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15Mar07

There are many things I’ve made a note to discuss with you, sweet, faceless readers, and I can imagine writing an engaging, colorful post about them. Alas, imagining it is all you will be able to do, because I cannot summon the mental or physical energy today to write fully or well. Part [...]

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Penpal visit, Pacing

07Mar07

So, I’ve met my penpal Sam since I last posted! More on the actual meeting in a bit, but first let me backtrack.
I spent a few days occilating between anxiety and excitement before he arrived, and while I thought I was pacing myself with my pre-guest preparations, apparently I was not being [...]

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reaching out, a pen-pal, and cleaning

01Mar07

I don’t have many friends, partly because I am a tad shy, but mostly because I don’t have a job, I’m not currently in school, and I don’t always have the ability to leave my house. It’s slightly embarrassing to admit that, but it’s my reality. It can be surprising how much of [...]

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Rozerem, back pain

23Feb07

I’m not having a great day, so this will be short-ish, but I thought it was important to write a post anyway. Lately I’ve been making an effort to do things even though I can’t do them as well as I’d like to. Will/desire is attempting to win out over perfectionism/paralysis.

a perfectionist:

I’ve been [...]

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blech.

24Jan07

I wanted to write a post a week or so ago about some dream I had, but in the meantime I had 12 million other noteworthy dreams, combined with an unparalleled drop in general energy and motivation (hence the terribly long period of time I have gone without speaking to you, my apologies). I’ve [...]

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