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Alphonsus Log: Stardate 1290.0
There was a period in my life when I was forced to choose between the completely unacceptable and the completely intollerable. Needless to say, I had trouble living with the decision that I ended up making. What does one do when one can't, quite litterally can't, live with the decisions one has made? When every moment of life tries to vapori...
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OK, the time has come for me to get my proverbial shit together.
Too much spending time at work doing not enough work...
Too much eating and not enough dieting...
Too much sitting and not enough doing...
Too much wanting and not enough acting...
Too much feeling helpless and not enough feeling strong.
I'm gonna kick some ass today! I'm flying forward over that gawdammmd rainbow if it frea...1 Recommendation5 Comments
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I remember growing older I remember ages...
Alphonsus Sep 16, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 |
I remember growing older
I remember ages five to ten
I remember being slapped on playgrounds
Walking and never knowing when
they would come
Never a place to run
It's what all the teachers call
an awkward age
Well I wish that I
Could find out why
I was
so uncool
And I didn't know
why I was hated so
I never even met them
“It's just the way kids are,” they say
"Grow a spine, wish i...1 Recommendation7 Comments -
A beautiful blue skyA bit chilly...I can live with...
Alphonsus Apr 30, 2008
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
A beautiful blue sky
A bit chilly...I can live with that.
It's warm here, the silly pink walls of my office
making the room seem brighter.
There is a part of my soul
that is still numb, still hiding from me
so well that I can barely be sure that it's there.
But I deduce it
This broken little spot in my head that
prevents me from living my life.
Why does it hide?
Obviously I don't want to know th...1 Recommendation4 Comments -
I remember being young and full of youth and sprit...
Alphonsus Jul 25, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009 |
I remember being young and full of youth and sprite
And every day I woke up and burst out to the light
And all my dreams and complex schemes to stand on top the world
And every thought a new soul bought to brace a life unfurled
Yet even then the fear of when we show ourselves to be
a non-superstar-istic oh so humanistic vulnerable imperfect being
To be average means so little yet to be normal means so ...1 Recommendation3 Comments -
Okay, so this is a JOURNAL, which means I get to t...
Alphonsus Jan 05, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009 |
Okay, so this is a JOURNAL, which means I get to talk about my life and WHATEVER happens to be happening in it. What's happening is that I'm trying to take up writing again. A while ago I asked some friends to come up with a bunch of random topics and I would try to write a story about them. I've finished three so far. The one I just finished, "SINGULARITY...1 Recommendation3 Comments -
If only we could do it all again, knowing then wha...
Alphonsus Jan 20, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009 |
If only we could do it all again, knowing then what we know now.
I'd start in the summer break between sixth and seventh grade. A simple trip to the doctor could have changed my life then and ever after.
Ah well. It is so very true that it does no good to dwell in the past. What's that quote? Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.&nbs...1 Recommendation2 Comments -
Just thinking of the way I felt between, say, seve...
Alphonsus Jul 31, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009 |
Just thinking of the way I felt between, say, seventh grade and the completion of my undergraduate years of college. It says something that this song still resonates so deeply with me. There's some part deep within me that still feels this way.
It's an unhealthy song. Other than making one feel bad about oneself, I'm not sure what else it does for people.
Still, I'...1 Recommendation
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 |
I remember growing older
I remember ages five to ten
I remember being slapped on playgrounds
Walking and never knowing when
they would come
Never a place to run
It's what all the teachers call
an awkward age
Well I wish that I
Could find out why
I was
so uncool
And I didn't know
why I was hated so
I never even met them
“It's just the way kids are,” they say
"Grow a spine, wish i...1 Recommendation7 Comments -
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