{"id":1028,"date":"2007-07-29T22:02:23","date_gmt":"2007-07-29T20:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/archives\/1028"},"modified":"2007-10-02T16:13:46","modified_gmt":"2007-10-02T14:13:46","slug":"1028","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/archives\/1028","title":{"rendered":"In summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

“…as long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

-Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire<\/em><\/p>\n

I don’t have a lot to say right now, really. I had a fantastic day yesterday…we went hiking in a forest preserve, and I am really just happy that I survived since it was so hot and we were out there for 6 hours (pictures here<\/a>).\u00c2\u00a0 Also, I read the latest Harry Potter book in a 24 hr span.\u00c2\u00a0 I am crazy.<\/p>\n

I am quiet these days, happier to sit back and listen, or read, or be inside my head. I need social interaction, as I always have, but there is something wonderful in learning what it is to be on my own.\u00c2\u00a0 If it makes me more serious than usual, so be it.<\/p>\n

It is interesting to step outside yourself, to analyze your actions and see where things are taking you.\u00c2\u00a0 It is also good to have friends\/family that are honest with you, and who say what needs to be said, even though it isn’t always what you want to hear.<\/p>\n

The reason I say all of these things is because there are a lot of people who read this blog, and I am pretty sure that I don’t know most of you very well.\u00c2\u00a0 There are parts of me that want to learn about everyone around me, to be a friend, to cherish them.\u00c2\u00a0 I also know that I don’t always have time for that, but if someone makes an effort, I am likely to do the same.\u00c2\u00a0 The way the world is these days, with people being “friends” at the drop of a hat (whatever happened to the word ‘acquaintance’?), it is hard for me to say that I need more “friends”.<\/p>\n

But I really love knowing people’s stories and trying to understand who they are, and that will always be something I cherish.\u00c2\u00a0 So no matter how many lovely people are in my life, I will always welcome more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“…as long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.” -Gibbon, The History of the Decline and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8,14,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-friends","category-haifa","category-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sholeh.calmstorm.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}