tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31953922012-02-16T05:49:59.619-06:00Turning All Our Children Into Hooligans and WhoresIsaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.comBlogger10341100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-28196423052343096042009-12-29T22:28:00.000-06:002009-12-29T22:28:08.466-06:00

One interesting thing about getting older is that you occasionally discover that you have gotten used to things that at one point you would have never believed you would encounter at all. I find myself very glad that I'm in my 30's for a variety of reasons, but it's always nice to find even more reasons to enjoy it.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-10023316637063588942009-11-28T18:45:00.000-06:002009-11-28T18:45:28.809-06:00

Also, I may have finally figured out what to do with that old-ish computer that's been sitting in the garage. It would make a great receptacle for hard drives, since it's just fast enough to be good for something but just slow enough that it isn't going to cut it as a machine that interacts with easily frustrated human.

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Don't buy more particle board - a good point. I think Thom is the only person I can think of that's my age that has furniture. I mean, people have particle board & ikea stuff, and some of that stuff is even pretty decent, but particle board is just glorified cardboard. Why is it that even though I accept that exercising always makes me feel about three times better than I did *before* I

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-30033629532954707502009-11-03T15:45:00.000-06:002009-11-03T15:45:57.502-06:00

Cat Ladies, anyone?Long time, no write. Yeah yeah, I know.Anyway, I'm thinking of reviving this space a little, but it's going to require me really rethinking what it is all about. The space, not "what's it all about, man?" kind of stuff.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-17638881514304046062009-08-11T17:55:00.001-05:002009-08-11T17:55:28.739-05:00

Here we go! A playlist of stuff I've been listening to lately:

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Let's see if this works:

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From The Austinist - "My good friend Molly Ivins once told me that if you are very poor, save your pennies and use them to buy cat food because you can always trick your stomach into feeling full with a glass of water before bed but you cannot shut up a screaming cat without food."

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A quick survey of crushes I had as a young man: Ally Sheedy's character from The Breakfast Cub; the neurotic girl from Real Genius; Winona Ryder's character from Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael; cartoon character Daria; Winona Ryder in most of the rest of her roles; Janeane Garofalo; Maureen Flannigan; Janine Turner in Northern Exposure; Sarah Jessica Parker; Jodie Foster; Tori Amos; Leah Andreone;

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Woke up at midnight after going to bed at 8:30 because the exercise program I'm on is exhausting. Listened to the new Dar Williams album, which came out last summer but I missed somehow. I just spent the last 45 minutes crying like I haven't in years. The thing is, there are so many things and people to cry about I don't know what or why I was crying. Or why I still am. I just know it needs

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11) Although I write songs, I am as yet not that satisfied with my songwriting. Unfortunately, I don't seem to have a lot of motivation to continue. I'm afraid I'm getting kind of a "yeah, I did that," attitude about it, but I suspect it is more pedestrian writer's block. I did complete 15 songs though. 12) I don't shave my beard, ever, because I have scars on my chin from a bicycle

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9) I'm sick as a dog right now. Cold, allergies, whatever it is - I hate it. I should be asleep or something. Ugh.10) I struggled with depression for almost 20 years. That was fun. In the end, I am not sure my methods of conquering it were completely effective. The fallout from them did a substantial amount of damage that I am still repairing. Ugh.Still sick, working on it....more later.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-23994860324768584572009-02-03T14:46:00.077-06:002009-02-03T15:37:21.284-06:00

Dan Solomon tagged me with this thing. I'm not a huge fan of these because it is expected that you forward them, and I dislike encouraging memetic organisms to culture in my petri dish, but I have tons of respect for Dan and Kat, and it sounds interesting. I'm not tagging anyone, tag your own damned self. :) "Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random

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SANCHO I'm Sancho! Yes, I'm Sancho! I'll follow my master till the end. I'll tell all the world proudly I'm his squire! I'm his friend! -Man of La Mancha It's not right, and it's not fair, damnit. Something should be done about it, Surely, there must be something. But what? Who? Goddamnit, this will not, cannot stand.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-51343829791418329192008-12-09T12:31:00.000-06:002008-12-09T12:32:33.567-06:00

It's not that often that there is this quick of a turnaround, but have you ever just wished you could turn around, slap yourself, and say, "What the HELL is wrong with you, man?"

