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    Digital World | Map Of Emotion

    Escapist

    July 26, 2007November 11, 2023
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    How to be an escapist in the all-seeing 24 x 7 internet.

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  • love rose thorns
    Poetry

    My love is the thorn on the red, red rose

    July 23, 2007September 17, 2023
    5 Comments

    If love were a poem, I’d be an ode to your being.
    If love were a song, I’d be a serenade to you.
    If love were a painting, I’d be a blind artist.

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  55 Words: Pot Of Gold
    Digital World | Fiction

    55 Words: Pot Of Gold

    July 19, 2007November 11, 2023
    6 Comments

    A short tale in 55 words. Her parents say that she was born talking. Then she discovered writingEnglish grammar compositionsStories and poetryLetters and emailsChats and instant messagingSMSes, Orkut scrapsResumes and reports Then she stumbled onto bloggingAnd anonymous postingEven editing and deletingAnd much later, private publishing But silence is yet to…

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  • selective focus photo of silver key beside brown smoking pipe and clear eyeglasses spectacles
    Body & Sex | Digital World | Relationships

    Spec-tacularly mad

    July 19, 2007November 11, 2023
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    I have a weakness for men in spectacles. Quite mad for them, in fact. Maybe I associate that with intelligence. Maybe it’s my Electra Syndrome.

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  • jealousy
    Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    The Green-Eyed Scapegoat Of Jealousy

    July 17, 2007November 12, 2023
    2 Comments

    I explore the difference between ownership and connection, and the destructive nature of jealousy compared to the compromises of possessiveness.

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    Fiction | Relationships

    55 Words: Gold-Digger

    July 16, 2007November 11, 2023
    4 Comments

    A short tale in 55 words about value, money and worth.

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  • Christmas candle
    Map Of Emotion

    Intoxication

    July 14, 2007November 12, 2023
    3 Comments

    The thought that everyone’s expecting me to be cheery, happy, and ebullient…usually has the reverse effect on me. Intoxication, it’s not fun.

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  Ballad
    Poetry

    Ballad

    July 13, 2007September 17, 2023
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    A ballad for the one who shines a light in my mind. And on my path.

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  • close up of lips kiss pout
    Body & Sex | Fiction | Relationships

    55 Words: Afterglow

    July 11, 2007November 13, 2023
    3 Comments

    A 55 word tale about kissing.

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  Tweety and Sylvester
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion

    Tweety and Sylvester

    July 10, 2007November 11, 2023
    4 Comments

    When I was a kid I loved sparrows. I wouldn’t say all nature as that’s plants and birds. Not all birds. Not crows…I still hate them…there’s an annoying one (or several perhaps…damn they all look the same!) that serenades me at my window at exactly 7 a.m. on a Sunday…

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  • IdeaSmith on The Feels This Week: A Curated Life Is A Considered One: “@Harshaman: What a delightful set of throwbacks it was to receive this comment! First, to the days when one would…”
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  • Neha Kapoor on Unlikeable Women: It’s Okay To Dislike Her, But Respect Her: “You always have such good book recommendations!”
  • IdeaSmith on A Post-40 Primer On Friendship With Men: Hope & Betrayal: “@Soumya: Thank you for reading and commenting. Yes, I’ve had a good male role model. Unfortunately for me, I’ve encountered…”
  • IdeaSmith on Trusting My Judgement Again: Thanks Meena Kandasamy & The Rookie: “@krist0ph3r: ‘Judgement as mental shorthand’ is a great way to look at it. It’s narrow to think of judgementalism as…”
  • Soumya on A Post-40 Primer On Friendship With Men: Hope & Betrayal: “Hi Ramya, Firstly, my congratulations on a well written post. It didn’t pull its punches. Secondly, it was lovely to…”
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  • IdeaSmith on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “@Sid: Oh god, you’re right.”
  • Sid on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “I think the Poser Reader sentiment also comes from the branding reading as a hobby has had. Successful people say…”
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