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Geoff Irvin

About Me

i'm a completely different person from one day to the next.
i don't stay in one place for very long.
apparently, i'm hellbent on ruining my own life.
i'll sleep when i'm dead.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

people who can hang.

xinthegame4lifex

My Blog

put it in a box and bury it

As I write this I'm sitting in a big, dark cloud of anger. The feeling is highly energetic, almost electric, and, for some strange reason, seems to be most evident in my skin. The experience is vaguel...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:18:00 GMT

an open letter of apology

Dear me,Over the years, I have resented you for not being athletic enough, brave enough, funny enough, smart enough, talented enough, handsome enough, rich enough, admired enough, educated enough, New...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:08:00 GMT

the swarm

I believe I think too much. I believe I'm literally drowning in a thick swamp of thoughts. No, swamp's not right. It's more like being in the middle of a swarm of bees, all of them flying insanely abo...
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 13:28:00 GMT

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I happen to believe that a life unexamined is a life not worth living. I also happen to believe that a life examined will cause an incredible amount of heartache. With that dilemma in mind, here's whe...
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 10:07:00 GMT

beyond the realm

The more I investigate the non-realm that lies just beyond, beneath, or throughout the non-realm I think we're in, the more I'm convinced that it will take the heart of a warrior to continue. Isn't it...
Posted by on Mon, 12 May 2008 08:37:00 GMT

The secret of life

The secret of life: praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a great tree in the midst of them all. praise and blame, gain and loss, pleas...
Posted by on Sat, 10 May 2008 11:54:00 GMT

I know Im not dead

Despite all things for which I need to be forgiven, In my heart I know I meant well. I believe that my sins were driven by fear--fear of being unloved, fear of poverty, fear of death. What can I say? ...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:56:00 GMT

The meaning of life

I believe that the very act of believing in something causes us to distance ourselves from that thing, thus a duality is created: oneself and the thing in which one believes. Now since we all know tha...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:53:00 GMT

Expectations

I believe I've spent my life expecting people to behave in a certain way. I believe that when they didn't behave according to my expectations, I became angry, sad, confused and occasionally fearful. I...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:12:00 GMT