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Hey... I'm Fluttershy. I saw this site and made an account. I hope you don't mind...
Tuesday, 05-Apr-11 01:06:59 UTC from web-
Wednesday, 18-May-11 04:07:29 UTC from web -
@tinwhistle I'm sort of the same way, although I'm not sure I'm up to par at being extremely focused. I know how it is to feel isolated though - in slightly differentiating ways to your own, mind you, but it does feel like it's difficult to keep up a conversation I don't know much about, or care little about. Mind me if I took that in the wrong way, and I'll amend if I did, but it seems to me like that section of you is normal throughout most people. I'd bet most people couldn't hold a conversation about something they either don't know or care about.
Wednesday, 18-May-11 04:12:25 UTC from web -
@tinwhistle Also, life is full of disappointments, I've learned this much if I've learned anything at all. People will be different, things will happen you wish wouldn't or didn't. I've pretty much learned at this point to expect disappointment, of both me and others, towards each other or otherwise.
Wednesday, 18-May-11 04:15:20 UTC from web-
@ickus A very realistic point of view, but let's not forget where we are: ponyzone! WHat does MLP stand for, if not boundless optimism?
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@solarreverie Although I may be trotting in a ponyzone, optimism and idealism isn't my cup of tea, thank you. Now, Rational Optimism is acceptable, however I've found myself more of a Realist, if not Borderline Pessimist. I'm getting better at it, but I don't think I'll ever have the mentality of anything more than a mellow expression and a depressed emotional state. I may be wrong - I may be rationally hoping for each new day a year from now, but at the current moment, all I see is an idealistic standpoint I wish were true, how reality is, and how different the two actually are. Don't you DARE pity me.
Wednesday, 18-May-11 04:24:50 UTC from web-
@ickus I would never, believe me. Every scene has 10,000 faces, there is no correct or incorrect way of seeing the world. In my default state I'm horribly pessimistic as well, MLP is a bit of an experiment for me, to see if i can change the way i see the world- by force.
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@tinwhistle Here's the thing: I have no focus. At all. I love biology, literature, architecture, film, art, history, chemistry, language, archaeology, philosophy, medicine, botony, anatomy, writing, sports, television, and a bajillion other things, but I have yet to put any particular effort or focus into one thing or another. I am, indeed, a dabbler. In fact, i'm one of that universally hated class of "THOSE" kids, the ones who study for ten minutes the morning before class and get nice gades all around. So what exactly does this mean? Am I a bad person? I might be a bit biased, but i tend to think not... Please forgive me, but I tend to be a bit direct: Evaluating a person by their focus or lack thereof is not at all a good thing. As Epictetus says: "Does someone drink a great deal of wine? Do not say that they do this badly, but that they drink a great deal. For until you understand their motives, how do you know what they do is bad?"
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