http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3236436Oh my.
The one-time first-tier primitive, the legendary herb primitive, now simply one of the
unterprimitiven, the lynch mob, the
lumpenkeisters, after he backed down from bullying by the greedy thorn primitive "greenbriar", Ms. Ed the unappellated eohippus, and the primitive woman bothered by cold weather "TroubleInWinter."
There was no call for the legendary herb primitive to be cowed, as he was in the right, and had every right to tell these old biddies to fudge off. But he was cowed, which is why he descended from the rarefied heights of first-tier primitivity down into that amorphous blob the
unterprimitiven.
Anyway.
The legendary herb primitive's been gone from Skins's island for some months, but during the same some months, has occasionally landed on Skins's island to remind the other primitives he's been gone.
Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri May-02-08 03:18 PM
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Long Time Gone
I've spent the last few months in a bubble, carved from real life by chronic pain and what might only be described as both mild depression and frustration. I've wandered by DU (it's still my home-page, after all) from time to time, but after writing my eighth novel in only 5 weeks, I hit a burnout spot and just spun my wheels, dedicating much of my free time to playing a computer game just to take me out of my head.
The primary wars left me with a bad taste in my mouth and I got to the point that I didn't really care which Democrat won the nomination. The bullshit goes on as we all can plainly see, and I reached the point where I decided there was nothing positive I could add to the dialog.
Having spent so much time doing other things and exploring different parts of the web, I've come to the conclusion that there are RW nitwit trolls just about everywhere on the web...be it on youtube commenting on Dixie Chick videos or yapping like our twenty-five pound pomeranian devil if someone dares to walk past our front gate. Many of these are barely literate, but there unfortunately exists a sizable minority of Republicans who aren't barely literate, and seem to have some grasp of the concept of logic. Unfortunately, they're all barking mad.
I've had friends at parties deliberately still political discussion and heard the most ridiculous arguments from people who damn well should know better. It's come to the point that while I hope that America has learned its lessons about authority, I fear that too many of our fellow citizens are too far gone to reclaim. The terminally ignorant, the criminally insane, and the morbidly apathetic, all take their toll upon the possibility of a better world.
Gas prices are going to be approaching four bucks a gallon, which is going to make it rather unlikely I get to see my sons this year, especially since they've now moved even FARTHER away than they had been, since their mother decided to move to a small town in Idaho.
This has not been a good year for me all the way around. I've been through so many tests and seen so many doctors that I flinch from the idea of another test. The left side of my body has gone wonky and no one really knows why, though my doctor is almost certain it has to do with my neck. He's sending me to another neuro-surgeon, and arranging another MRI to check out my shoulder--where the pain seems to be concentrating before heading down my arms, chest, hip, and leg.
It's been hard to keep a positive view, all things considered, but I seem to be congenitally incapable of being a pessimist. Everything will work out as it's supposed to, some of my pagan friends might say. I don't know about that...all I know is that everything will work out in whatever way it can. The only way I know to bend reality is to charge forward, grab it by the corners, and give it a good shake. All the dreaming in the world doesn't make anything happen without someone willing to jump into the maelstrom and do a little reality engineering with good old fashioned hard work and determination.
I guess I'm saying that nothing is ever completely hopeless and the moment you lose hope you lose everything you have to propel you forward.
I see commercials on TV (when I bother to watch them) featuring high profile Repugs and high profile Dems talking about Global Warming. Wal-Mart is pretending to be green. So is Exxon/Mobil of all things. We've come quite a ways from "what Global Warming?" to people like Newt standing with Nancy Pelosi telling us all that it's FOR REAL.
The stupidity of Republican economic policies are starting to hit home in a big way, though it's a good bet that a great many people don't see the connection between their food and gas prices and the sphere of politics. They tend to think "ah, politics doesn't have anything to do with ME."
Insane, but true. Every single aspect of our lives is influenced by politics--from our education to our retirement--yet people persist on looking the other way. The corporate media is as useless as teats on a toad and it's entirely possible to learn more on fictional programs like Boston Legal than it is from mainstream sources. Now if that isn't a statement to freeze one's soul, I don't know what is.
I just popped in to let everyone know I'm not dead...merely surviving. And to suggest none of us give up the fight, even if it feels as though we're tilting with windmills, blockaded by fences and other obstacles put in place by the very agencies that are supposed to be giving us the truth.
There is no end until nothing remains.
In the meantime...
A few fellow primitives greet the legendary herb primitive, but there's some conspicuous in their absence.
Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri May-02-08 03:34 PM
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4. My doctor was impressed with how far I'm going on this...
I'm seeing him, a chiropractor, and getting regular therapeutic massages, plus all the other places he's sent me. Neurologist (we were starting to wonder if it was MS, but my brain scans came out clean), and one neuro-surgeon--though he's going to send me to another for a second opinion. I sure know about the pain and weakness. My insurance company keeps asking--are you sure this isn't a result of a car accident or work injury? My response is that I wish it was--then I'd know something about the cause.
Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri May-02-08 05:57 PM
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13. I was impressed too, until I realized I couldn't form a cogent creative thought for nearly three months afterward. My wife said "lot a good it does you to be able to write a book that quickly if you can't follow up on it...you're still looking at a book every 9 months or so." LOL
True enough.
I really need to get around to implementing her edits and flushing it out for submission. And contacting an agent to see if I can take this one uptown.
Mythsaje Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri May-02-08 05:59 PM
Response to Reply #12
15. My doc's a good guy.
He doesn't blink at giving me what I need for pain management, he listens to what I have to say, and seems as dedicated to getting to the bottom of it as I am. Right now we're just going through whatever tests might lead us to some sort of resolution.
Hmmm. A good thing the legendary herb primitive lives in America, and not Canada.
