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Posted by kara lynne on November 27, 2003, at 0:55:46
Twas the eve before Thanksgiving and all through the house...
Not a creature was calling, no ex or a spouse.
Posted by octopusprime on November 27, 2003, at 10:09:32
In reply to Anyone home?, posted by kara lynne on November 27, 2003, at 0:55:46
doh!
i gotta remember to check these boards before bed. :(i empathize with your conundrum, kara lynne. i've considered disconnecting my telephone line due to copper atrophy. but then i'd have to get cable to keep my internet connection, and i don't want that either. :( bah. i'll keep the angry phone that never rings.
gobble gobble. i'm in canada and i have to go to work. could i arrange to have my employer call you and you can cover for me?
ps i'll keep the pay cheque
thanks,
oppps- i've had quite a good experience holding "orphan" dinners at the holidays with people who are out of state/province, but it's a little late to do that kind of thing
Posted by fallsfall on November 27, 2003, at 10:14:12
In reply to Re: Anyone home?, posted by octopusprime on November 27, 2003, at 10:09:32
I'm home! My family is eating on Friday night - my daughter (oh, my she is so grown up), is eating Thanksgiving dinner with her boyfriend's family today!!!!!
I'll be around most of the day.
Posted by octopusprime on November 27, 2003, at 10:56:16
In reply to Re: Anyone home? » octopusprime, posted by fallsfall on November 27, 2003, at 10:14:12
fallsfall, i bet you meant that one for kara lynne :)
although i could arrange to have my employer call you too, and you could cover for me :)
ps i still keep the paycheque :)
thanks,
op
Posted by kara lynne on November 27, 2003, at 12:25:22
In reply to Re: Anyone home?, posted by octopusprime on November 27, 2003, at 10:09:32
I thought of you last night--someone asked me to come to this band she practices with. She banged on the drums and sang back up but I was too shy to chime in. I sat on the couch biting off Klonopin chips.
Thing is I'd love to play along, and this group would let me do it as imperfectly as I would, but I have this choke hold on expression. It's directly connected to depression. Wish I could break out of that one.
Posted by kara lynne on November 27, 2003, at 12:26:48
In reply to Re: Anyone home? » octopusprime, posted by fallsfall on November 27, 2003, at 10:14:12
Wow, she really is grown up. I will try you before I go to my orphan's dinner.
Posted by jay on November 27, 2003, at 12:36:09
In reply to Anyone home?, posted by kara lynne on November 27, 2003, at 0:55:46
...But man, it seems *so* depressing outside!!! Dark, rain, cold, gloom...feels like my 'interior' weather. I got some extra benzo's from my Dad, so I popped them in hope it will give me courage to goto my very first local support-group meeting tonight. I thought I was doing so well on my dose of Prozac and Zyprexa, but then over a day or two, it all just comes crashing down. I am getting anxious 'zaps', which I don't know if it's a med thing or what, and I *hate* it. Can't keep my hands still while reading a book...I just want to go and bury myself in hibernation until Spring. Isn't that what us 'semi-animals' are supposed to do? I think it is primordial instinct, yet we ignore it and hence deny a major chunk of who we are as humans...please read below...
Vapor Trail
Stratospheric traces of our transitory flight
Trails of condensation held
In narrow paths of white
The sun is turning black
The world is turning gray
All the stars fade from the night
The oceans drain awayHorizon to Horizon
Memory written on the wind
Fading away like an hourglass, grain by grain
Swept away like voices in a hurricaneIn a vapor trail
Atmospheric phases make the transitory last
Vaporize the memories that freeze the fading past
Silence all the songbirds
Stilled by the killing frost
Forests burn to ashes
Everything is lostWashed away like footprints in the rain
In a vapor trail
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~->
Posted by octopusprime on November 28, 2003, at 0:58:01
In reply to Re: Anyone home?/op, posted by kara lynne on November 27, 2003, at 12:25:22
do you serve dip with klonopin chips? or a salsa? :p
hmm expression and depression inextricably linked, eh? i have trouble with my verbals and my writtens when i'm depressed too. but i can usually do non-verbal expression in a non-threatening setting.
it's funny that you were thinking of me, i was probably drumming. i did a drumming workshop for the past few days, and drummed in a little ceremony in town today. there were little kids (and big kids like me) drumming too. that's a good way to start; you get instant feeling of accomplishment cause you're smoking some 5-year-old's butt on the drums. heh. at least there is no pressure to be "successful", whatever that means.
i hope you had a fine orphan dinner tonight. since i am canadian i ate some hot dogs. those are festive, right? they had red and green on them :p
Posted by Karen_kay on November 30, 2003, at 13:33:06
In reply to Re: Anyone home?/op, posted by octopusprime on November 28, 2003, at 0:58:01
You had hot dogs? I should have invited you to my mom's. We had the good stuff (mmmm, cherry cheese cake). My mom owns a Pub so she has T dinner there for the town folk who have nowhere to go that day. She's real sweet to people she's not related to. Ha! My sister married a Canadian and we used to visit every year for about 7 years. She finally decided she didn't like him, even if she liked the country. But she did gain a wonderful daughter out of the whole mess. I'm going to make a thanksgiving dinner this weekend for my friends, but I don't cook much. We'll see how it goes. I'm hungry and I think since I don't have leftovers I may have to eat hotdogs. They aren't so bad. They aren't so good either.
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