Those Personal Triumphs No One Else Will Ever Understand
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I put my puzzle ring back together all by myself!
Also, I called to set up an appointment with a therapist. Who, it turns out, is booked for two months out.
But I called.
Also, I called to set up an appointment with a therapist. Who, it turns out, is booked for two months out.
But I called.
There's another home somewhere,
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
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I got my dissertation proposal scheduled! April 23rd, baby! WOoohooo!!
This is actually more of a personal triumph than successfully proposing it will be
I got my dissertation proposal scheduled! April 23rd, baby! WOoohooo!!
This is actually more of a personal triumph than successfully proposing it will be
There's another home somewhere,
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
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I worked the housing lottery. The massive sea of students waited outside the doors, and yet they parted the crowd for me, they opened the doors for me, there were people happy to see me, they were waiting for me to arrive to begin. For a year I watched this strange little culture, and now I'm a part of it. I have a place in it. And there are moments in which I'm actually pretty good at it.
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I'm starting to use the ii irc client. I don't even really like irc, but that client makes me happy.
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I helped someone understand that it's okay for boys to wear dresses today.
If you ever find yourself reading a book entitled The Bible, you will find yourself reading the story of Adam and Eve, whose daring lives led them to put on clothing for the first time to escape from the snake infested garden in which they were living.
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i've had two calls today that needed to be transfered thus far.
i transfered both. perfectly.
there honestly aren't words for how good i feel about this totally insignificant accomplishment.
i transfered both. perfectly.
there honestly aren't words for how good i feel about this totally insignificant accomplishment.
you snooze, you lose
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant
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I didn't destroy the paperclip holding together my MMPI-2 profile.
I have a really bad habit of destroying any paperclip that comes into my possession without being aware of it.
Oh, and also, I have never once left my fieldwork site without every scrap of paperwork being done. Even if I stay late.
I have a really bad habit of destroying any paperclip that comes into my possession without being aware of it.
Oh, and also, I have never once left my fieldwork site without every scrap of paperwork being done. Even if I stay late.
There's another home somewhere,
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
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I biked to work and back for the first time.
The triumph, though, is that I loved it.
The triumph, though, is that I loved it.
"Only for today, I will devote 10 minutes of my time to some good reading, remembering that just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul." -- Pope John XXIII
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I just bought a computer yesterday. I'm not posting on it yet, as I have no wireless internet yet but, I'm soooooo happy. It's an HP Pavilion dv6000 CTO notebook (I think... *runs upstairs and checks* Yep, that's the one), with 2gb ram, Windows Vista, and a great graphics card, the name of which escapes me at the moment. I got a great deal as it was on sale, and the guy who sold it to me just happened to be a friend from High School. Lucky, huh? YAY! I have a computer all my own!
Step one, take off your shirt. Step two ... Step three, PROFIT!
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I can be by myself for hours on end and be perfectly content. I can do this day after day and be okay with it. I can go shopping, do errands, sit at home, etc. without a friend by my side and I don't dread it. I actually often prefer being by myself now.
This might not seem like much until you realize that a year ago the thought of an hour by myself sent me into a full blown panic attack. I literally tried to plan every waking moment of every day so that I was in the company of friends...which was quite trying for them. The change has been nothing short of amazing. I am very proud of myself.
This might not seem like much until you realize that a year ago the thought of an hour by myself sent me into a full blown panic attack. I literally tried to plan every waking moment of every day so that I was in the company of friends...which was quite trying for them. The change has been nothing short of amazing. I am very proud of myself.
"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." - Albert Camus in Return to Tipasa
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I got a North Dakota drivers license. After living here for four years.
And I looked to see how much my UND bill is going to be for the summer.
And I looked to see how much my UND bill is going to be for the summer.