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Buyer's Remorse

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-37187586387062607562008-11-30T05:27:00.001-06:002008-11-30T05:27:34.931-06:00

Still here

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-34630016388810408482008-09-01T11:33:00.002-05:002008-09-01T11:37:24.023-05:00

Slow today.....slow, slow, slow.It's funny how your entire world can radically alter, its very foundation change in an instant, and have it only cursorily acknowledged by most of the rest of the world. This had been frustrating me for a while, but frustration is not productive.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-63584418365796123702008-08-17T14:58:00.002-05:002008-08-17T17:52:35.424-05:00

Seems like a lot of people I know have a pet social issue lately that they spend thought on. Getting back in touch with an old friend has reminded me of one that has been on my mind more often of late. Put simply, feminism, but I've found that a lot of people tend to have...interesting...definitions for that.More to the point, I'm aware of the sociological, anthropological, and a small portion

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-60423270210440421882008-08-17T04:55:00.001-05:002008-08-17T04:56:58.045-05:00

It would seem an old friend has gotten in touch. While I may be easy to find online, neither you nor your sister are. Maiden names always get ya. How are you? Drop me a line at the link to the right, though you'll have to correct the email address manually - spam.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-90582549609203482512008-08-12T00:01:00.001-05:002008-08-12T00:01:13.244-05:00

I feel better now.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-12547838456032330952008-08-11T14:34:00.002-05:002008-08-11T16:26:36.368-05:00

I can't even begin to list all the things that have happened. I missed my mom this weekend a lot. This morning, too. I know she loved me and was proud of me, but the last few years of communication were strained. I don't entirely know why, although I know it doesn't invalidate the earlier statements. Life doesn't slow down, though, nor would it be right for it to do so. Started crying at

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Man, some weeks you feel like a total screwup. So far, knock on wood, it's only been a couple of areas of my life, but major ones. Still, not good. Need to go see family, and I'm considering planning a trip up to Mount Pleasant, to see some old friends that I haven't seen in almost a decade, recently returned.Got an offer to go see a friend's band play tomorrow night, seriously considering it

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-76732521056964605662008-06-11T11:36:00.003-05:002008-06-11T11:37:53.752-05:00

Things have calmed down for the time being on the home front, which is always good. Overtime this week has me essentially living at work, which is exhausting but interesting. Nothing to report right now, may try to write again shortly.People are really strange, you know?

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-80821907061599727742008-05-16T16:42:00.001-05:002008-05-16T16:42:43.736-05:00

lost my phone - nobody panic!

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Pancakes!!!! I'm just posting some links from some random stuff I found on the net...like Bacon Salt, which actually sounds pretty good. Maple Syrup Crystals, I must have been hungry for breakfast that day, and Tomato Powder. Neat. Add one Mad Science Bartending Set, drop in some Skull and Crossbones ice cube trays, and you're good to go.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-39094275557498575162008-04-10T08:50:00.002-05:002008-04-10T08:52:15.801-05:00

Hey, do something for me real quick: relax all the muscles in your head and neck. Don't forget those little ones around your eyes, and the jaw muscles you've been clenching from time to time. Take your time, make sure you get all of them. There, now doesn't that make a difference? Remember to do that more often. Have a good day.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-38072409009111665302008-03-27T13:51:00.000-05:002008-03-27T13:52:08.654-05:00

Ugh...what a week

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-86857789580433449032008-03-14T08:54:00.000-05:002008-03-14T08:55:17.340-05:00

As of 8:05am this morning, I am 30 years old.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-55502792162422259682008-03-07T11:04:00.003-06:002008-03-07T11:06:18.568-06:00

Solved some problems, don't want to talk about how. Found my phone, sorry to everyone who tried to call since Tuesday - I will check my messages at lunch and return calls. I am feeling particularly awful today, between being depressed and having an apparently imaginary cold for the last week, so don't expect happy fun time.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-56963970272552556582008-02-13T07:04:00.001-06:002008-02-13T07:04:37.423-06:00

Couple of things...the writing is coming along, not well, I've abandoned my original approach and decided to actually sit down and write an outline. Many authors say that real writers don't write from outlines, and I believed that for a long time, until someone pointed out to me that those authors simply don't write their outlines down - they still have them. The outline is coming well, and I

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-52656615077869001932008-01-29T13:47:00.000-06:002008-01-29T14:44:35.152-06:00

