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[garote]

When I've been spending time with someone new, and I wonder how things are shaping up, I have a tendency to take the nuances of people I used to know, and use that old information to fill in the gaps. It would be better to wait patiently for more information than to assume I can guess what's going on.

This is especially dangerous when the people I used to know had problems, which only became obvious later, and had no clear warning signs. It makes me jump at shadows.

I should be patient. But in the meantime, what do I do with this damned feeling like something isn't adding up? A feeling I inherited from a previous relationship?

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[thegoodreverend.livejournal.com]

Sometimes, feelings are just feelings. You know yourself better than anyone else - you probably have a good idea, internally, of what's baseless and what has merit. Wait it out.

Oh, and you may not want to show her those pics. They're cool but damned creepy.

[mirabilevisu.livejournal.com]

listen to your heart

[garote]

It's going
Thumpa thumpa thumpa thumpa thumpa

;)

[garote]

Oh hey, actually this reminds me,

I figure that if you can do it, I can do it...

So I've taken "the pledge" just like you have ;) We'll see how long it lasts, before I explode in an orgy of self-gratification.

[zeroheretic.livejournal.com]

Dude, that second picture (red) really rocks. If you were a metal musician, putting out a solo album, this would be an A+ pick for the artist portrait on the inside cover. REeeeeallly cool. Trust me, I have experience with metal album packaging.

[zeroheretic.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, and sorry I don't have any real advice for you. I'm an emotional idiot.

[ex-zeugma416.livejournal.com]

Earlier this year, I put the following sentence in the midst of a short story that didn't turn out so well:

Again he wished he had remained celibate. That would have been a predictable form of suffering, and easier to live with.

I don't think there's any neat resolution for this problem -- how do you decide which form of suffering is worth the effort -- but it is there, and we must decide.

And yes, I think that this uncertainty & fear amount to suffering. Kudos for taking the less predictable path.

[ex-zeugma416.livejournal.com]

Last time I tried that (recently), it lasted less than a week. I have absolutely zero impulse control.

Of course, the fact that I work at a college might have something to do with this ... overstimulated all the time, too many young women with really nice, artfully-displayed breasts and butts (and backs and stomachs and legs, OH MY GOD) walking past me all day long.

Drives me crazy sometimes.

Heh.

[garote]

No ye ain't
You probably just know how similar our brains are, and don't see the need to comment. :)

[garote]

Thanks for the kind words :)

And BTW.. every time I see that icon I expect to see something on fire or exploding in the background of it. Like you're gleefully fleeing the scene of some wacky crime.

[garote]

Oh shit yeah, no kidding, brother. This would be impossible if I was still hanging around UCSC. Nay, beyond impossible, it would be pointless torture.

It's quite discouraging, being totally focused on The Hack, headphones on, paper out, full serious intent and determination, when you look up and all you can think of for the next 45 seconds is rolling the pants down that young woman's ass like peeling bananas, and planting your face right in her crotch. What are those bananas for, if not that?! Here they are! RIPE FRUIT, PEEL US, WE'RE ALL READY FOR PLANTING

arrgh

Terrible :)