Daily Digest for 2009-01-31
Posted by Richard Mankhey
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2:53am |
Posted 2 tweets on Twitter. (Show Details)
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10:30am | Scrobbled a song on Last.fm. |
Daily Digest for 2009-01-30
Posted by Richard Mankhey
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4:12am |
Updated status on Facebook.
Richard is wondering why he paid cash money to swing heavy weights around and get really sore when he coulda kept the dough and stepped in front of a bus.
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4:26am | Scrobbled a song on Last.fm. |
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6:13am | Scrobbled a song on Last.fm. |
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6:55pm |
Updated status on Facebook.
Richard is All the Single Ladeez!
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11:43pm |
Posted a tweet on Twitter.
I’m ready to commit an act of boss-icide!! Argh! Very angry.
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Solace in-between the lines
Posted by Richard Mankhey
When I was younger, I used to write a lot of poetry because I loved the act of creation and it also helped me get thoughts down in an easy-to-read yet slightly esoteric form of communication for friends and family. I would often use poetry as an outlet for frustrations or questions or feelings I had but couldn’t process or speak about properly; then I’d give it to my mom to read and try to decipher what the heck I was frustrated about. Did I mention that they were usually esoteric?
Most of it frequently rhymed, but my brain is good at swapping words and phrases thesaurus-style so I can get my message across and still maintain some semblance of lyrical poetry. My musical tastes are frequently determined by the lyric content and subject matter of the song/singer.
I still love to write…though these days it ends up being garrulous emails and quite recently of course, this blog; I have also always loved to read and find great in inspiration, solace, and wisdom in the written word (except for the occasional horror novel or Celebrity-trash magazine).
One lesson I’ve carried with me and used often I learned growing up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (a.ka. the Mormon Church). We were taught to refer to scriptures (the King James Bible and/or Book of Mormon) when we had a problem or dilemma we wanted some insight into. Essentially, trust your instinct/insight/Holy Ghost to lead you to the right passage in one of the aforementioned books when you pick it up and open it.
I’ve found it works with other types of literature, also, and I found what has become one of my favorite poems by grabbing a free literary pamphlet from a box outside the metro on December 17, 2008. The poem is by Sarah Teasdale (1884-1933) and is entitled “Advice to a Girl”:
Advice to a Girl
No one worth possessing
Can be quite possessed;
Lay that on your heart,
My young angry dear;
This truth, this hard and precious stone,
Lay it on your hot cheek,
Let it hide your tear.
Hold it like a crystal
When you are alone
And gaze in the depths of the icy stone.
Long, look long and you will be blessed;
No one worth be possessing
Can be quite possessed.
What’s so wonderful about this poem? Hmm….well…I suppose it spoke not only to my muddled brain and state of mind at the time but also to so much befuddlement I’ve felt in certain situations in my life…times when I wondered if I was truly worth possessing…or would ever be possessed…
I’m sure I’ve got the first part down…as for the latter…time will tell.
Daily Digest for 2009-01-29
Posted by Richard Mankhey
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7:10pm |
Updated status on Facebook.
Richard is seredipitous.
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Daily Digest for 2009-01-27
Posted by Richard Mankhey
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12:37pm |
Posted a tweet on Twitter.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Why not?
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3:57pm |
Updated status on Facebook.
Richard is about to get his Employee Performance Review for the last half of 2008….will he remain employed? Will he be spanked for his lackluster skills? Story at 11.
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5:41pm |
Updated status on Facebook.
Richard is still employed…providing he can improve his time management skills…pointers anyone?
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