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Posted by floatingbridge on June 23, 2011, at 10:21:40
Hey anyone.
Music. I have to be careful, though.
Spending time with my chickens actually really helps.
There is also my old dachshund who likes to sleep under the covers :-)
He has run of the place, but he's such an elder gentleman, he earns everyone's love and esteem which equals lots of lap time and scraps.
Posted by torrid on June 23, 2011, at 13:18:38
In reply to self care: what do you do for pleasure or distract, posted by floatingbridge on June 23, 2011, at 10:21:40
they laying eggs?
FB here is my lifes moto, if you can't see the good in a person your not looking hard enough. Now substitute situation for a person. This is how I cope with life.
Posted by floatingbridge on June 23, 2011, at 13:44:23
In reply to Re: self care: what do you do for pleasure or distract » floatingbridge, posted by torrid on June 23, 2011, at 13:18:38
> they laying eggs?
>They be. Very delicious ones too.
> FB here is my lifes moto, if you can't see the good in a person your not looking hard enough. Now substitute situation for a person. This is how I cope with life.
I like it. :-)
(I need glasses sometimes.)
Posted by torrid on June 23, 2011, at 13:45:21
In reply to self care: what do you do for pleasure or distract, posted by floatingbridge on June 23, 2011, at 10:21:40
I'm back on wellbutrin after long time off it, and the conceta, cymbalta and busbar, everthing is working well. I'm thrilled that wellbutrin is working the second time around. wellbutrin poop out was the worst relaps of my life, it was also the best I ever felt while it worked. My wellbutrin hair loss is a lot better but I expect to be lossing my hair again after 5 months or so. I'm on a lower dose from 300mg-200mg so if I'm lucky maybe I will not have as much hair loss.
Posted by emmanuel98 on June 23, 2011, at 20:07:08
In reply to Re: self care: what do you do for pleasure or distract » floatingbridge, posted by torrid on June 23, 2011, at 13:45:21
This is a problem for me. I go to AA meetings, go to the gym, take long walks. But I am a workaholic and have a hard time soothing myself or finding pleasure in things. My DBT therapist gave me a list of pleasurable activities and I do some of those -- smelling flowers, long baths.
Friends say I should get a dog, but I've never had a pet and am kind of obsessively clean about my condo.
Two years ago, I went wild doing decoupage. I would watch movies while doing it. I made kleenx boxes for both my p-doc and T (which they keep in their offices -- nice) and hung stuff all over my condo. My husband said I should take it up again, though I am unemployed and the materials cost $. He said spend the $ if it will make you happy. So yesterday, I bought some materials. Haven't started yet, but maybe soon.
Posted by floatingbridge on June 25, 2011, at 2:05:38
In reply to Re: self care: what do you do for pleasure or distract, posted by emmanuel98 on June 23, 2011, at 20:07:08
Sounds nice. What materials do you use? Is your decoupage like collage?
Posted by emmanuel98 on June 25, 2011, at 20:31:57
In reply to Re: self care: what do you do for pleasure or distract » emmanuel98, posted by floatingbridge on June 25, 2011, at 2:05:38
I buy fancy paper at the art supply store and lots of calendars and art books then cut and paste onto canvases or tissue boxes or wooden frames that I paint first. So yeah, it's like collage. For my DBT therapist, who is into Buddhism and meditation, I made a tissue box with Japanese prints from a zen calender. For my p-doc, I made a tissue box with cutouts from a Modigliani art book, since he like Modigliani.
I want to start doing this again, but am having a hard time being alone at home, even with the TV on.
Posted by sigismund on June 27, 2011, at 3:14:08
In reply to Re: self care: what do you do for pleasure or distract, posted by emmanuel98 on June 25, 2011, at 20:31:57
I (God help me) find history soothing.
It must be the massacres.
Perhaps there is not so much to worry about these days?
Reflecting on death is good too. It is so soon, and nothing matters.
Maybe I can calm down.
Posted by floatingbridge on June 28, 2011, at 10:09:08
In reply to Re: self care: what do you do for pleasure or distract, posted by emmanuel98 on June 25, 2011, at 20:31:57
emmanuel, so it's difficult to get into the collage space right now for you. At least you have some materials. How are you coping with being home?
Yesterday I was home alone for awhile, and it was really odd. I watched myself close all the doors and windows. That is unusual. Then, being home alone is unusual for me.
Do you prefer being out but aren't able to get out?
Posted by floatingbridge on June 28, 2011, at 10:33:29
In reply to Re: self care: what do you do for pleasure or distract, posted by sigismund on June 27, 2011, at 3:14:08
>
> Maybe I can calm down.You mean the day you wrote this, or in general?
History usually gets me feeling a little strident. I have to take it slow. I get lost in the personal minutia. Then I feel like having to discuss it with everyone. Maybe
history has cathartic elements.I have been trying to get through Nathaniel Philbrick's The Last Stand. He also wrote The Heart of the Sea. He has a way of remaining calm and on point, neither glossing the real sh*t but not staring at it. Like being very polite while
passing a car wreck. He is also capable of enjoyment.But that's American history. It's not as deeply layered. There is genocide and slavery. There are also the adventures in the wilderness elements absent from European history. I like those stories. I
love imagining what an immensity North America was before it became official.A great book (so far, but very neglected
by me) is 1491.I look forward to reading things besides articles and babble posts.
