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Don't be a hater

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2002.09.29

Rrrrr! Today I was told, "Don't be a hater."

I hate that expression! It was the 30th person to call me on my new Toronto phone number blabbing the inane line at me after calling for "Hazel", the girl - and by girl I'm beginning to increasingly think 'prostitute' due to the profusion of men [in addition to the odd woman] who call at all hours) who had my number before me. Hazel, for Christ's sake?

rand()m quote

Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.

—Sigmund Freud