tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post8542945830111784550..comments2024-03-06T17:02:32.359-08:00Comments on the asshat lounge: My Old ManKonohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865029570865495659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-44173212207252189662017-04-19T18:39:19.803-07:002017-04-19T18:39:19.803-07:00Exile- i suspected none of this, i didn't thin...Exile- i suspected none of this, i didn't think or plan that far ahead. I surmise i'll be walking the same path as my old man or looby within the next decade, of course i'm my mother's son as well and while i don't talk about her much there are things i've learned from her, exit strategies are good to have even if you never use them, she didn't raise a fool, and while i'm still not much for thinking or planning ahead i realize that it's chess not checkers, so i'll at least have an idea of my next move or two...Konohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865029570865495659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-47505895413624978722017-04-19T10:46:38.401-07:002017-04-19T10:46:38.401-07:00Surely you at least suspected this is what you wer...Surely you at least <i>suspected</i> this is what you were in for when you signed-up? You can only avoid all this by walking the path looby walks. That man is the last of the independents. Otherwise, it's lawn envy and azaleas for the rest of us. Make the best of it.Exile on Pain Streethttp://exileonpainstreet.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-47003409242967838432017-04-15T16:56:35.320-07:002017-04-15T16:56:35.320-07:00Isabelle- welcome to the lounge... and i agree, i ...Isabelle- welcome to the lounge... and i agree, i find the suburban dream the suburban nightmare, work-consume-boredom-death, and yet here i am living in it, i often wonder what i'm teaching the boyos by being here...<br /><br />and yet most of the happiest times of my life (sans boyos) were when i lived in roominghouses or shit apartments and everything i owned fit in a small room, it was simple and beautiful and the wants were basic... i still hold tight to that ethos though i'm sure it rings hollow from my house in the burbs...Konohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865029570865495659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570801609581631361.post-51821599565541513692017-04-15T04:09:41.610-07:002017-04-15T04:09:41.610-07:00Living, building the suburban dream isn't all ...Living, building the suburban dream isn't all it's cracked up to be. <br />I often wonder the same, at what point did the quest for more really bring us less?<br />isabellenoreply@blogger.com