There's another home somewhere,
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
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Not exactly new, but I ran 2 kilometers (do the transformations to miles yourselves, I personally believe it to be about 1.25 miles) in 9 minutes, 34 seconds. Best result I ever accomplished in a school long-run, though it's behind many of my friends. But it was one of my happier moments =)
(if you're thinking "9.34? that's really slow!" then know that I'm just beginning 10th grade in September)
Also, I've completed both the Tricky and the Speedy skill points in Ratchet and Clank, and Speedy's the hardest skill point in the game. You have to truely master the hoverboard race to reach 1.37 secs, and then you have to create shortcuts which have a fifty-fifty chance of working. But I did it, in 1.35.14 ^___^ (it's probably Gibberish for the most of you, but those of you who played the game, please enjoy with me..^^)
AND I finally cooked something that isn't an ommlette (sic), or a Cornflakes bowl, or a toast. I've made pasta, and it was actually pretty good =)
(if you're thinking "9.34? that's really slow!" then know that I'm just beginning 10th grade in September)
Also, I've completed both the Tricky and the Speedy skill points in Ratchet and Clank, and Speedy's the hardest skill point in the game. You have to truely master the hoverboard race to reach 1.37 secs, and then you have to create shortcuts which have a fifty-fifty chance of working. But I did it, in 1.35.14 ^___^ (it's probably Gibberish for the most of you, but those of you who played the game, please enjoy with me..^^)
AND I finally cooked something that isn't an ommlette (sic), or a Cornflakes bowl, or a toast. I've made pasta, and it was actually pretty good =)
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I did not trip over the rug in the entrance way to Tabula.
Now, this is not a personal triumph because I usually trip over the rug or have some kind of history of rug-tripping. I never have, and I'm not more of a klutz about falling than most people.
This is a triumph because today, I was tempting fate. I had just gotten done with an initial session as a supervisor with a supervisee that I am already starting to fall in love with in the pseud-parental way I fall in love with all people for whom I am responsible. And I felt good about myself in the session as well. I felt like I presented as open, warm, etc. Also, it seems to me that more and more I am coming across as a socially competent person which makes me happy. Furthermore, today I am wearing fall clothes which include a mock turtleneck and a sweater that cost $12 but that I adore. And also, I caught a glimpse of myself in a glass door and felt like I look good today. Professional, adult, mature.
Don't tell me a good self-esteem day like this is anything but begging fate to come along and take you down a peg or two.
I went to Tabula, a local coffee shop. Many professors and students were there, the lunchtime crowed. And as I entered, high on thoughts of, well, everything, feeling the most adult I have felt in a very long time, I felt the toe of my shoe catch in the rug and I started to lose my balance --
Very briefly. And then I recovered without really either breaking my stride or looking foolish. And continued on with my happy and self-assured day.
A small triumph over fate, but a triumph none-the-less.
Now, this is not a personal triumph because I usually trip over the rug or have some kind of history of rug-tripping. I never have, and I'm not more of a klutz about falling than most people.
This is a triumph because today, I was tempting fate. I had just gotten done with an initial session as a supervisor with a supervisee that I am already starting to fall in love with in the pseud-parental way I fall in love with all people for whom I am responsible. And I felt good about myself in the session as well. I felt like I presented as open, warm, etc. Also, it seems to me that more and more I am coming across as a socially competent person which makes me happy. Furthermore, today I am wearing fall clothes which include a mock turtleneck and a sweater that cost $12 but that I adore. And also, I caught a glimpse of myself in a glass door and felt like I look good today. Professional, adult, mature.
Don't tell me a good self-esteem day like this is anything but begging fate to come along and take you down a peg or two.
I went to Tabula, a local coffee shop. Many professors and students were there, the lunchtime crowed. And as I entered, high on thoughts of, well, everything, feeling the most adult I have felt in a very long time, I felt the toe of my shoe catch in the rug and I started to lose my balance --
Very briefly. And then I recovered without really either breaking my stride or looking foolish. And continued on with my happy and self-assured day.
A small triumph over fate, but a triumph none-the-less.
There's another home somewhere,
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
There's another glimpse of sky...
There's another way to lean
into the wind, unafraid.
There's another life out there...
~~Mary Chapin Carpenter
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I beat Battletoads.
...on an emulator, but still, it's not even easy then. I always wondered as a kid what was past that third level. I wish I could go back and tell myself... you're not really missing much. (The third level isn't even the hardest, I don't think. I'll never know what the hell these people were thinking when they made this.)
...on an emulator, but still, it's not even easy then. I always wondered as a kid what was past that third level. I wish I could go back and tell myself... you're not really missing much. (The third level isn't even the hardest, I don't think. I'll never know what the hell these people were thinking when they made this.)
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