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[valancystirling]

I'm trying to think of a new name for a new journal. Don't really know why.

What do the following things have in common: a blue US mail box; the antique phone booth at eSeis; water?

I don't know either.

Mexican food with Taylor tonight. I had a strawberry margarita and wished I could blow fifty bucks on more of them. The tiniest taste of tequila has a strange effect on me. It takes me back to a time when margaritas were a mainstay of my diet. Such interesting times I've had.

Sometimes I really believe that Jake is right, and my brain, thoughts, etc. don't have ANYTHING to do with reality, what i REALLY think and feel, and what i really want. I FEEL like that's the case, I just don't understand it. Like, if I could get a few irrational thoughts out of my head i would be completely happy.

I bought four more bottles of that kombucha stuff. I'm planning a four day fast starting tomorrow. It seems like the right time to finally do it. I need to clear out some room in my brain for more important things than digestion.

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[taber09.livejournal.com]

I don't think anyone's thoughts have anything to do with reality. I imagine that the unconscious mind just assigns some percentage of its problems to the conscious mind. That it gently holds the conscious mind with problems shaped in ways the conscious mind can grasp. And that only the unconscious spirit has the overall picture of what we are trying to do.

Of course this view can also be a early sign of mental unstability.

[valancystirling.livejournal.com]

I've always thought you were sort of mentally unstable :P

You're always going on about how words are meaningless, words are bullshit, words are symbols...but what else do we have?? Maybe they're insufficient as tools, with too many limitations, but how else can we even come close to expressing our feelings, sharing, debating, any of those things? I know I'm quite a bit off the point here, but it bothers me.

Even you, on the phone the other day, you were saying how you don't trust feelings and won't base anything ON them. But then later you essentially indicated that's exactly what you're doing, what people HAVE to do, what it's all about.

When it all comes down to it, I think people are not as complicated as we'd like to think. No matter what image we have of ourselves, it's never going to be true.

[liveshawn.livejournal.com]

A book to read (and it's much more fascinating than it sounds): Language in Thought and Action.

It makes human interaction make freaking sense.

[valancystirling.livejournal.com]

I'll look for it.