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Comment on Mean Like Me by Castallare

Castallare — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:38:03 +0000

Thanks, Brody. Don’t worry; I’m not dwelling on it or letting that be something that allows me to continue to suck. It was just something that came out of nowhere that I need to refigure my tactics with.

It all just kinda came as a shockingly disappointing realization. Nothing worthy of spawning more dysfunction, though.

Comment on Mean Like Me by brody

brody — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:03:47 +0000

I’m not sure it needs to carry any weight going forward, honestly. Once you’ve acknowledged that you had a sub-optimal past, there’s not much you can do besides making the decision to NOT be that person any more. You can’t change it. You can’t fix it…so why put energy towards it? Who’s to say that you being like that as a kid didn’t help make you the person you are NOW?

I think there’s some stuff we just need to be/do, so we can finally understand we don’t want to do that any more, and that we can make better choices.

Perhaps just celebrate that you got it out of the way early? I feel the same way about having gotten married and trying to be monogamous when I was younger. Turns out it’s not for me, either one of those things….but I’m glad I’m not having to realize that NOW.

(insert some sort of cliche about adversity and nasty shit building solid foundations if you choose to learn from it rather than let it consume you).

Comment on Mean Like Me by Castallare

Castallare — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:58:20 +0000

P.S. “Dorky and fun” is a blueprint with which I’m comfortable and can work. Thanks for that.

Comment on Mean Like Me by Castallare

Castallare — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:56:50 +0000

Thanks, Pose. Incidentally, though, you met me during the single two greatest weeks of my entire adolescence, so that had a lot to do with it, too. I’m definitely not complaining; I’m eternally glad you’ve stuck around since then.

Oh, and I love you even more because you included “dorky” in your description. The reasons are multi-fold, just know that it was tremendously appreciated with a literal LOL.

Comment on Mean Like Me by posephus

posephus — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:34:36 +0000

For whatever it’s worth, I don’t remember you being anything but dorky and fun and funny at GRP. I don’t think it’s necessarily true that you’ve been a mean and terrible person your whole life… memory is certainly a fallible thing, so before you write yourself off to the bad books completely, know that there are at least one or two old friends out there whom you have never wronged or hurt or made to feel anything but awesome. And if you were really mean, then I must have had the same mean streak because we got on great

Comment on TPM #3: Braggadocia (Brag Therapy) by kdmay

kdmay — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:01:41 +0000

“earmuffs, a furry hat, pincurls, dreadlocks, kitty-cat ears and 1950’s style A-line housedresses.”

That’s one hell of an outfit.

My friend Jed has a trapper hat much like yours, and he wore it on the air the other day in the snow. The hat was way more popular than he was.

You are way awesome, you know.
The Pronoia book sounds very interesting. I’ll have to see if the library has a copy.

Comment on TPM #3: Braggadocia (Brag Therapy) by brody

brody — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:22:13 +0000

To sum up, California-style: YOU ARE RAD!

Thanks for sharing, I really enjoyed reading this! I knew you were cool, but…dang.

Comment on The 100-Acre Woods is Insufferable by Castallare

Castallare — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:48:21 +0000

Admittedly, I do think “The Tao of Pooh” is genius and makes a ton of sense. He’s a little more bearable (ooo, puns!) after taking all that into consideration.

Poohsticks IS fun!

Comment on The 100-Acre Woods is Insufferable by brody

brody — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:36:03 +0000

Have you ever read “The Tao of Pooh”? Good book!
Sure, they’re miserable characters. But playing Poohsticks IS FUN. :-p

Comment on Let’s go Raw! (temporarily) by posephus

posephus — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:44:23 +0000

good call.