So, there's Passive Aggressive behavior, but what about Aggressive Pacifism? The latter may look like someone who does anything possible to maintain civility, up to and including absolutely refusing to engage or do anything that might result in confrontation. This may include someone saying whatever s/he thinks you want to hear, regardless of what s/he may want or believe...or ultimately does.

'Cept doing what's desired when it's the opposite of (or otherwise in conflict with) what's said can end up back-firing, although surprisingly enough not necessarily as often as one might expect. Words often seem to matter so much more than (in)action, 'specially when you've got two (or more) folks who both/all want to avoid conflict. *sigh*

Sidenote: not all conflict is (or requires) drama.

Cryptic, perhaps, but mainly just trying to suss out some feelings/thoughts I've started having/realizing lately. More spontaneous than reflective, 'cept insofar as the act of spontaneous writing is in and of itself active reflection. Yeah, mebbe I do think way too much sometimes... ;-P

Mini-epiphany (tm) hit whilst driving home fairly exhaustedly this eve. Can't articulate it clearly now/yet. But in the hopes that writing'll help the processing, ( here goes )

Caffeine-induced brain-dump follows. ( Time to Refocus )

Life as interlocking puzzle pieces w/different configurations possible. Emtention. Shoppertainment. This last one's the name of a street down beyond the Orange Curtain. Reading the sign added a measure of oddness to an already somewhat odd time. Delightfully odd, mind you, but odd nonetheless.

It happened. It was. Now it'd nearly done. Tomorrow'll be another one. Drifting like a feather. Floating. Gusts move it higher, but gravity's kicking back in for a while.
( Stuff & Nonsense )