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Category Archives: Personal
The No-Demands Relationship
I’ve had one of these. It’s been quite rare in my life. I associate “relationship” with having to do a lot of things you don’t want to do. In exchange for this hard work, your partner has to do a … Continue reading
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Tagged beard, best behavior, brain, integrity, relationship
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I Loved The Movie ‘An Education’
This was my favorite movie of 2009. I was enraptured by it from the minute I read its plot summary: “A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of … Continue reading
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Tagged forties, innocent girl, life changes, sophisticated gentleman, suburban london, torah jew
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I Use Writing As A Sword
More: Jim emails: “Jeez, you’re pathetic. And it’s baffling why you possess such a seemingly high opinion of yourself as a “writer.” All but one of your books have been self-published in the vanity press and the rest of your … Continue reading
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Tagged awl, faggot, intellectual figure, naphtha, vanity press, vice grips
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Glum
I was pretty quiet during my Alexander Technique lesson today. My teacher asked me what I was thinking. “I’m thinking about asking my… for a loan,” I said. “Oh,” she said. “I’d be glum too.” My teacher worked on my … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Technique, alignment, contempt, disgust, fantasizing, musculature, smarty pants, theory of relativity, university of aberdeen, verges
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I’m Learning To Be Gentle With Myself
I’ve had therapists tell me to be a friend to myself, to be gentle with myself. I understood what they were saying, but I had a hard time practicing it. I was filled with too much self-loathing. While I practiced … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Technique, chip on your shoulder, downward pressure, self loathing, teenage boy, time in my life
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