wonders why he's prone to adopting a "professor persona"..?
Todd A Overman
Like it was good for anything anyhow.
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28 November 2021
28 Nov 2013
Stumbling through my improvised speeches, I begin to doubt if I'm helping others...
Or just coming off as confused and confusing.
28 Nov 2013
I'm hungry and lonely, and that's getting me angry and tired.
I'm hoping a visit with my friend will help turn this Thanksgiving around...
...missed work potluck - not registered as Operation Turkey volunteer - overslept through house dinner - unaware of other friend's dinner - Black Friday taking Thanksgiving hostage....
28 Nov 2014
"He is the most typical man in the world..."
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Part of me wants to hash out a series of expectations made of me, by reason of my gender. Not sure how researched they would be, versus just personal feelings... but maybe an exercise in gender roles?
Example:
"He went hunting deer on Thanksgiving weekend, because it was too cold to go fishing on Lake Travis. It was tough, though, pulling him away from the college football games, and they had to bribe him with a case of Lone Star beers and a couple of bottles of Jack."
"He is the most typical man in the world..."
28 Nov 2015
There's this....
general feeling of ennui...
this sense that I've been betrayed...
abandoned...
written off as worthless or fake...
It could be some weird paranoia, with no basis in reality; or it could be quite true, like that gut feeling when you're in a bad relationship.
I'm not good at distance relationships, I think. Stuff that involves letters or phone calls, or trying to communicate past other barriers. I don't think I'm very good at casual chit-chat, either - just trying to connect with others. I don't think I behave like normal people do; it's even been pointed out to me how I remind a lady of her son with Asperger's Syndrome.
It hurts, that I want to be included and accepted, and instead I feel ignored by the majority.
Yet, my experiences do not always integrate well with yours. My stories do not always make sense, or end with a good point or moral. My needs are not always clearly expressed, due to communication barriers. My actions are not always noble, and some times quite destructive.
So, I suffer, even though you see me joking. That makes me wonder if "I need to change my tact", as pointed out by a friend earlier this week. What do I expose to the elements? What do I share?
Could probably write more, but I'm NOT very good at monologues.
28 Nov 2018
I am extremely grateful for the times that I get to spend with friends, because this roller coaster that I call life reached the top of the tracks on Sunday night; and I’m just getting whipped every which way on the downhill plummet that appears to be the next two weeks...
I’m being vague about details, though, because.... of fear? Of privacy concerns? Or maybe just not much faith any more in Facrbook as a medium
27 November 2021
27 Nov 2010
"OK, the screen's dead... but at least it didn't shatter into a thousand pieces... and, you can still make calls as long as you put it on speaker phone!"
...yep, it's time to go upgrade/replace my phone...
27 Dec 2011
Growf..?
}:D (..add ASCII art that symbolizes fiery breath here - I'm drawing a blank ___ )
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Many a teenage afternoon spent eagerly flipping to the back of Dragon, to read that month's "What's New?" by Phil Foglio. I think I still have the 2-volume set of the collected strips..
27 Nov 2014
It's another Thanksgiving in Austin, and I'm grateful to have lived here for the last 25 years. Although institutions have come and went, their influence is still felt - the permanence of impermanence, perhaps?
I am grateful for all of my friends through the years, and that I get to spend Thanksgiving with one "adopted family". I'm thankful that my own family gets to have a great Turkey Day shaping up...
I'm grateful there's folks I get to play board games with, friends I get to share life with (in Facebook land), and other activities opening before me.
I'm grateful that I have a job, that's not too stressful; and tutoring developing, too.
My brain feels sluggish - haven't been sleeping well, lately. Might go take a holiday nap... 
28 Nov 2016
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27 Nov 2020
On Saturday, 28 Nov 2020, at 5:30 p.m. CST, I will be telling my personal story of recovery from substance abuse and mental illness issues. This will be held in the open Zoomed meeting of the 12@12 5:30 group.
Please note that I am posting this announcement to my friends on Facebook, because I always appreciate when any or all of them can help support my travels through recovery. To (partially) respect anonymity at the level of press, radio, and films; I request that you Do Not share, copy and paste, or otherwise broadcast this announcement outside of the current friends channel.
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Also, this 5:30 meeting has just started it's 2 Saturday speakers' format, held every Saturday, and we could certainly use more speakers in December and beyond. If interested, I can put you in touch with our current speaker coordinator.
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26 November 2021
26 Nov 2009
wonders if there's a holiday that doesn't somehow bring food and drink into the mix... President's Day, perhaps?
26 Nov 2010
Part of me wants to hold out until the week after Christmas to buy some new shoes, but I'm getting really tired of my big toe sticking out of my sole...
26 Nov 2012
Once again, I need to borrow a car that's up to date, to take my driving test for my driver's license renewal...
I currently am scheduled to test on Monday, 11/3, at 11:00 am, at the North Lamar DPS office.
Can anyone help out? (I would need an automatic transmission)
"Black Friday Lament" P.o.t.D. 11/26/16
Buy, buy, buy, buy more -
Spend the money you don't have -For what? New bookends?
26 Nov 2016
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