You will know them by the advice they evoke but do not heed . .

[doodlemaier]

And while slogging through the archives I happened upon this little gem:

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Auto response from Ri**O*Co*g**ls: 99.9% of people suck and/or are drooling idiots and assholes. i'm going to lunch. think about what you do. think about who you are. think about going away.

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God, if I only knew then what is so painfully obvious now: How to spot an asshole from 600 miles!

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[ex-lotusmant250.livejournal.com]

and who might this be?

All of our possibilities are realized in conversation

[deansavatar.livejournal.com]

She's someone I dated a couple years back from another city, and saved a conversation that we had over the IM. This was the opening line.

Castaneda called them petty tyrants, I call her the 'Boston Strangler'.

aha!

[ex-lotusmant250.livejournal.com]

:p

Re: All of our possibilities are realized in conversation

[ex-lotusmant250.livejournal.com]

i couldnt reply to the p.s.
hm....
you should email me.
lotusmantra@hotmail.com

Thank you and goodnight.

[(Anonymous)]

So I get this random IM last week from someone I do not know who claimed to know me. When presesd on how they got my contact information I was lead well...here. Can you please remove my screen name from your public journal? I would really appreciate it. And as far as you even posting about me still...hehe. I'm flattered ;) And that was SO 2 yrs ago and YES I was in a very difficult adjstment period of relocating hundreds of miles away to be with someone I loved. I admit, YES I was AT TIMES an asshole (who isn't?), but there is no one to blame. There is only understanding. Zen my ass.

YOu will know them by the advice they evoke but do not heed . . .

[deansavatar.livejournal.com]

See what I mean?

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks, darlin. love u 2 :P

[deansavatar.livejournal.com]

I do apologize for any inconvenience my clumsiness in publishing that caused you. I did trust and rely on the hope that the few folks that do read this journal would exercise better judgement, but I took that for granted and I was wrong (maybe it really only takes that .1% to show their ass and reflect poorly on the rest of us).

This only goes to show that no matter where we are there is always something more for us to learn. And if nothing else you did teach me a lot; and for that I owe you my gratitude, not my spent ire.

Go in peace.

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you again for taking the actual screen name off, seriously. Seems like things are going well for you for the most part. That is good to see. I can say the same, and it'd seem like I'm not the leaver you thought...I'm still here! Who'd have thought?! Thanks also for the lessons learned and leading my journey to this part of the world (even as hard as it was to do, it's been worth it). Take care of yourself and be happy. No hard feelings here for the record, so feel free to keep in touch.