Thursday, September 30, 2004
...The Happy Freaking Ray of Goddamn Sunshine.... just found this to be rather amusing.
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Friday, September 17, 2004
More things I miss:
Hope for the future.
Looking ahead to all the advances our culture and society will (likely) make years and years from now and feeling a pang of sadness (yes) because I wouldn't be around to see (or experience them), but instead, I now long for a more simpler time where everything wasn't automated and there were less people to deal with.
When did this happen?
When Aerosmith (!!) wasn't considered "easy listening." (ballad or otherwise)
Less choices.
When there weren't a hundred different kinds of everything and making what should be a simple decision didn't take an hour trying to figure out which was the best for the cost. (every single time on every single item because there are umpteen versions and brands to wade through)
Who are they?
Knowing who was singing (which singer, group) on the radio no matter who it was, and which song. When did I lose touch with the "hip" stuff?
Oh, the irony.
When it wasn't a daily life or death drama (battling traffic) to get to a place I don't want to be anyway (work).
Gizmo.
My first car. Nothing special to anyone else I'm sure, but it was mine and I miss it.
My pet.
Never get over this one. Many many years and even though I knew the end would come sometime, it's never really possible to prepare for it.
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Hope for the future.
Looking ahead to all the advances our culture and society will (likely) make years and years from now and feeling a pang of sadness (yes) because I wouldn't be around to see (or experience them), but instead, I now long for a more simpler time where everything wasn't automated and there were less people to deal with.
When did this happen?
When Aerosmith (!!) wasn't considered "easy listening." (ballad or otherwise)
Less choices.
When there weren't a hundred different kinds of everything and making what should be a simple decision didn't take an hour trying to figure out which was the best for the cost. (every single time on every single item because there are umpteen versions and brands to wade through)
Who are they?
Knowing who was singing (which singer, group) on the radio no matter who it was, and which song. When did I lose touch with the "hip" stuff?
Oh, the irony.
When it wasn't a daily life or death drama (battling traffic) to get to a place I don't want to be anyway (work).
Gizmo.
My first car. Nothing special to anyone else I'm sure, but it was mine and I miss it.
My pet.
Never get over this one. Many many years and even though I knew the end would come sometime, it's never really possible to prepare for it.
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Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Things I miss...
That twinge of excitement just before walking into a bookstore.
Used to be, there were many books I liked, just waiting for me to save up the money to buy them, and the excitement was based on how many I could buy "this time," and how great it felt knowing there were a lot waiting for me to get to. I love reading (my eyes don't, but I still try my best). These days, the authors I read the most, either don't write so much anymore, or, have changed their writing style so that I have to be careful and make sure I've read the descriptions before deciding to buy. Supernatural, yes. Gore, blood, guts, no. Mystery, yes. Author changing styles drastically and writing something "completely different!", no. (well, not usually). Author of a series writing something not part of that series, no. I guess I'm getting pickier. When I was younger, a disappointing book didn't bother me so much. Now, definitely bothered. Time is a precious commodity I have too little of. (time and money, need both, have neither)
Sleep.
I miss being able to fall asleep when I'm tired. I miss waking up after a good nights sleep actually feeling rested. Rested. What's that? Something I never feel. Perpetually drained, moody, irritable, stressed, yes, absolutely. Rested and refreshed? That's something only possible in commercials, isn't it? (yea right)
Looking forward to tomorrow.
I don't usually want tomorrow to come. Always fear the worst. Worry something even more annoying, or upsetting, or horrible, or well, you get the point, something I don't want to face might happen. Those "I can't wait for tomorrow!!" days are too far apart and so hard to get to.
The delusion that "growing up" would change me.
When I was a kid, I deluded myself into believing that all the problems I was having then, would somehow vanish by the time I was an adult. Not so. Reality is a bitch. Those problems simply evolve into more complicated issues. I think we're taught that "when you're older" things change. But they don't clarify that the changes will likely be for the worse.
There's more. But that's for another time I guess.
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That twinge of excitement just before walking into a bookstore.
