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Yeesh. It's no secret that the US educational system doesn't do a very good job. [...] Fingers are pointed at various aspects of the schooling system—overcrowded classrooms, lack of funding, teachers who can't pass competency exams in their fields, etc. But these are just secondary problems. Even if they were cleared up, schools would still suck. Why? Because they were designed to.

Seen on daoistraver's journal.


Bad book ideas, on ratatosk's journal.


Want nap. Also want cuddles and/or to be held. Badly. Borderline lonely, maybe.

Don't know if I'm going to Diesel tonight. Thinking about it.

Deciding that aelisdeliria needed to have heard "Drive" and "Closer" last night put me into one _hell_ of a dirty-minded mindset. Oddly enough, _not_ strongly into a horny one. It must have been too long since I last had opportunity to fool around with anyone.

Sunlight today! Lots of it! And less windy than yesterday. Slightly.

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Yeesh. It's no secret that the US educational system doesn't do a very good job. [...] Fingers are pointed at various aspects of the schooling system—overcrowded classrooms, lack of funding, teachers who can't pass competency exams in their fields, etc. But these are just secondary problems. Even if they were cleared up, schools would still suck. Why? Because they were designed to.

Seen on daoistraver's journal.


Bad book ideas, on ratatosk's journal.


Want nap. Also want cuddles and/or to be held. Badly. Borderline lonely, maybe.

Don't know if I'm going to Diesel tonight. Thinking about it.

Deciding that aelisdeliria needed to have heard "Drive" and "Closer" last night put me into one _hell_ of a dirty-minded mindset. Oddly enough, _not_ strongly into a horny one. It must have been too long since I last had opportunity to fool around with anyone.

Sunlight today! Lots of it! And less windy than yesterday. Slightly.

No, I have no thoughts of my own this week!

Facing mortality? Here, have a casserole!, written by powerfrau.

No, I have no thoughts of my own this week!

Facing mortality? Here, have a casserole!, written by powerfrau.

Whoa. No work Friday?

Just found out that I don't have work Friday. How odd...

Whoa. No work Friday?

Just found out that I don't have work Friday. How odd...

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Ooooh. Shiny!

World time zones, and current times! And there's links at the top of the page to get to more specific location time zones.

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Ooooh. Shiny!

World time zones, and current times! And there's links at the top of the page to get to more specific location time zones.

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So, some of you may be aware of the fact that being given flowers is not a happy thing for me. They die. Quickly. Hello, what's with giving people dead things as gifts?! (except if it's food...)

Delightful link along these lines, here. Credit to ladytabitha for finding it. :)

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So, some of you may be aware of the fact that being given flowers is not a happy thing for me. They die. Quickly. Hello, what's with giving people dead things as gifts?! (except if it's food...)

Delightful link along these lines, here. Credit to ladytabitha for finding it. :)

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Finally, I have a stronger sense of _why_ in-person is so necessary for me to cement relationships of whatever sort.

It's the difference between being told something, with words, and _knowing_ it via empathy and/or small, but meaningful actions.

People I converse with a whole bunch via text, I know. Well, assuming that what they say isn't conflicting bizarrely with itself or the sense I have of them.

People I meet in-person, but don't interact with (or have some other reason to focus entirely on them, in a socially acceptable manner), I don't remember. This means I don't remember most first meetings of people.

People I meet in-person, but have some small amounts of direct interaction with, I get a sense of. Generally enough of one to know if I want to get to know them better. Even if sometimes too late to get contact info.

People I converse with, via text or in-person, and with whom I have enough in-person time, I _know_. I don't have random stupid insecurities about stuff, or when I do, I have things to point them at to make them shut the hell up. I can handle not being able to interact with them for a while, without too many problems (well, presuming it's just a happenstance of life, and not something more... intentional). I can be patient because the various stupid fears in my life have nothing to latch onto and grow. This is true even without the ability to converse via non-in-person methods, although this lack will annoy me and start to give the fears somewhere fertile after a while.

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Finally, I have a stronger sense of _why_ in-person is so necessary for me to cement relationships of whatever sort.

It's the difference between being told something, with words, and _knowing_ it via empathy and/or small, but meaningful actions.

People I converse with a whole bunch via text, I know. Well, assuming that what they say isn't conflicting bizarrely with itself or the sense I have of them.

People I meet in-person, but don't interact with (or have some other reason to focus entirely on them, in a socially acceptable manner), I don't remember. This means I don't remember most first meetings of people.

People I meet in-person, but have some small amounts of direct interaction with, I get a sense of. Generally enough of one to know if I want to get to know them better. Even if sometimes too late to get contact info.

People I converse with, via text or in-person, and with whom I have enough in-person time, I _know_. I don't have random stupid insecurities about stuff, or when I do, I have things to point them at to make them shut the hell up. I can handle not being able to interact with them for a while, without too many problems (well, presuming it's just a happenstance of life, and not something more... intentional). I can be patient because the various stupid fears in my life have nothing to latch onto and grow. This is true even without the ability to converse via non-in-person methods, although this lack will annoy me and start to give the fears somewhere fertile after a while.