character drew to my disdain, i am very good at being the person you think i should be whenever you are around. i guess i will never shake my old habits, once used to shield my budding self from harm. but now that i am blooming, and i see how our souls need to touch, i have no talents that can bring us together - i only know how to play the part i wrote so long ago. i have been type-cast into a character i no longer wish to play. 981015 ... Sher They have often said "what a character you are" and I wondered what that meant. I was pleased when I thought it was an indication that I was an eccentric because that meant I was unique. I was displeased when I thought it meant I was weird. Then I noticed that it had more to do with the inflection of the statement than the actual words ... and I realized that their statement had much more to do with who they were than who I am. 990312 ... valis something you build out of lower back pain and drool-inducing boredom, according to many of my bosses. 991227 ... camille An aura that is created out of life's circumstances whether good or bad. An aura that other people feel,hear,see and taste about you. 000129 ... MollyGoLightly Anything dull or uncomfortable or downright saddening builds it. Maybe we all ought to think twice before buying into the things our elders tell us. 000404 ... lola larla goes to rest. i was thinking i would do layla, but the lyrics to that song are like my worst nightmare. 000527 ... Sintina The being beneath the face that so few see and come to know with any clarity. 010130 ... jaane People keep telling me I am one. I tell them they are too, but they don't get it. 011028 ... Effingham Fish All I've got left. 020104 ... ellen cherry charles i like to write Chinese characters on my letters to you And snicker at the fact that you are unable to decipher them We have a secret language of our own anyway, you and I no need to pick up any more 020106 ... Nevermore an unexplicable transsocial shieldmechanism. 050820 ... hsg from a_letter_to_a_friend 100411 ... nandita seems to change completely when I talk to you. From the calm, patient and mostly content person to a short tempered 16 year old rebel who think anything you say must be wrong. But given the state of your life, who's to say you ARE right? Not saying mine is perfect, but it's pretty darn good with a supportive family, an astounding number of loving friends and a mentor who's proud of me. 100411 ... nandita competition, competition... tsk tsk.. No one can win in games like these, nandita... don't you know that already? 100411 what's it to you? who go blather from