Puer aeternus is Latin for eternal boy, used in mythology to designate a child-god who is forever young; psychologically it refers to an older man whose emotional life has remained at an adolescent level. The puer typically leads a provisional life, due to the fear of being caught in a situation from which it might not be possible to escape. He covets independence and freedom, chafes at boundaries and limits, and tends to find any restriction intolerable. —Wikipedia That pretty much sums me up. My name is Paddy Foran. I write software, give talks, study English, and generally refuse to grow up. This is what I do when I should be doing other things.Tumblr (3.0; @i-am-puer-aeternus)http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4whn3VHwu1qlt206o1_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4whn3VHwu1qlt206o2_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4whn3VHwu1qlt206o3_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4whn3VHwu1qlt206o4_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://petitetiaras.tumblr.com/post/24140115090/friendship-is-a-single-soul-dwelling-in-two" target="_blank">petitetiaras</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.</span></p> </blockquote>http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/24154645406http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/24154645406Thu, 31 May 2012 18:40:12 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzq2vnC1Pp1qln1bho1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzq2vnC1Pp1qln1bho2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzq2vnC1Pp1qln1bho3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzq2vnC1Pp1qln1bho4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.tumblefunny.com/post/24016916352" target="_blank">the-absolute-funniest-posts</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p class="gone"><a href="http://you-will-love-this-blog-on-your-dashboard.ishowedyou.com" target="_blank">Follow this blog, you will love it on your dashboard</a></p> </blockquote>http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/24068665962http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/24068665962Wed, 30 May 2012 12:54:08 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ns84TUP61r20nwfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://eastofkensington.tumblr.com/post/23834659650/eastofkensington-its-good-to-keep-the-important" target="_blank">eastofkensington</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://www.eastofkensington.tumblr.com" target="_self">eastofkensington</a></strong>: it’s good to keep the <em>important</em> things in mind.</p> </blockquote>http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23836030667http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23836030667Sat, 26 May 2012 22:23:00 -0400“I tended to do anything as long as it felt like an adventure, and to stop when it felt like work.”<br/><br/> - <em>Neil Gaiman</em>http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23827822798http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23827822798Sat, 26 May 2012 19:58:25 -0400quotewall<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4j3bbOyGv1qek28no1_r2_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23815605566http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23815605566Sat, 26 May 2012 16:20:29 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4a0n9xg4z1qzcv7no1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4a0n9xg4z1qzcv7no2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ratsntophats.tumblr.com/post/23524202883/oh-my-god-so-much-love-for-this" target="_blank">ratsntophats</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>OH MY GOD. so much love for this.</p> </blockquote>http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23612970053http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23612970053Wed, 23 May 2012 12:24:48 -0400“Am I not sensitive, clever, well-mannered, considerate, passionate, charming, as kind as I’m handsome, and heir to a throne?”<br/><br/> - <em>Cinderella’s Prince // Into the Woods</em>http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23544618075http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23544618075Tue, 22 May 2012 10:32:35 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4bgdbTa9t1qao029o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Current status.</p>http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23405909466http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23405909466Sun, 20 May 2012 06:12:28 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m499hhF1xV1qaqwkfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://funniest.1000notes.com/post/23378884973" target="_blank">the-absolute-funniest-posts</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p class="gone"><a href="http://you-will-love-this-blog-on-your-dashboard.ishowedyou.com" target="_blank">Follow this blog, you will love it on your dashboard</a></p> </blockquote>http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23405826529http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23405826529Sun, 20 May 2012 06:09:17 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/42372767?autoplay=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Sometimes, it takes Neil Gaiman saying so for me to realise I’m successful.</p>http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23400863799http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23400863799Sun, 20 May 2012 02:44:00 -0400neil gaimangraduationsuccessadvice<p>My goal every day is to be more valuable when I go to bed than I was when I woke up.