December 2011
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it wasn't my intention to be a loner
but that’s just how it’s ended up and i have no idea what to do about it. and with the age i am, i think it’s pretty much a done deal, until i’m old and everyone’s divorced or widowed.
i had friends in the past, but everyone just made their boyfriends and husbands their whole life, and i didn’t. my husband and i are more like roommates, in his words, and...
can we stop talking about xmas now?
i still have people asking me if santa was good to me and how my xmas was, and so i have to keep explaining that santa doesn’t come to my house because i’m a jew, and i don’t celebrate xmas because i’m not a pagan or a catholic or a christian, and no that doesn’t mean i should still celebrate xmas.
a friend of mine who likes to go on and on about how religious people...
The Origin of Boredom →
calthai:
In ancient civilizations and in modern village society, boredom is unheard of, except among the younger generation; those who were born after the appearance of commodity fetishism (Guy Debord’s term).
The primary reason for the advent and evolution of boredom has been commodities, things, material possessions and, to use a popular term, toys. The most sought after toys today are...
Stank Face Appreciation
hopeinwhateyesdontsee:
(dang it i forgot the apostrophe on we’re)
i sent him a photo of what i looked like back then and he says now he remembers. he could just be humoring me, i don’t know. but we are having a nice little conversation back and forth in messages on facebook. some of it is unfortunately digging up troublesome things for me. sometimes i think i’ve come so far, only to find myself dealing with the same issues again and again at...
Music Video: My Favorite Christmas Sweater Hanson →
Back in 8th grade I sat next to this boy in homeroom, and we got along pretty well, until one day a friend of his announced to the whole class that this boy had a crush on me. Well, I freaked out for various reasons, and started being really cold and mean to this boy who had only ever been nice to me.
That was nearly 30 years ago, and I have always felt ashamed of the way I acted. He...