What a weekend. Ugh. No power was fun - we got to be gypsies, but without the backstory or the oral history and cultural identity. And with public schools. Anyway, glad that's over. I have learned I function very poorly with actual cash. Not because I spend it, but because I have to go to inconvenient places during nearly impossible hours to accomplish anything. I think I have figured out

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I remember a time, when I was younger, where I had a lot of determination and focus on developing personal discipline. This seemed, from every way I could look at it, to be a good approach, but I noticed over time that it seemed to have difficulty achieving lasting effects, and peculiar new quirks would quickly spring up in unexpected places. Rather like trying to plug a leak in the old Pink

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-51061820266862586192008-01-27T14:37:00.001-06:002008-01-27T14:38:32.804-06:00

Ugh. January sucks the past few years. February used to be the bad one, but lately it's been January.

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Ugh....just a few more days until the beginning of February. Here's hoping the power stays on, among other financial crises. Payday today, so that's cool. Not enough to buy one of those bluetooth bracelets that tells you when you've gotten more than 6 feet away from your phone, but still cool. Think I've managed to blow it with everyone I was interested in, again. Neat trick, that. Then

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-29476406439266161892008-01-20T01:24:00.000-06:002008-01-20T01:51:51.688-06:00

Wow. Hi, Meghan! Of course I remember you. Drop me a line sometime, acau REMOVE sal @ gmail - just take out the spaces and the capital letters and add a dot com at the end. Sorry for making it complicated, I am trying to cut down on spam emails.It has been a week for names and faces from the past. Finally got that writing project started, and I have to say I'm really glad I don't intend it

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-1815943701375548862008-01-17T09:12:00.000-06:002008-01-17T09:14:29.131-06:00

Hmph....don't tempt me. :)Meanwhile, hopefully I will hear something soon regarding job.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-83639917836384956272008-01-13T11:45:00.001-06:002008-01-13T11:52:05.366-06:00

To the one person who posted anonymously - I don't know who you are. This does not inspire me to do your bidding. :P Although I suspect you are Brandy, in which case we spoke last year, but yeah you're right.Wow, the financial situation around here really exploded. Trying to get everything worked out, but man....if we aren't completely screwed, we're danged close. Still trying to figure it

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-45197935963315652662008-01-06T16:51:00.000-06:002008-01-06T17:02:43.434-06:00

Sorry for the radio silence, empty internet. I know I have a few occasional readers out there but Myspace pretty much cleared out the looky-loo's and my few regulars drifted off. I think pretty much my parents, Amber, and Brandy are the only ones that ever read this thing anymore.This does not explain the radio silence, but I've been busy busy busy - stresses abound but that's January for ya.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-80183174024689489522007-12-24T10:44:00.000-06:002007-12-24T10:45:25.522-06:00

From Slashdot: "Before the semaphore telegraph a man could travel faster than information. Am I the only one who thinks that's just really cool? The whole concept of being able to race across the globe faster than events is completely alien to our current existence.Hmmm... Let me put it this way; Before the semaphore telegraph, the world was split into a very large number of simultaneous but

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-18184474812084660342007-12-08T23:59:00.001-06:002007-12-08T23:59:50.495-06:00

Hmmmm....coherence therapy seems to be a powerful tool. I should look into it.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-27344521771166600822007-11-24T17:11:00.000-06:002007-11-24T17:21:51.736-06:00

So apparently, there may be a certain subset of the non-neurotypical population (if you know who I mean) that have a delayed switching mechanism between hemispheres of the brain. One theory. Certainly interesting in that it shows up consistently during episodes or not. Another interesting theory is a genetic abnormality that may cause abnormalities in the proper transfer of acetylcholine to

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From a review of the latest Hofstadter book:And that is what leads to the grand illusion. "In the soft, ethereal, neurology-free world of these players," the author writes, "the typical human brain perceives its very own 'I' as a pusher and a mover, never entertaining for a moment the idea that its star player might merely be a useful shorthand standing for a myriad infinitesimal entities and the

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-16844154957675522752007-11-01T21:15:00.000-05:002007-11-01T21:16:00.975-05:00

I am so tired.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-13428362729185911502007-10-30T01:27:00.000-05:002007-10-30T01:29:31.004-05:00

