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Originally Posted by jbuttz
My life always reminds me of Seinfeld. I know it isn't a reality show but it is the best I got lol. And like you said when I'm not depressed, but even then maybe some people would find that funny also
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Sure - me crying over NOTHING! I'm going to make my way down to Doug over here about introspection in a minute...
I feel sometimes like I'm in an existential crisis. I'm 44 now so I think now that the "clock is ticking" it's gotten even worse. I'll give you an older example though:
I would liken myself to a Rebel, Hippie Rocker potty mouth where what you see is what you get. If I had my way, Stevie Nicks would have her own clothing line from which I would regularly adorn myself. My hair would be purple and I'd probably have more tattoos (I only have 2). I work in an office for a major bank where I have to dress business casual and play by the rules of the game. I don't want to be there. I want the benefits of a higher position, but I don't want to play the game or look the part. Stuff like that has been a MAJOR cause of stress for me at times. It's like I'm only partly me and I hate that. I want to say, "These people are a-holes" but apparently that's FROWNED UPON.
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Originally Posted by Cat_Lover_58
Interesting life you lead! Mine might be this:
Mom of 21 year old twin girls tries in vain to carve out a niche of sanity for herself by heading to the library on a city bus. The mom lost her job in November because her car went belly up and it would be too costly to fix. Now, weeks later, she's still trouncing around on the city bus routes, actually she's taking a bus to a job interview tomorrow morning in 15 degree weather...that'll be the last of her niche of sanity.
Next week's show has the mom preparing for a new job she just got. It starts mid January and pays more than her last job. It will be easy enough to get to, it's on the bus route, but, OMG, her boss is a 21 year old college student who has a twin sister!!
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Girlfriend I feel you on the bus. I had a P.O.S. car - actually two in a row that bled me dry. I went from late November to end of March. I didn't check where you are, but in Florida, buses blow. I'm from NY and Florida is not public transportation friendly.
When I first started this job in 2011 I had no car. I started in July 2011. Have you ever BEEN to Florida in the summer. It's the "rainy season" from June to November. I had to take THREE buses to get to work. On Halloween while waiting for bus # 2 it starts raining. Scratch that it starts POURING. I'm 3 months on my job and I walk in soaked to my bra and panties all bedraggled. I told them it was my Halloween costumer. I was the girl from the Ring.
Good luck with the new job!
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Originally Posted by eskielover
Lol.....I would be totally lost with my How To's without youTube....I have learned every how to from that. I bring it up on my phone while trying to fix things & it provides step by step details. I had no idea what an EGR valve on my truck looked like without YouTube.
I have always thought there is nothing I can't do unless I don't try....that however was a falicy. Some things I just don't have the strength to do & have to call in the reinforcements after I give it all I possibly have. I purchased 108 huge fence posts last January. They were tearing down the fencing on the huge 8000 acre farm that sold after the original owner died right after I moved there. In my start way....I just had them start by loading 25 onto the flat bed trailer I borrowed to haul them home. Got into my driveway & tried to pick up a post & I couldn't even lift it. I slid it part way off then dragged it to an out of the way place in the driveway in front of the garage....I managed to get 3 off the trailer then went in my house & died. Ended up calling the guy & paying them to bring the rest & unload them all.
With the EGR valve on my truck I got 2 of the 4 bolts out but the other 2...even with my best tools & the secret mechanic spray (PBS Blaster) there was no way those last 2 bolts were ever going to let go. I called my favorite mechanic shop & asked them if they would loosen those 2 bolts for me so I could finish the job. They kindly agreed though they did ask if I wanted them to replace the valve while they were at it....I kindly declined their offer explaining that it was really something I wanted & NEEDED to do myself....$15 to get the 2 bolts loosened ....the part was $40.... One mechanic in town gave me an estimate of $375 to do the job & the dealership estimate was $275. I did it for $55 along with 3 days to get an hour job done cause I kept dropping the bolts & they landed in the grass & I had to hunt for it. Even when I put a plastic on the ground the bolt fell & missed the plastic. But when I got it done....I celebrated... & it turned off my engine warning light finally for the first time in 3 years....woo hoo....was rather proud of myself.
