I remember being jealous of a few people last year who seemed to lead "the golden life." Now, I must retract that. I probably made too many assumptions because they were stronger and didn't complain about their problems. I've been trying to be strong and ignore my problems, and I don't want to have to feel apologetic when I do. Because, first of all, I'm not leading a perfect life. And second, even if I were I'd refuse to regret it.

Bratticisms of the day are over. Moving on...

I opened up this file as a reaction to reading someone else's update and realizing that I have been altogether superficial in my updates. It's just so easy to sit down and churn out perfect, shiny, and utterly objective snapshots of my surroundings. There's nothing wrong with school, per se, but life's already imperfect, even if school isn't an added burden but rather helps to mitigate it. I don't think I go to great lengths to hide my emotions. Rather, I simply don't let myself have many. Though a method of dubious psychological merit, to be sure, it's worked for me so far.