Assorted Thoughts

I think (I know) I have a soft spot in my heart (my head) for people that are different, because that's been the basis for my entire life. However, this doesn't extend to people that piss me off. If you're overtly disdainful towards me, or you take advantage of my good nature, yet you're still different, this creates a slight internal conflict, in that I hate you. Oh, wait, that's not a conflict at all, I just end up hating you.

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I went to La Madeleine to get some food, and ordered a tart (which, at first, I thought said tort. Those of you that are familiar with my hatred of torts will understand). While sitting in front of the fireplace, I looked up at the ancient books on the shelves, all in French. Most were bolted somehow to the shelving, but I happened to pick up one. Though in French, it didn't take too long to figure out that it was a legal dictionary. Fuck you, universe, fuck you.

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People themselves are willing to do a lot of things, provided they don't have to plan. This has borne itself out through repeated anecdotes. The half-baked corollary is that, if you want something done, do it yourself. Planning is a bitch, because it's extra work, and it's just easier to let "the other guy" do it. Unfortunately, you can't keep expecting "the other guy" to do anything. Look at Kitty Genovese. An entire apartment complex refrained from contacting the police, either assuming someone else would do it, or not wanting to get involved. Take a stand, damn it.

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Singulair has been linked to an increase in suicide. I took Singulair for about a year. When the inevitable class action lawsuit drops, I'm gonna get paid. Granted, I'm only gonna get paid about $10, but still. Best part? The Singulair didn't really even work on my asthma.

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People drop hints all the time. You notice little details, the out of the ordinary or what have you. It's all just a matter of pattern recognition, one of the basic human skills. The key is higher level critical/analytical thinking, putting together all those disconnected details into something more concrete, drawing conclusions, making educated assumptions. Continually, over the past few weeks, I've been picking up on information, but then filing it away and doing nothing with it. Then, someone mentions something, and everything falls into place. However, I could have easily figured it out myself had I just made that leap and interweaved everything.

Oh, also, people pick the strangest times to reveal dark secrets. I'm trying to eat, damn it.