index | archives | notes Wednesday, Jan. 07, 2015 10:28 p.m. << [ Scary Things Are Scary ] >> When I said I have a history of shying away from new and potentially difficult situations, my dad disagreed. "No," he said, "you have a history of going balls to the wall." Which I guess is true, but my first instinct is avoidance. New things are scary. When I later relayed that story to Lysander, he said, "You're like a puffer fish," and I pouted. "I definitely puff up, but I like to think it's not all bullshit. Definitely a little bullshit. But not all." "Aren't puffer fish poisonous?" he asked. "Oh. Oh my god, they are." "That's kind of my point," he said. "It's not all bullshit." Time to stop making excuses and accept the fucking offer. << | x | >> whatiscopyright.org