Archive for August, 2007
30 Aug, 2007
Comparison Shopping
“You know something?” he asks her.
“What about?” she replies.
“I was feeling a little bored today, so I went onto eBay and had some fun comparison shopping.”
“Okay. So what’s so special about that?”
“I decided to do a search for you.”
“Uh-huh… and?”
“And… I found nothing.”
He looks at her, cheeks flushed red, and adds, “I found… that nothing compares to you.”
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Update: I always update the board outside my door whenever a new thought comes up… and the current board picture was inspired by this post. Here’s a picture:
26 Aug, 2007
She Looked at Me
And I said, “You know, life’s so complicated now. It’s like, there’s so many things happening — there’s just so much sh*t. But you know what? I like it this way. Imagine if all this hadn’t happened, life would be so… uninteresting. You know what I mean?”
She nodded.
I continued, “oddly enough, I like all these things happening. I wouldn’t say that it hasn’t given me stress. I wouldn’t say that it’s actually been nice, because it definitely hasn’t been. There’s been lots of pain; lots of uncertainty; confusion. But oddly enough, I like it.”
22 Aug, 2007
Moving On (from that Unfortunate Incident)
Whatever happened happened.
Whatever didn’t didn’t.
That is the truth.
Perceptions matter much in everyday affairs.
But on this matter, I’m willing to concentrate on nothing but the truth.
And what do you know?
The truth remains, as it always has been:
Behind a veil of uncertainty, of unknowns.
Maybe that is the cue for you to say,
“Because the truth is uncertain, you don’t know what really happened.
And you cannot judge me on that.”
And I will be forced, by truth’s very nature, to agree with you.
The truth we can never know, can we?
And that being said and done, I shall say,
“Whatever happened happened.
Whatever didn’t didn’t.”
That is the truth.
Let’s move on.
19 Aug, 2007
Psyching Out an Opponent
I would just like to share with you this passage I came across in a fantastic book I’m currently reading, called Winning - The Psychology of Competition, by Stuart H. Walker:
Provocation and intimidation may effectively neutralise some competitors. Evoking guilt feelings may be more effective with others. Some of your competitors are saying, like the typical five-year-old child, “I’m such a nice kid, you wouldn’t beat me, would you?” Many competitors want to make it perfectly clear that they are racing under a handicap. One of the top finishers in the 1976 Soling trials proclaimed repeatedly that his crew members were not only incompetent but uncooperative. “I still don’t have the mast put together.” “I’m using that old main that blew out last year.” “I was testing a new jib that I knew was wrong.” “You’re not going to use your good sails for this unimportant race, are you?” “I haven’t been able to practice for three months.” Poor souls! They may be looking for an excuse to reassure themselves, but if they elicit your sympathy, your concern for their problem, they’ve achieved a psych-out. They have you preoccupied with their game rather than your own.
I had a friend who used to do this all the time. But glad to say, his psych-outs didn’t work, heh!
18 Aug, 2007
The Dance
“Dance with me,”
Her body seemed to say.
I inched toward her,
Then thinking, backed away,
I did want to dance,
But not with her; and not today.