DV8DUG said:

callmehippie said:

AstroSporeFiend said:

Gotta confession. Hopefully God hears this but, if not, his loss.

I’ve been listening to a ton of ska music lately.  And I fucking love it! My poor wife has seen me skanking around the house wearing nothing but boxers and headphones, dancing like tomorrow is a future plan, but only if it fits into my schedule. I don’t know what has gotten into me, but I’m digging it!

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My wife is a huge ska fan as well. Check out "the Slackers".  they're really good. It's her favorite band. They helped me propose to her in the middle of one of their concerts.

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Mustard Plug gets it. I like skacore. Bands like Choking Victim and Operation Ivy is what Rancid once was.

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conz0r said:

Back when I lived in Wappingers falls, some 16 years ago I used to go to full moon ceremonies every month at the chapel of sacred mirrors, Alex Gray's place. I didn't understand the significance whatsoever I just turned up every month, climbed the tower with the mirror ladder to smoke a spliff with my wife and then dance with the fire jugglers.

Fucking amazing I swear, but the drum circles were the best part for me. Like if people understood the euphoria you can get from just resonance alone they'd fill stadiums.

I can only guess there's a concerted effort to keep things of that nature from humanity. That's the ancient Egyptian route of technology.

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KlarnEvil9 said:

I appreciate the positive thoughts, y'all.

I tore it last May, so it's been an ongoing thing for many moons now. I'm sure I have made it worse along the way. Not too worried about the surgery itself, it's the recovery that seems daunting. Very thankful that my bosses are super cool about this kind of thing.

I've been doing some PT last couple of months. It has helped some, and I love the place I've been going. Definitely going back there after the procedure. They integrate massage, cupping, dry needling, etc into the treatment plan. Cupping bruises are crazy, but I'm a delicate flower and might have bruised up more than average. Nice to see some TCM techniques mixed in, the PT place I went after hospitalization a few years back was more like a quiet gym.

Learning to walk again was fucking brutal, and it made me dig up grit and determination that I didn't know I had. After 3 weeks in hospital / inpatient PT+OT, I was actually able to hobble out of there on my own 2 feet. Using a walker of course, and a nurse right behind me with a wheelchair, but the fact that they allowed me that bit of dignity was huge. I quit counting how many times I fell trying to get up to piss, and ending up in a puddle of my own piss, trying to reach the call button.

Don't run out of B12 kids, have your doctor check it if they don't already. If it gets below a certain level your body will just start attacking itself. Starting with nerve endings in the extremities. Once they figured this out, that first B12 shot was a godsend.

Ok, enough of my shit, here's some French stoner doom:

Mars Red Sky:

GlowSun:

My friend and bandmate discovered these guys, got the vinyl from overseas somewhere, then called me up and said "hey come over and listen to this band. The guitarist sounds like YOU." I was skeptical, but homey definitely attacks stuff how I might. Tonally similar in ways as well. It was weird but kinda uplifting, I don't consider myself to be that great a guitarist. My buddy would disagree, he likes to tell people that I've been in his last 2 bands because I can play anything.

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My dude...

Learning to walk again I hell, you're dealing with old joints not brand new ones, fucking insane. The overall weakness fucked my mental which fucked the walking.

What I will say though is the most "complete" people I've ever met, at least what I'd consider spiritually strong - good fortitude, they're all people that have had to build themselves back up after being nearly destroyed.

Blessings in disguise I I think ultimately. The universe doesn't share our tiny sense of humour so what might seem cruel to us is a good laugh up on high I'm sure!

Sulfurshelfsean said:

conz0r said:

Back when I lived in Wappingers falls, some 16 years ago I used to go to full moon ceremonies every month at the chapel of sacred mirrors, Alex Gray's place. I didn't understand the significance whatsoever I just turned up every month, climbed the tower with the mirror ladder to smoke a spliff with my wife and then dance with the fire jugglers.

Fucking amazing I swear, but the drum circles were the best part for me. Like if people understood the euphoria you can get from just resonance alone they'd fill stadiums.

I can only guess there's a concerted effort to keep things of that nature from humanity. That's the ancient Egyptian route of technology.

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I've been to the cosmetic before. Chill place. They weren't into me smoking weed though. I just didn't have a vape. Did you ever go to the full moon gatherings at magic meadow in woodstock? So many good drum circles.

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BeefExtreme said:

woof. ribs fuckin hurt like no other.  "degloved" my ring finger with a tungsten weddding ring jumping off the back of loading dock once.  that was a owie.

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Degloved

What a word, dude after so many "horrific" injuries happen does it just become "meh" like getting hurt fighting does?

BeefExtreme said:

woof. ribs fuckin hurt like no other.  "degloved" my ring finger with a tungsten weddding ring jumping off the back of loading dock once.  that was a owie.

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andymc said:

BeefExtreme said:

woof. ribs fuckin hurt like no other.  "degloved" my ring finger with a tungsten weddding ring jumping off the back of loading dock once.  that was a owie.

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Given that you've already suffered so many woopsies (not counting the big C obviously) and are now trapped in a boring, safe, office environment, would you consider a side gig as a stuntman?

The HR department is always making us watch "health and safety" training videos.  You could be the besuited guy falling off the 3' ladder, slipping on spilled coffee in the break room, hurting himself lifting a box of paper,  getting his sleeve caught in the office shredder ...

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conz0r said:

Sulfurshelfsean said:

conz0r said:

Back when I lived in Wappingers falls, some 16 years ago I used to go to full moon ceremonies every month at the chapel of sacred mirrors, Alex Gray's place. I didn't understand the significance whatsoever I just turned up every month, climbed the tower with the mirror ladder to smoke a spliff with my wife and then dance with the fire jugglers.

Fucking amazing I swear, but the drum circles were the best part for me. Like if people understood the euphoria you can get from just resonance alone they'd fill stadiums.

I can only guess there's a concerted effort to keep things of that nature from humanity. That's the ancient Egyptian route of technology.

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I've been to the cosmetic before. Chill place. They weren't into me smoking weed though. I just didn't have a vape. Did you ever go to the full moon gatherings at magic meadow in woodstock? So many good drum circles.

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No unfortunately! Heroin snagged me about a year after the gatherings and that was that... From hippie circles in the woods to trap houses in Poughkeepsie. What a shit show, but again blessings in disguise.

SO grateful I went through it then and not now, the recovery would be a different experience in this older body.

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