that one guy dan http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com Just thinking out loud. posterous.com Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:30:00 -0700 A Slow and Silent Tragedy http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/a-slow-and-silent-tragedy http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/a-slow-and-silent-tragedy

The young tree is leaning.

Things seemed just fine yesterday.

Now it's creaking under the pressure

as the wind shoves it back and forth

and the weight of all you've taken on yourself

drives you to the ground.

 

Do you remember how tall you used to stand?

Watching you fall down like this

is breaking my heart.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/88675/me-hippie-1-copy.jpg http://posterous.com/users/eT2z0TMElH Dan Smith thatoneguydan Dan Smith Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:04:36 -0800 Clothes. http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/clothes-61 http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/clothes-61

If you tell someone you spend a lot of money on clothes, they will probably think of you as a shallow person. If you say to that same person "I take pride in the way I dress," they will most likely respect you more.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/88675/me-hippie-1-copy.jpg http://posterous.com/users/eT2z0TMElH Dan Smith thatoneguydan Dan Smith Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:10:14 -0800 Attachment. http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/attachment-25 http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/attachment-25

People get attached to other people. Whether it's good for us or not, we hold on with everything in us. Why does it hurt so much to let go? We'll do anything to avoid the pain, even if it means holding on to the poisonous relationship that's killing us.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/88675/me-hippie-1-copy.jpg http://posterous.com/users/eT2z0TMElH Dan Smith thatoneguydan Dan Smith Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:44:38 -0700 Conversations. http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/conversations-53 http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/conversations-53 Why do so many conversations revolve around other people? People spend
so much time talking about others that they forget their life is
passing by. They make new friends but they forget to make new
memories.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/88675/me-hippie-1-copy.jpg http://posterous.com/users/eT2z0TMElH Dan Smith thatoneguydan Dan Smith Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:56:01 -0700 Astronaut. http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/astronaut http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/astronaut I've been thinking about astronauts all day today. In fact, I've been
thinking about astronauts for the last three days.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/88675/me-hippie-1-copy.jpg http://posterous.com/users/eT2z0TMElH Dan Smith thatoneguydan Dan Smith Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:57:00 -0700 Strangers and Friends. http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/strangers-and-friends-1 http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/strangers-and-friends-1

It's funny what some people will do to impress a stranger,
and what they won't do for their closest friends.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/88675/me-hippie-1-copy.jpg http://posterous.com/users/eT2z0TMElH Dan Smith thatoneguydan Dan Smith Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:37:00 -0700 Flicker. http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/flicker-2 http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/flicker-2

There's a light that flickers outside my window.
Trying to shine; trying to burn steady.
The wind and the cold do their worst,
But the light still shines.

I burn for you.
Just because I flicker
doesn't mean I've given up.
Just because I fade
doesn't mean I've gone out.

It means that against all odds,
I'm still shining.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/88675/me-hippie-1-copy.jpg http://posterous.com/users/eT2z0TMElH Dan Smith thatoneguydan Dan Smith Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:56:51 -0700 Life & Adventure. http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/life-and-adventure http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/life-and-adventure

A boring life happens when you start to fear the pain more than you love the adventure.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/88675/me-hippie-1-copy.jpg http://posterous.com/users/eT2z0TMElH Dan Smith thatoneguydan Dan Smith Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:55:44 -0700 Emotions. http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/emotions-11 http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/emotions-11

If you think you're in control of your emotions, just wait til you fall in love.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/88675/me-hippie-1-copy.jpg http://posterous.com/users/eT2z0TMElH Dan Smith thatoneguydan Dan Smith Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:23:32 -0700 Friends. http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/friends-174 http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/friends-174

Good friends mean a lot more when you also have bad friends. So to all of you that give me crap, thank you for being in my life.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/88675/me-hippie-1-copy.jpg http://posterous.com/users/eT2z0TMElH Dan Smith thatoneguydan Dan Smith Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:38:38 -0700 Honestly. http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/honestly-11 http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/honestly-11

I have so much more good will toward people in the morning than the evening.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/88675/me-hippie-1-copy.jpg http://posterous.com/users/eT2z0TMElH Dan Smith thatoneguydan Dan Smith Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:54:00 -0700 Kidnap. http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/kidnap http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/kidnap

A few days ago I was taking a few boxes out to a woman's car. The car was a Mustang. When I opened the trunk, I saw this inside.

Latch

So if you're ever kidnapped in a Mustang, just look for the glow-in-the-dark latch. It even has instructions on what to do after you pull it. That's just one more way that Ford is looking out for our safety, America. 

By the way, if you're planning to kidnap someone, don't do it in a Mustang.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/88675/me-hippie-1-copy.jpg http://posterous.com/users/eT2z0TMElH Dan Smith thatoneguydan Dan Smith Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:45:14 -0700 Speak. http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/speak http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/speak

Communication is hard, even when you know what you're doing. Maybe that's why so many people are so bad at it.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/88675/me-hippie-1-copy.jpg http://posterous.com/users/eT2z0TMElH Dan Smith thatoneguydan Dan Smith Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:42:19 -0700 Dear You Two and Dear You, Too. http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/dear-you-two-and-dear-you-too http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/dear-you-two-and-dear-you-too Dear you. You are perfect for each other, but you're just letting it
fade away and die. Why?

 And you. You're with someone that treats you like crap, but you fight
for the relationship with everything in you. Why?

 You're better than that.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/88675/me-hippie-1-copy.jpg http://posterous.com/users/eT2z0TMElH Dan Smith thatoneguydan Dan Smith Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:17:25 -0700 Simple. http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/simple-270 http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/simple-270 Sometimes more simple is more difficult. The more simple it is, the
more perfect it has to be. Any imperfections in it are too easy to
spot and too hard to ignore.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/88675/me-hippie-1-copy.jpg http://posterous.com/users/eT2z0TMElH Dan Smith thatoneguydan Dan Smith Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:35:42 -0700 Chirp. http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/chirp-1 http://thatoneguydan.posterous.com/chirp-1 Why do birds hang out on power lines? I can't decide if it's cute or just strange.

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