Don’t ask me to apologize
\nI won’t ask you to forgive me
\nIf I’m gonna go down
\nYou’re gonna come with me
\nHand in hand.
\n–Elvis Costello<\/p>\n
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This doesn’t do much to explain my belief system unless I’m explaining through opposites. (Good band name, Explaining thru Opposites)<\/p>\n
I’ve always secretly\u00a0 wanted to be the sort of vindictive person who would get revenge on anyone who crossed me, but being a fundamentally decent person really got in the way of that. Singing along to this song lets me indulge my repressed vengeful side without adversely impacting my Karma.<\/p>\n
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I don’t need special quotations and songs\u00a0 to explain what I believe, really.<\/p>\n
It’s simple:<\/p>\n
Pay attention, and don’t be a douche.<\/p>\n
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You’d think not being a douche would be the hard part, but for me it’s paying attention that is a challenge. I’m sure there are people out there who would argue that I don’t do a great job about not being an asshole either, but I’m MUCH worse at indulging my ethereal side and letting my mind be anywhere but in the present.<\/p>\n
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This is partly because I have a really good imagination, but it’s also the sign of someone who might get a wee bit over-analytical about things that either happened in the past or might happen at some point in the future. Neither of which are\u00a0 all that helpful to me when I live in the present.\u00a0 Which I try to do. Sometimes it can be fun to imagine, which is the lure, but other times it’s just overindulging the already dark corners of my brain too much and I really don’t need extra emphasis on what’s bad, possibly might become bad or what was bad in the past.<\/p>\n
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So I drag my brain back from wherever it wanders of to and remind myself that Now is the place to be.<\/p>\n
Time to be.<\/p>\n
Whatever.<\/p>\n
Now.<\/p>\n
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P.S.<\/p>\n
You know, I really don’t see why I can’t just hit people sometimes.<\/p>\n
I don’t.<\/p>\n
Hit them,\u00a0 I mean.<\/p>\n
But sometimes I really want to.<\/p>\n
Not a punch in the face,<\/p>\n
but a good, hard\u00a0 body check would be soooo emotionally and physically satisfying if someone annoys me.<\/p>\n
Just Hulk Smash someone into a wall.<\/p>\n
BAM.<\/p>\n
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Maybe it’s time to check into taking hockey lessons….<\/p>\n
They frown on body checking where I work.<\/p>\n
Damn.<\/p>\n
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