Discontent...'kin hell (1017 hits)
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Submitted by Lungfish (View user info) at 2009-08-22 04:28:48 EDT
Just back from a week-long trek in the woods. Smelled like funk a short bit ago. Smell much like Speedstick now. Some thoughts while communing with...I don't know...something:
So...I'm sitting at my desk a week ago, trying to work a full 12-hour day so I can take my girl to the beach. The TV is usually on in the office in order to drown out the noise from the TV in the living room, which is usually blaring American Idol or the Amazing Race or some other inane thing. I flip channels periodically. I watch Hannity be a smarmy cunt, then I watch Olbermann be a smarmy cunt, then I watch O'Reilly be a smarmy cunt, then I watch Maddow be a smarmy cunt, then I watch Cooper and wonder why the fuck CNN is still talking about Michael Jackson.
Then I go to the bathroom where sometimes I smoke even though I know you shouldn't but I do anyway because Dad always smoked around me and I always thought Dad was cool and he smoked four packs a day and still doesn't have lung cancer and he just turned 77 and damn, I'm a massive dickhead because I didn't call him on his birthday but at least I had Desdemona send him a picture of our new puppy. Dad always loved dogs.
And in the bathroom I have a radio. I turn it on and Michael Savage is on because I was listening to Coast to Coast AM last night because I had to pee at 3:30 in the morning and what else was I going to listen to? ESPN? I think not. Not at 3:30 in the morning. And why is the best player on the D'backs an Australian when they play rugby over there, not baseball, and we all know rugby is a real man's sport and all Australians make fun of the sissified nature of American football. Padding. Jesus. Then I think of the rugby player who had a scalp infection and went to his wonderfully socialist doctor who found some other guy's teeth embedded under the scalp-skin from some match a few weeks ago. And I chuckle.
And Michael Savage is talking as insanely as ever but I finish my smoke anyway without turning around to turn on ESPN because I did that once and threw out my ridiculous back, and it sucked.
Then, I return to my office and look at my microscope and wonder how much longer I can stand to do what I do and I wonder why would anybody care and decide that no one should care and convince myself that Jefferson was right and we should have all been farmers, because, seriously, what most of us do is just retarded.
So I log onto some silly semi-public web forum which I used to enjoy because I was stuck in a motel room for most of last year and since I was alone I could drink whiskey every night but not too much because I had to work the next day and I am the boss and people depend on me and I remember how Dad drank every night and never missed a day of work and even had lunch with Senator McCain once and I am sure they had drinks and Dad even liked him. But that was a different time. A weirdly different era. I can't imagine Dad liking McCain anymore. For some reason, that's sad.
And then I see morons on TV suggest politically motivated acts of violence.
And three days have passed, and I still don't know how Tim died and why don't I find out where the funeral is to be held. And I feel ashamed.
And I wonder why things are so ugly and how I got so cold.
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And then I wonder when I was most at peace. And I remember living in the woods. Why is not important. All of a sudden, I am removed from myself.
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You remember a gentle breeze and a crackling fire. You remember the whiskey-burn in your empty gut - your favorite feeling. You remember getting a chill, and getting close to the fire. You lay down you Tao Te Ching, and decide to write your lady-love. You tell her you miss her, and that you are sad you may never see her again and you curse the allure of Italy, but you also tell her how perfect the moment is. Alone, in the forest.
You stop writing. You stop writing...just to feel. You feel one with something...nature, maybe, and undefined love, and some hopeful kind of divine presence. And you close your eyes and you know that at that moment you are ... utterly ... immovable.
And then you wonder again how things got so ugly.
Something like that.
User Reviews
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2009-09-02 05:19:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I feel exactly the same way whenever I do not have cosy feet.
Submitted by PukingDog (user info) at 2009-08-26 02:45:50 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2009-08-25 13:43:36 EDT (#)
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You think too much, therefore you drink too much.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2009-08-24 20:16:43 EDT (#)
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks, eh!
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2009-08-24 18:45:48 EDT (#)
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It makes me sad that a guy who is one of the good guys who lives inside my computer is discontent. And I hope you don't take this the wrong way, lungfish- but no matter how you're feeling, with the way you write (I could elaborate on this, and promise I will sometime) I could read about it for days.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2009-08-24 18:43:08 EDT (#)
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You are a pure soul, Mr. scourge - you know this. I wish you only the very best, scads of happiness and the continued attention of girls with nice small perky boobs.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2009-08-24 17:24:02 EDT (#)
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but with more +2
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2009-08-24 17:23:45 EDT (#)
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Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2009-08-22 14:20:52 EDT (#)
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You get cold because you gotta... we all need to distance ourselves from the brutal realities of life that exist within our limited little bubble of consciousness. Even more importantly we need to filter out the incomprehensible billions of other people who exist in their own set of circumstances... most of those much less fortunate than those of us with the luxury to waste time reading and writing of various nuggets of bullshit on this website.
