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Dave Shaffer
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Location: Mansfield, PA
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Desiderata

1927 Max Erhmann

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
nightmares!
Friday. 2.25.05 6:44 am
Jesus, I feel like Dane Cook. I just had one of those nightmares that scared me awake: I was dreaming I was in this room with a bunch of people and this one guy says "Check it out, a mummy's ghost lives in the fridge!" So he opens the fridge up and the door slams back shut, making everyone think that the thing was in fact possessed. And then we see some footsteps walking over to my area and a look of horror on everyone's faces as they say "He's going into you!!!" So of course in my dream I'm freaking out, and to add to my freakout, I woke up and all I could see is white. I quickly discovered that was just my blanket being close to my face. Plus, when I woke up, I did that leg kick thing, and I may be wrong but I think I heard myself moan!! MOANING. Frightened, not aroused.

Somehow the discussion always comes up in philosophy class about dreams vs. being awake and how some people think that we're actually awake when we're asleep; they say that experiences in dreams are sometimes so vivid that you cannot distinguish them from reality: yeah that's crap. I knew I was dreaming. It was just scary and I acted like I would if I had been, you know, attacked by a deranged angry mummy ghost from a fridge in real life too.

But the moral of the story is that I suppose I should stop catnapping when I get up in the mornings, lest mummy ghosts (or my boss) catch on and fry me.
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