It is a puzzlement

All of the conversations I overheard today were just .. baffling.

All of the conversations I engaged in today were .. rewarding.

I found my best friend from law school today, and feel a sense of great relief and satisfaction.

I found the two men I was closest to in high school this evening (who still live) and felt gratitude.

I met a young woman who truly didn't like me at all, and I don't buy the story that they're telling.

I thought that a useless display trinket I've wanted to own for a long, long time would be finally mine (meaning, at the price I wanted to pay) but it did not come to pass.

I'm not tired and I should be.

I am finding that sometimes when I procrastinate, it is because more research needs to be done, or because more information is coming my way that I don't know to expect.

The "hurry up and wait" mentality confuses me.

I can't decide if it would be acceptable for me to wear jeans to church tomorrow.

I wish my car were cleaner, but it's too bloody hot to go out there and wash it myself.

I need to go through my storage unit and dig out more stuff.

As much as I study

People still baffle me. Not all people, I have collected a set that are fairly predictable.

But people can still just absolutely challenge all expectations. Even deeply cynical expectations.

I know each person is living their own stage play that is unfolding within their own cranium, and that outside images and messages are filtered through their stage play's script to work into the play as they are directing it.

Maybe if there were a communications rating system that could be utilized for pre-screening. A "1" could refer to someone with no sense of self-causation, and a "10" could refer to someone with a full sense of self-causation and an openness to not "knowing" what is going on.

Would save a lot of time and disappointment.

No one will prevail

Over on Facebook, I indulged myself in a little "How much do you know about Douglas" quiz that has stymied everyone who has tried to climb it.

As I was framing it up, I figured that most of the questions and answers I had created were indeed never disclosed or rarely disclosed.

Sneaky.