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A Quiet Kind of Chaos

by Special Kay

Rated: GC · Book · Personal · #1563486

Chaos is that voice at the end of the day that says, "Bet you didn't see that coming."

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"It turns out that an eerie type of chaos can lurk just behind a facade of order
- and yet, deep inside the chaos lurks an even eerier type of order"
~Douglas Hostadter

I imagine that chaos and order are like those Russian nesting dolls, and they fit together to some infinitesimally minute level at which we must just give up ever grasping what lies at the core.
Still . . . if I had to bet, my money would be on chaos.

"Our real discoveries come from chaos,
from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish."
~Chuck Palahniuk

I know that place well . . . every wrong, stupid, and foolish acre of it!
I used to think it was a dead end, or worse, a complete navigational failure,
but sometimes that place was exactly were I needed to be.

So what does any of this have to do with me, my blog, or the entries that will follow?

I don't know, but pull up a chair. I'll invite some chaos, and we'll see what happens.

"It's a cruel and random world, but the chaos is all so beautiful."
— Hiromu Arakawa

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NOVAcatmando

Apr 1, 2012 at 5:36pm
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"The Financial Lives of the Poets" by Jess Walter? Sounds like a tragedy...

Special Kay

Apr 1, 2012 at 10:13am
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LOL, you got it Party, I'm on Tumblr. I like it because it is easy to post pictures and because it updates right into my twitter feed.

Scarlett

Apr 1, 2012 at 5:58am
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Congrats on your achievements and good luck with the taxes.

I'd be thrilled to have the opportunity to spend some lengthy period of time alone. As I say to my hubby 'How can I miss you when you won't go away?' We all need space.

I've not heard of tumbling and forget to tweet. Not that I have anything to tweet about. WDC is still home to me. Be sure and let us know about your new blog.

alfred booth, wanbli ska

Apr 1, 2012 at 3:12am
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GOOD FOR YOU!

I know what you mean about Tony's quick round trips back into your daily life. Same thing for 14 years now, almost 15, with Pierre who comes and goes with such irregularity that I've never been able to make plans. I've gotten to the point that I really prefer to invade his space in Lyon that to have him chez moi.

partyof5

Apr 1, 2012 at 1:48am
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Congrats on completing everything! Seriously must feel really good. My daughter has a statistics class at the university this semester. Can't believe all the homework for that one. Any thoughts on that new something on the horizon?

You Tumble and Tweet? I tweet a lot.....don't know what tumbling is but I'll assume it's Tumblr? I've never looked into that so I'm clueless, but maybe I should? Yeah, I should.

Hope the tax refund is kind to you.

Scarlett

Mar 22, 2012 at 5:55am
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Hope you'll be feeling better soon. You'd think by now the experts would have found an effective medicine for allergies.

The book sounds...erm...well

Katya the Poet

Mar 21, 2012 at 10:40pm
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I'm glad you got to attend the conference and that you feel inspired and energized. Yay!!

alfred booth, wanbli ska

Mar 21, 2012 at 3:45pm
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As a failed concert pianist because I was incapable of networking and creating a following for myself, I know first hand how important it is to network. I think that many people network instead of going the extra mile with their writing, but I'm certain that in today's world of internet dominated communication, the writer with even the most excellent manuscript won't go very far without proper networking.

Chewie Kittie

Mar 21, 2012 at 10:58am
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Ewww. You are one of those dirty, dirty twits tweeters.

I like the third chick's take on it. Do what works for you.

Scarlett

Mar 21, 2012 at 5:49am
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Strange about the comments, but then computers have a life of their own.

I couldn't study statistics I don't think, but as you are so near the end maybe you should go all out for a good grade. Then you'll enjoy the writing even more.

Mixed views on the networking front, but I go with your take.

I joined Twitter years ago, but always forget to use it.

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#264. nothing much
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#263. Social Networking
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#262. The writer's conf.
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#261. Poetry corner
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#260. Close, but not quite...
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#259. The good with the bad
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#258. You are the first to know...
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#257. What I learned today . . .
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#256. Shake weights
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#255. There's an ap for that
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#254. Return to normalcy
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#253. He's home!
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#252. There is a story in here somewhere
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#251. The good, the bad and the ugly
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#250. coping
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#249. Not a single empty drawer
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#248. It's been one of those days . . . all week long
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#247. Frenzy
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#246. making the rounds
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#245. Bulk
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#244. This is a test
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#243. waiting
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#242. game playing
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#241. awkward
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#240. Links
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#239. 10 years and a day
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#238. get set . . . go!
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#237. floodgates
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#236. love triangle
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#235. hard labor
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#234. bookish
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#233. Caption it
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#232. loose change - take 2
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#231. loose change - take 1
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#230. Back to school
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#229. wet and windy
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#228. purple
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#227. Hurricane preparedness
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#226. way cool
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#225. In six words
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#224. Did the earth move for you?
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#223. adjustments
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#222. The other half
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#221. Streaming thoughts
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#220. There has to be a way to graph this
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#219. Of Rice and Men
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#218. youth
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#217. Dubious
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#216. The Aloha state
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#215. The view up ahead
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#214. Popping in
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#213. Circle of life
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#212. Last day of school
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#211. Silver linings
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#210. No such thing as a free lunch
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#209. Lines in the sand
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#208. It needs more sex
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#207. Not for lack of trying...
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#206. June
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#205. I might need an intervention
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#204. More snow
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#203. That went well
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#202. The creek's a risin'
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#201. Spring Cleaning
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#200. In like a lion
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#199. sick day
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#198. sychronicity
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#197. The juices are flowing!
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#196. dull
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#195. New and Improved?
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#194. odds and ends
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#193. In the end
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#192. Throwing in the towel
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#191. Rolling along
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#190. The count down
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#189. Seriously?
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#188. Many thanks . . .
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#187. Again with the NaNo?
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#186. take two
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#185. navigational error
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#184. All dressed up and no place to go
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#183. stalling
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#182. uniform stitches
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#181. process of elimination
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#180. pondering NaNo
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#179. Checking in
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#178. It's official
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#177. Finally!
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#176. A full day
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#175. A Day at Dorney
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#174. Waiting up
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#173. odd and ends
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#172. 100!
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#171. and so on . . .
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#170. Final installment?
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#169. More gaps in my knowledge . . .
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#168. A curious thing
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#167. The scenic route
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#166. The system is broken
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