It's going to be a fun couple of days until payday - money ran out, food is about to, and sanity is never far behind. :) Thankfully, this month will net me more than any previous two months in the last two years, so...y'know, I got that going for me, which is nice.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-80758579887237519672007-10-30T01:18:00.000-05:002007-10-30T01:27:02.332-05:00

So there are these guys in my training class that are not going to make it. It's like I'm in a skit for a comedy show about what not to do your first week of the job. Here's a short list:-Bring the want ads to class and circle jobs-yell at your friend about a job you found that pays more on the internet during a slideshow about how to do your new job-rant for 15 minutes because someone passed

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Wow, pretty great weekend. Went to two parties, talked to my ex-fiance/girlfriend/whatever's new boyfriend for an hour and a half about comic books (he's a really awesome guy, seems like...I'm glad, she deserves someone good), met a cute girl who helped Thom and I try to build a fort in the living room out of sheets and couch cushions, and ate like a wealthy polynesian islander. Well, except

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ugh

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Neat. New program, new job, new doctor, emergency supply of medication, same old guitar strings. I should really fix that last part.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-86717087219552478712007-10-19T15:49:00.001-05:002007-10-19T15:50:24.491-05:00

Ugh, too much stress and now I'm bummed out. Good stress, bad stress, apparently I don't differentiate. Not to mention all the things I haven't mentioned, of course. Who the hell is reading my blog from Sweden?

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-56278146315106112052007-10-18T10:34:00.001-05:002007-10-18T10:34:41.513-05:00

Ha ha, from a Slashdot post:"Indeed. In fact there is no light either. The Sun sucks dark. In fact itsucks dark so hard that the friction of the dark moving to the Suncauses the Sun to be very hot. The flow of dark towards the Suninterrupted by the Earth causes the side of the Earth away from the Sunto accumulate dark, thus causing Night. As the Earth rotates the darkcaught on the night side can

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One of the things I've been thinking a lot about lately is unhealthy mental states and their link to productivity. On a personal level, mind you. See, sometimes I think that patience is kind of counterproductive, in a way, because I can just sit and wait for a long time, when the right sort of directed impatience would do me a lot better service by making me busy my hands with something useful,

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-68978280410110370372007-10-11T19:59:00.000-05:002007-10-11T20:00:16.562-05:00

heh. "women go to therapy, men go to jail".

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-20331835797688600562007-10-08T10:08:00.000-05:002007-10-08T10:18:55.450-05:00

Wow. Dog's Eye View, now there's a band I had forgotten about. So had you. So I got a new job, woohoo! I will be working temp work at Apple, so no more cleaning up feces for me! Not that I don't somewhat enjoy working with the adult mentally handicapped, but it wears on you after a while, and the night shift kills a person after a fairly short time. I went for an entire week without seeing

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-27239491294461519382007-10-01T09:59:00.001-05:002007-10-01T09:59:52.710-05:00

Ah, yes...there it is.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-63037027251289904512007-10-01T09:07:00.001-05:002007-10-01T09:07:35.079-05:00

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." -- James Nicoll

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-30201805696398972362007-09-30T17:32:00.000-05:002007-09-30T17:43:59.040-05:00

Hmmm...was that emotional core dump a *good* idea, or merely an idea? The two are so hard to distinguish. Oh well, there are a lot of emotions there, some new, mostly old, but there they are. Me being in a peculiar emotional state or not, there is something to be said for a well-intentioned truth, however hamfisted it is applied. The people we care about should know it. I have a Dar lyric

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-38673353427244576582007-09-28T18:01:00.000-05:002007-09-28T18:07:06.842-05:00

Nothing much to say that I didn't cover in the last one, but I am again amazed by the relief and happiness I feel at being back in touch with my old friend Amber. I had been worried, and a bit sad, that we had lost touch forever. Life is crazy sometimes, though. It really puts a lot of things into perspective. I have a lot of friendships that I don't really approve of in my life right now,

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-16714595694301119632007-09-26T23:06:00.000-05:002007-09-26T23:12:10.055-05:00

Wow. Full circle, in some ways. Looks like I have a new (old) reader out there. Hi, I had been missing an old friend. Glad you're doing well.Wow, changes your whole perspective in an instant, things like that. Suddenly a familiar face can send you shooting down through the memories, leave you standing where you once were, changed now. I am a different man, and I would do well to remember it

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-91721113439667027362007-09-20T07:26:00.001-05:002007-09-20T07:26:19.773-05:00

Double standards.

