothes you wear to the food you eat would bother you, because it’s all imperfect. It would be absolutely...
finklere-deactivated20120124 asked: I read your post about how most of our lives are based upon our sex drive where you listed the typical American Dream. However, I wanted to ask you why you think you must go to school and get a good job to get a good wife and a good life? Sure that would be really nice, but (no offense, I was thinking about this my senior year in high school when I changed my career choice) what is the use of...