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Re: Weirdsmobile: Jupiter

amusicbuff — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:47:24 -0000

I'll miss you and Hannah and your cats and stories about your lives. :(

I hope you change your mind. If so, please email me.

Re: Weirdsmobile: Jumping The Gun

amusicbuff — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:06:05 -0000

I like "lifestyle enhancement device" hahaha!

I was just telling Dan yesterday that my cell phone almost never rings and I hardly ever call anyone on it; it's all text and emails and social network updates, etc. Too funny!

Re: Weirdsmobile: Jumping The Gun

amusicbuff — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:45:51 -0000

Dan just got me a bold blackberry a few months ago; if iPhone at the time could take videos and copy/paste, etc., he probably would have gotten me an iPhone instead. My old RAZR took videos, for god's sake; I refused to get a "smartphone" that couldn't do that as well. Oh well. I'll probably switch to iPhone next time, a couple of years from now. It sounds/looks great! :)

Re: Weirdsmobile: Thots

amusicbuff — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:36:28 -0000

I hear you and it's valid. But like muraii said below:

*likened it to Hemingway's six-word short story*

I HATE that kind of thing. I DESPISE six word short stories. (Beside the point, I can't stand Hemingway, either, lol) and I LOATHE most poetry unless it has real meaning, when it's just writing to impress someone, I can't stand it, I find it pretentious and boring. I just...I enjoy reading "thots" as you wrote all this out, B; both your post and your comment to my comment. It's like a conversation in my mind, with pauses and meanderings, just like we were really talking.

One liners being passed back and forth simply doesn't interest me and I think it's sad that more people just don't want to bother reading more than a sentence these days, just too damn busy.

I've tried to use Twitter off and on, for a couple of years now. Long before it exploded the way it has recently. I've subscribed to some comedians and musicians, whatever. And I just don't see the point. I read their "tweet" and I think, so the fuck what? Maybe it made me smile or roll my eyes but the interruption (So and so updated their Twitter! TWEET!" Okay, so what the fuck did they say? Oh okay...well, so what? Jesus)

I'm glad everyone else is enjoying it and god forbid I take away from that but...

Just like Facebook, if it went away tomorrow, oh well. Twitter and Facebook give me only a certain amount of information about the person and it isn't much.

On the other hand, the bloggers I've gotten to know over the years, like you and others, are very important to me. Over time, I've watched relationships grow, marriages happen, babies appear, tragedies, deaths, joy, all kinds of stuff. We've shared music, ideas, ponderings, helped each other in time of need, it's been a rewarding experience.

I don't get that from Twitter. I just see people trying to impress each other with how witty they can be in how few words.

And I've just personally never cared for that format. I'm just "meh" about it.

It's just personal preference. :)

Re: Weirdsmobile: Thots

amusicbuff — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:54:23 -0000

Dan and I refuse to do the Twitter thing. I know it's all the rage right now and we're probably going to have to succumb eventually but I just can't see the appeal. I've read some twitters and I'm just not fan of it. I don't want to get updates and pithy thoughts on what everyone is doing at every moment. I already get enough of that on Facebook, but at least with Facebook, it's our friends and family, for one, and for another, I read it all at once and get it out of the way. Then go on with my day uninterrupted.

We're hoping this Twitter frenzy will all die down; I'm sick of hearing about it in the news/media.

Re: Weirdsmobile: Quiet Reflection

amusicbuff — Sun, 24 May 2009 13:48:41 -0000

I liked your Spock post and we saw the movie too, so it was quite interesting. :)

As for Twitter and Tumblr and Facebook and all the other social networks, I think of all those as completely different from blogs. It's mildly interesting to me to read them but I still turn to blogs for in-depth reading/understanding.

I think Twitter and the rest have exploded for people who never read blogs in the first place and there is also an overlap for people who enjoy both/all.

For instance, although Dan and I have been reading and writing and enjoying blogs since they first cropped up, oh...what was it? 2002? 2001? Anyway, we've been reading about others for many years but most of the people on Twitter/Facebook/etc., whom we've hooked up with never read blogs at all. So...I don't know that the medium has changed as much as there are different/new people coming in who would never bothered reading a blog.

If that makes sense. I suspect it might not. And I don't even have a martini to blame it on, lol! :)

Re: Weirdsmobile: Podcast 17

amusicbuff — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:50:47 -0000

But you aren't even slurring your words! You CAN'T be drunk, lol!