Used to be, there were many books I liked, just waiting for me to save up the money to buy them, and the excitement was based on how many I could buy "this time," and how great it felt knowing there were a lot waiting for me to get to. I love reading (my eyes don't, but I still try my best). These days, the authors I read the most, either don't write so much anymore, or, have changed their writing style so that I have to be careful and make sure I've read the descriptions before deciding to buy. Supernatural, yes. Gore, blood, guts, no. Mystery, yes. Author changing styles drastically and writing something "completely different!", no. (well, not usually). Author of a series writing something not part of that series, no. I guess I'm getting pickier. When I was younger, a disappointing book didn't bother me so much. Now, definitely bothered. Time is a precious commodity I have too little of. (time and money, need both, have neither)
Sleep.
I miss being able to fall asleep when I'm tired. I miss waking up after a good nights sleep actually feeling rested. Rested. What's that? Something I never feel. Perpetually drained, moody, irritable, stressed, yes, absolutely. Rested and refreshed? That's something only possible in commercials, isn't it? (yea right)
Looking forward to tomorrow.
I don't usually want tomorrow to come. Always fear the worst. Worry something even more annoying, or upsetting, or horrible, or well, you get the point, something I don't want to face might happen. Those "I can't wait for tomorrow!!" days are too far apart and so hard to get to.
The delusion that "growing up" would change me.
When I was a kid, I deluded myself into believing that all the problems I was having then, would somehow vanish by the time I was an adult. Not so. Reality is a bitch. Those problems simply evolve into more complicated issues. I think we're taught that "when you're older" things change. But they don't clarify that the changes will likely be for the worse.
There's more. But that's for another time I guess.
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Friday, September 10, 2004
In it's third season now, there's finally a "reality" type show that I actually like. Last Comic Standing is a riot. I'm not really keen on their "let's have season one go against season two" tactic for this time around, but at least it's still funny. I miss the Evening at the Improv show and Caroline's Comedy Hour (as well as those comedians). I know Comedy Central has some comedy shows, but it's not the same. Maybe I'm just getting old. Too old for comedy? Hope not..sometimes all there is to keep one from totally losing it is a good laugh. (ha, right, but it does help, doesn't it?)
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Tuesday, September 07, 2004
(just a few of many)
Irks:
1. Women who wear shirts with writing across their breasts (which practically screams "look at me!!") then look at you (men and women alike) like you're a pervert for trying to read the writing. (ummm....)
2. Road rage candidates who practically run you off the road because they (are assholes! Of course but also) think you're the slow one and it's really the people in front of you. Common sense morons! Need some?
3. People who don't pay attention to the person answering the phone. "This isn't ABC Place?" No fuckwit, I JUST said "Hello, XYZA place." Having lucidity problems today?
4. People who become chatty simply because they're bored. Or worse, they bore you while they're waiting to bore someone else! But, that someone else is currently being bored by someone even more longwinded. Yikes!
5. People who ask for your opinion about something but don't actually pay attention to what you have to say. (Go find a wall to broadcast to & piss off!)
6. IT people with God complexes which is bad enough, but claim to be too busy to do their fucking job; and (among a long list of IT-peeves), have an annoying habit of mass-mailing everyone (adding more crap to mailboxes they claim are too full to begin with) snippy/rude comments that only really apply to a seclect few. Fuck off!( And get over yourself)
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Irks:
1. Women who wear shirts with writing across their breasts (which practically screams "look at me!!") then look at you (men and women alike) like you're a pervert for trying to read the writing. (ummm....)
2. Road rage candidates who practically run you off the road because they (are assholes! Of course but also) think you're the slow one and it's really the people in front of you. Common sense morons! Need some?
3. People who don't pay attention to the person answering the phone. "This isn't ABC Place?" No fuckwit, I JUST said "Hello, XYZA place." Having lucidity problems today?
4. People who become chatty simply because they're bored. Or worse, they bore you while they're waiting to bore someone else! But, that someone else is currently being bored by someone even more longwinded. Yikes!
5. People who ask for your opinion about something but don't actually pay attention to what you have to say. (Go find a wall to broadcast to & piss off!)
6. IT people with God complexes which is bad enough, but claim to be too busy to do their fucking job; and (among a long list of IT-peeves), have an annoying habit of mass-mailing everyone (adding more crap to mailboxes they claim are too full to begin with) snippy/rude comments that only really apply to a seclect few. Fuck off!( And get over yourself)
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