We die horribly and painfully, you go to hell and I spend eternity in the arms of baby Jesus.

Gunn ,'Not Fade Away'


What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


DavidS - May 05, 2005 10:52:57 am PDT #1626 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Actual Louie Louie lyrics

All the lewd variations on Louie Louie as misheard in various regions


Aims - May 05, 2005 10:56:55 am PDT #1627 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

t deadpan

I am so offended. What a dirty song. I'm glad the children are being protected from such ludicrous things as, "I don't like leaving the girl I love, when I get back I'm gonna stay." Thank god and bring out the AC/DC.


Trudy Booth - May 05, 2005 10:57:45 am PDT #1628 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

"We don't know what they're saying, but we don't it can't be good."

So, "we know it when we don't hear it" is up there with "we know it when we see it" in what-is-indecency land?

Cool.


§ ita § - May 05, 2005 11:01:46 am PDT #1629 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Jamaican moon?

Huh.

Must be a drug related reference, possibly also indecent exposure.


Tom Scola - May 05, 2005 11:03:22 am PDT #1630 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

So.

I've been going to analysis for four years this month. I've made some progress, but for the longest time, I've been blocked. I go to therapy four times a week now, and I'm still keeping my emotions bottled up. It takes quite a lot of energy to keep my feelings inside, and it's very stressful to me.

I've long realized that I'll be better off if I just let my feelings out. And I know that my life is never going to get better unless I confront my issues. But I can't.

When I was growing up, the only way I could cope was to try to distance myself from my emotional trauma and pretend that it didn't exist. That time has long passed, and I need to face my feelings so that I can move on with my life. The only way out is forward.

I can do this, right?


amych - May 05, 2005 11:04:20 am PDT #1631 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

You absolutely can do it, Tom.


DavidS - May 05, 2005 11:06:36 am PDT #1632 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I can do this, right?

Yeah, you can. Plus, unlike giving birth, there's low likelihood of you receiving an episiotomy in this process. I think you have to count that among the pluses.

Emotionally Labile, here you come.


Scrappy - May 05, 2005 11:10:17 am PDT #1633 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Tom, bless you for all this work. One piece of advice--in trying to make a big leap forward like this you have to force things for a while. In other words, lettign your feelings go will never feel "natural" and if you wait to do that until it does, you never will. Learning a new way to deal with oneself is a difficult process. So force yourself to start sharing feelings, even though it will feel fake and horribly uncomfortable the first few times. You won't feel like you, even though they are your feelings. After making yourself do it ,though, it will get easier and easier, until it becomes part of you.

This is how I had to make the change, anyway--deliberately changing my behavior and waiting for my psyche to catch up.


amych - May 05, 2005 11:10:49 am PDT #1634 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Plus, unlike giving birth, there's low likelihood of you receiving an episiotomy in this process.

Do you mind if I adopt this for wider use? As in, "I have to get up in the middle of the fucking night to test the new blahblah before it goes live. But at least there's a low likelihood that I'll receive an episiotomy in the process."


erikaj - May 05, 2005 11:12:18 am PDT #1635 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

Does "emotionally labile"sound dirty or is it me? I didn't do the ceremony thing when I graduated because I thought my stepfather would be in jail and it would be ruined. I don't think I missed anything. Wish I could have had a shot at the bright future thing, though.