Saturday, January 30, 2010
The ego gets a bad reputation. We conflate it with narcissism. Freud’s original term was in German, Das Ich — The I — and didn’t mean vanity but merely the part of the consciousness that mediates between the uninhibited id, which seeks to fulfill biological drives, and the social demands of the superego, which negotiates [...]
Let her know if she can please you She’s eager to please to you Pitbull heartbreaker Forced love dictator Is she as shallow as she seems? – Sebadoh, “Forced Love” – This is most likely not about the person one might think it’s about. Unless you happen to be that person, then, yes, it is [...]
I used to fall asleep in dance clubs. This was an affectation. This was a poor attempt to escape. This was my signal that, while I had enjoyed the excitement of the evening, I was sated. Falling asleep in clubs meant that I really had books to read and music to listen to and stories [...]