isnt it strange that unresolved issues always resurface in some convoluted form?

after rereading my journals from high school, it seems like frustrations back then are the same ones im facing now.  only back then, i was a better articulator.

it's like a time warp- so strange how so many things dont change even though the environmental factors have turned upside down and you feel that experience has jaded you.

because in some ways- when issues remain unaddressed and in the balance... time stands still.

life.. is..

going swimmingly...

new industry and job field...

i like steep learning curves...

praying for patience.

and guidance.

tests of character come by the dozen.

culture matters.

cycle of excitement, empowerment, disillusionment, settling, fresh prospective = aging.

why my brother is officially the biggest nerd ever (im saying this in an affectionate way, i promise).

well. nerd. or genius. you decide.

dad: some guys out there... just are fooling around... they have no plans or ambition in life...

dee: so basically, youre telling her not to marry a jerk.

dad: well... kind of--

dee: YO! JIE! DONT MARRY A DERIVATIVE OF ACCELERATION! ahahahahhaa.

me: what?

dee: get it?!  a JERK is the derivative of acceleration!

me: say that again? huh?

mom: i get it. hehehe.

me and dad: i dont.

me: what the... a jerk is the derivative of acceleration- that doesnt make any sense and youre officially the BIGGEST NERD EV-- oh wait. omg. OMG i JUST GOT THAT. a jerk IS the derivative of acceleration...omg...

dad: wait..what??  OHHHHHHHHHHH... aiyaaaaahhh!

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episode 2:

dee: YO JIE!  i made up the COOLEST superhero EVERRR!!

me: ehh?

dee: MU MANNN!!  remember mu?

me: no?

dee: the coefficient of friction!  DUH! MU!

me: uh... right- i havent taken physics since... JUNIOR year of high school...

dee: he can turn the friction between surfaces ON and OFF so he can GLIDDDE like WHEEEEEEE!!!!

me: omg. dee. omg. YOURE A NEEERRRDD!

dee: ahahahhahahaa! YESSSS!!! MU MANNNN!!!

judge for yourselves.

and if you got that first joke upon reading it the first time. you might just be a nerd too.

Perhaps, after all, love did not come into one’s life with pomp and blare, like a gay knight riding down; perhaps it crept to one’s side like an old friend through quiet ways; perhaps it revealed itself in seeming prose, until some sudden shaft of illumination flung athwart its pages betrayed the rhythm and the music; perhaps…perhaps… love unfolded naturally out of a beautiful friendship, as a golden-hearted rose slipping from its green sheath. ~ Anne of Avonlea, by L.M. Montgomery