I believe...
...that most people are good.
...that sushi is overrated.
...that most people are telling the truth.
...that the sun is better for you than they currently think it is.
...that almost nothing is absolute. The stuff I was convinced I knew when I was 25 has pretty much all turned out to be, "Yeah, that's sort of true, unless... or until..." or whatever.
...that most of the stuff I fervently believe to be true now will turn out to also have shades of gray that I don't see yet.
...that most of the time since Marvin left is going to seem like a big blur when I look back at it.
...that most people's personal lives would shock you in one way or another.
...that I am growing less and less shocked by people's revelations.
...that most of us, despite our political beliefs, want the best thing for this country.
...that there are still really good things ahead of me.
...that I was kind of a dick when I was 25.
...that Laura Ingalls Wilder' s daughter, Rose, probably has more to do with me loving those books than I care to admit.
...that all these ellipses are reminding me of those dreadful love is... comics.
I don't believe...
...that snakes are more afraid of me than I am of them.
...that if I just threw up all the time I'd get over my fear of throwing up.
...that I am going to become less assertive over time.
...that raisins are nature's candy.
...that I will become less interesting with age.
...that "the other side" has nothing but evil intentions.
...that I will ever become one of those people who only feel really alive when they're seeking adventure.
...that adventure is all that great. You want adventure? Try swallowing a multi-vitamin when you live alone with no one to Heimlich you.
...that everything happens for a reason.
...that God is paying any attention to who wins a VMA.
...that anyone would willingly eat a snow cone.
...that global warming doesn't exist.
...that you are a horrible person if you disagree with me.
...that Seinfeld was hilarious. Sorry, Hulk.
...that I will ever get over the fact the Princess Diana is dead.
...that there will ever come a day when I am indifferent to Ned. I think I am pretty doomed, there. He'll probably be the last person I think of before I fall over dead.
...that when I DO fall over dead, that I will be famous.
...that there won't be at least 10 people who'll say, "Oh, she died? Hunh. I remember this one time she.was.ridiculous."
...that I will ever forgive Daniel Boone.
...that I mean that.
...that the Little House TV series had anything whatsoever to do with what I love about the Little House series.
...people pay enough attention to each other anymore.
...that the Internet is really all that good for us, even though that's how we're communicating now.
...that I will give it up, though.
...that I am done with this list, but now I have to go.
