Narcissism, Polemicism, Ass-Holism, Hermitism, and Other Isms

This post comes as an apology, a wake-up call, and an informative essay all in one. Exciting, huh?

Today, I was arguing about some completely moot point, and I realised later that such argumentation was really, really dumb. Especially considering I disagreed with the idea that I was arguing for. I just argued for the sake of argument. Just to be argumentative. And that's rather silly, now, isn't it? And way too many uses of the root "argument-".

Though it's been a year since anyone has called me an asshole directly, I feel like I've been rather ass-holish lately. Perhaps I'm being hyper-sensitive to my actions / the actions of others. Or perhaps I really have been an asshole. Either way, I feel "bad" (in the sense that I don't want to be an asshole) about it.

So, that covers the polemicism and assholism front. Now for hermitism. Yeah, I don't really see that as much of a problem. I just needed another -ism word. :)

And now for narcissism. I was thinking that it must be a fine line between introspection and narcissism. And I've probably crossed that line. What's the difference between thinking, 'I'm the center of the universe,' [narcissism] and thinking, 'I should know myself better as to better serve the universe' [introspection]? In fact, is there even a line there? Or are they one and the same?

I guess that's just another question I'll have to answer. For myself. Through introspection. A vicious cycle, isn't it? :)

PS -- Measure for Measure kicked serious ass. It was like Austin Powers, but set in Vienna. Sweet.