Call me Thomasene.
My name means Faith. Well, the irony isn't lost on me. I know I don't live up to it.
I don't even think seeing is believing. I leave room for perception and the possibility of illusion.
I speak in "Maybe's" and "Mostly's". I'd rather say, "I think" than "I feel". And "I feel" than "I know".
I gravitate towards symbolic thinking because it has flexibility and there's little margin of error. This can be manipulative and cowardly sometimes.
The one thing I can stick to is the fact that I'm at least two at a time.
Whenever I find myself desperately searching for a footing, I wish to stand unmoved, having used the full force of my insteps. But perhaps some of us need to play the role of the devil's advocate and challenge the prosecutor in defense of a cause we may not believe, just to ensure the punishment is befitting the crime.
However, we should remember that our mild personas make extremists want to mold us in their image and we, in turn, admire their unflinching stance as we don't have it. Our unsure non-judgement attracts diamonds as well as rust. We should take care not to be the vector of their disease.
We should be sounding boards, not blank slates.
Back to self...rare as they are, I have convictions. But fewer loyalties. I have beliefs but not a belief system. Everything is liable for change.
I am ambivalent but not neutral. I like to think that duality is not duplicity. Or nonpartiality an equivocation.
I own that my ambivalence comes with a heap of self-doubt, guilt, indecisiveness and a potential for dangerous nonalignment. But it's not apathy or double-dealing.
I have beliefs dear to me too, yet I don't always think I'm right about them. I don't always agree with the established metrics of discernment.
My chi is The Titan of Braavos, with his broken sword and unyielding shield, a foot on each of two separate lands and waves of the narrow sea crashing onto them.
My name means Faith. Well, the irony isn't lost on me. I know I don't live up to it.
I don't even think seeing is believing. I leave room for perception and the possibility of illusion.
I speak in "Maybe's" and "Mostly's". I'd rather say, "I think" than "I feel". And "I feel" than "I know".
I gravitate towards symbolic thinking because it has flexibility and there's little margin of error. This can be manipulative and cowardly sometimes.
The one thing I can stick to is the fact that I'm at least two at a time.
Whenever I find myself desperately searching for a footing, I wish to stand unmoved, having used the full force of my insteps. But perhaps some of us need to play the role of the devil's advocate and challenge the prosecutor in defense of a cause we may not believe, just to ensure the punishment is befitting the crime.
However, we should remember that our mild personas make extremists want to mold us in their image and we, in turn, admire their unflinching stance as we don't have it. Our unsure non-judgement attracts diamonds as well as rust. We should take care not to be the vector of their disease.
We should be sounding boards, not blank slates.
Back to self...rare as they are, I have convictions. But fewer loyalties. I have beliefs but not a belief system. Everything is liable for change.
I am ambivalent but not neutral. I like to think that duality is not duplicity. Or nonpartiality an equivocation.
I own that my ambivalence comes with a heap of self-doubt, guilt, indecisiveness and a potential for dangerous nonalignment. But it's not apathy or double-dealing.
I have beliefs dear to me too, yet I don't always think I'm right about them. I don't always agree with the established metrics of discernment.
My chi is The Titan of Braavos, with his broken sword and unyielding shield, a foot on each of two separate lands and waves of the narrow sea crashing onto them.
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Life is actually loooooong! Too long! I've been alive forever, sheesh! Think about it. You were alive for as long as you can remember.
I think it's good times that are short, few and far in-between. It's those we want to extend. Even those are overrated.
I should go to sleep.💜
I think it's good times that are short, few and far in-between. It's those we want to extend. Even those are overrated.
I should go to sleep.💜
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Book Buff💪
Oh, yeah? Are they right in the head?
Jk. What's not to like about me!😎
-Pride and Prejudice (2005)
-Call Me By Your Name (time to clutch your pearls)
-Silence of the Lambs
-Frankenstein(2025)
-The Godfather(haven't finished the book, though)
-To Kill a Mockingbird(sometime in the 1960's. Don't remember.)
- Interview With a Vampire
Since I'm given the stage, let me say I hate so many Dracula adaptations. But the retellings (Dracula: Untold and Nosferatu 1979 are fine. )
-Call Me By Your Name (time to clutch your pearls)
-Silence of the Lambs
-Frankenstein(2025)
-The Godfather(haven't finished the book, though)
-To Kill a Mockingbird(sometime in the 1960's. Don't remember.)
- Interview With a Vampire
Since I'm given the stage, let me say I hate so many Dracula adaptations. But the retellings (Dracula: Untold and Nosferatu 1979 are fine. )
Don't know if they're best but my favorite novels are:
The Kite Runner
The Secret History
Perfume
To Kill a Mockingbird
Dracula
The Metronome
Wuthering Heights
The Picture of Dorian Grey
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
The Catcher in the Rye
The Graveyard Book
Frankenstein
A Man Called Ove
Lolita
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Things Fall Apart
Pride and Prejudice
The Heart's Invisible Furies
Heartburn
A Prayer for Owen Meany
Jane Eyre
Off Season
Orlando
Three Men in a Boat
The Kite Runner
The Secret History
Perfume
To Kill a Mockingbird
Dracula
The Metronome
Wuthering Heights
The Picture of Dorian Grey
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
The Catcher in the Rye
The Graveyard Book
Frankenstein
A Man Called Ove
Lolita
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Things Fall Apart
Pride and Prejudice
The Heart's Invisible Furies
Heartburn
A Prayer for Owen Meany
Jane Eyre
Off Season
Orlando
Three Men in a Boat
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