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08 Jan 2018, 6:41 pm
08 Jan 2018, 6:46 pm
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MissChess wrote:
I love Desiderata. I have it on a plaque above my pillow and on a poster in my office. It's the closest thing to a prayer I've ever experienced, and I turn to it often as a quasi-meditative litany that helps me stay centered.
listening to Leonard Nimoy recite it, is close to high art. in any case, ever hear National Lampoon's parody of it [called "Deteriorata" and sung by Melissa Manchester]?
I have not. If I go look for that recording, am I going to regret it?
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08 Jan 2018, 6:50 pm
MissChess wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
MissChess wrote:
I love Desiderata. I have it on a plaque above my pillow and on a poster in my office. It's the closest thing to a prayer I've ever experienced, and I turn to it often as a quasi-meditative litany that helps me stay centered.
listening to Leonard Nimoy recite it, is close to high art. in any case, ever hear National Lampoon's parody of it [called "Deteriorata" and sung by Melissa Manchester]?
I have not. If I go look for that recording, am I going to regret it?
I will send you a PM transcript so as not to hijack the thread
08 Jan 2018, 6:52 pm
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08 Jan 2018, 6:56 pm
08 Jan 2018, 10:15 pm
sly279 wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
he has the aspie hangup about fairness, he feels life has been unfair to him, in that he sees everybody else BUT himself with life success. he has the very common [among aspie males] tendency to be oblivious to those who score beneath himself. I am the same way. i don't know what anybody could have said to me to allay my chronic upset, and i fear i similarly lack the properly comforting words for sly. "just hang in there" seems awfully inadequate when one feels one is already hanging by a thread.
Mmmhm. He also discounts his own successes as being worthless, too. He's successfully gotten & held a job for over 2 years - hell, he's had at least 2 jobs!
Pretty sure from his posts he's also had a girlfriend at least once. I've dated people kinda sorta & had fwb, but I have never ever had a romantic relationship.
He's successfully amassed a collection of guns, too! Some gun people may in fact be envious of his collection & knowledge.
Plus, every single day he wakes up he breaks his own personal record for number of days alive!! !
Funny, as intended, but it's the damned Truth, too. Even the little things are worth celebrating. It's all a matter of perspective. If we all woke up thinking and feeling "WOW! I WOKE UP! IMAGINE WHAT I CAN DO WITH THIS NEW DAY!!?" we'd probably all have a pretty fantastic time of life. (possibly manic, but meh, at least you'd be smiling lol)Having a job for teenagers as most would put it isn’t success. Working s office job that pays 100k a year is success.
No I’ve never had a gf or romantic relationship. I’ve only had briefs romantic interests and only two of which meet up in person briefly. I’ve never had a second date.
Most gun owners have atleast 20 guns I have less then 10. Most gun owners are wel off so buy 1-2 guns a month.
When your life is lonely and pointless life is like prison time so every day you wake it’s horrible. Like another day in this tiny hard room making lines in the wall. That’s what it feels like to me and others a punishment some kind of death row sentence.
Perhaps you could change your definition of success to one that's less materialistic. Be successful, loving and treating those around you with love and kindness. Perhaps you have been successful all this time and have overlooked your past successes. We humans tend to get over involved with things that pale in comparison to that, that truly matters. I hope you find the happiness you seek, you deserve it.
09 Jan 2018, 12:51 am
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09 Jan 2018, 12:54 am
09 Jan 2018, 1:01 am
blackicmenace wrote:
sly279 wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
he has the aspie hangup about fairness, he feels life has been unfair to him, in that he sees everybody else BUT himself with life success. he has the very common [among aspie males] tendency to be oblivious to those who score beneath himself. I am the same way. i don't know what anybody could have said to me to allay my chronic upset, and i fear i similarly lack the properly comforting words for sly. "just hang in there" seems awfully inadequate when one feels one is already hanging by a thread.
Mmmhm. He also discounts his own successes as being worthless, too. He's successfully gotten & held a job for over 2 years - hell, he's had at least 2 jobs!
Pretty sure from his posts he's also had a girlfriend at least once. I've dated people kinda sorta & had fwb, but I have never ever had a romantic relationship.
He's successfully amassed a collection of guns, too! Some gun people may in fact be envious of his collection & knowledge.
Plus, every single day he wakes up he breaks his own personal record for number of days alive!! !
Funny, as intended, but it's the damned Truth, too. Even the little things are worth celebrating. It's all a matter of perspective. If we all woke up thinking and feeling "WOW! I WOKE UP! IMAGINE WHAT I CAN DO WITH THIS NEW DAY!!?" we'd probably all have a pretty fantastic time of life. (possibly manic, but meh, at least you'd be smiling lol)Having a job for teenagers as most would put it isn’t success. Working s office job that pays 100k a year is success.
No I’ve never had a gf or romantic relationship. I’ve only had briefs romantic interests and only two of which meet up in person briefly. I’ve never had a second date.
Most gun owners have atleast 20 guns I have less then 10. Most gun owners are wel off so buy 1-2 guns a month.
When your life is lonely and pointless life is like prison time so every day you wake it’s horrible. Like another day in this tiny hard room making lines in the wall. That’s what it feels like to me and others a punishment some kind of death row sentence.
Perhaps you could change your definition of success to one that's less materialistic. Be successful, loving and treating those around you with love and kindness. Perhaps you have been successful all this time and have overlooked your past successes. We humans tend to get over involved with things that pale in comparison to that, that truly matters. I hope you find the happiness you seek, you deserve it.
That view is how society and women see success. I’ve only come to capitulate and accept their view. Spent too much time and effort resisting and believing in fairy tails. That’s just not how the word works.
Being nice and kind are expected but everyone and it unique or positive things anymore then men not raping every woman they meet is considered unique. It’s just. Normal and expected of men to not rape women. Women are like thanks for not raping me today your such a great guy.
I’ve always treated everyone with kindnesses and compassion. It’s not seen as special. I’m oftent not treated similarly by others though.
I’ve been told I don’t deserve anything. I djust nt allow myself to smile haven’t for years .
09 Jan 2018, 1:02 am
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09 Jan 2018, 1:16 am
sly279 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
sly279 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
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auntblabby wrote:
have you tried local aspie "meetup.com" meetup groups?
There are none . I believe Portland has a female only aspies group.
Tacoma has one that meets [I believe] every other Wednesday at 6PM at the Dennys on South Hosmer St. then there are the seattle meetups.
That might as well be in Germany. I hardly get to places inside my city. Out of city is impossible.
oops, I thought you were in washington state for some reason.
Nope I’m near euegen Oregon
sorry, I can tell you my story of how I put in a "group request" on meetup.com, and within a year a group formed within an hour or so of my residence. you might have similar luck. it was the best thing that could have happened to me.
09 Jan 2018, 1:18 am
auntblabby wrote:
sly279 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
sly279 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
sly279 wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
have you tried local aspie "meetup.com" meetup groups?
There are none . I believe Portland has a female only aspies group.
Tacoma has one that meets [I believe] every other Wednesday at 6PM at the Dennys on South Hosmer St. then there are the seattle meetups.
That might as well be in Germany. I hardly get to places inside my city. Out of city is impossible.
oops, I thought you were in washington state for some reason.
Nope I’m near euegen Oregon
sorry, I can tell you my story of how I put in a "group request" on meetup.com, and within a year a group formed within an hour or so of my residence. you might have similar luck. it was the best thing that could have happened to me.
Group requests?
I can’t afford a group and that’s likely the only way to have meet up where I can go and when I can go. Everyone does meet ups across town late night on week days
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