some failures suck extra hard

[piranha]

my attempts at trying to help people understand each other in a recent LJ drama just showed themselves futile. damn. and it's such a waste, too. i mean, not for me; it doesn't really touch me in any personal way. it would have just been so much better if people had managed to work things out. this is the sort of thing that makes me ever more hopeless about people working out anything that really matters, such as peace between palestinians and israelis, *sigh*.

it's probably good i never tried to be a diplomat. i don't have what it takes, whatever that is.

on the upside, i can now spend a lot more time on clearing my email inbox! and dare i imagine -- maybe play a video game or two.