Feed Descriptionuuid:97303b83-4082-48cd-866c-f50b5b276b67;id=97All Content Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Michael O'Neill. All rights reserved.2009-11-11T06:16:09Zmichael.crisatunity.comf1a8bfa80f6b44d3b7d63245cd4599ad2009-11-11T06:16:09ZMichael O'Neillhttp://michael.crisatunity.comcomments@crisatunity.comSo why does my 5th grader get a half-day for Veteran's Day, and I (an actual veteran) have to sell another teaspoon of my soul to the man?9998dccb915742c7aa08e68264f06c0a2009-11-11T06:16:09ZMichael O'Neillhttp://michael.crisatunity.comcomments@crisatunity.comYou have to bleed for things that are worthwhile.5ccfb504fbe74081ba99c1008c2ffb2c2009-11-11T06:16:09ZMichael O'Neillhttp://michael.crisatunity.comcomments@crisatunity.com<i>Veronika Decides to Die</i><br/> Chapter 2<br/> <p>The mental institution backdrop, Villete, is introduced in a very hand-holding fashion.</p> Chapter 3<br/> <p>For the second time the author, Paulo Coelho, interjects himself personally and directly into the plot. I hope this is the last time he does, but I suspect it won't be the last. It is disjointing. It reads as over-explaining the story at hand with a super-story that isn't something I'm interested in reading.</p> Chapter 4<br/> <p>Veronika lays out her disdain for life. I found it interesting that she didn't frame her disdain as something unique to her. She plainly doesn't understand why any young woman would want to live.</p> Chapter 5<br/> <p>Veronika is finally lucid and is told matter of fact-ly that she has a week to live.</p> Chapter 6<br/> <p>Veronika finds waiting for death more unacceptable than living was in the first place. I think is a natural reaction. No one wants to lose control of something so precious.</p>866f110f4b7a4c3cbb0aa644303d5e752009-11-11T06:16:09ZMichael O'Neillhttp://michael.crisatunity.comcomments@crisatunity.comI hate seeing pictures of me more than I hate hearing my voice.ef4d79068bcd4b469b33baa4211502352009-11-11T06:16:09ZMichael O'Neillhttp://michael.crisatunity.comcomments@crisatunity.comI'm sensing the Packer's thirty-year Superbowl cycle is yet again in effect.b72fe36b87cf418d82fa89020cd7a4dc2009-11-11T06:16:09ZMichael O'Neillhttp://michael.crisatunity.comcomments@crisatunity.comI've lost track of how many deals have been broken.c45ea0869c46444dbcd9004aad685c862009-11-11T06:16:09ZMichael O'Neillhttp://michael.crisatunity.comcomments@crisatunity.comYou are right. None of us gets to take back what we do.b1c9b0838e16480aba59905a8c5b3b102009-11-11T06:16:09ZMichael O'Neillhttp://michael.crisatunity.comcomments@crisatunity.comI feel like my balls are growing back. Good. Feeling.ad9fe214dada423ab7be97e32c42df082009-11-11T06:16:09ZMichael O'Neillhttp://michael.crisatunity.comcomments@crisatunity.com<p>I'm reading a book, <i>Veronika Decides to Die</i>. I want to write my review while I read it.</p><p>Veronika / first chapter thoughts</p><p>I am very glued to the story. This is good because I often get lost in the first chapter.</p><p>My first thoughts are that I have a kindred empathy for the tenor of Veronika's give up and troubling thoughts of aftermath particulars. Also, I was angry that she went through with it (suicide), even though I already knew she would.</p><p>I was angry enough that I somewhat ended the first chapter in a mind set that I hope she has succeeded, that the rest of the book will be a fantasy where she believes she's failed and it is just a story that isn't really about the aftermath of failing to kill herself. I hope in the end that she realizes she is actually dead.</p>bbfdd018de1f42a59865fb23677a87e82009-11-11T06:16:09ZMichael O'Neillhttp://michael.crisatunity.comcomments@crisatunity.comFishsticks are the hotdogs of the sea.¿b61abaa40e9d4f519911fb3084a324cf2009-11-11T06:16:09ZMichael O'Neillhttp://michael.crisatunity.comcomments@crisatunity.comEating fishsticks is a compromise. I eat them like a meth-addict and never question from where the (or even if they are) fish come.c185e48bb973401cb6f6a87a9e7ebc722009-11-11T06:16:09ZMichael O'Neillhttp://michael.crisatunity.comcomments@crisatunity.comeHarmony ads always remind me that I have 29 dimensions of incompatibility.f5071dbd47784574bdd7ba8b95fb992e2009-11-11T06:16:09ZMichael O'Neillhttp://michael.crisatunity.comcomments@crisatunity.comI am not participating in the 2009 NaNoWriMo. I am writing for myself now and I simply don't care about or need any external motivation.fc0481ceffa34cc4a2c0463b612757f32009-11-11T06:16:09ZMichael O'Neillhttp://michael.crisatunity.comcomments@crisatunity.comOh dear, I've been kittened.0dd553d3d4ee4d058b50701b10fb2cb02009-11-11T06:16:09ZMichael O'Neillhttp://michael.crisatunity.comcomments@crisatunity.comI've passed into the phase of no one knows the last time I cut my hair.88247ca942444f31b5a8612ed6a5ada82009-11-11T06:16:09ZMichael O'Neillhttp://michael.crisatunity.comcomments@crisatunity.comReturning to Twitter anonymously. Real people are anchors in a fantasy world.de84f3a4abdd4bec86a885d7650e30c52009-11-11T06:16:09ZMichael O'Neillhttp://michael.crisatunity.comcomments@crisatunity.comMy children are great and we love each other so, and that is a lot of light to live in.f3ec9a7960b54fd89a6d81a6cc47ae922009-11-11T06:16:09ZMichael O'Neillhttp://michael.crisatunity.comcomments@crisatunity.comYou can't fix being the man she doesn't love.9f591586f8f14becbd54189397cfeb382009-11-11T06:16:09ZMichael O'Neillhttp://michael.crisatunity.comcomments@crisatunity.comAs soon as get around to deleting all this shit, I will be done trying to fix myself with my words.c71862e11ea04bf48147f2b30c150f622009-11-11T06:16:09ZMichael O'Neillhttp://michael.crisatunity.comcomments@crisatunity.comThe electronic age isn't useful if your finger is squarely in the socket.