Alendar's Blog – August 2009 Archive (5)

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship." - Alexander Tyler 1787

Remember that game we used to play in past TBD? It was the Question list. People would stuff silly questions out like "What's your favorite color?" It took me a while to figure it out.

Actually I don't have too much against the Doc, except that she's annoying and single-minded.

I just was remembering old TBD, wondering if they still did that.

I'm ornery today. I'm anti-semitic, a fascist, a gun-toter, a liberal basher, a death panelist, a right to choice, anti-partial birthist, pro-war, anti-arab, misogynist, misanthropist, nihlist, reactionary, revolutionary, you name it.

I just can't be counted to agree on anything today. I'm anti-lung today, too. Smoke em if you got em.

I look at my days now with new eyes and try to describe them to you. But I know that they seem strange sometimes to the lonely and lost. Many do not believe I was once angsting and aching in a lonely room, a lonely college dorm, a lonely classroom, a lonely home. I was angry and confused and desperate for love.



I'm curious about those who struggle now with the same pain I once struggled with. What words could I say that would ease their pain? Do they want it eased?



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Enjoying my new life with my new love Julie. She is a wonderful gift, we grow together each day and night.



Today I learn: To care, to acknowledge, to share, to accept, to be comfortable in my own skin, to understand, to be ok to be happy.



You know the hardest thing sometimes is to just accept that happiness is ok. I don't have to feel guilty for feeling happy so long.



Learning to ride the wave, the dips and crests, its all good. To have pursued happiness so… Continue