I'm trying to come up with something sunny and breezy and light and airy to say, but it's just not working. I'm trying to come up with something about how people are basically good at heart and maybe I should just give in and join in a big group hug somewhere, go downstairs to the yoga studio and chant and play with my yin and yang and my chakra and my chi and picture myself on top of a mountain with flowers growing out of the top of my head and roots sprouting out from my ass, anchoring me to the soil that represents Mother Earth and wholesome goodness and love and laughter and light, and then rearrange everything up here in my apartment in accordance with the principles of feng shui. Sip some chai, and then sit in a lotus position, releasing the anger that, according to the guy who works in the yoga studio downstairs, is stored in the hips, and perhaps crying soulfully upon the release. And then, peacefully and without judgment, contemplate my unique place in the Universe, tearfully realize that I'm going about everything the wrong way, and come to the conclusion that I should embrace strangers on the street rather than push them away and mutter under my breath how disgusting they all are and how I hate them on sight and how I would hate them even more if I did give them the chance that people tell me I should give them. And then maybe I can take all that I've just learned about basic goodness and the innocence of the human spirit and erase all negativity from my soul, and then carry that over to this site, deleting every bitter, venomous entry that disgraces the internet and my life, all in a tearful rush of realization that when life gives me lemons I should just make lemonade. Enough for everyone!
But then again, maybe I won't.
(Have a nice day!!!)
fresh-baked at 02:30 PMI was hit on the head by an apple when I was mowing the lawn. It fell out of a tree. My 74 year-old chainsmoking neighbor probably crapped himself laughing.
I don't like that particular tree.
Offered by: aaron on August 16, 2002 8:50 AMAs for trees, their bark is usually worse than their ...... Noooooooo! I Can't TYPE IT!!!!!
Offered by: Don on August 16, 2002 12:16 AMNancy, I'm not in a bad mood at all. This is the way I always am. (Unless, of course, your comment was not directed at me, in which case I apologize for the misunderstanding.)
Offered by: Jodi on August 15, 2002 8:30 PMOh, absolutely. Trees don't talk back.
There must be something in the air - it seems like everyone on the continent is in a bad mood. Myself included.
Offered by: Nancy on August 15, 2002 8:23 PMEwww. Max! "Tell us how you really feel" is so high up on my list of hated phrases that I can't even begin to express the vastness of my displeasure upon seeing it here in my comments.
By the way, I actually am a "tree-hugger" and a bit of a "hippy" in so-called real life. It is, indeed, possible to hate most people but to love all trees!
Offered by: Jodi on August 15, 2002 8:10 PMEnough of this tree-hugging hippy shit!
Make with the espresso (or iced coffee) and tell us how you really feel.
Offered by: Max on August 15, 2002 7:57 PMI finally see the real you
Offered by: jamie on August 15, 2002 6:25 PMHappiness is having people define happy for you.
Get out of that.
Offered by: Pete on August 15, 2002 4:41 PMPeer pressure? I never succumb.
Happiness, though, is not a foreign concept. In fact, based on my own definition of happiness, I would say I'm downright ecstatic.
But before anyone decides to go off on a tangent of defining "happiness", let me just say that I'll be happy if you refrain from doing so.
Offered by: Jodi on August 15, 2002 4:09 PMDon't give in to the peer pressure of being happy. It is absolutely not all its cracked up to be. Unless of course you take crack to get happy. But then that's a different topic now isn't it?
Offered by: Jason on August 15, 2002 3:58 PMI assure you, DataCloud, that my enlightenment is purely manufactured.
Offered by: Jodi on August 15, 2002 3:35 PMYou appear to be x-tremely enlightened today BISS!
Offered by: DataCloud on August 15, 2002 3:20 PMFor a minute there, you were really causing a serious buzz-kill for me.
Glad to see it was a only temporary mind fuck.
Offered by: LA on August 15, 2002 3:12 PMPlease forgive me for taking the liberty to quote you and your bubby.
Feh. Kaka. Offered by: Mad Genius on August 15, 2002 3:07 PMMrs. Z! I only use those words when playing Scrabble, and even then, I avoid them in favor of others of which you are well aware. Joy to the world!
Offered by: Jodi on August 15, 2002 2:51 PMThe fact that you even know the words 'sunny', 'breezy', 'light' and 'airy' is enough for me.
Offered by: Mrs. Z on August 15, 2002 2:49 PM
