logan607 ([info]logan607) wrote,
@ 2008-08-29 00:00:00
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Current location:9ish yest, 23rd and Broadway
Current mood: excited
Entry tags:dating, dialogue, discussion, single life

Lukewarm


 
 
Me: I'm not that guy - I don't pine after people.
CaseyI: "I don't pine?" Logan, darling, your whole blog is one big long pine.
Me: OK, I pine a little....wait, what? No it's not! Is it?
Her: Have you read it?

Onea my favorite quotes is So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. My pastor just spoke of it. Said the word earnestness in that passage comes from is the Greek word zēlos, from which we get zealous. Funny, right? Earnestness and zeal are related. In other words, honesty and passion are related.

I submit that we love sports causea that passion. Champions fight with every fiber in their body for what they want. Step into a ring distracted and you get your block knocked off. And I'm no longer distracted. I know if I'm the button, needle or thread again. It's such a relief.

Y'know, Heartgirl once said we'd never get along cause I'm dispassionate about certain people and things. But, I'm only dispassionate when faced with the lukewarm. If you look at the quote, lukewarm is nauseating - even to God.

I'm tired of feeling lukewarm about everything. I wanna be hot or cold again.

And y'meet so much lukewarm in the big city. The random boring conversations in the random blue nights. Whaddya do? Whodoyaknow? Blah, blah, blah. Man, just keep your lukewarm to yourself. Gimme some hated or love. Some passion, some zeal. Something. Hate me? Then wind up and swing. Want me? Then throw me down. Don't talk me to death.

Fall's around the corner and I feel my teeth again. I'm excited. Maybe there is a SING or a girl on the east side missing a heart. Might happen. Give it to me. Gimme some honesty and heat.

Knuckle up and swing like y'mean it. C'mon...hit me already.

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[info]sometimessome
2008-08-29 06:46 am UTC (link)
Apathy can destroy anything. See Rome.

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[info]aranka
2008-08-29 04:48 pm UTC (link)
Noooo! That was the Huns! Hehehe j/k

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[info]logan607
2008-09-01 02:54 pm UTC (link)
Noted.

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[info]benlbr
2008-08-29 10:19 am UTC (link)
"your whole blog is one big long pine."

She has a point :P

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[info]logan607
2008-09-01 02:55 pm UTC (link)
*sigh* - Yes, I suppose she does.

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[info]sabatoa
2008-08-29 12:17 pm UTC (link)
It sucks when you realize that you've become lukewarm.

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[info]logan607
2008-09-01 02:55 pm UTC (link)
Doesn't it? I'm trying to run hot or cold these days.

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[info]karen_cat_7
2008-08-29 01:45 pm UTC (link)
ahhhh, i like this side of logan

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[info]logan607
2008-09-01 02:55 pm UTC (link)
Me too - it's been a while.

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[info]aranka
2008-08-29 04:47 pm UTC (link)
I like this entry. The picture, the message, pretty much the entirety.

I do find it amusing that you tell me from time to time that passion is not so good. And I submit for the sake of argument that as you noted above for the most part its great. But in a fight? Actual fisticuffs I've noticed at least for me that if I want to win I always lose. If I don't care, I always win. I'm playing devil's advocate, because really passion and me get along, but just an observation.

Sometimes I wonder if sociopaths got it right.

You can feel your teeth again?

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[info]logan607
2008-09-01 02:56 pm UTC (link)
It's from a short story I wrote one time. Basically, when people smile, it's because they want to convey warmth and friendliness. But animals don't smile, per se. They show their teeth to show they're not afraid or ready.

I like both but feel like the latter these days.

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[info]aranka
2008-09-02 12:52 am UTC (link)
If you want to delve into the land of the weird . . . I read in one of my expeditions into pop-occult that were-people may be symptomatically recognized by their habit of smiling while crying or showing anger. Of course the same source also suggested that if you wake up and find twigs in your hair for no explicit reason its really nothing to be concerned about.

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[info]perfect_circles
2008-08-29 07:18 pm UTC (link)
i second karen.

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[info]logan607
2008-09-01 02:57 pm UTC (link)
Well, fancy meeting you here.

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[info]sleeplessdallas
2008-08-29 08:02 pm UTC (link)
you can only find passion within yourself, not from others
(personal opinion)

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[info]logan607
2008-09-01 02:57 pm UTC (link)
I think you're right.

Have you left the big city already? The weekend was a blur and I actually didn't get out of work on Friday until 9:30 PM. Just crashed. So beat.

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[info]sleeplessdallas
2008-09-01 07:26 pm UTC (link)
yep, gone gone gone
it feels good to be home
don't work to hard, just play hard :)

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[info]mary_lennox
2008-08-29 10:33 pm UTC (link)
/Me: OK, I pine a little....wait, what? No it's not! Is it?/

I lol'd at that - and to answer your question, yup. :) But that's okay - it's your journal!

I know what you mean about hot/cold. Right now I'm trying so hard not to be cynical about things and the more I think about it - the more I realize that we're a lot better off than most people in the world.

That's when I start praying my thanks, life is good, no?

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[info]logan607
2008-09-01 02:58 pm UTC (link)
That's a great habit - to pray your thanks.

It centers you, yes.

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