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When someone you’ve known for barely two weeks tells you that you think too much, and you know they’re right, it’s time to stop thinking so much.

I just need to chill, and enjoy the fun I’m having.

I’ve been thinking a lot about pacifism lately. Watching documentaries, reading historical accounts, bits of philosophy, many passages of scripture, and various other pieces here and there have led me closer to embracing the idea of pacifism. However, as I read outside sources and form my own ideas and positions on the idea, I find that many of the ideas commonly held about pacifism are misunderstood. Likewise, some of the ideas I posit as alternatives to conflict may not be held by pure pacifists. In the end, it may turn into an entirely different position.

I won’t be writing about it now though, as I plan on this one being a fully cited and lengthy piece. It’s something I really want to put together. Primarily for myself, so that I can get all of these thoughts, ideas, facts, and misinformation together in an organized, possibly publishable, work. I plan to use my time this summer, free from class and homework, to organize, write, and edit this piece.

At the moment, what’s in my head could reach an indeterminate length. I intend on putting a cap at 15 pages. So, for those that often read my stuff and find themselves taking bathroom breaks, you may want to consider getting very comfortable, because when it is finished and up for reading its going to be long. Perhaps not book length, but about double my usual which, for some, may as well be a book.

Anyway, why am I prefacing a future piece? Accountability I suppose. It’s something I’ve been contemplating and working through for the last year and I feel like it will eventually fade if I don’t have some sort of motivation to get it all out of my head and in print. Also, I need to stay on the ball with all of my writing because it helps me organize and filter my thoughts, keeps me sharp, and in the end helps me wind down. Plus there’s the added benefit of the satisfaction of completion. There’s nothing quite like that feeling you get when you finish creating something and are pleased with the final product.

So, if you read this and see me out or talk to me occasionally, ask me about it. It will motivate me to stay on it and perhaps finish it by my self imposed deadline of September(ish).

Sometimes living in a cellular dead zone has its advantages. No late night calls, no inconvenient wrong numbers, and no constant talking. Today was not one of those days.

I was texted around 10am today by a local comedy club. I had won 4 free tickets to see Pablo Francisco on either Wednesday or Sunday, but I had to respond by 1pm. I didn’t get the text until I was driving into town at 1:45.

A damn shame.