26SidedCube Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Hey guys, 26 signing in for one of my pre-evacuation posts. Right now there's a few things on my mind: _1. I have a tendency to move into areas, or even situations for that matter, and subciously set myself up for things to my advantage. Example? I am smoking free cigarettes right now. Why? Well, a few months ago a random old man started talking to me out of what I'm going to assume was lonliness. I befriend 'Rudy' and talk to him at random hours when he's out being drunk and 70 and I'm coming back from painting. Turns out he's friends with all the local store owners in the area and now they all realize I'm a down-to-earth, respectful guy. I now have free smokes. _2. Wanda Sykes? Am I missing something? _3. Today I was coming back from about an hour uptown to find that a few of the trains from here to there are being worked on. This means plenty of transferrs and trouble for me. Finally after my 45 minute trip turns into near two hours and I'm one transfer away from home sitting on the R with my foot up on the bar staring out the window trying to make sense of the tunnel paint whizzing by (saw some Revs and Sane, surpise) and this little eccentic man decides to walk where my leg is. This is no problem. I move my leg so he can get by and make sure I'm not imposing on his sitting (even though he sits directly next to me while there is about 20 open seats in this particular car). He then tells me to take down my leg because he is 75 and he's trying to teach my generation something. Not polite, very rude and I was having a long, shitty day. There's no 'so then I told him I'm tough' to this story, I stared forward blankly and stated that I was having a long day and to not talk, I also let him know I respect him but I'm not in the mood for it. This brings me to think a couple things... this thread isn't going anywhere but I felt like spilling out my day's theme: ___A. I like living in a metropolis for the sake people like this old man do not talk to me. In a small town people feel it's their business to interact with you... where as here, everyone is a faceless, lifeless sim to me. I only have to not run into them and they won't try to interact with me unless there is some unspoken vibe. Sort of the contrary to my first point. ___B. Why do some people feel they have a place letting you know what you're doing bothers them? This is something that has somehow ALWAYS escaped me. Unless I am being directly offended/feel someone is greatly stepping out of line rarely will I even give them the head's up.. it's not going to stick so why waste the breathe? If anything what you're doing is counter-productive. I realize this underminds what I'm saying, but today I did feel old was out of line.. and so did the other 3 people he harassed after I turned him away... Yeah, that looks a lot longer than it really is. Now I'm off to potty. Anyone else have a take on any of these things/ feel like calling me an asshole? Go for it. Now I hit submit and waste server space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duh-rye-won Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 i think wanda sykes is OK. :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted April 26, 2004 Author Share Posted April 26, 2004 Originally posted by iquit i think wanda sykes is OK. :o I don't know... I could maybe find her sort of cute in a weird way, but that's all I see. Sort of like how Colin Quin fumbles with speech but has the ideas behind what he's saying, well I see her as the polar opposite. Lacks in having anything worthwhile to say but can talk until she's dark-purple in the face. Jokes aren't supposed to end in 'or some shit, ya know?'. I'm bitter when it comes to marginally-talented comedians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bruno Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Originally posted by iquit i think wanda sykes is OK. :o Nah, nigga, nah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAMPS Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 I think today was a FINE example of this! So a couple of years ago in my jazz class a college kid is called in to do some seminars with some of the students. He was a drummer so he worked on the rythim section (im the drummer) and we hit it off with jokes and banter about other drummers n sutch..well every time he came to do clinics it was a grand time cuz we just hung out and fucked around with free jazz n sutch.. so its NOW and we kept in touch, he just graduated from college and lives with these other musiciaans in the same town, he calls me up and says hes having a BBQ and i should come by..i grab some chips and head out. When Im there the place is packed with girls and other musicians from the college, so im fairly stoked at this get together.. im let in handed a beer and introduced to manny a people i have seen perform in town but never knew..so after sutffing our faces with burgers and beer, one of the roomies pulls out a guitar and some other dude yoinks out this crazy analog keybord with allsorts of diddlys and they state "its jam time"..I hop on the drums and we start going at it. others join in with bongos and basses and guitars...people are digging it..im drunk..its sweet. We jam for a good 3 hours till about 11:30 pm (they have a LUCKY living situation, big house, no one cares if there is music pumping till midnight) so after the jam everyone was stoked on what we had just created..so we exchange numbers for future musical projects, I think I have a new band to start with some of the best musicians in our town!...anyway everyone chills out..the party dissipates and its about time to head home, i snag a few beers for home..get some more numbers from dudes and i head out to home... now im here, drinking beer and thinking about the future of my musical carere. all is good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duh-rye-won Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Originally posted by 26SidedCube I don't know... I could maybe find her sort of cute in a weird way, but that's all I see. Sort of like how Colin Quin fumbles with speech but has the ideas behind what he's saying, well I see her as the polar opposite. Lacks in having anything worthwhile to say but can talk until she's dark-purple in the face. Jokes aren't supposed to end in 'or some shit, ya know?'