Ego boosting for tu_nenay_08

I'm going to do the ego boosting on a first come, first save basis. The first person to respond was tu_nenay_08, aka Sweetypie18 on xanga (she had a slight advantage due to the fact that LJ was down for a day).

Let's start with first impressions. Oh yes, we actually met over AIM and xanga the past summer. My mysterious suitemate, wldntulk2knwwho, knew this girl who was entering Tulsa as a freshman. You were her roommate. That should have been the end of the story.

Except it wasn't. Then one summer day my mysterious suitemate sends me an instant messenge to tell me that he has a girlfriend now. Who was it? He told me. I had only one response.

What?!?

I believe I then went on some bitter tirade about how silly it was to get involved in a relationship with a pre freshman before school even started, but then my mysterious suitemate firmly stated his strong like for this Courtney girl. Okay, now I'm intrigued. I want to meet this girl, there must be something about her.

I'll be honest. I didn't see what Phil saw the first time I met you in person, whenever that was.

But over time, I've gotten to you better and who you are. You are from Oklahoma City, a graduate of Carl Albert High School. But you've lived in a few other places, like Hope, Arkansas (and don't we all know the signficance of that place). You have a sort of Scottish or Irish heritage, I believe. You are a vocal performance major who desires to be an elementary schoolteacher for some strange reason. You attend a Presbyterian church. You have a strong attachment to your family and friends. You will be part of the Kappa Delta sorority in the near future. You've become an anime fan. You humor me by calling me sensei, grasshopper.

But I believe you are more interested in why I think what I do about you. First, let me address what I do think about you. You are a kind and compassionate person. You're great and fun to be around. Although, speaking as a pessimist, you do have one great fear.

Why do I think this? It is from my personal observations. You gave me a Christmas gift (John Steinbeck's The Moon is Down), expecting nothing in return. You do all sorts of little things like that. Deep down, that's who you are.

You seem to think there's something wrong with you if your friends don't understand you. That's not a big deal, we all feel like that sometimes. It hurts when people don't seem to understand who we are, but part of that is communicating our fears.

I've noticed that you've gotten better at that. Communication. Before, all you would write about in your blogs were the day-to-day activities in your lives and so many song lyrics. Jumbled writing and all that. Now it's become a lot more focused.

You make me laugh, which is a rather rare occurence. Like yesterday, when we were eating dinner at the Vietnamese restaurant with your mysterious boyfriend and my internet guru suitemate, you made a rather bold hilarious statement. You said your goal was to one day say something so profound that I would be held speechless for ten seconds. Ironically, your fortune cookie was "To seek to outsmart everyone is the greatest folly of all". Priceless.

As someone who has read The Alchemist, you'll appreciate the fact that you are getting closer to achieving your Personal Legend. Take it from one who can see these things with eyes wide open and a crystal clear mind.

One last thing. You only have a year and a half to complete your goal. The clock is ticking...

Ego boosting for kimmaline

Next on my ego boosting list is kimmaline. She is an LJ friend that I met through my sensei, theferrett. Something about my comments.

Over time, I have gotten to know you better. You currently reside in California. You love baseball, and your team is the Oakland Athletics (I happen to think Beane knows what he is doing). You make good cookies and muffins, even if you mess them up every once in awhile. You love penguins. You have the misfortune of being disabled at a young age, a victim of a very bizarre circumstance.

That's who you are. But what do I think about you? I must say that you are a courageous and caring person.

How I would know that you a very courageous person, having only read a small part of your life on your livejournal? I know because of the fact that you write, and what you write reveals a lot about you. You may think that raging about your circumstance is a weakness, but it is said that our greatest weakness is our greatest strength. We're human, and it is in that humanity we live.

You see that. And you know what? You saw that before your bizzare circumstance. This I do know because someone who had not seen that would have been crushed by what has happened to you. You were not, nor will you be. Now, you may protest that it was your circumstance that opened your eyes.

But, Kim, what if your eyes had nothing to see? So I am reminded of a quote from my high school AP Psychology class:

People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within.--Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Ego boosting for adigitalpimp

adigitalpimp, you are a more recent friend so I won't be able to say as much as I'd like to. It's just that I haven't had the time to get to know you. I do remember that you made came on board through theferrett.

You do have a pretty good website at www.adigitalpimp.com. The beginnings of your story, no less. I'd tell you more about yourself, but you already do a good job of that on your bio. Your default icon is the Black Mage from Final Fantasy I (a rather popular character from 8 bit theater). You're a gamer.

I think of you as a great aspiring writer. That is your stated purpose, after all. You certainly have the talent and a captivating voice of your own. I know this because I've read it all, from the beginning.

You also have an awesome first name, Daniel.