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  • the very real possibility that i will never have a fulfilling career, based on:
    • the limited uses of my intended degree
    • my fading intelligence
    • my physical appearance (tattoos etc.)
    • my lack of passion for my own field
    • my location, nationality and accent
  • the thought of others pitying me
  • senseless things like mirrors and dark windows
  • "getting in over my head," "biting off more than i can chew," and other overestimations of myself
  • letting down the people i respect
jun 14 2009 ∞
jun 14 2009 +
  • a print journalist
  • a good driver
  • a poet
  • a time-traveller
  • respected by my peers
  • not a drug addict
  • immortal
jun 10 2009 ∞
jun 10 2009 +
  • evelyn waugh
  • david mitchell
  • julio cortazar
  • james merrill
  • kallimachos of kyrene
apr 16 2010 ∞
apr 16 2010 +
  • physical vanity
  • intelligence (with humility, kindness)
  • insouciance
  • drive
  • originality
  • discreetness
  • class and style
  • flexibility
jun 10 2009 ∞
jun 10 2009 +
  • haunted the museums of the capital
  • made a cross-border liquor run with fake id
  • run away to arizona and lived in interstate motels
  • watched the end of the yukon quest from a dingy bar in whitehorse
  • mostly "nothing"
apr 16 2010 ∞
apr 16 2010 +
  • No. 44: recondite
  • No. 38: inchoate
  • No. 1: sui generis
  • No. 27: antebellum
  • No. 19: ersatz
  • No. 47: contretemps
  • No. 32: apotheosis
  • No. 12: peripatetic
  • No. 18: solipsism
  • No. 3: louche
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jun 14 2009 ∞
jun 14 2009 +
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