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The significant life changes of the last six weeks or so continue on their trajectory. Relationship-wise,
caseopaya has made the moves to purchase her own property, off-the-plan, so that will take around a year for us to sort out our shared belongings. To be honest, we're being quite the model of a non-acrimonious and respectful parting of ways, and we're still sharing normal activities together in a non-romantic manner; we're close friends and housemates. I have learned from all this, and I can foresee that any partnership I have in the future is going to involve someone with an active and passionate engagement with the world, and with a deeply spiritual motivation, someone who wears their sword by their side, is determined to leave a mark on the world, leaving it a better place, whilst becoming the best possible version of themselves. And if all of this sounds very much in accord with my own personal goals, there is a wisdom in this. Different people can complement each other, and indeed we must because none of us can know or do as much individually what we know and do collectively. But a partnership must be built on the same Weltannäherung. I rather wish I had realised all these many years ago, indeed, I rather wish I was even more interested in the topic rather than having a dismissive-avoidant attachment style instead - which meant of course, that I resisted interest in the topic. But circumstances can drive people towards new realisations. They are active agents of those things that they can control; including their own ideas, approaches, and actions. As I've written before: "Take responsible and thoughtful control of what you can. Which includes your own feelings about things that you cannot."
On a completely different note, in recent weeks I've had the opportunity to get into some well-recommended popular culture distractions. The time-travelling-loop drama, Russian Doll was an exceptional piece of work and even more beautiful with the realisation that it is about addiction, those situations, behaviours, and personality. Also recommended is The Man in the High Castle, loosely based on Phillip K. Dick's novel of an alternate history based where the Axis powers are victorious, and executive producer Ridley Scott all too well understands Dick's tendency towards having alternate realities within his alternate histories. On Sunday night visited Brendan E., always an source of good popular culture knowledge, and was treated to what should have been listed as a source for Papers & Paychecks, namely Office Space, which is an unfortunately familiar corporate IT environment, both comic and tragic, although some extra depth could have elucidated some true horror. In any case, I understand a certain Internet meme a lot better as a result.
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On a completely different note, in recent weeks I've had the opportunity to get into some well-recommended popular culture distractions. The time-travelling-loop drama, Russian Doll was an exceptional piece of work and even more beautiful with the realisation that it is about addiction, those situations, behaviours, and personality. Also recommended is The Man in the High Castle, loosely based on Phillip K. Dick's novel of an alternate history based where the Axis powers are victorious, and executive producer Ridley Scott all too well understands Dick's tendency towards having alternate realities within his alternate histories. On Sunday night visited Brendan E., always an source of good popular culture knowledge, and was treated to what should have been listed as a source for Papers & Paychecks, namely Office Space, which is an unfortunately familiar corporate IT environment, both comic and tragic, although some extra depth could have elucidated some true horror. In any case, I understand a certain Internet meme a lot better as a result.
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Date: 2020-05-25 08:54 pm (UTC)I think it's great you've learned all these things about what you want, regardless of your age, sometimes things just have to go that way :) I'm glad you both are facing the situation in such an amicable way. I hope that her home acquisition goes smoothly!
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Date: 2020-05-25 10:07 pm (UTC)As they say, wisdom comes with age, there is its ironic complement, youth is wasted on the young. I am aware - all too aware - that I am aging and my grim and determined words are yet to fork enough lightning. I want more life to make this happen.