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Schlemiel - an unlucky bungler : CHUMP
(Loud and Obnoxious)
(Sunday, June 29, 2008)
I just got new neighbors today. I haven't heard much from them until just now. It's the middle of the night, almost two AM, and my neighbors are loud, obnoxious, and drunk.
I never know how to handle these situations. Do I disturb my landlord in the middle of the night, only to be told to deal with it? Call the police, and be told there's nothing they can do? I feel like the loser in any situation. If I go next door to confront them with "Can you please be quiet? I have church in the morning," I'm sure to have a lukewarm reception.
How I wish I lived in the country, away from the city apartments and duplexes and closer to privacy and solidarity. What a woe that I must move to a bigger city in a month's time! Someday, when my life is more settled, it will be settled in the woods.
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(Laundry on a Line)
(Tuesday, May 27, 2008)
Today I achieved what can only be described as a miracle: I aimed a paper wad, basketball style, at the trash can and it actually landed. I believe this is only the second time this has happened in my life.
I often wonder how odds play in our lives. Are incidents in our lives complete coincidences, random moments strung together like laundry on a line? Or do the things that happen to us actually happen for a reason? God's work, or chance?
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