I have had to learn to ask for help when all else fails. The hose from the wall to my toilet in my upstairs master bath sprung a pin hole leak while I was gone several years ago. Flooded the bathroom & leaked down to the first floor. I got the water shut off but fore the life of my I couldn't get the hose unfastened. I called a man from church to help...he brought 2 other guys along....lol...it took all 3 trying to loosen the hose for it to let go. I didn't feel so helpless after that.
I have also become known as the graceful klutz thanks to my ballroom dancing. Early morning I was hungry so I went downstairs to the kitchen...heading back to the entry hall I managed to trip on a storage box I left there. Fell flat on my face but landed in the new soft plush runner I had bought to protect the 3 coate of wax I put on the parquet wood entryway. The plate I was carrying landed upright with my hands holding onto it & the food still on the plate. I was laughing so hard I could hardly get up off the floor...all I could do was picture my graceful move in slow motion....so glad I live alone so there are no witnesses to the klutzy things that happen to me.....but most happen when I'm out trail riding with others like the bush I flew into while the horse I was on took off after 2 other horses that lost their riders came running straight for us. It wouldn't have been so bad in the trail was straight but it took a sharp left turn around a metal post with barbed wire fencing attached to it. I was raising my leg to keep away from the metal post just as the horse vered left up the hill following the trail....& I flew off to his right side right into the bush giving my an amazingly soft landing.
Riding that same horse first spring ride with horses still having their winter coats....we came to a stream. This horse stuck out his right front leg which allowed his loose saddle to slip around completely under him with me still in the saddle. Luckily no one had cell phone cameras on that ride. I managed to get one foot out of the stirrup & step carefully in the stream while trying to get the other foot out....I didn't even get wet.
I was riding another horse in the same farm with trails. This horse was cantering uphill & somehow lowered his rear end & I went sliding off over the rear of a WESTERN saddle & landed sitting on the ground as the horse took off up the trail.
Another time we were riding on good friday. The horse I was on got too close to these trees that have 2-3inch thorns & one stuck right into my knee. I pulled it out but the tip broke off still in my knee....my sensitive knee I had reconstructed from a blown out ACL when I played racquetball. I actually had to get off my horse & pull my riding pants down to see the knee so I could pull out the tip of the thorn....that knee was sore for over a week from that dang thorn.
Could make a TVshow just on my riding bloopers...luckily there were no home videos being taken of me at the time.
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Now that's a show! We'll be NBC Comedy Thursdays lol. I am CONSTANTLY sitting with my feet under me. At work I'll have one foot under my thigh at my desk. On my laptop now and sitting cross-legged on the couch.
So one day I was on my bed doing I don't remember what when my husband called. He was not the hubby then so I was running for the phone like a school girl...
My right foot big toe caught my left pants leg as I leapt up from the bed to grab the phone, causing me to hit the floor on one knee and just BARELY miss slamming my face into my desk. My first husband used to say, "My wife is so graceful....like a gazelle." LMFAO!
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Originally Posted by Douglas MacNeill
An intriguing idea.YMIHere! I sometimes ask myself the corresponding question about my own life, but how common is introspection of that kind? Is it a sign of mental illness (in the sense of refusal to engage with reality, however you may define the term)? Is it inside the ballpark of normal or even positively healthy mental behaviour? And what happens when you feel the need to ask others for their views about how your life would present itself within some genre or other?
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Honesty I feel like I'm not introspective enough. And literally this all comes to me simply from living life. I just have so many people that crack me up!
I had one more - my cousin, but I don't know what's up with her. I'm kinda ticked b/c she NEVER calls me back. It's like I was thinking, "Did I do something to OFFEND her????" I had a friend who used to always be worried if I was mad at her. Neurotic. But my cousin I don't know what her deal is but she had me DYING!!! I mean these are the people who can make me laugh until it hurts. I wouldn't trade them for anything. My sister and friend (can't remember what I named her here - my sanity keeper), they'd be like my fairy godmothers in this crazy show.
Whether all this is mental illness or normal? You have to be a special kind of crazy to want cameras following you EVERYWHERE so I guess that settles that.