posted 2006/01/25 at 22:50
It's funny how when you haven't been hugged for a long time and then someone hugs you, and even a half-hour later you can still feel that person's warmth on your skin. It's a feeling I've missed dearly this past year or so.
Anyway, today I had the first real opportunity to talk face-to-face to a friend that I've had since Penny stopped here on her way to MichFest back in August. It's given me a lot to think about in terms of my own happiness (or whatever it is I feel that approximates happiness), and how my self-worth is governed by other people's observations of me. I still don't know that I have a long-term solution for really getting out of the bad position I've been in for so long, but for now I think I've got a better handle on the short-term stuff I can do. Unfortunately most of that is still predicated on the actions of others, but at least things in that regard don't look quite so bleak anymore.
Oh, and the school paper's running an article on Un/Gagged tomorrow. I did the interview Tuesday night, and for once I really hit all the points I wanted to make spot-on. Sometimes I amaze myself when I do that.
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