tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post1112702774944795756..comments2024-03-06T17:02:32.359-08:00Comments on the asshat lounge: Random Notes (Suburban Surrealist Edition)Konohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865029570865495659noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-7643449744884736322016-04-28T17:18:26.484-07:002016-04-28T17:18:26.484-07:00I don't blog to be noticed, or to win awards, ...I don't blog to be noticed, or to win awards, or to be put forward for competeitions, or to be recognised. I write because I enjoy it as an activity, and because it's somewhere where I can be honest. The anonymity of it appeals to me -- an anonymity combined with a small sense of community. It's a good combination. I like reading others' account of their own lives when they can write about them interestingly and I always hope I don't bore anyone. That;s the minimum requirement. I have quite an interesting life, which helps. I long ago decided not to work if I can at all avoid it, and that by itself is a job, but an interesting one. <br /><br />I'm very glad to have discovered this blog. I find it fascinating and I enjoy both your style and the events within it.loobyhttp://loobynet.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-84639078475641240392016-03-03T20:15:17.089-08:002016-03-03T20:15:17.089-08:00doing good. yup. trying to shake off the pissed of...doing good. yup. trying to shake off the pissed off bit... which has led me to another volunteer gig. I'm spending more hours doing volunteer work than I should be, when I still have a full time job that takes me on the road pretty often these days....<br /><br />I got so pissed off - enraged, really - about how my neighbors, and family members, were hating on Muslims in general, and refugees in particular, that I have now joined up with a catholic relief program that does refugee resettlement. turning the anger into exhaustion is my plan.... and I'm pretty fucking angry, so I hope to be pretty fucking exhausted soon...<br /><br />Blogging is on the back burner. I miss writing a little bit, but I've been so god damned busy with work, and now my fourth volunteer gig, that I'm not reading much.<br /><br />I missed you. I was about 2 sentences into your last post when it hit me that I missed the fuck out of you. Going on the road this year. The 'burgh. Would like to buy you a drink.daisyfaehttp://daisyfae.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-51690628529275306972016-01-26T12:33:46.082-08:002016-01-26T12:33:46.082-08:00the art, real or imaginary gives one the right to ...the art, real or imaginary gives one the right to be a bit of a fuck-up, it's like being a born again christian, they ask Jesus to forgive, the artist writes a story or sketches something, writes a song, it's absolution in the name of something or the other... <br /><br />a statement worth repeating and oftentimes forgotten. ... the right to be a fuck up is always there. thats the free will part of the deal. the art is rarely forgiving, unless the artist is lucky, but there is some forgiveness in the freedom of the act, if only to forgive oneself. kidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-38314239419678961472016-01-14T05:56:39.421-08:002016-01-14T05:56:39.421-08:00Exile- Believe me this is by no means and indictme...Exile- Believe me this is by no means and indictment of the blogosphere or the reasons people do it and i think it's great that people are writing, i believe everyone should, i also believe the reasons should be a bit more altruistic, but that's just me and i do my best these days not to pass judgement, i could go into a long diatribe but i'll spare us both, i address it a bit above as far as my creating my own philosophy and i have a few posts in the works that address it more... for the record you have one of the only blogs i actually go out of my way to read, mainly because it's interesting, yeah we grew up in the same place and have some cross referencing but mainly it's good writing and not blog wanking/attention whore shit, it fills different needs for all of us who do it...<br /><br />The Bowie post is almost done, i was a misty-eyed fuck on Monday, Tuesday was bit better, yesterday i was okay but it's strange how you can miss someone you never knew... the local public station was playing nothing but Bowie Monday morning and before i even heard i knew, then i checked, then i was gutted, the man was class, and i still argue one of the most important artists, if not the most important of the last 50-100 years, i hold him that high, as one tribute mentioned he was like the Picasso of his generation, his influence is immense, now i'm just waiting for his new record to show up on my doorstep... as always thanks for readin.Konohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865029570865495659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-46862427299743866702016-01-14T04:19:27.262-08:002016-01-14T04:19:27.262-08:00That second paragraph is an above-average stream o...That second paragraph is an above-average stream of questions. I can tell you with almost 100% certainty: No, they are not fucking.<br /><br />I wish I could be all Zen and fuck-all about readers but apparently there are some gaping holes in my life that are temporarily filled via my blog. I'm not bragging or think this is a healthy development. It's sad but I guess I need the eggs. It could be worse. It could be whisky and whores with my daughters hating me for the rest of their lives. <br /><br />Are you sad that Bowie died? I was genuinely surprised at how much I cared. I moped around for a half day. Wholly unexpected.Exile on Pain Streethttp://exileonpainstreet.com/noreply@blogger.com