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Unbother

No real thoughts tonight, and that’s the point. Spent time at the cafe tonight, and even though I sat with people I knew, I didn’t talk. Said few words. Earbuds and a book. Left early. Sometimes, I just want to exist in the presence of people, and not be expected to stroke their egos. Just once. …

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Posted byShawnAugust 2, 2021August 2, 2021Posted inJournalTags: cafe, ego, exist, expectation, friends, isolation, reading, silence

Floydian Slips

Posted byShawnJune 12, 2021June 12, 2021Posted inPhaysisTags: ego, Facebook, id, sites, superego, Twitter

Soothsayer

Eventually, we have to start believing our own bullshit if we are going to survive in the world. The soul that’s constantly wracked by self doubt will slowly fall behind and lose its place in the fray. Can’t just stand there gagging on everything coming out of our mouths, gaging each statement for veracity, tenacity, …

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Posted byShawnMay 4, 2018Posted inPhilosophyTags: bullshit, conviction, ego, paranoia, survival, Truth

Shoreline

Coffee shop life. I like the drink, but I like the company. Rather, I like the hope of company. What is delivered instead is an ocean of unknown faces and a beachhead of granite; the bulk and masses and swells — a tide of people who I could know but never will know — as …

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Posted byShawnSeptember 12, 2015Posted inJournal, PhilosophyTags: cafe, ego, friends

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