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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Reconciling hope with futility.
  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    edited July 2016
    hedonist said:

    Reconciling hope with futility.

    Is it something we can help with?
    Post edited by OffSheGoes35 on
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    OffSheGoes35 said:

    hedonist said:

    Reconciling hope with futility.

    Board related or personal life related? Is it something we can help you with?
    You're sweet for asking - thank you.

    Not in my personal life, just more in general life. All of the recent goings-on, people's actions and reactions, our colors and how they're shown for better or worse.

    I keep trying to see the former, as the little pockets of goodness and kindness do make a difference.
  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    hedonist said:

    OffSheGoes35 said:

    hedonist said:

    Reconciling hope with futility.

    Board related or personal life related? Is it something we can help you with?
    You're sweet for asking - thank you.

    Not in my personal life, just more in general life. All of the recent goings-on, people's actions and reactions, our colors and how they're shown for better or worse.

    I keep trying to see the former, as the little pockets of goodness and kindness do make a difference.
    One of the people I am closest to in this world is black and every time I think I'm close to understanding his pain, he says something that mystifies me. And it's really difficult to see him that way and know that my words are of no comfort, that the roots of that pain are so deeply embedded...it's just painful all around.


  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    But however painful it is, we care, right? That has to count for something.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    edited July 2016
    Oh hell yeah, it does. Better to feel, to give a shit, than not.

    My family has experienced a shitload of discrimination, generalizations and overall ass-hatty behavior from others; I as well though in different ways. Empathy and understanding go a long way :)
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,390
    I can watch the Os on television, yay! I love listening to it on the radio, but baseball on television breaks the hospital visit boredom.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Good to know you've got some nice distraction there, Ms. H.

    Are you on the mend some?
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,390
    hedonist said:

    Good to know you've got some nice distraction there, Ms. H.

    Are you on the mend some?

    It looks like the new drugs are keeping my heart rate stable, and I haven't had a bad reaction. About two more days of monitoring and then I go home.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    i hope that left eye of yours sparkles for something right even though you live in family made stables it's really right of you to be at home close by dads
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    JWPearl said:

    i hope that left eye of yours sparkles for something right even though you live in family made stables it's really right of you to be at home close by dads

    I could completely re-write this with the assistance of some punctuation marks :peace:
  • jnimhaoileoin
    jnimhaoileoin Baile Átha Cliath Posts: 2,682
    hedonist said:

    JWPearl said:

    i hope that left eye of yours sparkles for something right even though you live in family made stables it's really right of you to be at home close by dads

    I could completely re-write this with the assistance of some punctuation marks :peace:
    Punctuation is a wondrous thing, my mother seems to be allergic to commas....
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    jnimhaoileoin said:

    hedonist said:

    JWPearl said:

    i hope that left eye of yours sparkles for something right even though you live in family made stables it's really right of you to be at home close by dads

    I could completely re-write this with the assistance of some punctuation marks :peace:
    Punctuation is a wondrous thing, my mother seems to be allergic to commas....
    Mine too, Jenny, but she's in her 80's. I try to cut her a break.

    (often, I fail!)

    On my mind and in my face and ears? Mitch Hedberg.

    Anyone who can get me to laugh to tears?

    :heart:
  • jnimhaoileoin
    jnimhaoileoin Baile Átha Cliath Posts: 2,682
    hedonist said:

    jnimhaoileoin said:

    hedonist said:

    JWPearl said:

    i hope that left eye of yours sparkles for something right even though you live in family made stables it's really right of you to be at home close by dads

    I could completely re-write this with the assistance of some punctuation marks :peace:
    Punctuation is a wondrous thing, my mother seems to be allergic to commas....
    Mine too, Jenny, but she's in her 80's. I try to cut her a break.

    (often, I fail!)

    On my mind and in my face and ears? Mitch Hedberg.

    Anyone who can get me to laugh to tears?

    :heart:
    Dylan Moran can have me crying laughing :smile:

    https://youtu.be/BJdprkOVyno
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    OK, I liked this all around (and he is cute as fuck, not sure if via mind or the appearance or both but who cares =) )
  • northerndragon
    northerndragon Posts: 9,851
    Santa Cruz!
    Anything you lose from being honest
    You never really had to begin with.


    Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it.
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,390
    Only 2 hours until Orioles baseball. Counting the seconds!
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    Ms. Haiku said:

    Only 2 hours until Orioles baseball. Counting the seconds!

    Hoping that you continue to progress in a positive direction with the new meds, MH!
    2014: Cincinnati
    2016: Lexington and Wrigley 1
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Just a minute ago and without second thought, I said aloud and con brio, "fuck you!" as I snuffed out one lone ant on the bathroom floor.
  • JWPearl
    JWPearl Posts: 19,893
    It's been nice staying at daughters and helping her out but now I can't wait to get home..

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