10-19-2022, 04:37 AM
I don't know what the proper response to "sorry to hear that" is, but mine is "Thanks" which is short for "thanks for caring and letting me know" and I mean it because it does make me feel better. Also, it melds with "Thanks for the memories" a song I often abuse.
LavCat - Thanks! I hope you get a great OLED monitor!
LennyLen - Thanks! If I exited a flying plane, my arteries and veins would not be able to keep up with my heart and I'd explode.
Kevin - Thanks! I may return later to your thoughts about lingering molecules (right now I'm breathing my maternal grandfather.) Universe RNG?? No way! This is all a big simulation so the best it can do is pseudo-random. Besides, all possible things happen, from what I hear (not sure I believe it), so I just happen to exist in a part of the continuum that has the diagnosis. Other Vans either live on, or were already hit by a bus, etc. "Keep trying to do the things that bring you joy." Okay, but I'll probably get more restraining orders HAW HAW *snort* Durnit, you made me snort myself.
Kevin, part II -- "soak up parts of humanity you haven't had the chance to" -- yes!! great idea! I was thinking the same thing! *picks up Bucket List, adds "Visit Massage Parlor"* Seriously, though, there's not much I want to travel to see or do, except go see some redwoods. Oh, and be at a warm beach with clear warmish water without much current and a beautiful reef near the surface.
Lissa - yes, family, primarily trying to spend time with my now-adult kids who are starting to separate. I am trying to connect more but have not been very successful so far, unfortunately. But I think I'll get there.
Selby - Thanks! Sorry to hear that you have had to have your own fight. Yes about trying to beat the odds. I'll talk more about that later, but I will share that I told one of my brothers about my diagnosis/prognosis a few nights ago. He frickin' chewed my ass out. You gotta FIGHT, he said. He actually has a similar fight going on but not as far along as mine. Anyway more later. I hear ya about having to keep working, and influencing the character of your kids. Oh, and my kids too. You actually read my posts??? Tsk. Not healthy.
Kevin, Bolty -- "might take a while" is an understatement. I went back to 2003, the oldest I could find (is there an archive of the older stuff?) and it took a whole evening just to get through about three months worth, because I would read everything Pete said, most of what Doc said, 10% of Occhi's stuff (still a lot), and various other stuff. It's amazing to look back at 2003 and see what people were concerned about then.
But I see what you're doing, Bolty! You know at some point I'd be bringing up old posts, and you are trying to limit it to just one!! HA! You'll be lucky if I keep it to one per year! So here's the first installment.
The Long & Dreary History of Vandegeezer, Part One of Toomany
(as recorded on a double roll of bathroom tissue)
Oh, these young punks these days with their Tweeters and TicTacs and Instagraph! No thoughts just reactions! Worse than Ogden's I'd say, and eugene could at least write more than two sentences at a time!
I think probably my best post was early on, and it was probably in 1997 on the DSF. It was titled "Rouge Tips" and the author listed was "Mary Kay". Perhaps someone remembers it. It was one of the few fictional pieces that made it into Varaya's Strategy Guide. I'll have to dig it up unless someone has VSG handy. (That post actually received some private compliments from female DSFers, who would then remark that I must be well-familiar with women's magazines. "Busted!" I'd say. "Busted! I only look at ones that are well Busted!" You might guess that actually I bit my tongue and only thought the second part; you'd probably be right.)
There are also the contributions to Diablonomy. I made two minor contributions in the pre-Jarulf days, but this post is already too long, so, another time.
As for 2003, I think it was Occhi had the funniest line, but I'll have to go through 2003 again to remember it. Sorry.
2003: There was a post (not mine) that mentioned some pagan rock band requested that their venue have an area reserved for "quiet fornication." The poster said that sounded like a joke that starts "Why do pagans like quiet fornication?" and asked people to supply the answer. Of my answers, my fave was "Who doesn't?" Of my answers, the best reaction was to "Because quiet castration wasn't attracting new members."
2003: On a thread about extended LOTR DVDs (remember those?), someone said "more singing!" and I replied "you asked for it!" and made a mega-post with four parody songs. My fave was "Southron Man", to the tune of Neil Young's "Southern Man" (right title?) but the best reaction was to the simple "SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM Lovely SAM! Wonderful SAM!" Anyone who's seen the LOTR movies will know how appropriate that is. By the way, today it occurred to me that if I watched the movies again I would keep a running count on Sam's Frodometer.
Also 2003, regarding song parodies: "People just don't appreciate how much effort it takes to deface someone else's work properly." Maybe not all that funny, but it fits me well.
(Hmm, this paraphrasing old posts doesn't do well for attempted humor. I think it's because it's not spontaneous, and the narcissism blasts through and overpowers the delicate phrasings of humble self-deprecation. Maybe next time I will just provide brief setups and links. It's also hard to pick a post for posteriority because almost all my posts are reactions to someone else.)
