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    Talk Talk

    By Aditus

    Conversations. Sometimes it’s too much, sometimes too little, formal, informal, clumsy, artificial, with another word: difficult. Let’s practice, Shall we? #253 Someone is on the bus. The guy beside them fidgets the whole time with an irritating tinkling bangle while telling them, it seems, their entire life story, including very personal things. It’s time to pop in the earbuds. When it’s time to get off the bus, the talker has disappeared and the strange bangle is now on th
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The past few days have been really blah, so I don't really have anything to report, since I didn't do anything other than manage to finish up Ch. 15 of SOOTB and get started on Ch. 16. Right now, I'm sitting at work, bored out of my mind. For those of you that don't know, I work part-time for a research group here in Taiwan. The government is on this little "internationalization" kick, so I'm the "token foreigner" in the office. My main job responsibility is to sit here and "look white" ... occa
LittleBuddhaTW

LittleBuddhaTW

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I have to keep moving

Ok, so a lot has happened this weekend, and it hasn't been easy. But I know I have to keep moving, and I'm going to. Myr just posted the Anthology today, and I was proud to see my story there. I'm not saying it was all that, but to have a story posted on the same page as Lugh and RHawes and Viv was amazing to me. Also, I have goals and I have to keep working to get them accomplished. I started almost a year ago on xanga, posting What's the difference for about 5 readers, but that grew to about
NickolasJames8

NickolasJames8

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Best of time, worst of times

Sumbloke is getting married! I am delighted for him. He is a sweet guy and deserves all the success and happiness that life offers. For this I am delighted.   As much as this Sumbloke's news pleases me, I am stinging over the loss of Green. I thought very highly of him. Sure he had his issues but he was a bright guy, talented writer and a person of great promise. I am going to miss him.   This my friends is life- joy and pain, success and loss, yin and yang. Treasure the ones you care about,
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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Bipolar.

Tonight was awesome. This AIM conversation explains why: [10:23:33 PM] AP Conflagrant: um well alexa, alicia, and me went to the mall (and we werent sure of max was coming) [10:23:39 PM] AP Conflagrant: so we ate dinner and had fun [10:23:40 PM] AP Conflagrant: then [10:23:44 PM] AP Conflagrant: max came [10:23:52 PM] AP Conflagrant: we went to starbucks [10:24:00 PM] AP Conflagrant: and then we got to the movie late [10:24:06 PM] AP Conflagrant: so ther were only pairs of seats [10:24
Conflagration

Conflagration

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No way to describe it

This was supposed to be a good day. It's a Saturday, I only had to work a few hours and I got to go to the movies with Taylor and 4 of our friends. It was just a guy thing. Later we were going to meet up at Taylors and party and kick it in the pool even though it rained here. Well, when I got home and logged on to GA to see if there was any news about Green, I suddenly felt like I got punched in the belly. I'm sure most of you know by now, and it's probably the worst thing I've read. I want to
NickolasJames8

NickolasJames8

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A "Wordy" Entry

Now I know what some of you might be thinking, "Oh goodness, this is going to be really long if he's actually admitting it's wordy in the title." However, you'd be wrong. Oh I'm not saying it won't be long, perhaps it will, but certainly no longer than my typical blog entry. No, this entry is in fact about Words.   I love words! They're one of my all time favourite things to utter. The thing about words and expression though, is that if you look at their usual meaning versus their literal
AFriendlyFace

AFriendlyFace

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The Taiwanese postal service is evil

So, I've already shipped two big boxes of books back home, and I never thought sending them by surface mail would be so friggin' expensive. I had a third box to mail today, which was considerably heavier than the previous two (I have some massive dictionaries and reference books). It was a miracle that I even managed to get it to the post office without throwing out my back. And so I get there, and they tell me it's overweight (maximum weight is 30kg), and to go home and re-pack it into two sepa
LittleBuddhaTW

LittleBuddhaTW

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g.l.a.a.d. to be here!

So last night I made myself go to bed at 9 pm since I was supposed to be up for work at 2 am but I couldn't fall asleep so I ended up watching TV and on VH1 they were airing the glaad media awards. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) So I watched as Melissa Etheridge was presented with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award. The award is presented to an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender media professional who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for
viv

viv

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So I might change my profile name

Okay, so I'm thinking about changing my user name for some odd reason. I'm not sure why, but I have this idea that somehow changing my profile name might make my stories seem more exciting and people would want to read them. Unfortunately, I went to change it, and the name I was going to go with (Nick) was already being used by someone who hasnt been on since like 2003. Oh well, I have a few other names in mind....here's the choices I'm considering     Mikehawk(sayitfast) W00t1991 Southside
NickolasJames8

NickolasJames8

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Wow. It's a schooner.

