tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post701131241097249905..comments2023-04-01T12:48:21.462-07:00Comments on The Briar Patch: FailingBriarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13714626226636654484noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post-42656735868456926572011-04-21T17:07:06.382-07:002011-04-21T17:07:06.382-07:00I'm not sure Roi is a con-artist in the classi...I'm not sure Roi is a con-artist in the classic sense. I don't think he deliberately cons people so much as he is just so divided he isn't even aware of the lies. Which in some ways seems more dangerous to me.Briarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13714626226636654484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post-1089162824258376322011-04-21T14:13:22.662-07:002011-04-21T14:13:22.662-07:00You're funny because you remind me of myself. ...You're funny because you remind me of myself. Jermaine was on some TV thing and I was so anxious about how everyone was going to see him and think he was a decent guy. And, for the most part, I think they did. But, my dad...who kind of knows him, said that he is just a really good con-artist. Because he knows the real Jermaine and then he saw what everyone who doesn't know any better saw.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805281199840274328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post-76423967475241881452011-04-21T12:04:42.973-07:002011-04-21T12:04:42.973-07:00Good points. I know that one of the few things tha...Good points. I know that one of the few things that is still tripping me up, still causing a mental mind-fuck, is how little he appears to suffer in any way. How people thinks he's a great guy, ok, a little quirky, but a decent guy with a good heart. <br /><br />Someone who can look you in the eyes and lie without breaking a sweat is, quite simply, not decent. Someone who can laugh from the Briarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13714626226636654484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413947404182808106.post-83221265595929232432011-04-21T10:58:56.128-07:002011-04-21T10:58:56.128-07:00I'm an education major and we are taught, repe...I'm an education major and we are taught, repeatedly, to reform negative words into a positive statement. Like, 'don't climb on the wall' should be, 'come climb on the climber' (to make it ridiculously simple). <br /><br />Maybe instead of telling yourself that you are failing to let go, you can focus on something that you are doing well? Or at least not use the word Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805281199840274328noreply@blogger.com