You are a pure soul, Mr. Fish - you know this. I wish you only the very best, scads of happiness and the continued attention of girls with nice small perky boobs.
...and, of course, lots of booze n' smokes.
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i wish someone would say that to me.
not the mumbo jumbo at the beginning so much.
just the scads of happiness and perky boob girls bit.
and the booze.
Submitted by Liquidice281 (user info) at 2009-08-24 10:17:07 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Yozz (user info) at 2009-08-24 09:26:40 EDT (#)
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I like when Lungfish forgets to take his lithium
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2009-08-24 01:53:24 EDT (#)
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e me
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2009-08-24 00:27:00 EDT (#)
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Man, that last bit's a tad gay. Gonna go buy me some Hero Tabs.
Submitted by i_can_get_you_a_toe (user info) at 2009-08-23 23:36:36 EDT (#)
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All Blacks.
Submitted by Lib (user info) at 2009-08-23 15:45:31 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Ballare (user info) at 2009-08-23 12:53:35 EDT (#)
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Can't tell me if I'm in the plains or the Rockies, by a lake, or a farm by a tall glance and scent.
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I could! yessiree I growed right up in the Rockies
seriously though all those things have a pretty distinctive smell so if we're just going off that sense then I'm golden, although if you asked me to lick the dirt and tell you where I was I might be a bit off
Submitted by whiskey_jack (user info) at 2009-08-23 01:27:12 EDT (#)
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Try trimming the hedges so to speak. Also did you know you gain an inch for every 15-20lb you lose? I've developed a sudden interest in running.
Submitted by Bigmike (user info) at 2009-08-23 00:07:27 EDT (#)
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I liked this.
At 3:30 A.M. I have awoken to that show where those women sell battery operated sex aids. Damn me for falling asleep with the tv on.
Submitted by willartstorg (user info) at 2009-08-22 18:00:09 EDT (#)
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Penises seem to be ubiquitious here, and cum in all sizes. Too bad most are on shoulders rather than in underwear.
Submitted by Premium (user info) at 2009-08-22 17:22:43 EDT (#)
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Don't feel bad. My penis continues to shrink.
:-(
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2009-08-22 17:21:25 EDT (#)
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No problem, Jack. I had a hangover. Still do. And my penis didn't get any bigger overnight, which is upsetting.
Submitted by whiskey_jack (user info) at 2009-08-22 16:19:32 EDT (#)
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Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2009-08-22 12:36:29 EDT (#)
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Submitted by whiskey_jack (user info) at 2009-08-22 06:59:52 EDT (#)
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You lot need to stop talking about the wild as if you know it, because they're isn't a singly one of one that knows beyond his 2 days hiking trip. To be honest it's embarassing how you all try to act tough, or try to act knowing. You don't know it's smell. Can't tell me if I'm in the plains or the Rockies, by a lake, or a farm by a tall glance and scent.
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Not sure where I tried to act tough. I lived in the forest for 10 months by virtual necessity, and another couple of years, at various times, on account of my job. But you're right, to an extent. I'd rather eat Dinty Moore beef stew than live off of juniper berries and crickets. I see you're still upset I insulted your internet girlfriend. What the fuck is a "tall glance," you massively endowed retarded hillbilly?
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Totally taking the "massively endowed" part as a compliment on my junk! And I have no idea what a tall glance is or much anything I said. I basically just quoted this slightly-not-right construction worker guy I know thats always wears a bandana and use 3 old doors for the walls of his truck bed.
Submitted by Fey (user info) at 2009-08-22 15:27:17 EDT (#)
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And I wonder why things are so ugly and how I got so cold.
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2009-08-22 14:56:58 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by pandora (user info) at 2009-08-22 14:42:42 EDT (#)
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Then, I return to my office and look at my microscope and wonder how much longer I can stand to do what I do and I wonder why would anybody care and decide that no one should care and convince myself that Jefferson was right and we should have all been farmers, because, seriously, what most of us do is just retarded.
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I was thinking along those lines just yesterday. It seems like there was a point in our past where we should've just stopped. As a child I've lived in farming communities which had self-sustaining farms. If you needed something you didn't produce on your own farm, you traded with your neighbors. (We didn't have milk cows, but we hunted, fished, and had a smokehouse, so we traded meat with the dairy down the road.) I'd consider becoming Amish if it wasn't for the "no drinking" thing. Hillbillies are like Amish except with more moonshine and rape. Maybe I'll become a hillbilly.
