U4ia

Elation
Intense and personal
as it overcomes
my being

Swept away
silently filled
with un-containable
joy

I lose control
of emotional surge
and wonder if
I've transformed

Is it pain
or something more
this response
I can't explain

Do I feel it deeper
than others or
am I just like
everyone

The win, the loss
the triumph
the sadness
pounds

It must be a
part of the
human experience
to emote

One chains after the other
one causes a second
one brings response
laughter or tears

Others seem to cope
and contain
forcing me to do
the same

One day all will go
released at once
unable to stop it
I hope I survive

Known Entity

You know, the words "you know" at the beginning of a sentence give confidence and reassurance to the listener that they will know the information to follow. "You know" at the end of a sentence shines a glaring light of the fact that your inept communication skills were not adequate enough to completely convey your message - requiring the listener to fill in the gaping holes in your thought. You know?

To me, this is a habit more than anything else. I've known people who would say "you know" even after I've given then the reassuring nod that I completely understood what they were saying.

Oh, and one more thing. I'm currently annoyed that there are those who wish to finish my sentences for me, or indeed say the last part of my sentence with me. They are pretending to know what I'm going to say by the end of my sentence so they play along. This causes me to redirect my sentence mid-sentence and try to derail their attempt to say it along with me.

You know who you are. Stop it.

The Spice of Names

var·i·a·ble   
[vair-ee-uh-buhl] Show IPA
–adjective
1. apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
2. capable of being varied or changed; alterable: a variable time limit for completion of a book.
3. inconstant; fickle: a variable lover.
4. having much variation or diversity.

Variable means having much variation or diversity. (And by the way, "fickle" is just a good word all around - it should be more widely used.)

I think there should be a variable designation for middle names. Jeff [*variable*] Crandall. I hear things like: "...hard work is my middle name or Danger is my middle name." I do like it that the same person also said that "perseverance" was their middle name.

Variable middle names could be a useful tool. Suppose I were in a job interview. If the employer were looking for someone to head up a division of the company, it would go a long way if my name were Jeff Mastermind Crandall. So, I just fill that in on my resume and viola. I've been positively labeled before I even open my mouth.

What if I used it when introducing myself to a potential date? "Hello, my name is Jeff Fidelity Crandall and I'd like to take you out." or "Hello, I'm Jeff Non-Committal Crandall and I request the honor of your company." or "Hello, I'm Jeff Almost-Trustworthy Crandall, wanna go spelunking?"

Criminals could have the right of their variable middle name removed and society could then require that they have their crime as their middle name. "Hello, I'm Jeff Arsonist Crandall and I would not care for a cigarette right now, thank you."

Interchangeable middle names are cool. Birth certificates can be so rigid.