November 15, 2004

• "Just because they disagree with you doesn't make them right."
• You really wanna know? Okie. Because I love, I endure.
• You're the reason I have a superiority complex. Oh, wait. That doesn't quite work, does it?
• My sour grapes cliche got shot down, so I'm left with making lemonade from lemons. Icky, rotten, bitter lemons.
• "I choo-choo-choose you."
• That and the thought that I'll get so much done now that I can safely ignore so much of the media. This election has left me with a love of the internet and some serious disdain for most television. HBO and Comedy Central notwithstanding, of course.
• "Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things"
• Try to be child-like, not childish.
• That if I die earlier due to the chemicals I produce when getting angry over stuff I can't control, then *they* win.
• Two kinds of people...targets and obstacles.
• As sure as I am, I may be wrong.
• The less I drink, the easier it is to not post on an angering thread. I also value reminding myself that I know nothing, or nearly nothing, about everything I consider myself qualified to discuss. CHOO-CHOO!
• islander, the good times are all about petting the sweaty things....
• "It's okay, I'll get it all done tomorrow and take some time for me." Wait, did you want ones that actually work?
• "It's okay, I'll get it all done tomorrow and take some time for me." We agree.
• I usually blame my inconsistencies on hormones. :)
• Honestly? I indulge myself to the point of ridiculousness, moping/fuming/whining/whatever, until the absurdity of taking that shit so seriously hits me and I just have to laugh. The older I get, the faster this works. I'm down to about half a day now.
• Everyone's doing the best they can with what they have. It's absolutely okay to feel more than one emotion about crap, even contradictory emotions are fine. Fantasize about what would make you feel the best short term, but try and *do* the best thing for the long term.
• A long run, preferably with plenty of hills. Once I take care of the body, the rest of the package gets in line.
• Peach blossom falls on the moving water... -- Li Po
• Peach blossom falls on the moving water.. Nice!
• These are great. I find myself appreciating these ideas a lot more as I get older. Another one I like is, "Some days you eat the bear; some days the bear eats you". And I try and pay more attention to little ridiculousnesses that make me feel good. I love Mr. Happy, my mysteriously joyful neighbour. Every night, from about midnight to 2 am, he laughs, like this "Hoo! hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo!" It puts me in a good mood every single time I hear him. I also dig it when the cat meows at me without bothering to make any noise come out. It kind of reminds me of how you can hang out with an old friend and not have to actually talk if you don't feel like it.
• "Fuck off and die." I know it's no excuse, but why should I need to make an excuse?
• And "you're not the boss of me" still works wonders, if only in terms of making you smile.
• ook! MJ, you just reminded me of one from a country song which I can't recall at the moment... "Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug"
• Dire Straits, islander.
• Thanks, tracicle! coulda sworn it was a country tune
• "Same as it ever was" Talking Heads
• The number always makke me feel better... Yo mama's got a pair of high top flip flops. Yo mama's so stupid; she took the Pepsi challenge and chose Jif. Yo mama's breath is so stank, we don't know whether she needs gum or toilet paper. Yo mama's so greasy; I buttered my popcorn with her leg hairs. Oh Snap! *Please accept my apologies in advance, I've been drinking.*
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• I have no nice phrases, but I think it's ok to be a crab-mistress on occasion. beeswacky, I'm impressed by your reference to that great poet. I knew there was some great lyric familiarity behind your prodigious versifying.
• Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave, whither thou goest. *** Be the day weary, or be the day long, At last it ringeth to evensong. (or, alternatively:) .. even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea. *** Today the Roman and his trouble Are ashes under Uricon. *** What do you care what other people think? (not recommended as a general motto for life, but I have found it comforting in certain situations) *** If only the good were clever, If only the clever were good .. *** "Just because someone is wrong about something, it doesn't mean they are wrong about everything." *** the way you made it that's the way it will be
• Another one is to imagine them naked. Only problem, that isn't always funny!
• In general, my wildly inflated sense of self worth instills in me a rather inappropriate sense of noblesse oblige, which in turn prompts me to treat many of you with the sort of paternal indulgence that one might reserve for, say, idiot children or drunken retirees. Also, I have been wrong about things so many times in the past that I can't help but question the veracity of any opinion I currently hold, however reasonable or well-thought-out. When one has demonstrated pea-brainedness at regular intervals for decades, one must take other people's opinions seriously or else descend swiftly into demented old poop-hood.
• "Life is a farce," and what I tend to repeat until I stop wanting to strangle things, "I cannot control what other people do; I can only control my reactions to them." Which is kind of a psychobabble version of "I am not going to sink to your level," but it works.
• "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -- Oscar Wilde
• "Everything happens for a reason; there's something I need to learn from this." If that doesn't work, I rant it out. Either by talking to someone for a while, or writing it out in detail. It's like defining it, giving those feelings permission to exist, then letting them go. I feel deflated once I get a good rant gone; the yuckies scrubbed out of me. Repression of shitty feelings just hurts you; let it out! Finally I make sure to get laid - the ultimate balm after a fight, crummy day, or low-self-esteem blues. Then everything is copacetic for the next 24 hours, give or take, and it all just rolls off my back.
• There is a pleasure, sure, In being mad, which none but madmen know.
• I think that windshield/bug song is from a Mary Chapin Carpenter song. At least that's where I've heard it. "No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease." - Dogen. It's glued to my monitor, right next to The Angriest Dog in the World.
• Everyday above ground is a good day.
• Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive.
• "sh*t happens" "who put you in a position to pass judgement on me?" "what will it matter in ten years?"
• Some choice Kahlil Gibran quotes: Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.' If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully. I have learnt silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to these teachers.
• I find that napping helps. So does sitting in the sun, and reading. When in the heat of the moment, however, I alternate between it's not worth it/pick your battles/it's not worth it/pick your battles/it's not worth it/pick your battles... Also realizing that no one in the entire history of humankind has ever, ever, EVER abandoned firmly held principles because of argument. Not to mention that there's nothing you can do to make stupid people stop being stupid.
• "The first man to raise his fist is the first man to run out of ideas." "So it goes." "This can't be helped." "You're not Portuguese man!"
• I AM Queen of this Universe. I raise my finger slightly--one little *click* of the button. Happiness ensues.
• I just remember that all is for the best in this best of all possible worlds.
• I have just called off my Vancouver recreational vacation upon learning that moneyjane may well be the Mistress of Crabs.
• Damn you bernockle! Now you've done it - I'm sending Ol' Dancy-pants to kick yo ass!
• "Just charge it to my card..."
• If I'm strong enough, I'll shrug whatever's bothering me as inconsequential in the long run -- it'll all work out; it always does. If I'm feeling weak, I go out drinkin'. I have a lot of bartender friends.
• "I dont worry about the stuff I cant control, because if I cant control it, then why worry about it? And I dont worry about the stuff I can control, because if I can control it, then why worry about it?" -- attributed to baseball player Mickey Rivers
• drjimmy11, that is classic. Where is that character Mickey Rivers these days?
• Has Mickey Rivers been reading ancient Chinese Zen philosophy? Yun Chu once wrote: "If you want such a thing, you must be that kind of person. If you are that kind of person, why do you worry about such a thing?" Apologies for the quality of the translation. Eerie similarity, wouldn't you say?
• Oddly enough, he has a website. I'm sure similar thoughts have been expressed many time through history (it also bears a similarity to that AA prayer), but I liked the way he phrased it. (I read it in "Ball Four" by Jim Bouton I think)
• Well, when people are sucking, I turn instead to good music (bob dylan at the moment) and jellybeans. And cats, if they're around.
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