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I'm just ./poking this journal to make sure it's up and running.

"Just because you believe it's true doesn't make it true. Just because your motives are pure doesn't mean you are not doing harm."

San Francisco Chronicle, Jon Carroll, "Unitarian Jihad spammail" article.

This was just a random scene that ran through my head, so I figured I would share it.
Someday, it might grow into something.. or not.
Any questions/comments/wtfs are welcome.
Flamers will be flamed with a flaming flamer.

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I have been told that I sound depressed in a few of my recent "ramble" type postings.

I'm not, really.

I would not say that everything is sunshine and candy in my head, and there are a couple things that are troublesome (see last post) but I am not depressed. No "weight," no "dread," no "no-way-out-ism."

So, if it's been on your mind to worry about me, I'm okay.

./Ramble On

Another year rolls by, quietly.
The monkeys in the back of my head pay it little mind.
My insurance and chiropractor send me birthday cards.
A few people remember to wish me a Happy Birthday.
Most don't, but that's not surprising.
I'm quiet, a lot of the time, unless I have something to say.
If I have something to say, I don't tend to pull punches.
I guess people don't really care to remember such, or maybe they do.
*shrugs*
My family remembered, and some of my guild.

I sit here, the day after my birthday, eating a piece of banana bread (buttered) and wondering if I should go to bed.

I was also reminded, today, of why I have problems with holding a job, currently.
I can't stand Corporate America.
It may seem stupid, but that's it.
Being in a position where I have to do things someone else's way, sometimes a way that I know is not as efficient or productive, because they said so hurts. I used to be able to cope with this, and get on with things. I'm pretty sure that part of me is damaged, and still under repair. :( I had hoped it was better than this, but all things take their own time, I guess.

Sometimes I wonder it I could use therapy, myself, but I know the hard facts that most people try and hide from. Healing, inside your head, takes time. It's not easy. You will have slip-backs. Also, I got love from a number of people, so I'm good with that. I think I just need to wait a bit to get better, letting my brain realize that I'm paying attention to the signs it provides. Therapy, I think, would be wasted on me. I am glad, though, that I was able to think it through, and not just have a knee-jerk reaction on it.

I used to have a telescope, when I was a kid. I'd look at the moon, and the stars. I remember thinking that it was important that we could touch those things. We sent someone to the moon, and we could send someone to another planet, given time. I'm glad to see we are finally heading back in that direction.

I used to fall asleep to the sound of a train, over the hillside, across the river, in the night. One of the things that I love about the new house is that the sound of the train, nearby, is the same. It's comforting on some levels.

Ah, well, enough Ramble.

./Ramble Off

Current Location: Home
Current Mood: Fuzzy
Current Music: Ramble On

Another Article About Bush

Here's a link. Go read it. Please.

Discuss.

Today has been a dizzy bay, little lamb!

Today, I sprayed the house for bugs and such, hung some pictures and other items, cleaned and started some air misters, did some housework, and troubleshot my computer (bad USB hub keeping it from booting up.)

Also for today, Warinbear has measured, cut, and assembled a shelf in the kitchen for cookbooks (and other things). As well, he has measured and cut a spice rack. We got a half dozen book shelves to cut, still, this weekend.

Tomorrow, I hope to go see Stardust.

For now, I think I will go WoW for a bit.

EDIT: Warinbear also installed a nifty ceiling fan in my bedroom, with a remote control. (12 foot ceiling = PITA to pull the chains, heh)

Mattell Inc. has issued another set of recalls for toys, this time we have some more Lead Paint, we have some magnets, and we have some playsets.

Current Location: Home
Current Mood: awake
Current Music: 16 Volt

... all those other people! No, really.
The secret to a working Utopian society is that everyone has to play by the rules.
If you get some people that don't, then they become more privileged.
Human nature, at present, would lead to this.
It's sad, really, when you think of it.
If everyone made everyone else's needs their priority, the world would be a wonderful place.
Think of it, billions of people watching your back. Not in a Nanny sort of way, but actually in a Helpful sort of way.
But . . . that's not the way our world works, and won't be, as long as people stay the way they/we are.
If human nature is, in part, based off of perception, then it might require a change in the way that everyone looks at the world. There is still a stigma of weakness that tends to follow such feelings of 'care for your fellow man' in numerous cultures. What I would like to see is for people to be able to admit that it does not make them lesser (or weaker) to care about Joe Random. Once it's not seen as a weak trait, take it a step higher. Encourage it to be seen as a strong trait. This, I think, would be the first key to a true Utopia. Without everyone playing the game by the same rules, you can't win. If everyone does play by the same rules, then everyone wins. Of course, you have the added problem that for a Utopia to work you would need to have a bunch of people with the same ideals of Utopia, as well. I must consider more on this.

Current Location: Home
Current Mood: quixotic
Current Music: The Reeds Of Runnymede - Leslie Fish - Serious Steel

Bridge replacement takes 17 hours instead of 2 years

That's just a "wow" thing, to me.

Dinner, tonight, was Breakfast.
A serving of Buttermilk Cinnamon/Vanilla Blueberry pancakes, fried up with real butter in the pan, and topped with real maple syrup.
Two slices Hormel Maple Bacon, very good flavoring.
A large egg, over medium.

Current Location: Hpme
Current Mood: hungry
Current Music: None

I decided to act on what I had heard from a number of friends, and got an IJ account to replace my LJ. I'll be looking at migrating my entries, so as to clear out my journal on LJ, when I have the time. I'm still keeping the GJ account, as well, and will probably look at Crossposting to it.