Those are pretty much the only two choices.
Being judged is uncomfortable. Snap judgments, prejudices, misinformation… all of these, combined with not enough time (how could there be) to truly know you, means that you will inevitably be misjudged, underestimated (or overestimated) and unfairly rejected.
The alternative, of course, is much safer. To be ignored.
Up to you.
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Like a rising star in the night, Dragon soars into orbit.
May. 22, 2012 at 4:37pm with 2 notes
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You will be judged (or you will be ignored)
Its like The Bachelor, but more realistic.
12:50pm with 17 notes
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NYC GOV: It's here: Map of Proposed Citi Bike Stations
Yes! One’s coming right in front of my apartment
Check out the newly released map of proposed Citi Bike stations. New Yorkers picked these sites, submitting their ideas in the tens of thousands on the online suggestion map, in community workshops held throughout the service area, in community board feedback sessions and in hundreds…
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It was not a space ship from another planet, just another time — a long since abandoned Soviet satellite. One of its booster rockets didn’t fire and it couldn’t escape Earth’s orbit. A sad reminder of the time when two powerful nations challenged each other and then boldly raced into outer space. What will be the next thing that challenges us, Toby? That makes us go farther and work harder? You know that when smallpox was eradicated, it was considered the single greatest humanitarian achievement of this century? Surely we can do it again, as we did in the time when our eyes looked towards the heavens, and with outstretched fingers we touched the face of God.
The Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge
