if only I had read it sooner...


Diseases for Kisses (Hyperkarma)
: A deeply rooted belief that punishment will somehow always be greater than the crime: ozone holes for littering.
Successophobia: the fear that if one is successful, then one's personal needs will be forgotten and one will no longer have one's childish needs catered for.
Mid twenties breakdown: a period of mental collapse occurring in one's twenties, often by an inability to function outside of school or structured environments coupled with the realization of one's essential aloneness in the world. Often marks induction into the ritual of pharmaceutical usage.
Overboarding: overcompensating for fears about the future by plunging headlong into a job or lifestyle seemingly unrelated to one's previous life interests; i.e., Amway sales, aerobics, the Republican party, a career in law, cults, Mcjobs...
Recurving: leaving one job to take another that pays less but places one back into the learning curve.

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  1. Só estás a ler agora?! Juraria que te emprestei este livro há 3 milénios... estou a alucinar?

    E eu li... mas se calhar não assimilei...

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