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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402960 - 03/15/06 11:15 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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That's always a burn, man 
I've been unemployed since last August and I keep doing the same thing. I think I've aced an interview, think I've got the position in the bag....and then I get passed over.
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JacquesCousteau
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: Liz]
#5402963 - 03/15/06 11:16 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah, maybe... I dunno. I get pretty indecisive when I'm like this.
I should probably go buy some newspapers and start sifting through the classifieds.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402972 - 03/15/06 11:17 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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JacquesCousteau said: Yeah, maybe... I dunno. I get pretty indecisive when I'm like this.
I should probably go buy some newspapers and start sifting through the classifieds.
Four words i live by, Jacques: Should is the mindkiller.
Should is the worst word in your language.
In the words of Yoda...there is no try, only do or do not.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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JacquesCousteau
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5402978 - 03/15/06 11:20 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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OneMoreRobot3021 said: Jacques...you remind of me back this summer before I was working. You remind of me because I know that like me, you are bursting with the desire to create. Yet that alone time can be such a muck, and can wind up feeling so wasted and unproductive..
Ain't that the truth... the worst part is that I don't even spend the time I waste on music or anything... it's like my creativity gets blocked by depression even though depression is great food for creativity. What the fuck? Damn.
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Set yourself some goals...schedules for different days, things you want to get done..
Will yourself to Action
I'm trying... I've really felt "Back on top" lately since cleaning up my habit... but yesterday my digital camera broke (going to Niagara Falls in about a week and a half; only thing I was looking forward to about it was the opportunity for some good photography...), and I've been fighting strep throat, and now this... it all just smashed me back down.
Thanks for trying to help, all of you. It warms my heart a little to have people who I barely know (Robot especially) trying to look out for me.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5402980 - 03/15/06 11:20 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I love that quote!
Jacque, I hope you feel better soon. Seriously, just get up and go do something, whether it be go out and get cheered up, or go get a paper.
"Peel me off this velcro seat and get me moving"
Go!!
-------------------- Remember, remember the fifth of November The gunpowder treason and plot. I see no reason why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402981 - 03/15/06 11:20 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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yep, or they tell you their not hiring and thell keep you app. on file, when you ask and they say yes they are hiring in the first place....the economy just sucks.
-------------------- one branch of man turns away what has made us who we are, the other,excepts it for how its made man. which path do you choose? ------------------------------------- Man takes advantage of who he is,nature is his home, where he evolved from. So why does he turn it down, defy, and mutalate his birth ground? why does he spread disease, murder his native animals,rape and torture his land, and still feel descent of who he is? live a life that is not true? excepts an artificial home?
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402985 - 03/15/06 11:22 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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We've got like, 5 digis or some shit....you can borrow one of ours.
-------------------- Remember, remember the fifth of November The gunpowder treason and plot. I see no reason why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5402986 - 03/15/06 11:22 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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JacquesCousteau said:
Ain't that the truth... the worst part is that I don't even spend the time I waste on music or anything... it's like my creativity gets blocked by depression even though depression is great food for creativity. What the fuck? Damn.
I bet "should" rears its ugly head here too. You start thinking about what you "should" be creating. That creates such anxiety and distrust abotu the creative process, that you end up wasting your time smoking pot, and the ideas are all there, swimming in your head, a beautiful psychedelic whirl of images and sounds and ideas...and you let it sit there.
And rot.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5402996 - 03/15/06 11:25 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah, that sounds about right.
Well I AM going to go down to 7-11 and grab a couple newspapers...
FUCK, i just feel like crying. But I don't let myself, for some reason. I feel like I'm waiting for release before I do something... but release never comes.
I might as well go buy the paper in the mean time...
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5403000 - 03/15/06 11:27 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Really, it's amazing what conscious shifts in our language can do to us.
I'm the type of guy that always says "Yeah I'll try to get that done.." "Maybe I'll..." "Tomorrow, perhaps.." I'm trying to change all of my maybes into definites. It's hard work, but I can tell it makes a difference in how I approach whatever task.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5403013 - 03/15/06 11:29 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah.. me too, obviously... I should do this, I might do that... I could do this, or I could do that... This might be what's wrong, or maybe this is what it is...
I try to rationalize everything instead of acting.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5403029 - 03/15/06 11:34 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Stop thinking so much.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5403128 - 03/15/06 12:04 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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OneMoreRobot3021 said: Stop thinking so much.
Yeah... easier said than done, as I'm sure you know.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5403155 - 03/15/06 12:09 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Of course.
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5403209 - 03/15/06 12:23 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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that sucks, but don't let it get you down it's no reason to smoking again either. maybe you weren't the best man for the job in their opinion. so what...that's one job of many. refocus and you'll find something else soon enough and pass any drug test required.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5403233 - 03/15/06 12:30 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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JacquesCousteau said: Hardest part of extensive unemployment is definitely how much time I spend alone... it really starts to eat away at you. I don't have many friends in real life... and the ones I do have are potheads. Blah.
If you think thats bad you should try supporting an entire family, house, etc and have the entire job market fall out and blow up under your feet. 
FYI, the market is good right now if you try hard enough you can get a job.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: mndfreeze]
#5403253 - 03/15/06 12:38 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yes, I should try that. Then this wouldn't seem so bad.
Thanks for making me feel retarded for complaining about a situation that is relatively difficult for me. That helps, really.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: trendal]
#5403259 - 03/15/06 12:39 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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trendal said: That's always a burn, man 
I've been unemployed since last August and I keep doing the same thing. I think I've aced an interview, think I've got the position in the bag....and then I get passed over.
Neil, I'm sorry to hear that man... try to keep your head up and I'll do the same.
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5403273 - 03/15/06 12:43 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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dont feel bad, I hate people. But.. As long as i think about muchies or animals(might be diffrent for you) and getting money to grow/get more, it makes me happy. also, smoke if you want to, a bowl wont hurt. 3 days of downin water and its out of your system. somtimes a bowl is all you need to bring someone back up...anyway, happy shroomin.
-------------------- one branch of man turns away what has made us who we are, the other,excepts it for how its made man. which path do you choose? ------------------------------------- Man takes advantage of who he is,nature is his home, where he evolved from. So why does he turn it down, defy, and mutalate his birth ground? why does he spread disease, murder his native animals,rape and torture his land, and still feel descent of who he is? live a life that is not true? excepts an artificial home?
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Re: Just when you think it's figured out... well it all falls apart. [Re: JacquesCousteau]
#5403321 - 03/15/06 12:54 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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JacquesCousteau said: Yes, I should try that. Then this wouldn't seem so bad.
Thanks for making me feel retarded for complaining about a situation that is relatively difficult for me. That helps, really.
The point is more along the lines that its not nearly as bad as you make it out to be, and if you want a job bad enough you will get one.
Instead of sitting around mulling you should be out there looking and applying, even while waiting on one or two to callback, you keep applying for others so that ideally you have 3 or 4 all asking you onboard and you pick the best of the bunch.
-------------------- Nothing says love like grannies prolapsed anus! quote]Urb said: I know... Its fucked up... Ill fix it minyana..[/quote]
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