I'm writing this not so much because I have anything to say, but because if I don't take a break I'm gonna end up curled up in the corner screaming. I'm trying to write this stupid 10 page historical narrative (if you don't know what that is, I still haven't quite figured it out myself) and I have a sneaking suspicion I'm gonna get to page 3 or so and just run out of stuff to say.   Anyway, I told my mom about getting accepted to that school, and she just got mad because it was even farther aw
lagomorph

lagomorph

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In their next life, maybe they will be pond scum

I just want to say that I think people who use other people as pawns in head games are the lowest form of life. Especially when they use vulnerable people. There are people like this. They can smell who is useable and who is not. I suspect they spend much of their conscious time sniffing the air
Luc

Luc

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My Hips Don't Lie

Ok so let's see. Here's a quick recap of what happened over the Easter holidays.   My mom and I went and visited my grandmother and aunt (dad's side of the family). My grandmother decided to give me my graduation present early. Yay! It was a check and it'll really help assuage my financial stress with the move.   Then I found out that my cousin had written this nice little article about romantic love which had gotten accepted and was being circulated in papers all over the country. S
AFriendlyFace

AFriendlyFace

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Thesis editing and itchy legs

What a combo, eh? So my graduate advisor gave back my thesis yesterday, and thankfully there weren't that many corrections to make, mostly just puncutation (English and Chinese use of commas is VERY different) and some word choice. She also didn't think I should leave an extra space between paragraphs. That was about it, though, and she said, "You shouldn't have any problem graduating." We spent about 30 minutes going through the corrections at McDonald's to make sure I could read all of her cor
LittleBuddhaTW

LittleBuddhaTW

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Easter Sucks

Sometimes going through the motions pretending that I actually believe the stuff written in the new testament becomes so hypocritical it almost overwhelms me. Sort of like pretending to be straight when I'm bisexual. Is my whole life just one big deception?   f**K it. I'm gonna go get stoned.
Mark Arbour

Mark Arbour

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Speed Skaters

So I've been glued to the TV watching the winter olympics....and I've been watching this controversy in the US men's team. Apparently Hedrick and Shani Davis are about ready to kill each other. I keep trying to figure out which one I like, and who I think is "right" in this situation. I was a big Hedrick fan, because he's good (and hot), but Shani, with his shyness, and barrier-breaking medal, appeals to me as well. Anyone got any insight?
Mark Arbour

Mark Arbour

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We had sex, but he made love to me first

I sometimes find it funny the way people describe the act of having sex or making love, or some would even say f**king... I guess it comes down to a few factors though; who the two people are and what type of commitment you have to one another, but then... in the end really, it is the same act... maybe it's the amount of emotional feeling you put in to it that makes the difference.   It had been just about two weeks yesterday when we finally got to engage in that same act ourselves. That is a
viv

viv

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God or the Girl- GMAFB!

Ok the latest hoop of reality-show cheese to be rolled our way is a huge, reeking pile of crap called God or the Girl. In it, several young men try to decide on whether or not to enter the priesthood.   Can you say very sad closet cases boys and girls?   The Catholic Church, and Christianity in general, has been playing this idiotic head game with gay people for millinia. AND they have the NERVE to be surprised when the immature, sexually confused people that they bring on to be priests yea
JamesSavik

JamesSavik

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Happy Easter (taken from my xanga page)

Happy Easter Ok, so I know I just updated this thing. I messed around and did the same thing on myspace. Anyway, I'm doing really good. I didn't have to work as much this last week as I thought I was gonna have to. But, I did get paid   Besides that, it's back to school for this boy, and I'm actually ready to go back. I felt guilty about not having to wake up and go for some reason. Maybe it's because I have my routine down and I got to break it last week. Either way, I'm glad to be going b
NickolasJames8

NickolasJames8

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YAY! But crap!

I got accepted to a law school! *dances around like a fool* The problem is, it's not my first choice (cause I'd have to move to another state), and they want a $200 deposit by May 1. I haven't heard back from my first pick yet, and I wasn't really expecting to by the end of the month, so I guess I'm just gonna have to swallow the $200 just in case. It's really good to know that I at least got in somewhere, though.   Val
lagomorph

lagomorph

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