Submitted by willartstorg (user info) at 2009-08-22 14:28:28 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by rob_berg (user info) at 2009-08-22 14:20:52 EDT (#)
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You get cold because you gotta... we all need to distance ourselves from the brutal realities of life that exist within our limited little bubble of consciousness. Even more importantly we need to filter out the incomprehensible billions of other people who exist in their own set of circumstances... most of those much less fortunate than those of us with the luxury to waste time reading and writing of various nuggets of bullshit on this website.
You are a pure soul, Mr. Fish - you know this. I wish you only the very best, scads of happiness and the continued attention of girls with nice small perky boobs.
...and, of course, lots of booze n' smokes.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2009-08-22 12:36:29 EDT (#)
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Submitted by whiskey_jack (user info) at 2009-08-22 06:59:52 EDT (#)
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You lot need to stop talking about the wild as if you know it, because they're isn't a singly one of one that knows beyond his 2 days hiking trip. To be honest it's embarassing how you all try to act tough, or try to act knowing. You don't know it's smell. Can't tell me if I'm in the plains or the Rockies, by a lake, or a farm by a tall glance and scent.
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Not sure where I tried to act tough. I lived in the forest for 10 months by virtual necessity, and another couple of years, at various times, on account of my job. But you're right, to an extent. I'd rather eat Dinty Moore beef stew than live off of juniper berries and crickets. I see you're still upset I insulted your internet girlfriend. What the fuck is a "tall glance," you massively endowed retarded hillbilly?
Submitted by LittleMonster (user info) at 2009-08-22 09:30:26 EDT (#)
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oh lungfish.
This too will pass.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2009-08-22 09:07:21 EDT (#)
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This read like "Angela's Ashes" with the run on sentences that ran off into glorious fields of other thoughts and then merged seamlessly back at the beginning, after delving into the murky areas of the back of the brain, and I don't give a fiddler's fart because it was still good.
Submitted by 8track (user info) at 2009-08-22 08:18:39 EDT (#)
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Lung...fish.
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2009-08-22 08:07:21 EDT (#)
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it's stupid that you can't have guns in australia
Submitted by Danger_Ranger (user info) at 2009-08-22 08:00:03 EDT (#)
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I don't know wtf this post is about nor do I care
I just watched one of the most intense games of rugby I've ever seen and it was awesome
ima go shoot myself in the face now though.
Submitted by whiskey_jack (user info) at 2009-08-22 06:59:52 EDT (#)
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You lot need to stop talking about the wild as if you know it, because they're isn't a singly one of one that knows beyond his 2 days hiking trip. To be honest it's embarassing how you all try to act tough, or try to act knowing. You don't know it's smell. Can't tell me if I'm in the plains or the Rockies, by a lake, or a farm by a tall glance and scent.
Btw I have a absudly large penis. Just for fun...
Submitted by messmind (user info) at 2009-08-22 06:40:06 EDT (#)
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Oh, the blues hits everywhere.
And i agree.If we all just had to hunt or grow our food, our lives
would probably be much more satisfying.Take care.
Submitted by JoeyG (user info) at 2009-08-22 06:19:59 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Premium (user info) at 2009-08-22 10:26:44 BST (#)
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I should be put to sleep soon.
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2009-08-22 09:49:48 BST (#)
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Amen
Submitted by Premium (user info) at 2009-08-22 05:26:44 EDT (#)
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Also, I am not a poof. I am a horny old goat, sadly. It's pretty disgusting. I should be put to sleep soon.
Submitted by Premium (user info) at 2009-08-22 05:25:50 EDT (#)
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Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-08-22 04:58:56 EDT (#)
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anyway i hate girls, i dont need time to think, i need a drink
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This is shocking news. In Tibet.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-08-22 04:58:56 EDT (#)
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also whatever happened to fred savage, hmmmmm
anyway i hate girls, i dont need time to think, i need a drink
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2009-08-22 04:55:33 EDT (#)
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jd: drinking, of course
ei: back at you, you poof
premium: a bit, but I'll get better...um...you poof
snark: amen yourself...not sure what it even means...um...you poof
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2009-08-22 04:49:48 EDT (#)
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Amen
Submitted by Premium (user info) at 2009-08-22 04:44:01 EDT (#)
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Feeling blue old hoss?
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2009-08-22 04:40:28 EDT (#)
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lots of love to you lungfish
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2009-08-22 04:38:46 EDT (#)
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wtf are you doing up at this hour?