</p>http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23332704983http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23332704983Sat, 19 May 2012 00:18:51 -0400<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/23283011994/tumblr_lo5l71733u1qeqeol&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lovingaugustuswaters.tumblr.com/post/23235748458/pervyanon-the-first-time-i-ever-heard-this-song" target="_blank">lovingaugustuswaters</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pervyanon.tumblr.com/post/7483302163/the-first-time-i-ever-heard-this-song-i-was-riding" target="_blank">pervyanon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The first time I ever heard this song I was riding in a car with this girl I didn’t know very well and it was super awkward and quiet and then this song came on and I didn’t know at all what it was but I hated it and then the girl driving the car started softly whispering the lyrics to it with this extremely serious poker face on and then slowly she got louder and louder and it was so horribly awkward and uncomfortable because she was just sitting there singing this like it was her message to the world or something and I just sat there praying that the song would end but it didn’t for what felt like eternity because this song is frickin 7 minutes long or something so I just sat there gripping the seat as she basically cried along with the lyrics and eventually it ended and the rest of the car ride was in silence as she stared steadily ahead as if that epic power ballad had never occurred and I was like wow that was uncomfortable and then days went by and they turned into weeks and I found that I just couldn’t get this frickin’ song out of my head, like everywhere I went I’d hear the girl’s voice softly whimpering out the lyrics and it drove me mad to the point where I went and downloaded it and then I listened to it through thinking yes this will rid me of this cursed song but it was still there and so I listened to it again and again and again and then suddenly after my 49th play I realized it wasn’t so bad and I actually started to like it and by the 340th play I was madly in love with this song and I found myself playing it around the house and on my ipod and whenever I ride with someone in my car I’ll play it and before I know it I’ll start softly whispering the lyrics, my extremely serious poker face on….</p> </blockquote> <p>Me and that girl are basically the same</p> </blockquote>http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23283011994http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23283011994Fri, 18 May 2012 05:16:47 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4756p1HWG1qzzikgo1_250.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://joeho.tumblr.com/post/23268464966/this-made-me-smile-at-least-87-times" target="_blank">joeho</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>This made me smile at least 87 times</p> </blockquote>http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23280210352http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23280210352Fri, 18 May 2012 02:55:52 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m43py8mRqP1r3rsfmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/23153578720/left-to-right-lord-howard-de-walden-william" target="_blank">neil-gaiman</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>(Left to right) Lord Howard de Walden, William Archer, J.M. Barrie, G.K. Chesterton and Bernard Shaw, in the middle of making the cowboy film How Men Love.</em></p> <p><em><br/></em>There is nothing about this I do not like. But I like Chesterton and Shaw in cowboy costumes best. </p> </blockquote>http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23154517544http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23154517544Wed, 16 May 2012 02:32:28 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m41q7gDAAv1qdjlt4o1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m41q7gDAAv1qdjlt4o2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m41q7gDAAv1qdjlt4o3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m41q7gDAAv1qdjlt4o4_r1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/>http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23099214759http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23099214759Tue, 15 May 2012 07:36:36 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m425jjnjVE1rv9zr6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23099210058http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23099210058Tue, 15 May 2012 07:36:24 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m424muI43O1qao029o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>So, this is a thing that’s happening.</p>http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23096338730http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23096338730Tue, 15 May 2012 05:20:54 -0400office politics<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nMANMIe0ZZI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Why did nobody tell me I was this awesome?</p>http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23023391971http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/23023391971Mon, 14 May 2012 00:42:39 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3wn1fug3M1qao029o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>So… this is a thing that’s happening now. Yup.</p>http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/22894669840http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/22894669840Sat, 12 May 2012 06:12:51 -0400office politics<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3wghe95Tw1qao029o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My coworker just sent me this. Must. Resist. The urge. To declare. Undying. Love.</p>http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/22891771794http://thoughts.paddyforan.com/post/22891771794Sat, 12 May 2012 03:49:00 -0400office politics