Posted by sigismund on June 28, 2011, at 14:00:40
In reply to Re: self care: what do you do for pleasure or distract » sigismund, posted by floatingbridge on June 28, 2011, at 10:33:29
I'm trying to read "An Intimate History of Humanity", well sort of and very slowly.
I would like to read a history of the various Indian tribes before settlement/invasion.
I was very affected by "One River".
It is so damn sad, but that is my element.
Posted by floatingbridge on June 28, 2011, at 14:26:35
In reply to Re: self care: what do you do for pleasure or distract » floatingbridge, posted by sigismund on June 28, 2011, at 14:00:40
> I'm trying to read "An Intimate History of Humanity", well sort of and very slowly.
>
> I would like to read a history of the various Indian tribes before settlement/invasion.
>
> I was very affected by "One River".
>> It is so damn sad, but that is my element.
Oh, Gilbert and Sullivan doesn't suit everyone all the time.Though a sparkling stage production of anything sounds good. I haven't been out since last summer for Othello. That was good and exciting but not my best choice. My husband said seeing someone murdered in a film is not as immediate as on stage.
These look interesting. I would need to feel better to read One River because of it's immediacy. But it's queued.
Right now, there are Tintin comics. We
are loving them. We have held a few back from my son.Can't explain everything at once to a child.
Posted by sigismund on June 28, 2011, at 15:05:33
In reply to Re: self care: what do you do for pleasure or distract » sigismund, posted by floatingbridge on June 28, 2011, at 14:26:35
Othello was something of a disappointment after the big three.
But I do enjoy..........
Not poppy, nor mandragora,
Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world,
Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep
Which thou owedst yesterday.Not very reassuring of course.
Posted by floatingbridge on June 28, 2011, at 15:46:17
In reply to Re: self care: what do you do for pleasure or distract » floatingbridge, posted by sigismund on June 28, 2011, at 15:05:33
You know, you're right about it being a let down. I really know little, like which are the big three. Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear?
King Lear is so far my favorite. And I love the film, 'Ran' by Kurosawa. (Wow, his name is in spell check.)
Othello doesn't really add up. Or have
enough substance to maintain my scrutiny. But it was/is sensational.
Posted by sigismund on June 28, 2011, at 16:11:34
In reply to Re: self care: what do you do for pleasure or distract » sigismund, posted by floatingbridge on June 28, 2011, at 15:46:17
Those Harvard ethnobotanists (in One River) were mostly homosexual I think and wanted to get the hell out of the US. Scultz was so reactionary that he refused to vote for the Kenndy's and voted instead for Queen Elizabeth and her descendants. Then he toured the US giving expert advice in drug trials to the effect that it was impossible to distinguish cannabis sativa from the other types. He refused to look at the Manaus Opera House because it was built on the blood of Indians, and generally found them manly honest and trustworthy. He was too sick to come to the funeral of the other ethnobotanist but sent a speech instead which finished, from Hamlet.....
Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels see thee to thy rest.
Posted by floatingbridge on June 28, 2011, at 18:05:29
In reply to Re: self care: what do you do for pleasure or distract » floatingbridge, posted by sigismund on June 28, 2011, at 16:11:34
Manaus Opera House?
Posted by floatingbridge on June 28, 2011, at 18:14:04
In reply to Re: self care: what do you do for pleasure or distract » floatingbridge, posted by sigismund on June 28, 2011, at 16:11:34
Oh. I live in a small world.
Did the rubber trade, well, I suppose it was, but was it similar to that in Africa?
Not too many details if yes.
Posted by sigismund on June 28, 2011, at 19:32:21
In reply to Re: self care: what do you do for pleasure or distract » sigismund, posted by floatingbridge on June 28, 2011, at 18:05:29
>Manaus Opera House?
This is about One River.
It may not be Manaus, I'm not sure.
In the Amazon basin. This is the fine piece of European culture Schultz refused point blank to see
http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/photos/Amazon/images/Manaus%2520opera%2520house.jpg&imgrefurl=http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/photos/Amazon/pages/Manaus%2520opera%2520house.htm&usg=__mCX18-uvXuvxArGufDvJg4moyjg=&h=450&w=675&sz=279&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=Km_Vs5iAUD02YM:&tbnh=157&tbnw=206&ei=T3
Posted by sigismund on June 28, 2011, at 19:37:03
In reply to Re: self care: what do you do for pleasure or distract » sigismund, posted by floatingbridge on June 28, 2011, at 18:14:04
That was one reason Schultz was in the Amazon.
Because WWII was on and the US needed another source of rubber when the East Indies were invaded by Japan.
As it turned out nothing much happened.
But anyway that is what the book is about.
The best bits are the bits about Schultz. I found him a very attractive character. He'd do to all these (I dunno what you call them) evenings on psychedelics with the Amerindians and emerge next morning looking very straight and respectable.
Posted by floatingbridge on June 29, 2011, at 20:38:45
In reply to self care: what do you do for pleasure or distract, posted by floatingbridge on June 23, 2011, at 10:21:40
Umm. News flash to fb.
Posting here.
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