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OneMoreRobot3021


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I watched Wonder Boys last night.
#5841990 - 07/10/06 11:05 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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As the film began to roll on I quickly fell in love with the main character, Grady Tripp, a failing writer serving tenure as a writing professor at a small Pittsburgh college who happens to have a serious pot habit. There was a romantic attraction to the life he lead. A life where relationships were tenuous at best, and solitude was supreme, and the best friend he had in the world were the joints he smoked with great regularity. That's me, I thought, down the road.
The movie went on, and on, and I realized that Grady Tripp was kind of a fucktard. And I didn't want to admit it to myself, but it seemed quite obvious that a lot of why he was fucking up, and making bad decisions, was directly due to the copious amounts of marijuana he ingested. Eventually, the main character came to the same conclusion with a little help from Katie Lopsided-Mouth Holmes.
That's when I started picking and choosing what messages to receive and which ones to actually soak in and listen to. I was so in love with this character, and the swamp of writing he was mired in, but in the end I didn't want to identify with him anymore because he had to stop smoking marijuana to return to his previously productive nature.
But when I woke up today it was glaringly obvious that I had a habit that is now an addiction, and moreso than an addiction it is a crutch, it is a comfort zone. I leave for Europe for a month on Sunday. I'm down to one last bowl's worth of pot. I was gonna buy more, to last the week until I leave. But now I'm not going to. It's time for a break. Yet again. But the goal during this break is to channel that energy elsewhere. Pen and paper, pen and paper. I don't want to quit smoking pot forever.
But I do want to get my priorities straight. I look at my sig, and I realize, I'm sinking.
-------------------- 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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ClammyJoe
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Good Choice, a break from MJ never hurt anybody.
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Re: I watched Wonder Boys last night. [Re: ClammyJoe]
#5842005 - 07/10/06 11:10 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I've become so complacent, so comfortable with stagnancy.
-------------------- 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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Boom
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Didn't see it..
(*cough* check PMs)
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ClammyJoe
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TAKE YOUR LIFE BACK!
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Re: I watched Wonder Boys last night. [Re: Boom]
#5842014 - 07/10/06 11:12 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Booooom said: Didn't see it..
(*cough* check PMs)
I was gonna make another thread called "I'm so terrible about keeping in touch with people." I'm trying to figure out my plans for this week since it's hectic cause I'm leaving Sunday...gonna respond to you later this aftrynoon.
-------------------- 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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i feel ya!
i've quit my habit because of paranoia and also that sense of it being a crutch or something to do... though i havn't been able to replace it yet i feel i'm much better off the habit!
travel and take the time to enjoy whatever comes your way, don't force anything on your self it won't be as productive if you do (thought that's just my opinion)
(BTW it's one of the best movies i've seen lately)
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haha ok gotcha
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Re: I watched Wonder Boys last night. [Re: ClammyJoe]
#5842153 - 07/10/06 11:44 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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TheMadConductor said: Good Choice, a break from MJ never hurt anybody.
anyone else find this wierdo annoying?
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Re: I watched Wonder Boys last night. [Re: ClammyJoe]
#5842161 - 07/10/06 11:46 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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TheMadConductor said: TAKE YOUR LIFE BACK!
Like i said in ODD, i guess smoking those stems didnt work out for you conductor?
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Re: I watched Wonder Boys last night. [Re: Jalruza]
#5842163 - 07/10/06 11:47 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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If buy "this wierdo" you mean "this weirdo" and if by "this weirdo" you mean you, then yeah. Please don't derail my thread by trolling TheMadConductor.
-------------------- 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: I watched Wonder Boys last night. [Re: Jalruza]
#5842166 - 07/10/06 11:48 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
Jalruza said:
Quote:
TheMadConductor said: Good Choice, a break from MJ never hurt anybody.
anyone else find this wierdo annoying as shit?
anyone else find this weirdo annoying as shit?
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Re: I watched Wonder Boys last night. [Re: PurpleKush]
#5842183 - 07/10/06 11:55 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Re: I watched Wonder Boys last night. [Re: ClammyJoe]
#5842197 - 07/10/06 11:58 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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i was talking about mission impossible over there, not you
you make me laugh sometimes
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Re: I watched Wonder Boys last night. [Re: ClammyJoe]
#5842200 - 07/10/06 11:58 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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^^^
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Re: I watched Wonder Boys last night. [Re: PurpleKush]
#5842202 - 07/10/06 11:59 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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^^^ What does that even mean?
Thread offically starts back on main point....
<-HERE->
So what were we talking about again?
Edited by TheMadConductor (07/10/06 12:01 PM)
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Re: I watched Wonder Boys last night. [Re: ClammyJoe]
#5842216 - 07/10/06 12:05 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Re: I watched Wonder Boys last night. [Re: ClammyJoe]
#5842235 - 07/10/06 12:14 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
TheMadConductor said:
Thread offically starts back on main point....
<-HERE->
So what were we talking about again?
There is no point, except robot said something about what a pideful life some lead if you get off on smoking schwag and stems for years and then for some reason take a break
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Re: I watched Wonder Boys last night. [Re: Jalruza]
#5842261 - 07/10/06 12:24 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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:No flames:
Edited by coda (07/10/06 02:39 PM)
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Re: I watched Wonder Boys last night. [Re: Jalruza]
#5842267 - 07/10/06 12:26 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Taken care of.
I have a personal set of rules that I use to make sure that I don't abuse myself when it comes to smoking pot. I rarely smoke during the day...but I do occasionally break this one under special circumstances.
I never, ever, ever smoke when I have to go to work. Even if I don't have to work until 5 or 6 at night, I will not smoke anything until I get home.
Always share.
Oh wait, that last one is a given.
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Re: I watched Wonder Boys last night. [Re: CherryBom]
#5842273 - 07/10/06 12:27 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Definitely always share...although I do a fair share of my smoking alone, I always share when others are around and look forward to it...I need to turn smoking into a sort of rewards thing...need to accomplish things before I let myself get stoned.
-------------------- 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: I watched Wonder Boys last night. [Re: CherryBom]
#5842275 - 07/10/06 12:29 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I hated smoking during the day, thats one of the first things that lead me to quit smoking was the burnt out feeling I'd get about 2-3 in the afternoon. I like being somewhat productive, and I just couldn't get off the couch.
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/sniff sniff
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Quote:
OneMoreRobot3021 said: If buy "this wierdo" you mean "this weirdo" and if by "this weirdo" you mean you, then yeah. Please don't derail my thread by trolling TheMadConductor.
Yeah, he's definitely trolling the conductor. What a psycho. Conductor must have said something that Ruza didn't like. People get so caught up in other's opinions of them, that they just spend all of their time following that person around and disputing everything they say. Lame.
Anyway, back on topic. I have not seen that movie, but I definitely agree with you on the pot break. I need to do it, too. It is the only thing in my life that I am not moderate with and it causes me to feel unhappy and makes me waste bud in a feeble attempt to get high. I'll get high, but it only lasts a short time. It's good herb, too, so there's no reason to waste it. I think a break is in order. Today's as good a day as any to start, too. Thanks for the provocative thought stream!
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Re: I watched Wonder Boys last night. [Re: goobler]
#5842404 - 07/10/06 01:13 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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