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You know, it's not something that comes up in conversation that often, but it should, especially since she's leaving. I owe a substantial debt of gratitude to my good friend Katherine. She is a remarkable woman in many ways, and knowing her frequently reminds me that human potential is greater than I usually think. It's something I would do well to remember, both in myself and the people I

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-25710219384139712642007-08-23T14:12:00.001-05:002007-08-23T14:12:46.206-05:00

It's really all about asking yourself the right questions, isn't it? Well, that and answering honestly.

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Wow. So many breakthroughs, so little ability to write them all down. Hmph. White Knight Syndrome. Lifestyle incompatibilities and how they raise their ugly heads (see: pop culture). There is no "chase". Really, my standards have to raise to absurd heights - I was afraid of this. The seeker hoards all he can gather to him like a miser. Why not a gambler? Didn't really cover that one, but

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-19482093990807783252007-08-10T16:29:00.000-05:002007-08-10T16:42:29.958-05:00

Wow. I'm..at a loss. What do normal people without obsessions do? I mean, now that I've finally gotten this love life neurosis battled down to the point where I'm ready to do something different and productive with my life instead (at least temporarily), I'm kind of drawing a blank. I mean, I worried for so long and put so much effort and energy into it, that now I just don't know what to do

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-41942959987880843592007-08-07T06:40:00.001-05:002007-08-07T06:41:04.583-05:00

Ugh...so many things wrong or potentially wrong this morning, I don't know where to begin. Had a good weekend, though, and got to see people I don't hang out with nearly often enough.Bedtime now.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-33782689122086736652007-08-02T09:22:00.000-05:002007-08-02T09:23:17.689-05:00

File that under, "things that would have irritated me not too long ago".

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-32705101647358103542007-08-01T09:43:00.000-05:002007-08-01T09:51:23.947-05:00

"And I'm an automatic steeple for depressed and lonely people"that line is from a band that I don't really like anymore, but the album holds a special place in my heart becuase one of the most amazing people I know introduced me to it. And wrecked me. It was necessary, I had a lot of growing up to do and so did she, and I'm very grateful for the way it went down, and the friendship I now

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-90826902278802385882007-08-01T07:06:00.000-05:002007-08-01T07:20:27.338-05:00

Why do I? - But I don't. Yes, you do. Nobody asked you. You didn't have to. You be quiet, you don't live here anyway. You're the one who began this dialogue. That was supposed to be a conversation about philosophy and neuropsychology. You changed the subject, it's only fair. Fine, why then? Well, don't feel too bad, I think it stems from your good qualities, but also your gullible ones.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-23789920152161686822007-08-01T06:48:00.001-05:002007-08-01T06:52:48.616-05:00

First off, thanks to the wonderful people at google for making my other blog disappear. You people are awesome. Now, to work...(rolls up sleeves and cracks knuckles)First off, I'm an idiot. Yes, yes, I know. But yeah, and I know better. I knew better. I finally chewed my leg off and even wrote a song about it. Expect big things on the music front, by the way. Or little things, but expect

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-59321174103429331092007-07-22T12:30:00.000-05:002007-07-22T12:37:39.691-05:00

Diet is going well. I have no idea how much weight I've lost, actually, but I know I'm close to what I weighed in high school. That's an accomplishment, my friends. It's funny, though. Looking at it, I'm beginning to realize that between diet and exercise, I could actually stand to revise my goals again. I mean, I'm very happy with where I'm at right now, seriously no complaints, but I

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-50949456233466640402007-07-13T07:07:00.000-05:002007-07-13T07:08:34.948-05:00

Sigh...

