Are you a 'Fringe Dwellar'? - Page 5

Griff · 01-19-2009, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Hot Pastrami was cool, but he left.

We were all cool when Pastrami was here, but now he's gone.

DanaC · 01-20-2009, 06:44 AM

Hot Pastrami stole all our cool!

actually that's not true. ZenGum's cool. How could he not be with an name like that?

regular.joe · 01-20-2009, 08:55 AM

We are all Dwellers on the Thresh Hold.

Undertoad · 01-20-2009, 09:08 AM

That's true, ZenGum is pretty cool. Bullitt is pretty cool too. Just not Hot Pastrami cool.

Pie · 01-20-2009, 09:10 AM

Yeah.. when is Damn Interesting going to get some new material? I click on it in vain ever few weeks...
Hey, HP, if you don't have new material on your own site, you really should come back to entertain us over here...

Shawnee123 · 01-20-2009, 09:18 AM

If you want me
You can find me
Left of center
Off of the strip

In the outskirts
In the fringes
In the corner
Out of the grip

When they ask me
"What are
you looking
at?"
I always answer
"Nothing
much" (not much)
I think they know that
I'm looking at them
I think they think
I must be out of touch

But I'm only
In the outskirts
And in the fringes
On the edge
And off the avenue
And if you want me
You can find me
Left of center
Wondering about you
--Suzanne Vega

Eh, my 3 year old niece told me this weekend (after laughing her head off) "you'we we-awd."

I said "Well duh...if you're not a little weird, you're boring."

And, she gets that! She's hilarious.

Anyway, I am both outside and inside...like most of us I think. I know when you start feeling outside you can let your brain gnaw away at your psyche. It's just the normal flow and ebb of humankind, methinks.

hot_pastrami · 01-20-2009, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pie

Yeah.. when is Damn Interesting going to get some new material? I click on it in vain ever few weeks...
Hey, HP, if you don't have new material on your own site, you really should come back to entertain us over here...

You know that thing where all of your ambition and creativity are gone, and nothing brings you any particular joy, and you have no attention span, and every day feels like an unrewarding string of pointless events? That's what I've had for the past few months. I kinda know why, but the detectable causes seem unequal to the effect. Blah.

I've experienced this kind joy-drought before, but it usually lasts only a few days, and then I snap out of it and get back to writing and drawing and et cetera... but my brain has been a dustbowl since last September or so.

So... how have all of you been? *cough*

lumberjim · 01-20-2009, 04:42 PM

i feel cooler already

Pie · 01-20-2009, 04:50 PM

Very sorry to hear it, HP. I thought it was something less... depressed? than that. I really have missed you and your input, whatever the forum.

I apologize if this is nosy (I know it's nosy, who am I kidding?) but have you spoken to a health care professional about the way you are feeling?

hot_pastrami · 01-20-2009, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pie

I apologize if this is nosy (I know it's nosy, who am I kidding?) but have you spoken to a health care professional about the way you are feeling?

Nah... I'd consider it if I was mystified as to the cause, but in this case I am largely aware of reasons for my lack of happiness. For all practical purposes, I know how to fix it, but it would be a major undertaking. I just haven't yet reached that tipping point where the unpleasantness is sufficient to incite action.

Don't get me wrong... I'm not miserable. I just have a major case of the Blahs. Thanks for the concern though... I can always count on a fellow foodstuff.

How are things with you, Pie?

Pie · 01-20-2009, 05:12 PM

Busy. We just moved into our new house in Maryland. We're settling into our new jobs. We'll be back up in NJ this Saturday to pack up what's left in our townhouse, then sprint back to MD, hopefully beating the moving truck on the way back.

The cats have settled in well, so at least there's that.

Cicero · 01-20-2009, 07:12 PM

I am not part of any cool crowd...I'm a cool crowd all on my own.

lol!!

Can you dig?!?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-21-2009, 12:27 AM

Build another Camaro, HP.

Bullitt · 01-21-2009, 12:46 AM

I'm kinda fringe, tend to stick to threads that I know something about instead of commenting on subjects that I don't. Hence under 2k posts in over 4 years. I'll take pretty cool

lumberjim · 01-21-2009, 12:51 AM

actually, i classify you as one of those people that have a real life and still drop by periodically to update us losers....

01-20-2009, 08:55 AM	#63
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	We are all Dwellers on the Thresh Hold. __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

01-20-2009, 09:10 AM	#65
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Yeah.. when is Damn Interesting going to get some new material? I click on it in vain ever few weeks... Hey, HP, if you don't have new material on your own site, you really should come back to entertain us over here... __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

01-20-2009, 09:18 AM	#66
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	If you want me You can find me Left of center Off of the strip In the outskirts In the fringes In the corner Out of the grip When they ask me "What are you looking at?" I always answer "Nothing much" (not much) I think they know that I'm looking at them I think they think I must be out of touch But I'm only In the outskirts And in the fringes On the edge And off the avenue And if you want me You can find me Left of center Wondering about you --Suzanne Vega Eh, my 3 year old niece told me this weekend (after laughing her head off) "you'we we-awd." I said "Well duh...if you're not a little weird, you're boring." And, she gets that! She's hilarious. Anyway, I am both outside and inside...like most of us I think. I know when you start feeling outside you can let your brain gnaw away at your psyche. It's just the normal flow and ebb of humankind, methinks. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-20-2009, 04:42 PM	#68
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i feel cooler already __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

01-20-2009, 04:50 PM	#69
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Very sorry to hear it, HP. I thought it was something less... depressed? than that. I really have missed you and your input, whatever the forum. I apologize if this is nosy (I know it's nosy, who am I kidding?) but have you spoken to a health care professional about the way you are feeling? __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

01-20-2009, 06:44 AM	#62
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Hot Pastrami stole all our cool! actually that's not true. ZenGum's cool. How could he not be with an name like that?

01-20-2009, 09:08 AM	#64
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	That's true, ZenGum is pretty cool. Bullitt is pretty cool too. Just not Hot Pastrami cool.

01-20-2009, 05:12 PM	#71
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Busy. We just moved into our new house in Maryland. We're settling into our new jobs. We'll be back up in NJ this Saturday to pack up what's left in our townhouse, then sprint back to MD, hopefully beating the moving truck on the way back. The cats have settled in well, so at least there's that. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

01-20-2009, 07:12 PM	#72
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	I am not part of any cool crowd...I'm a cool crowd all on my own. lol!! Can you dig?!? __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

01-21-2009, 12:27 AM	#73
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Build another Camaro, HP. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-21-2009, 12:46 AM	#74
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	I'm kinda fringe, tend to stick to threads that I know something about instead of commenting on subjects that I don't. Hence under 2k posts in over 4 years. I'll take pretty cool __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

01-21-2009, 12:51 AM	#75
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	actually, i classify you as one of those people that have a real life and still drop by periodically to update us losers.... __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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