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I suppose seven days is enough time to tell if one has made a terrible decision in leaving one job and starting another, wouldn't you agree? Time enough to feel the familiar lick of flame as you realise you have inadvertently left the frying pan for the fire, or to realise that the grass, did...
Chris Russell
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I was reading an excerpt from a zoological textbook the other day about the reactions of different types of amoeba to stimulus. (Yes - this is the sort of thing you will find in my web surfing history. Shut up.) It seems that amoeba, generally, rarely move because of a positive stimulus...
Chris Russell
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I gave Karma a prod in my last post and bemoaned the consequences, but it turns out my little stash of validity has been looking after itself very well thank you, while my confidence has taken a dive. Not long after sending my email withdrawing from the application process, I received an email...
Chris Russell
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What an odd title I have chosen for this post... (Regardless of my being a huge Radiohead fan.) And yet I can think of nothing better to encompass the feelings I have at recent events. Perhaps this is the first sign of my sense of my newfound validity starting to fracture... (I wouldn't be...
Chris Russell
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As I sit here, towards the end of a busy, full day of cover at my local secondary school, wondering how long the Epi Pen training will take and if my son will make a big fuss about his guitar practice tonight, I realise that things have found their way back to a kind of normality. I have missed...
Chris Russell
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Things have apparently been going too well. My blissful transition from anxiety-wracked nerdy under-achiever to contented, thankful, hopeful individual has been rudely sidetracked by something known as Chronic Migraine. This insidious and little understood condition is extremely distressing...
Gritches
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"Gritches has Lots of Mommies" Sounds like a children's book about polygamy. But srsly, let me begin by making clear that I am not complaining. At all. In fact, I've been meaning to write this for a while but I couldn't figure out how to do so without it sounding like I'm bragging, not that...
Papillon
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Well the title is a lie because it’s the night before but busy day tomorrow and I won’t have a chance to post for the next week so this is it I will give an update after jamboree or many depending on the stories also after I get back from jamboree I will organize photos and whatnot for those who...
Papillon
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Well going to a funeral today so not to many photos will be taken from what I know its not appropriate to take a camera to a funeral but to a wedding many cameras are allowed. From what my parents where talking about last night it seems there are a lot of social rules when it comes to funerals...
Papillon
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Well I slept through the night, first time this whole week and this whole year. Dad and my sister just went out for a swim in the sea but it’s a bit cold for me being 8am and all well actually I haven’t been in the sea this whole trip and we have only stayed along the coast the beach just isn’t...
Papillon
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Today well it all started at 4am with some reflux that OCD decided to play on so that was fun, when my day actually started we had oven cooked toast and headed on our way to mt Taranaki/Egmont that was super fun I got to walk ahead of everyone and got to not worry about what other people thought...
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Well we all slept pretty terribly apart from my sister who got a whole double bed to herself not to mention the new years partiers who woke me up in 2018 ugh. It’s raining a lot which is a good thing apart from the fact we are in a campervan (glad we don’t have our shrinking tent) and mum forgot...
Papillon
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Driving is one of my favorite things to do not the actual act of it but sitting in the back of the car well campervan in this case, the New Zealand country side is so amazing even though we are in a serious drought the country is a little windy (like corners not the wind) but around every turn...
Joel's Hear
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Last night on the roof terrace of the hotel my kids and I found a giant moth, and we carefully picked it up and played with it. After a couple of minutes, I tried to put it back down, but it refused, so I took it to the room to show my wife and the baby. The baby was terrified. Today, my girl...
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Being normal. It is what many of us strive to do. Fit in, don't stand out like a sore thumb, don't deviate from the expected norms, the attention received otherwise is to much to bear. Of course, this has been my way of doing things as well. There are a few problems with it though. First, a...
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As topics, "sex" and "nazis" are cheap easy targets.. I have seen that the first few generators people make tend to be sensationalized topics once they get the idea of how to use the format. They test out most of the dirty words they know. Sometimes there is cursing; generally vulgarity of a...
Gritches
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Nobody really talks about Chamomile for anxiety; usually, if the herb is discussed, it's in the context of being a sleep aid and almost exclusively about Chamomile tea. However, Chamomile is available in capsule form, and that got me wondering how effective it would be for daytime anxiety. I...
Voltaic
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I hit a low in a rough patch. When I seriously started to consider suicide, I realized that this was absolutely stupid. As much as I love to brag about 'my acceptance of death' I am scared of the **** still. I stall at the end, waiting for something to happen that will finally get me to do it. I...
Ambi
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Though I am understanding the ins and outs of my work, it's a LOT to keep track of, especially for me. A lot of it may seem common sense to others, but it's a lot of details and noticing surroundings, and in the moment. I think I need to prep myself before visiting each client by journaling...
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