Thanks, fun to listen! :)

Re: Weirdsmobile: Wednesday Zombie Blogging

amusicbuff — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:17:26 -0000

I developed insomnia last summer and took Ambien, then Ativan then freaked out because I didn't want to be addicted to I did what you are doing; forced myself to stay awake really late for weeks. It DOES work, I was able to kick sleep meds entirely and now I can go to sleep whenever I like and stay asleep, even 9 hours if it feels right.

Keep it up. I'm rooting for you! :)

Re: Weirdsmobile: Public Service Blogging

amusicbuff — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:23:51 -0000

You used turgid, ahahahaha!

You're killing me, B. *grins*

Re: Weirdsmobile: Change

amusicbuff — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:51:55 -0000

Yeah...I noticed that too. Glad you went back to this format.

Re: Weirdsmobile: The End of Weirdsmobile

amusicbuff — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:25:14 -0000

k, so you are definitely coming back? Good. If you change blog addys, let me know, please.

Damn, my blog reading list is getting shorter and shorter. :( Sucketh.

Re: Weirdsmobile: Happy Valentine's Day

amusicbuff — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:30:56 -0000

YAY! B's doing music again! YAY B! I still have stuff from you from the Ancient Past circa...2004 and sech. :) Happy V-Day to you and Hannah!

Re: Weirdsmobile: Song for a Sad Cat

amusicbuff — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:37:44 -0000

Poor Miss Molly; how is her cold? Also, are your other cats boys? I've found my girl kitties have always been bitchier than the boys, without fail.

We had a female we adopted, I don't know if you remember her from my blog, grey and white, her name was Spencer before we found out he was a "she". Then she sort of became Daisy though we still called her Spencer on occasion. Anyway, she was always contrary and would pretend to bite us sometimes; rearing back like a snake and then chomping on our arms. But she never used her teeth so it was kinda funny. She was usually in a bad mood even though sometimes she'd be loving. We just never knew with her. Hard to say what their kittenhood was like and what kind of socialization they had when very young.

Re: Weirdsmobile: Good Golly, Miss Molly

amusicbuff — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:26:24 -0000

She's adorable! Love the "om nom nom", lol! And yeah, aren't cats great?

Re: Weirdsmobile: Buhsh-Bye

amusicbuff — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:02:15 -0000

Buh-Bye.

(I did give him the one-fingered wave as his copter left)

I did feel a lot of relief yesterday; more than I thought I would. I didn't know until it was over how much of a dark cloud had been hanging over me.

Re: Pedantic Romantic: Email glurge that I actually like

amusicbuff — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:51:31 -0000

That is an awesome list! I love it and plan on incorporating them more often. Thank you! and I'm smiling so now you only have two to go, hehehe. :)

Re: Pedantic Romantic: Intersection between fat and raw

amusicbuff — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:18:07 -0000

It's difficult. Unlike drugs or alcohol or smoking or whatever, you can't push food away forever. "I'm done with food forever, hooray, where's my 1 month chip?" You have to keep eating and try and eat for the right reasons. And the only "right" reasons should be hunger and that's it.

But how many of us eat only because we are hungry? I know I am an emotional eater. So is Dan. I'm also a social eater. But get this; I tend to overeat when I'm *happy*, not when I'm unhappy. The times in my life when I've been unhappy, I'd lose interest in food and gain an almost unhealthy interest in working out constantly. Then when I'd get happy again, I'd gradually start overeating again and lose interest in the gym. And so it goes.

Le sigh indeed.

I call my food/diet/weight issues, "a continual work in progress". :)

Re: Pedantic Romantic: Responses

amusicbuff — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:45:34 -0000

I will tell him, thank you! :)

Re: Pedantic Romantic: [high pitched Jon Stewart voice]Awk...ward[/hpJSv]

amusicbuff — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:14:04 -0000

I didn't feel uncomfortable for you at all; I was psyched and excited for you because it was obviously a breakthrough moment and that is inspirational to hear!

I relate very deeply, I have my own self-loathing issues regarding my body, as so many women do, and my Dan is almost 400 pounds now; his weight has yo-yo'ed between 325 and 400 for 10 years now, as long as we've been together. I understood what you were saying because Dan has often told me how he feels the world is against him because of his weight. And his eating and weight issues have so much to do with his emotional makeup and the things that happened to him as a child.

