Social networking. A new way to define yourself, right? What if you don’t know who you are?
On social networking sites like MySpace I’ve started to notice that there’re two main ways people present themselves on their profiles: In-depth, with large lists of interests, favorite shows, books, bands — complete with titles and band names — [...]
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Generalized vs. specific personalities (or: MySpace and social phobics)
Posted in Life on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Summer goal recap
Posted in Life on August 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ever since I wrote out that list back in June, I told myself I’d come back and do a recap of what I did and didn’t accomplish over the last two or three months. Here it is, copied directly from the list, with snazzy tick and cross icons. Comments are in italics.
I will drive [...]
What else is an agoraphobic to do?
Posted in Life on July 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I made it last time, and I just made it again yesterday. But, that’s not enough is it? We have to turn up the heat if we’re gonna get over this fear don’t we?
Yes we do.
I went in a store. Me, the agoraphobic, afraid of people, afraid of heights, messed-up-in-the-head person, went inside a store. [...]
Wanted: Self-Discipline
Posted in Life on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On second thought, that’s probably not the best title for this post.
Something was brought to my attention yesterday, and it’s something I already knew, but it’s something I really need to fix.
I am atheist. Mostly. But, see, I’ve never even read the Bible . Nor have I ever been to a church service. Right [...]
What’s an agoraphobic to do?
Posted in Life on July 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
How about…something like this:
It may not look like much, but this is the farthest me and my thumb have been in 6 years. It’s probably…a bit over half an hour from my house.
The reason I didn’t get a full-body shot? I was too scared to get out of the car and look like an idiot [...]
Excuse me, but I ain’t feelin’ no love here!
Posted in Life on July 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I feel *loved* I suppose, family love and all that, but the kind of love I’m referring to here is that warm fuzzy feeling of casual conversation. More specifically, the reciprocation of that conversation.
See, there are people I would do almost anything to be friends with. I feel like on more than one occasion I’ve [...]
I’m a PC
Posted in Life on July 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I just had one of my very common oh-so-clever epiphanies a while ago:
I’m a PC.
What I mean is, my personality resembles Windows. It’s clunky and not very modularized. And due to social phobia, I also resemble Windows in that every time something changes, I need to be validated.
Every time something in my life happens that [...]
Summer is upon us, yet again
Posted in Life on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been, oh, about a little over a week now (almost 2!) since my school’s summer vacation started. Which, normally I would be OK with, but considering it’s going to be one of the shorter breaks, I’m kind of depressed.
It’s also my last vacation as a compulsory student of the state. It’s exciting, but scary. [...]
Being a pacifist has its good points
Posted in Life on June 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One concept I’ve struggled with for a long time is getting overly riled up over something and managing my emotions without getting out of control and giving the other person undue hell. People say they can’t see me mad, but that’s because I tend to drift away from conflict. In truth, I’m decidedly short-tempered.
Because of [...]
