tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post2801195405751661581..comments2024-03-06T17:02:32.359-08:00Comments on the asshat lounge: State of the Nation - Suburban Eccentric EditionKonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865029570865495659noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-24007125092501658562017-10-29T19:35:50.361-07:002017-10-29T19:35:50.361-07:00looby- i have read Revolutionary Road and thought ...looby- i have read Revolutionary Road and thought it was a great book, i wasn't excited to move to the burbs but i'm of the believe you are where you are so might as well try and enjoy it, it's a good laugh even if all the pubs are shit, lol...Konohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865029570865495659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-37109357803382337532017-10-07T07:17:25.523-07:002017-10-07T07:17:25.523-07:00*not* really interested in sport*not* really interested in sportloobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-5555790491581246162017-10-07T07:11:44.789-07:002017-10-07T07:11:44.789-07:00One of the worst side effects of recently having s...One of the worst side effects of recently having started a full-time job is the way it reduces my time for reading -- although that's not really the case. If I stayed out of the pub I could get through a book every few days :) But I think you *make* time for things that are important. I've asked my mum for a book which is an introductory course on Logic. We got talking about it down the pub the other day and it made me miss the days when I could bluff my way through Propositional Logic, which I enjoyed when I was at uni. <br /><br />Have you read Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates? It's a brilliant dissection of a couple's gradual disenchantment with the suburban life that they were so looking forward to. <br /><br />And yes, in general, I find women's conversation much more interesting. Apart from cricket I'm really interested in sport, cars to me -- never having had the slightest desire to own one -- distinguished only by colour, and I've never been interested in a career. I can't stand that question "what do you do?" "Well, loads of things, very few of which I get paid for."loobyhttps://loobynet.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-76528780442026032962017-10-06T08:36:42.527-07:002017-10-06T08:36:42.527-07:00Daisy- have no fear lady nothing will suck the sou...Daisy- have no fear lady nothing will suck the soul out of this weirdo, i keep moving right along, water never stops flowing...<br /><br />Exile- i know that Don... and allow me to disagree, that second paragraph is exactly what i'm getting at, it's the soulless capitalist scourge, keep us on the hamster wheel, keep the carrot out front, it's why we work more for less in this country and are up to our eyeballs in debt, they want us working and not thinking, they want us occupied with as little free time as possible, the American Dream is a scam, and i now work in the lowest paid job of all with the worst fucking hours i've ever had, this shit ain't easy, i go from 6am until 9 or 10 before i get a chance to stop and yet i still find the time to do what i do, it's a commitment to not giving in, so yes after all that and a parent/teacher conference i'll sit down and read some Kierkegaard or Alan Watts, it's a rejection of what i've been taught and i'm slowly trying to explain it to the boyos, just so they know, it's up to them what they want to do but if i can create to people who don't buy into the system, or at least understand the scam and what they're buying then i'm doing okay...Konohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865029570865495659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-29344059155056502512017-10-03T03:57:15.266-07:002017-10-03T03:57:15.266-07:00There was a Mafia Don in Little Italy who, in an a...There was a Mafia Don in Little Italy who, in an attempt to convince the law he was insane, used to walk up and down Mulberry St. in his bathrobe all day. He thought that would get him landed in a hospital vs. a jail. They threw him in prison anyway.<br /><br />It's not that these loves are LOST. They've been supplemented out of necessity by work, family, keeping the mortgage paid. That shit takes all you've got. Who's got time for Kierkegaard when there's a parent/teacher conference after nine hours at a desk?Exile on Pain Streethttps://exileonpainstreet.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-26728918175953687682017-09-27T16:16:43.746-07:002017-09-27T16:16:43.746-07:00the best brain fuckage is on a timed delay - gotta...the best brain fuckage is on a timed delay - gotta wake 'em up at 3am, cold sweat, questioning their choices, their lives. <br /><br />the 'burbs. they serve a purpose, but also can suck the soul out of a body. studley and i are considering a future with cohabitation - as a minimum, we'll share a place when we move into 'assisted living'. but also considering chucking the two different condos on different sides of the same suburb, and either buying a ranch on a couple acres in buttfucknowhere, or just get a cheap loft downtown and share space with the non-homogenized masses...daisyfaehttp://daisyfae.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com