I have issues with eating and weight gain too, not as complex as Dan's but I do look at food as comfort instead of fuel and this gets me into trouble a lot. I've done raw foods before and I felt great while I was doing it. One of the things I hate most about being heavier and not eating right is the way it makes me feel; I try to remember that more than the weight. For a few minutes of pleasure in eating heavy, fatty foods, I spend hours and days and weeks feeling slow and stodgy as a result.

Anywho! Keep on writing about it as much as you please; it IS cathartic, it's good for us and don't worry how it makes others feel. Reading is supposed to make us feel something; otherwise we wouldn't bother reading, right? :)

You keep on feeling and writing and sparking reactions in others; that's what it's all about! :)

Re: Pedantic Romantic: Fat Body Acceptance

amusicbuff — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:30:46 -0000

I'm here rooting for you! :)

We're doing the healthy-living routine too; we always do this time of year. It's a great time for fresh starts and new beginnings. I wish you luck, wish us luck too!

Re: Weirdsmobile: What's For "Dinner"?

amusicbuff — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:44:27 -0000

I lawled every time you typed LIES!

Yes, lies indeed. I did the raw food thing too, a couple of years ago. I felt great and lost weight but eventually I couldn't stay away from cooked food any longer and thus fell from grace. Boooo me.

Re: Weirdsmobile: 40

amusicbuff — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:59:37 -0000

Happy Birthday B!

40 is a reflective place to be, isn't it? We all seem to mull over the thoughts you mention; we didn't accomplish what we thought we would, we're really and truly grownups *now*, fear of death, etc.

I made drastic changes in my career and personal life between 38 and 42, all for the good. Best of all, I came to terms with accepting my own mortality.

I now look at death this way; if everything in life happens as it should, and as I look back across my past, I can see that it has, then since everything and everything dies, why, that must be a good thing in the end as well. :)

I hope that helps, it helped me quite a bit and Dan too when he hit 40 two years ago now.

Oh and my 40's have been my favorite decade by FAR! Just FYI! :)

Happy 40! And Happy Happy New Year to you and Hannah! :)

Re: Pedantic Romantic: I call it ghat

amusicbuff — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 14:42:51 -0000

You're instincts are correct; we write better the more we write, even if we don't think it's good at the time. I'm always stunned when I go back and read stuff I've written years ago. "God, did I write that? That's FUNNY!" And I look at what I write now and think it's crap.

But I distinctly remember doing the same thing back when I was writing what now looks pretty good; at the time, I didn't think so. Practice makes better, yes it do. :)

Re: Pedantic Romantic: Red scarf

amusicbuff — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:06:44 -0000

Love your red scarf! Every year I want a red scarf, every year I can never find one because I wait too long and they are all gone.

Re: Pedantic Romantic: Crap.

amusicbuff — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:21:47 -0000

Survivor! YAY! We loved Bob and I'm glad he won but we loved Sugar too. I can't help it, I agreed with most of what she said. Apparently she was crying nonstop and drove the other players crazy and they didnt' show that part but I loved it that she talked Bob into using his fake idol on Randy, I hated Randy, I hated Corrinne, I loved it when Sugar would laugh nastily about them, loved it that she talked down to Corrinne AND Randy when everyone else walked on eggshells, I just loved her. I'm glad she informed Bob about Kenny's flipping on him, I loved it that she took Randy's cookie, I loved it that she went to the hut on Exile Island and sat there eating and enjoying herself, that this unemployed 28 year old found what the Big City Lawyer couldn't find. Oh, I just thought she was great. Yeah, loved Bob; how could you not? Winning all those challenges and creating the best fake idol EVAR!

But I wanted Sugar to win just because *nobody* thought she'd get that far.

There was no way she could win, though, she was so unpopular by the end, she'd pissed off so many people.

And why did Susie get so many votes? She drove me crazy; especially when she'd say, "That's just CRAZY!" over and over and over and over and...

Yeah. Susie? She didn't belong there just for being nice; you should never win that game just for being nice; you should win for being a bastid or for being awesome or something but not just "well, she didn't do anything bad or good, she was just there". Blah. (sorry for the long blathering comment, but I do love that show) :)