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-23370181188998940082007-07-12T07:44:00.000-05:002007-07-12T07:49:17.343-05:00

Personal journal is gone, folks. Once I realized it was somehow made public in the transfer from old blogger to new blogger. Apparently, it had someone's address in there that I sent a gift to life seven years ago. That and a lot of other rather embarrassing things, bitching about girls that spurned me, nasty letter to my roommate from years ago, things like that. To anyone who actually

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-66204284457586184062007-07-11T07:58:00.000-05:002007-07-11T08:10:22.175-05:00

Well, that was a depressing read. Unsurprising, really. Oh, well. Got the new Ditty Bops album, listening to it before bed, thinking about whether (or not) I am forgettable to some of the people that have passed through my life. Eh, I leave my mark on enough people, I guess. Oh yeah, and I got myself a new watch. I was surprised, it actually looks pretty schmancy. That and getting the car

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-36419872251774711002007-07-06T07:34:00.000-05:002007-07-06T07:38:37.293-05:00

Sigh....I think I'm going to cut my hair sometime this summer. Breakthrough depression is particularly frightening, incidentally, because of what it could spell for a successful treatment regime.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-52482114369219155272007-06-27T08:20:00.000-05:002007-06-27T08:21:42.947-05:00

...And it all falls apart. Lovely. Well, I knew this day would come. Ah, well. Incidentally, check out Dreamfall. It may be the coolest thing ever done ever.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-69696690553990076592007-06-08T04:32:00.000-05:002007-06-08T04:48:34.022-05:00

Last thursday, if you had told me how the next week would go, I would have been shocked, and possibly upset. That would have been a mistake. I had three events happen that were, on the surface, disappointments. I got my bonus, and spent five hundred dollars on computer parts, only to find out that I had hooked up everything improperly and destroyed everything, spending another seventy five

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-6858973337735402572007-06-01T07:32:00.000-05:002007-06-01T07:48:41.337-05:00

The sky is grey this morning, and I slipped through that dim territory between dark and dawn with nothing out of the ordinary interrupting my trip home. I stayed late, reading a book about a man whose half-formed dreams turned to ashes in his hands with no fire to light their passage. It was a wonderful book, and it made me feel wretched, all the same. Thom will likely never read this book

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-9072949863157152942007-05-30T09:17:00.000-05:002007-05-30T09:19:48.155-05:00

Okay, fine. I admit it. Boys are dumb. I include myself in this.I was right, I need to retake high school english.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-81819980319700133542007-05-23T16:33:00.000-05:002007-05-23T16:34:06.930-05:00

Not long now...I'm rather nervous about the next few weeks, despite reassurances to the contrary.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-16608704064019554942007-05-21T07:42:00.000-05:002007-05-21T07:49:16.721-05:00

"So that's how I'm coming across? Damn."Well, seek and ye shall find, especially where information is concerned. I know how some people I know would respond to this, but I don't think cynicism is the answer. Buckminster Fuller had the right of things, I think.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-39086745994199386582007-05-21T07:24:00.000-05:002007-05-21T07:37:17.044-05:00

Fundamentally, the question we should be asking ourselves is not, "can I find someone who makes me happy?". The question we should be asking ourselves is, "can I find someone that I can make happy?"Rather puts a different spin on things, don't you think? Yes, a fundamentally different question.That's the problem I keep running into, really. I have met a number of interesting people over the

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-20603819926539775962007-05-20T12:47:00.000-05:002007-05-20T12:50:08.931-05:00

I project well, and that gets me through a lot, but I am forced to admit: sometimes, I operate on guesswork far more than I let myself realize. When it breaks down, I am forced to admit - I don't really know either, not completely.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-89539392371427976772007-05-18T20:56:00.000-05:002007-05-18T20:59:22.334-05:00

To Ackbar, or not to Ackbar, that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of humiliation and bad internet jokes, or take arms against a sea of memes, and by opposing end them? To fall: to sleep;No more; and by a sleep to say we end...or begin.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-58282455232681267822007-05-18T20:52:00.000-05:002007-05-18T20:54:55.136-05:00

I AM THE CLEANBRINGER!!!!!! ALL SHALL BOW BEFORE ME!!!!!!!! I should be expecting houseguests in just over two weeks. Cody, you are not allowed to eat my pets, or other houseguests. And you may have to sleep on the floor while Noreen is here - I will be sleeping on the couch.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-73668256154652670652007-05-17T09:52:00.000-05:002007-05-17T09:55:26.023-05:00

When I was in elementary school, and later in journalism class in high school, we learned about something known as an "Attention Getting Device". This was an important thing, important enough to get an acronym, if not a good one. "Don't forget to lead with your AGD!" I would hear. In literary analysis, if it can even be called that at the level they were teaching it to us, we learned to

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-48145470178624909472007-05-14T16:18:00.000-05:002007-05-14T16:19:03.359-05:00

