Oh dear...

That reminds me. There. "Character sadism" added as an interest. That's my desire to see fictional characters horribly abused, if you happen to share that tendency...

On the packing front, if there's anything of mine that you've ever had an eye on, now's the time to ask. I've been packing for long enough that I'm ready to join the Socialists and give away all my obviously unnecessary possessions, which is to say all of them. (Actually, I'll move most of them to Seattle anyway, then try to give them away to people there.)

For years I've been murmuring "but people don't act that way anymore..."

FOUND IT! Finally.

There's a quote that was pivotal to my college freshman brain, for reasons I will describe. I've been looking for this quote for a couple of years now. Just now I chanced across the only copy I know of, a piece of notebook paper where I had scribbled it down. These were the circumstances.

( Flash back to '97. )

YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF ENTER SOMEWHERE FRIGHTENING IF YOU BELIEVE YOU'LL PROFIT FROM IT. THE NATURAL INSTINCT IS TO FLEE BUT PEOPLE DON'T ACT THAT WAY ANYMORE.