I yam what I yam
Jul. 26th, 2012 07:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grinninfooleI had a long talk with the Morlock this evening, commiserating about his recent reversal of fortune, the prospects for President Obama's re-election, whether Marvel comics is totally out of ideas or not, race vs class warfare, employee relations, and what the fuck is wrong with rich people?
Along the way, he called me out on being a good person, and I was more or less OK with it. I'm uncomfortable with simply asserting "I am a good person", lest I become Jane Eyre's aunt, but I do make a conscious effort to fit the criteria for moral goodness, which to my mind means 'courteous, humble, compassionate, diffident, reflective, curious, funny, and generous'. I have achieved some success in my efforts, and several of you have been kind enough to validate me over the years, much to my discomfort.
One of the things I admire about Grounded is that, in surviving a difficult childhood, she granted herself permission to believe in her own self-worth. She's far from arrogant, but she is very comfortable with who she is, the life she lives, and what she wants. My own path has been somewhat different, and there are different pitfalls that I have had to navigate (a topic for another post), but I think I might be ready to start giving myself that same permission. I hope that I shall not fall in complacency.
For my next trick, I'll come up with a blurb for myself so I can maybe start dating or something.
Along the way, he called me out on being a good person, and I was more or less OK with it. I'm uncomfortable with simply asserting "I am a good person", lest I become Jane Eyre's aunt, but I do make a conscious effort to fit the criteria for moral goodness, which to my mind means 'courteous, humble, compassionate, diffident, reflective, curious, funny, and generous'. I have achieved some success in my efforts, and several of you have been kind enough to validate me over the years, much to my discomfort.
One of the things I admire about Grounded is that, in surviving a difficult childhood, she granted herself permission to believe in her own self-worth. She's far from arrogant, but she is very comfortable with who she is, the life she lives, and what she wants. My own path has been somewhat different, and there are different pitfalls that I have had to navigate (a topic for another post), but I think I might be ready to start giving myself that same permission. I hope that I shall not fall in complacency.
For my next trick, I'll come up with a blurb for myself so I can maybe start dating or something.
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Date: 2012-07-26 01:16 pm (UTC)I'm on to you!
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Date: 2012-07-26 02:17 pm (UTC)2) young coeds are naive and foolish, thus posing no challenge. I only bring coeds over 50 to the cabin, as their well-honed survival instincts pose more of a challenge.
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Date: 2012-07-26 10:00 pm (UTC)YOU ARE AN AMAZING PERSON.
I understand feeling uncomfortable with compliments like that, though; I certainly do on the rare occasions when I get them!
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Date: 2012-07-31 07:53 pm (UTC)