I feel badly—I feel overmuch!

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Several months ago, as I was emotionally ranting about my reluctance to learn biology, my unfortunate listener interrupted me, saying, "You can't feel badly, you feel bad..." In my unstable emotional state, I did not care if he was right, I just wanted to punch him in the neck. For one, I don't like people telling me how to feel. For two, I don't like people correcting my grammar during emotional rants. Fortunately for him, he was across a rather wide table from me and was able to avoid a jab to the jugular. But also, it turned out that he was right, and I forgave him his impertinence in view of his correctness. He won that round because he got me to stop using "I feel badly" incorrectly. Furthermore, he won the next round because he got me to learn some biology. But if I could go back in time, this six-word memoir would be my retort.

Maybe I'll avoid making such faux pas in the future after I read the book Jen got me for my birthday. Thanks, Jen!

And I'd never actually punch you in the neck, Chris, because, like you say, "No matter what happens today, we'll still be friends."

Speaks softly, carries a mightier pen.

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Dead but for Air, Water, Grace.

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I should let myself fail more.

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I have twiddled around these six words and others for a long while now, trying to find the perfect combination thereof. But today I decided to take their message to heart, however imperfectly presented, and just post it.

It's not that I want to fall on my face more, or look stupid more. It's that I need to toughen up my face a bit, and stop needlessly feeling stupid. Perhaps everything that isn't a resounding success isn't a what-were-you-thinking-that's-the-worst-idea-ever failure, either.

Part of me is really bothered that I'm going to hit "publish" after I finish adding caveats and explanations. There's no poetry there, and the general flow of words regardless of meaning doesn't sing. And there's no indication of where emphasis should be placed, no helpful additional punctuation. Is it even proper English?? I could save myself this embarrassment and these lame excuses if I hit delete instead.

Empathetic moderate finds identity nowhere/everywhere

What's your six-word memoir?

OMG! Teh bacons are yum! LOLz.

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Still waiting for it to begin.

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