why not? i'm a sheep anyway.

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the whole sentence in your journal along with these instructions.

"Although Catholics were not permitted to sit in parliament, many liberal Protestants stood in support of the Catholic Association."
A Short History of Modern Ireland ~ Richard Killeen

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holidays make for cranky customers. and then we wonder why we hate Xmas so much? got a real a**hole today; don't even wanna talk about it. i'm done whining about work (at least for now). grin and bear it, learn to swallow your pride, you are a sheep, let everything roll off you like water, don't take it personally, you're too headstrong, think before you speak, and other such nonsense that i'm trying to take to heart. it's a bitter pill to swallow, and i'm really very bad at evaluating how things i say will affect the people around me. or, more accurately, how i say them. overcompensating for the inner child quivering in the corner, i suppose. to me, it's always been a matter of standing up for myself or letting myself be walked all over. no contest, really, despite which one'd be easier. either way, i can't win.

i'm jaded. i'm tired. my eyes, as usual, hurt (i'm going to call the optometrist tomorrow to complain. "you'll get used to them," they say. *glare* they lie...)

enough of this. off to read... well, anything other than school stuff.