logan607 ([info]logan607) wrote,
@ 2006-12-12 01:51:00
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Current location:the basement of my brain
Current mood: pleased
Entry tags:christmas card, great leap forward, inquisition, logan lo, margaret atwood, milgram, nazi, zimbardo

Liver anyone?
11:34:46 PM

I believe that people are bad at heart. What with historical events (like Nazi Germany, the Inquisition, the Great Leap Forward), psychological evidence (the Zimbardo and Milgram experiments), and current events (pick up a paper) I'm fairly disgusted at our species as a whole.

However, that's not entirely a negative sentiment. I think a bit of kindness is nobler against the backdrop of our craptastic-ness.

So I had four recent bits of kindness:

  1. I met a girl that lives in France a while ago who shot me a sweet email. She's seeing a French guy now. It's ok, the late night conversations were enough for me.
  2. I got another very personal email from a co-worker wishing me a happy holiday. It was nice to get because, while we work closely together, we've never actually met (like you and me).
  3. I met a girl tonight that I found refreshingly honest about life. Honesty without meanness is so rare.
  4. Finally, today, I got an Xmas card from [info]irnbruise, amidst my usual bills. As an aside, she looks completely Caucasian but she's got a Chinese last name. It turns out that four generations ago, her grandfather was Chinese. I find that so cool.
Regarding (4) I think we're supposed to meet up for coffee (just coffee - she's in love with a boy from Indiana) but I'm reminded of a quote from Margaret Atwood:

Wanting to meet a writer because you like their books is like wanting meet a duck because you like pate.

Eh, I'll risk it.

1:32:12 AM
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[info]irnbruise
2006-12-12 07:37 am UTC (link)
That isn't me in my icon - that is Kerry Butler, a Broadway actress. Just in case there was any confusion. I look completely Chinese. Also, it is a girl in Indiana. :)

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[info]logan607
2006-12-12 02:41 pm UTC (link)
I've got to say, when I read your comment this morning, I burst out laughing - I'm not sure why. :)

Coffee?

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[info]irnbruise
2006-12-12 07:15 pm UTC (link)
I'm still out of town, will not be back until next week..

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[info]logan607
2006-12-12 09:48 pm UTC (link)
I'd like to be out of town and not back until next week.

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[info]in_aeternum
2006-12-12 08:35 am UTC (link)
It is refreshing to speak to someone honestly. My honesty gets me in trouble, sometimes I think I shouldn't even open my mouth.
Question
Does the girl need to be Asian?
When I was dating(oh, good all days), I tried to date Americans, but it was just so awkward. So I settled with a homeboy:) closer to heart for me.
I like pate, and I am in love with the duck.

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[info]logan607
2006-12-12 02:43 pm UTC (link)
Me? For me, I''ve equal opportunity. My last girlfriend was half Chinese, half Irish. Before that, I dated a German from Germany.

I'm just trying to be single for more than four months (my longest strech). I'm at five months and counting.

I'm hoping to make it a year.

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[info]jaerik
2006-12-12 09:54 am UTC (link)
When I was a wee tyke, my grandfather bought me this plastic contraption. It was a moving staircase with a loopy slide attached, maybe about 1.5' tall in total. And there were these little weighted penguins on wheels that would march up the staircase, then slide down the slide back to the bottom of the staircase, 'round and 'round.

It was cute, but it was poorly made (even for the 80's), so the motor was deafeningly loud. The grown-ups couldn't stand to let me run it for more than 30 seconds at a time.

For some reason, that pic instantly reminded me of the thing.

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[info]jaerik
2006-12-13 10:35 am UTC (link)
Weren't they great? Pity they would only run for like, 3 minutes before breaking. =D

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