Diary of Earth 2013

By Eric Pheterson

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n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.

Explore the lives of those around you. One unique entry for each day of the year.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Apr 3, 2014
• ISBN: 9781312064997

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December

January

January 1, 2013

↑ 2 | RandomWriter

Every year, like clockwork, I'm at a new year's party, drinking in excess and staring at cute girls around me. I've hoped, lusted, prayed for a new years kiss, recognition from one of these cuties, a happy note to start my year off on.

Every year, I've failed. But this year, something happened. At a Christmas Eve party, I meet this cute petite girl who is very intelligent, nice, and most surprisingly, into me! I took her on an intelligent date to a museum, made out on our first date staring at waves crashing on the shore. It was nice, so I invited her to my friend's New Year's party.

She happily obliged to join me, and come New Years, she's by my side as I'm introducing her to my friends, drinking (she doesn't really drink), playing pool and having a good time. After an ego-boosting billiards win, I pulled her aside into an empty bedroom (that I had prepared to be available) about 20 min before midnight. We were making out, fooling around, and while we're both naked, kissing, and exploring each other's bodies, we hear the crowd outside of the room start counting. 10! 9! 8! We both realize we're going to have our first new year's kisses, right now. 7! 6! 5! 4! 3! 2! 1! It's great. Just what we want, sweet, memorable, fun. Then we move to make this year start off great.

Immediately after the new years kiss, we work out the protection, and make love for our first time with each other. It was so great, some of the best I've had because I like this girl as a person (as opposed to animal lust) and because she was so petite and beautiful.

Oh man, not only did I get my new years kiss, but an amazing start to 2013.

January 2, 2013

↑ 2 | LeeTheSasquatch

Wonderful evening, couldn't be better. With pressures of the world held off by these four walls, 3 old friends can reconnect. It seems that there are many opportunities and many choices to be made for people around me, including myself. Exciting prospects.

I wonder if this wave of opportunity and change is a global one. Are humans all around the world experiencing similar feelings and aspirations as we move into the next era of human consciousness? I wonder how many individuals are so similar to me in my thoughts and actions. How many other brains perceive and experience the world in such a similar fashion. I wish everyone could realize how closely related we are in the sense of a larger organism. Humankind across earth needs to function as one organism, individually creating growing within itself. Everyone can create, and everyone is unique. Everyone should be recognized as a completely equal important part of the human race.

I find it hard to concentrate on my life and my daily happenings when these thoughts plague my mind. Perhaps writing them here will make me feel as though they finally have somewhere to stay, whether anyone sees them or not. I hope one day to see more people using this subreddit. I think it would be an interesting tool if there was a large amount of entries from around the world. So much data. Good night. -L [7]

January 11, 2013

↑ 1 | sarinore

Today I spent a couple of hours on the phone with a car loan company. They messed up twice and then preceded to tell me it was my fault. This is an issue that has been in the works for two months now, with no resolution. Then my husband shows me a post today about all these people who were foreclosed on and the process was never finished, so now they are screwed too. Long story short- Corporate America is greedy, they only care about their own pockets.

January 14, 2013

↑ 2 | gchase723

from South Paris, ME, USA

Today drama practiced was cancelled without my realizing, so I missed my bus. I had to wait an hour for my Mom to come pick me up, so I ended up just sitting down with a group of strangers who were congregated by a staircase. They were pretty nice and I've already developed a bit of a crush on one of them, so I'll probably hang out with them again.

January 15, 2013

↑ 1 | mattryanharris

It was a good day.

February

February 11, 2013

↑ 1 | CrazyBohemian

Things have always been odd. Offbeat, unsounded and unreasonable. But the oddest is when the origin isn't from your surroundings, it's from you. Your actions, your thoughts- you just did something completely unexpected and you have no idea what was going through your head at the moment. Sometimes it feels as if you've just woken up. And that's what happened to me today.

I stopped caring about all the trivial things I did before. For an hour, I stopped worrying- which is a momentous event for me, because stress is usually filling the gaps of every thought in my brain. But today, I stopped. For a half-second, I stopped and ignored all doubts.

It was lovely. I felt weightless, just discovering how hollow my bones are and testing out my flight. Makes me realize how to get somewhere in life, how to just let go and see where you may land.

There's times to chuck rocks in the river and there's times you have to skip stones.

February 25, 2013

↑ 1 | RandomWriter

Life is a game, that I can win. The prize isn't clear; is it wealth, happiness, or my definition of success? I suppose we all wish to be successful.

Then, how is it measured? In dollars earned, P&R statements, or smiles? It should be measured after the fact, your legacy. How many lives did you touch, and for better or worse?

February 26, 2013