failsafe_o5

@failsafe_o5 (103)

United States • Age 39

Joined myLot 16 years ago

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Discussions (6)

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live or die for something?

failsafe_o5 @failsafe_o5 (103) • United States 12 Sep 08

when i read catcher in the rye one of the things that stuck with me is holden's teacher's advice to him... the mark of maturity is when you want to live for something rather than die for it. where are you? would you rather die...

catcher in the rye

who are you here?

failsafe_o5 @failsafe_o5 (103) • United States 5 Sep 08

if you were any of the characters in the farm, who would you be? who do you relate to most? i've always seen myself in Muriel, the goat. she has seen a lot in her life and she's not really surprised by anything anymore, cynical...

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a groundhog day question

failsafe_o5 @failsafe_o5 (103) • United States 5 Sep 08

do you know the movie groundhog's day? the main character gets stuck in today repeating itself over and over and he takes the infinitely repeating days to learn to play the piano, read books and poetry, learn ice sculpting and...

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influence

failsafe_o5 @failsafe_o5 (103) • United States 5 Sep 08

who or what is your primary influence with the poetry that you write? i love emily dickinson for the simplicity of her words and depth of her feelings. i also love sylvia plath and the intensity of emotion and rawness of her...

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what to do with ennui...?

failsafe_o5 @failsafe_o5 (103) • United States 5 Sep 08

ever felt that stupidly mind numbing boredom that feels as like whatever you do with you life, whatever it is you aspire for is all irrelevant and nothing really means anything in life...? boredom that leads to deppression and...

feminism

failsafe_o5 @failsafe_o5 (103) • United States 28 Aug 08

are you a feminist? we have moved away from susan anthony's era when women can't vote or from the times of betty friedan where women were trapped in a patriarchal society's inequality and discrimination... i think we're even...

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