. I'm bitter when it comes to marginally-talented comedians. well i personally think all female comedians pretty much blow. she was kinda funny in pootie tang tho, dont you think? she opened for dave chappelle when i saw his stand up 4 or 5 yrs ago. she wasn't bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Hammmmburger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted April 26, 2004 Author Share Posted April 26, 2004 Originally posted by CRAMPS I think today was a FINE example of this! So a couple of years ago in my jazz class a college kid is called in to do some seminars with some of the students. He was a drummer so he worked on the rythim section (im the drummer) and we hit it off with jokes and banter about other drummers n sutch..well every time he came to do clinics it was a grand time cuz we just hung out and fucked around with free jazz n sutch.. so its NOW and we kept in touch, he just graduated from college and lives with these other musiciaans in the same town, he calls me up and says hes having a BBQ and i should come by..i grab some chips and head out. When Im there the place is packed with girls and other musicians from the college, so im fairly stoked at this get together.. im let in handed a beer and introduced to manny a people i have seen perform in town but never knew..so after sutffing our faces with burgers and beer, one of the roomies pulls out a guitar and some other dude yoinks out this crazy analog keybord with allsorts of diddlys and they state "its jam time"..I hop on the drums and we start going at it. others join in with bongos and basses and guitars...people are digging it..im drunk..its sweet. We jam for a good 3 hours till about 11:30 pm (they have a LUCKY living situation, big house, no one cares if there is music pumping till midnight) so after the jam everyone was stoked on what we had just created..so we exchange numbers for future musical projects, I think I have a new band to start with some of the best musicians in our town!...anyway everyone chills out..the party dissipates and its about time to head home, i snag a few beers for home..get some more numbers from dudes and i head out to home... now im here, drinking beer and thinking about the future of my musical carere. all is good! Bingo! Almost the same thing happened to me the other nite while I was drunk and wandering through the transit system. Bumped into some cat selling CDs, was geeked on what he had to saw, bullshitted about music we're making, recent releases, recording time, yadda yadda, exchanged info.. now I potentially have another kid to get down on making some music, having fun and on top of all that.. he knows more people than I do which is always a plus. Yay for being charismatic to the right types of people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoHuxtable Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Originally posted by mr.yuck Hammmmburger LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted April 26, 2004 Author Share Posted April 26, 2004 Originally posted by iquit well i personally think all female comedians pretty much blow. she was kinda funny in pootie tang tho, dont you think? she opened for dave chappelle when i saw his stand up 4 or 5 yrs ago. she wasn't bad. Alright, maybe I'm not giving her much of a chance cause I've never experianced how she can carry a crowd. I get my impression comparing her to people like Hicks, Carlin and Leary... I guess those are high standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casekonly Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 i made some iced cappucino that gave me the shits, my dog died, and i barely slept last night, save for the couple of hours of dozing to the all night news channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoblow Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 I have a new job, it's full time and i'm still having trouble adjusting to less sleep. Fuck a boss who expects you to jump around and yell and be cheerful at 7.30 in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 blaazed Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 Originally posted by 26SidedCube Hey guys, 26 signing in for one of my pre-evacuation posts. Right now there's a few things on my mind: _1. I have a tendency to move into areas, or even situations for that matter, and subciously set myself up for things to my advantage. Example? I am smoking free cigarettes right now. Why? Well, a few months ago a random old man started talking to me out of what I'm going to assume was lonliness. I befriend 'Rudy' and talk to him at random hours when he's out being drunk and 70 and I'm coming back from painting. Turns out he's friends with all the local store owners in the area and now they all realize I'm a down-to-earth, respectful guy. I now have free smokes. _2. Wanda Sykes? Am I missing something? _3. Today I was coming back from about an hour uptown to find that a few of the trains from here to there are being worked on. This means plenty of transferrs and trouble for me. Finally after my 45 minute trip turns into near two hours and I'm one transfer away from home sitting on the R with my foot up on the bar staring out the window trying to make sense of the tunnel paint whizzing by (saw some Revs and Sane, surpise) and this little eccentic man decides to walk where my leg is. This is no problem. I move my leg so he can get by and make sure I'm not imposing on his sitting (even though he sits directly next to me while there is about 20 open seats in this particular car). He then tells me to take down my leg because he is 75 and he's trying to teach my generation something. Not polite, very rude and I was having a long, shitty day. There's no 'so then I told him I'm tough' to this story, I stared forward blankly and stated that I was having a long day and to not talk, I also let him know I respect him but I'm not in the mood for it. This brings me to think a couple things... this thread isn't going anywhere but I felt like spilling out my day's theme: ___A. I like living in a metropolis for the sake people like this old man do not talk to me. In a small town people feel it's their business to interact with you... where as here, everyone is a faceless, lifeless sim to me. I only have to not run into them and they won't try to interact with me unless there is some unspoken vibe. Sort of the contrary to my first point. ___B. Why do some people feel they have a place letting you know what you're doing bothers them? This is something that has somehow ALWAYS escaped me. Unless I am being directly offended/feel someone is greatly stepping out of line rarely will I even give them the head's up.. it's not going to stick so why waste the breathe? If anything what you're doing is counter-productive. I realize this underminds what I'm saying, but today I did feel old was out of line.. and so did the other 3 people he harassed after I turned him away... Yeah, that looks a lot longer than it really is. Now I'm off to potty. Anyone else have a take on any of these things/ feel like calling me an asshole? Go for it. Now I hit submit and waste server space. welcome to ny my man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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