By looking at the referrals section I see that my blog is the #5 result in a Google search for "i wish i had a girlfriend lonely blog". And, without actually clicking on any of the links, it looks like mine was the first page that was really relevant to the intent of the search. I guess that's a mark of distinction. I hope the person who did that search found whatever insight he was looking for into the mind of a lonely internet geek.

Me: I don't think I'd want a pet, because they have such short lifespans. I'd be sad if it died. B: You see, you can't live like that. So true. I was at a pet store the other day, and the furry critters they had for sale there were so cute. I know my mom doesn't like rodents, but some of them are just adorable. Not having any pets is just another way that I avoid forming emotional attachments so that I can't be hurt. I think I should get one. As long as I don't turn into the equi...

Feeling okay tonight. I found myself able to open my mouth and talk to people, which has been a problem before. I'm attributing part of it to the prozac, but I've been at this dosage for almost two months, so that can't be the only factor. Maybe it just comes in waves, and I'll be feeling crappy again next week. But it could be a sign that I'm getting better. Wouldn't that be nice? To be comfortable with normal human interaction. Get a job, a girlfriend... Why didn't I do this sooner?...

I just saw an article on snopes.com about an Egyptian girl named Manar Maged who was born with (part of) a conjoined twin growing out of her head. That article contains pictures that you might find disturbing. Go look at them. I was kind of weirded out when I first saw it. I went into the article thinking of that episode of South Park where the woman had a dead fetus hanging off her head. When I saw the pictures I said "Wow, it's a fully formed head, with part of a torso attached to ...

I lost at least an hour's worth of typing when I accidently hit the power key on my keyboard, shutting my whole computer down within seconds. I know what you're thinking: "Peter, why is there a power key on your keyboard?" There isn't. I got out my screwdriver and took the damn thing apart to get rid of it. The sleep and wake buttons are still there, but it was hard enough to get that one out, and I figure they're less dangerous. Anyway, I can't match the quality of words that...

This makes me cry, but then this makes me laugh. Two very different emotions evoked by the same blog site, written by the same person. I tend to think of everything having a single theme, but in reality people are complex and multi-faceted. It's a lesson that hasn't quite made its way into my consciousness. I tend to think of people as being homogeneous, the same all the way through. And then I'm surprised when I see a different side of someone. Emotions and thoughts that I didn't k...

I feel like I've got so much work to do, and not enough time to do it. I don't know where all my time goes. I don't spend rediculous amounts of time poking around on the internet. Reading random JoeUser articles and such. Reading whatever gets posted on snopes.com . Just a little bit of time here and there. I think the problem is that I squander small blocks of time on trivial time-killing activities like those mentioned above, instead of trying to accomplish some small part of the w...

Well, I found this slightly interesting: Your Linguistic Profile: 65% General American English 20% Yankee 5% Dixie 5% Upper Midwestern 0% Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak? I wonder what the Yankee terms I use are. And I've never been to Dixie or the upper midwest. The test can't be very accurate, since I only got a total of 95%. (I never heard an easy class called a "crisp course," a "gut," or a "blow off" before....

Apparently feelings are something you're supposed to feel . Who'd have thunk it? I've always thought of emotions as something that colored my thoughts. Just something that adds a certain quality to what's going on inside my head. Apparently emotions are supposed to be something that you can actually feel in your body. I'm pretty sure I do have emotions, so I must be just not paying attention to them. It's a new definition for the mind/body problem. That was a philosophy joke. Ha. Se...

I sent out this email to some girls from West Chester I met in Maryland last week. I took the time to type out the story, so I thought I'd include it here on the off chance that someone actually reads this some day.: Hey, West Chester facebook buddies, Last weekend when we were hanging out in your room at Alpha Beta Matt mentioned Karen's Walk, which is Delta Alpha's signature service event of the spring. I don't think any of you had heard of it, so here's a pointer to our little websi...

So. This is me, posting a blog entry. Mostly at this point I'm looking at how this site works. It's not as snazzy as Jeff's Blog , but it's free and I already had an account here. I'm shy about talking about myself. Putting myself out there. I don't tell anyone personal details. I keep my distance. That's the way I've been all my life. But I'm never going to get to where I want to be in life if I stay that way forever. And that's aside from the fact that I can't get a god-damned ...