-V
LavCat - Thanks! I hope you get a great OLED monitor!
LennyLen - Thanks! If I exited a flying plane, my arteries and veins would not be able to keep up with my heart and I'd explode.
Kevin - Thanks! I may return later to your thoughts about lingering molecules (right now I'm breathing my maternal grandfather.) Universe RNG?? No way! This is all a big simulation so the best it can do is pseudo-random. Besides, all possible things happen, from what I hear (not sure I believe it), so I just happen to exist in a part of the continuum that has the diagnosis. Other Vans either live on, or were already hit by a bus, etc. "Keep trying to do the things that bring you joy." Okay, but I'll probably get more restraining orders HAW HAW *snort* Durnit, you made me snort myself.
Kevin, part II -- "soak up parts of humanity you haven't had the chance to" -- yes!! great idea! I was thinking the same thing! *picks up Bucket List, adds "Visit Massage Parlor"* Seriously, though, there's not much I want to travel to see or do, except go see some redwoods. Oh, and be at a warm beach with clear warmish water without much current and a beautiful reef near the surface.
Lissa - yes, family, primarily trying to spend time with my now-adult kids who are starting to separate. I am trying to connect more but have not been very successful so far, unfortunately. But I think I'll get there.
Selby - Thanks! Sorry to hear that you have had to have your own fight. Yes about trying to beat the odds. I'll talk more about that later, but I will share that I told one of my brothers about my diagnosis/prognosis a few nights ago. He frickin' chewed my ass out. You gotta FIGHT, he said. He actually has a similar fight going on but not as far along as mine. Anyway more later. I hear ya about having to keep working, and influencing the character of your kids. Oh, and my kids too. You actually read my posts??? Tsk. Not healthy.
Kevin, Bolty -- "might take a while" is an understatement. I went back to 2003, the oldest I could find (is there an archive of the older stuff?) and it took a whole evening just to get through about three months worth, because I would read everything Pete said, most of what Doc said, 10% of Occhi's stuff (still a lot), and various other stuff. It's amazing to look back at 2003 and see what people were concerned about then.
But I see what you're doing, Bolty! You know at some point I'd be bringing up old posts, and you are trying to limit it to just one!! HA! You'll be lucky if I keep it to one per year! So here's the first installment.
The Long & Dreary History of Vandegeezer, Part One of Toomany
(as recorded on a double roll of bathroom tissue)
Oh, these young punks these days with their Tweeters and TicTacs and Instagraph! No thoughts just reactions! Worse than Ogden's I'd say, and eugene could at least write more than two sentences at a time!
I think probably my best post was early on, and it was probably in 1997 on the DSF. It was titled "Rouge Tips" and the author listed was "Mary Kay". Perhaps someone remembers it. It was one of the few fictional pieces that made it into Varaya's Strategy Guide. I'll have to dig it up unless someone has VSG handy. (That post actually received some private compliments from female DSFers, who would then remark that I must be well-familiar with women's magazines. "Busted!" I'd say. "Busted! I only look at ones that are well Busted!" You might guess that actually I bit my tongue and only thought the second part; you'd probably be right.)
There are also the contributions to Diablonomy. I made two minor contributions in the pre-Jarulf days, but this post is already too long, so, another time.
As for 2003, I think it was Occhi had the funniest line, but I'll have to go through 2003 again to remember it. Sorry.
2003: There was a post (not mine) that mentioned some pagan rock band requested that their venue have an area reserved for "quiet fornication." The poster said that sounded like a joke that starts "Why do pagans like quiet fornication?" and asked people to supply the answer. Of my answers, my fave was "Who doesn't?" Of my answers, the best reaction was to "Because quiet castration wasn't attracting new members."
2003: On a thread about extended LOTR DVDs (remember those?), someone said "more singing!" and I replied "you asked for it!" and made a mega-post with four parody songs. My fave was "Southron Man", to the tune of Neil Young's "Southern Man" (right title?) but the best reaction was to the simple "SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM Lovely SAM! Wonderful SAM!" Anyone who's seen the LOTR movies will know how appropriate that is. By the way, today it occurred to me that if I watched the movies again I would keep a running count on Sam's Frodometer.
Also 2003, regarding song parodies: "People just don't appreciate how much effort it takes to deface someone else's work properly." Maybe not all that funny, but it fits me well.
(Hmm, this paraphrasing old posts doesn't do well for attempted humor. I think it's because it's not spontaneous, and the narcissism blasts through and overpowers the delicate phrasings of humble self-deprecation. Maybe next time I will just provide brief setups and links. It's also hard to pick a post for posteriority because almost all my posts are reactions to someone else.)
-V