(May 10, 2016 at 9:02 pm)ignoramus Wrote:

(May 10, 2016 at 8:59 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: I want to hang out with you when we are both drunk.  I have a gut feeling that you are a fucking BLAST.   

Same here! I'm Greek so I'll bring some presents.

You bring your beard, we'll bring the booze.

(May 10, 2016 at 9:02 pm)ignoramus Wrote:

(May 10, 2016 at 8:59 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: I want to hang out with you when we are both drunk.  I have a gut feeling that you are a fucking BLAST.   

Same here! I'm Greek so I'll bring some presents.

Beware Greeks baring gifts...

Not feeling much of anything at the moment.

I'm effing sore. Goddamn pavement is not forgiving to this almost-forty-year-old body.

Sending you hugs to cheer you up

Feeling a little better following a chat with a lovely friend today

I know people who use it mean well, and I respect that, but can we please put this tired "on the wrong side of history" saying to bed?

It sounded silly even when it was new, and it's been used to death now.

(May 11, 2016 at 4:12 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: I know people who use it mean well, and I respect that, but can we please put this tired "on the wrong side of history" saying to bed?

It sounded silly even when it was new, and it's been used to death now.

I agree. Aside from its hackneyed overuse, the saying seems to imply that history has an irresistible flow and destination. I wonder sometimes if people who are fond of the expression really believe that their agenda can't be scuttled. The danger for progressives who use this expression, it seems to me, is the possibility of complacence. If you're on the "right" side of history, you might have an excuse to not get off your ass to advocate for the issues you care about. There is nothing certain about "progress". That's a hoary old 19th Century belief that should have been laid to rest around 1914.

(May 11, 2016 at 4:38 pm)Crossless1 Wrote: There is nothing certain about "progress". That's a hoary old 19th Century belief that should have been laid to rest around 1914.

Laid to rest with millions of bullets. Literally.

Yet it lives on...hopefully not for much longer.

(May 10, 2016 at 12:13 am)SteelCurtain Wrote:

(May 9, 2016 at 11:42 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: No I just don't always want to explain my emotions but that doesn't mean I don't wanna express them or vent them

That wasn't a criticism, my friend. Sometimes your posts about your feelings are cryptic, and I am guessing there is a valid reason for it.

Not so much a valid reason but when I don't know the answer myself it doesn't really do any good to speculate or try to explain it. And to be honest the less I speculate or explain it the better I will feel

Oh, and thank you my friend

-Hammy

ETA: Another thing I have learned recently is... although emotional repression is unhealthy, sometimes overdoing the venting isn't healthy either as it can feed the emotion and perpetuate its expression. So I have compromised by venting but trying to not overanalysie it, perpetuate or explain it.

If it were just something obvious I would tell you guys -- But I'd rather still vent a bit than bottling it. I decided to compromise. Does that make sense? Not a rhetorical question

-Hammy

Exasperated. They've got some kind of blower motor going nonstop in the construction they're doing across the hallway. It sounds like a nonstop air raid warning.