“Well, I don’t know…I don’t understand, why does a weaker person need to latch on a strong person? What…what is that?”Fightclub
If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.
Herta Müller, The Hunger Angel
What to Look Forward to?
What do the asexual and asocial look forward to?
Random Electron Bursts: I used to dream almost everyday about having a girlfriend. The things...
I used to dream almost everyday about having a girlfriend. The things we’d do together, and the adventures we’d have. I imagined all the sexual things I could try with her, and the dinners we’d cook for each other. I imagined what it would be like to share our success with each other, and how we’d…
Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog - The hierarchy of innovation
If progress is shaped by human needs, then general shifts in needs would also bring shifts in the nature of technological innovation.
…One of the consequences is that, as we move to the top level of the innovation hierarchy, the inventions have less visible, less transformative effects. We’re no longer changing the shape of the physical world or even of society, as it manifests itself in the physical world. We’re altering internal states, transforming the invisible self. Not surprisingly, when you step back and take a broad view, it looks like stagnation - it looks like nothing is changing very much…
If the current state of progress disappoints you, don’t blame innovation. Blame yourself.
(via emergentfutures)
They have it right.
(via part-l-ypoison)
Oh.: ask me these, please
1. What is more difficult for you, looking into someones eyes when you are telling someone how you feel, or looking into someones eyes when they are telling you how they feel?
2. Think of the last time you were REALLY angry. WHY were you angry? Do you still feel the same way?
3. You are on a…
(Source: kylegeraghty)
Things to Work Toward
Moving rooms
Having a study
Fitness
Diet
Being more social
Trying things I’m scared to try
Making a photography portfolio
Consider seeing a shrink (absolute second to last resort)
Form a band and make amazing sounds
Paint, draw, create art
Decide once and for all if I want a Uni course, or something else
Get in contact with the long lost family
Spend time with the siblings
Quit my phone plan
Learn to better use the internet (or just not to misuse)
Volunteer
Gain peace of mind (somewhat)
Be a better girlfriend
Choose my battles
Feel content
Some but not all of the things I want to work toward, how long these few things may take I don’t know but now is when I want to clearly start.
