Tiny text take two

[eriktrips]

So now I am writing my journal entry with a "real" text editor, vim, which is much more useful on the iPod with its limited keyboard. I am hoping that I do not have to come back and put the paragraphs in by hand but I think the line length problem should now cease to be a problem.

I did put on street clothes and leave the house today which is usually a good thing. I have been living on oatmeal with peanut butter punctuated by occasional ice cream indulgences. I may have mentioned already that I have moderated my ice cream intake by becoming obsessed with a single flavor that is often not in stock nearby so either I must walk a mile to Safeway to get it or do without much of the time. Either way works out to my advantage since so often I only get the ice cream if I walk two miles first.



As usual I regret posting about hot button issues on Facebook. I do not like to argue so I always pause before posting and then I tiptoe out of my own threads. Things are worth discussing but I do not hold up under political bluster very well so I myself often have to avoid it. What I have trouble with is believing that I have a right to my own thoughts on a given topic if I am not willing to argue for them but argument for me is a high stakes affair in mental stability and energy management. My life would be a bit easier if I did not insist on holding minority opinions but often finding myself in the minority that is where I necessarily do most of my world building. Defending my world is something I prefer to do with silent watchfulness.


I am still sort of on a sick day or rather something like the half-day one takes after being sick. That I made it out of the house was my pushing-the-envelope goal for the day. I might try to learn something more a little later or I might fall asleep. Or most likely I will fall asleep while trying to learn something. Sitting with my feet up ans Santiago keeping them warm is a nice way to work my way back to productivity although it is also seductive: watching the cat sleep is not something that spurs ambition exactly unless one's ambition is to be more catlike. I don't know that I should try to become more catlike.

On the other hand I think I might be on the verge of an involuntary nap. I could just give in for an hour or two.

Comments

[altamira16]

I would argue a lot with people a few years ago, but now I feel like I have more important things to do. Like you, I feel like if I believe in something, I should be defending it. But since I don't feel like I am going to change anyone's opinions, I don't do it. It is much easier for people to descend into pettiness when you challenge their world view than to concede that you may have a point.

[eriktrips]

Yeah, I used to have some hope of changing people's minds on the internet, but I don't think it happens often or when it does it is not usually not the person(s) you are directly arguing with who shifts their thinking. That and the rapid decline in quality of discourse so often makes arguing on the internet a lose-lose proposition.