"You're right, no human being would stack books like this."

Initially $1000, then take care of your necessities before moving on to build it up, aim for between 25 % - 50% of your gross annual income. Takes a while to get there but once you do you are covered.

They don't. I'm just being an asshole :3

"Hotel flunkies, friendly, Spanish, handsome, their English faintly American, Hollywood-flavored (another unreal touch), opened doors and carried bags. Rich ugly men came in and out with half-dressed women. You got more vividly than normal a sense of the sexual economy at work. Pretty young Spaniards got jobs;…

So you spent your time with James in this story alternately comparing yourself to Norman Mailer (quite literally, as a matter of fact), and exploring your own core of novelistic self-flagellation. Then you conclude with the statement that James has brought his high school troupe with him, and is in fact not a…

It's not.

It would be even better if the mirror covered medicine chest style shelves, so you could put the silverware, napkins, candles and accessories away there.

Cottage cheese with pineapple and a little salt is the food of the gods.

This might be the most apt use of that image I've ever seen.

Are you my mother? She's always missing things because she was "outside watering the plants."

Brazil/Germany heat map.

THESE COUNTRIES DONT EVEN EXIST ANYMORE

I am tired of the old nickname I have for my cock. From now on, it's Zamperini.

for me personally, marijuana is what changed my life. after years of cycling through anxiety meds, and anti depressants, i said fuck it and started smoking weed. it has been years since i quit taking pharmaceuticals, and i feel so much better. whether i am having an anxiety attack and smoke to calm down, or if i…

That is a brilliant way of saying it.

In my experience, external validation doesn't matter. I've been looking for a reason to be here for almost 30 years and I still don't feel as if I belong anywhere. No amount of other people's opinions is going to change that. If you met me, I do a pretty good impression of a functioning person. However, the fact…

Thanks. Some good food for thought. For me it starts with the first part, the negative mentality. I feel like I have been conditioned, since I was old enough to remember, to have no sense of self-worth or confidence, and it destroys you, body and soul. My friend tells me that I need to break the cycle, and she's…

It's not just the depression but the accompanying anxiety and low self esteem make it crippling

Except that's not how it works. Your emotions (and everyone else's for that matter) are not inherently bound to facts. Even if you know intellectually that you have valuable traits, a promising future, or a pretty good present life, that doesn't guarantee you feel good about it. That's the whole point. Depression…