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Re: Similar Snowflakes

Consistency is the single most important value to the human experience. I'm sure someone has said that somewhere; but I'll monopolize the entire conundrum on the grounds of a never satisfied ego. We must be consistent in our lives; schedule them out so that there is never a moment unknown to us. How does something go wrong in this world? It didn't happen according to plan...we missed the train we were supposed to take, we didn't finish the assignment at the deadline. Schedule you're death perfectly before rush hour and the family silently rejoices.

Consistency is what I've lacked my entire life. I wake up whenever I damned well please or not sleep at all, I write when I see a blank page, I eat when I'm hungry or the neon sign happens to outline "open." I remember taking apart a clock for the first time and being endlessly depressed that each mechanism was so fine tuned, evenly cut, symmetrical in brilliantly crafted unoriginality.

It's wrong to hate conventional time...I know this... optimizing your life to glide smoothly into attainable goals is as prudent as it is diligent. But there is something to be said about counting seconds by the pattered heartbeats, having life's "big hand" stall at dull moments and shoot forward in those maddeningly brief skirmishes of exhilaration.

I overheard the psychologist talking to my mother when I was a dozen years into this life... "He has the potential to be great, but also the potential to be mad."

I hope to achieve both; and soon.

Some cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
01-22-2011 01:09 PM
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Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 01-18-2011, 07:23 PM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 09-29-2011, 05:02 AM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - IllusoryDeath - 09-29-2011, 08:02 AM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 09-29-2011, 08:09 AM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - IllusoryDeath - 09-29-2011, 08:13 AM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 09-29-2011, 08:17 AM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - IllusoryDeath - 09-29-2011, 08:19 AM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 09-29-2011, 08:22 AM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - ModestMusic - 10-22-2011, 01:43 PM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 10-31-2011, 08:51 AM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 11-01-2011, 11:47 AM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 12-14-2011, 07:09 AM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - SoulRiser - 12-14-2011, 11:43 PM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - magikarp - 12-17-2011, 01:26 PM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 12-30-2011, 10:51 AM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 04-03-2012, 03:24 AM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 04-18-2012, 09:17 AM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - Pieman - 04-18-2012, 12:47 PM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 10-03-2012, 05:34 AM
Similar Snowflakes - zagix - 10-03-2012, 05:35 AM
Similar Snowflakes - Ky - 10-03-2012, 06:23 AM
Similar Snowflakes - SoulRiser - 10-03-2012, 07:39 AM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 04-05-2013, 05:57 AM
Similar Snowflakes - thewake - 04-05-2013, 06:04 AM
Similar Snowflakes - itsurgrlcass - 04-10-2013, 03:03 PM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 04-12-2013, 04:43 AM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 03-31-2014, 07:22 PM
Similar Snowflakes - itsurgrlcass - 04-07-2014, 11:40 AM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 05-16-2014, 06:20 PM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 06-25-2014, 09:51 AM
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RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 02-05-2015, 07:30 AM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - brainiac3397 - 02-05-2015, 11:08 AM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 02-19-2015, 07:35 AM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 03-12-2015, 05:46 AM
Similar Snowflakes - Ky - 03-12-2015, 05:55 AM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - Aureate - 03-12-2015, 10:57 AM
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RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 03-23-2015, 05:44 AM
RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 03-02-2016, 08:52 PM
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RE: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 06-21-2017, 11:47 AM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 01-20-2011, 05:37 AM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 01-22-2011 01:09 PM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 01-22-2011, 01:22 PM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 01-23-2011, 02:21 PM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 01-26-2011, 03:13 PM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 01-27-2011, 09:42 AM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 02-04-2011, 01:57 AM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 02-05-2011, 10:48 AM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 02-08-2011, 09:20 AM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 02-10-2011, 07:50 AM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 02-12-2011, 02:30 AM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 02-13-2011, 05:15 AM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 02-16-2011, 05:01 PM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 02-19-2011, 11:40 AM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Pieman - 02-19-2011, 03:05 PM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 02-20-2011, 03:41 PM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Bob Dole - 02-20-2011, 03:48 PM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Blobthe15 - 02-20-2011, 04:12 PM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 02-21-2011, 11:19 AM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 02-22-2011, 03:15 PM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 02-23-2011, 06:06 AM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 02-27-2011, 10:56 AM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - SuperiorDiplomat - 03-03-2011, 01:26 PM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 03-08-2011, 12:30 PM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 03-09-2011, 03:02 AM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 03-15-2011, 08:26 AM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 03-15-2011, 04:17 PM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Pieman - 03-16-2011, 07:52 AM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 03-21-2011, 06:09 PM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 03-25-2011, 03:35 PM
Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 03-30-2011, 02:17 AM
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Re: Similar Snowflakes - Vatman - 04-06-2011, 02:07 AM
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