Or to put it another way: Goddamnit,goddamnit, goddamnit, goddamnit. Goddamnit? Possibly.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-35782827449397637572007-05-14T15:56:00.000-05:002007-05-14T15:58:39.011-05:00

Oh...my...god....I swear, the best way to deal with unpredictable behavior in people is to simply accept that people's behavior is often impossible to completely understand, at least until after it happens. God, I need coffee. I think that's my next mission, right after I work on cleaning the kitchen some more.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-49438712188179106422007-05-03T08:27:00.001-05:002007-05-03T08:27:57.399-05:00

Old guilts...they all need to get lost.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-1176843115000374442007-04-17T15:24:00.000-05:002007-04-17T15:51:55.030-05:00

Thom has been kind enough to put up with me through one of my self-analysis days, which I am always grateful for because I know I can get tiresome when I self-analyze out loud, and I've been coming up with some interesting things. I think that I never learned to cope with failure. Sounds simple enough, I know, but it's a bit of a breakthrough for me. Some early things make so much more sense

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-1176726976189685932007-04-16T07:18:00.000-05:002007-04-16T07:36:16.256-05:00

I am vaguely irritated.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-1176418060551170712007-04-12T17:47:00.000-05:002007-04-12T17:47:40.573-05:00

From Slashdot: "History has yielded nothing more potentially lethal to humanity than the plausible-sounding idea."In other news, all you kids get off my damn lawn.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-1176037408100325782007-04-08T08:02:00.000-05:002007-04-08T08:03:28.103-05:00

Go check out Jesse Y Joy, pretty good band. Also in the news, new risperdal from a legitimate pharmacy. Much stronger. I knew splitting those pills may not have been a good idea.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-1176036942819111262007-04-08T07:55:00.000-05:002007-04-08T07:55:42.843-05:00

In a way, damn. In a way, whew.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-1175713548623701982007-04-04T14:05:00.000-05:002007-04-04T14:05:48.646-05:00

Counselor is one of the 16 role variants the Keirsey Temperament Sorter is based on. David Keirsey originally described the Counselor role variant; however, the personality description of Isabel Myers greatly contributed to its development. Counselors correlate with the INFJ Myers-Briggs type.Counselors are introspective, cooperative, directive, and reserved. Counselors find helping others to

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-1175651183676254882007-04-03T20:45:00.000-05:002007-04-03T20:46:23.676-05:00

Thom has mentioned this in the past, but it's something that comes up from time to time and I thought I would mention this, to people who don't know the difference: advice is not judgement, people. Calm the fuck down.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-1175650700871348602007-04-03T20:37:00.000-05:002007-04-03T20:38:20.893-05:00

Well, yeah, but...

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-1175610121258816472007-04-03T09:18:00.000-05:002007-04-03T09:22:46.316-05:00

"I can hear your thoughts. Xiang-kai-shek, famous chinese dead guy, begins with an X" "No, that's Chiang-kai-shek, begins with a 'C'" "You are going to die"

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-1175561701699221642007-04-02T19:53:00.000-05:002007-04-02T19:55:01.720-05:00

This just in: I am a sexy bitch. Especially since I've lost 15 pounds. Sexy bitch, oh yeah.

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-1175094552930772412007-03-28T11:07:00.000-05:002007-03-28T11:09:12.953-05:00

OH...MY...GOD....FUCKING.....DOCTORS!!!!!!!!!"Oh, we're not going to be at that adress for another two months, sorry. Would you like directions to our current address in ANOTHER FUCKING CITY?!?!?!?!"I think their motto, like Delta's, is "go fuck yourself"

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-1175006134579489712007-03-27T10:33:00.000-05:002007-03-27T10:35:34.603-05:00

Okay, so tomorrow at 10 am I have my first appointment with a doctor in almost five years. I have to prepare a list of things to talk about when I get there. It always makes me nervous when I go in to talk to a doctor and I bring a list, but there it is: I don't have insurance very often, so I have little choice but to bring them a laundry list of complaints and hope it can be settled out. I

Isaachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16005114622250157398noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3195392.post-1174920424417216772007-03-26T10:45:00.000-05:002007-03-26T10:47:04.416-05:00

And as for you, sometimes I miss you. That wasn't fair, though. (and no, I'm not talking to you, but I miss you too.)

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