The Bar... Volume#2

Little Ali · Post by **Little Ali** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:38 am

I can only say one thing about that

M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:44 am

mead is only honey, water, and yeast......it should be gluten free, no?

FaeTora · Post by **FaeTora** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:47 am

yes. So is wine. ooh which reminds me yg. When you get a chance, I need to talk to you abut a gift for someone.

Though I have only had mead twice and it didnt taste that great, but maybe it ws just the kinds I tried. I believe one should try things many times in life because you never know how your tastes will change.

bigbluedoggy · Post by **bigbluedoggy** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:48 am

**peeks out from under NEB**

Time to get back to prep work! Need coffee!!

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:50 am

some mead is much better than others.......just like wine.
GH's camp has mead, at times.
I'll prolly bring some of the batch I'm brewing.

HI BBD!!!!

How's things?

(edit to pour BBD java)

FaeTora · Post by **FaeTora** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:52 am

Oh my gawd, I'm so happy my headache is almost completely gone!

::does a little dance::

BBD, I didn't know you were here. ::snuggles:: next time I think I will take a scuba mask and explore in the NEB, that might be fun.

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:00 am

What I was drinking last night... I call it a Detente. Puts a detente in your head. An Amerikanski twist on a Russki favorite...

Like a Rum and coke... just sub the Makers for the Rum, and the Kvass for the Coke.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:11 am

Mead, a divine gift from the invertebrate kingdom.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:22 am

Post by **AntiM** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:42 am

pinemom wrote:G'mornin AntiM, so inquiring minds wanna know...how much fun did your blinkie have last night? hahahahaaaaaa

Yeah, I only read 4 threads on here these days....Dont have time for trivial BS!

Love you all....weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!~

The blinkyness is extremely satisfied. Extreeeemely.

Yeah, I don't have the time, but it is kinda my obligation.

FaeTora · Post by **FaeTora** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:58 am

AntiM, I know your job is a very thankles one and it comes with a lot of annoying statements and remarks but I wanted you to know that many here love and appreciate all that you do.

VeganChoirGirl · Post by **VeganChoirGirl** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 11:07 am

Seconded, FT. ::hug:: for AntiM.

I on the other hand have returned from deep NEB for a snuggle and some breakfast...and perhaps a beer. Yum.

bigbluedoggy · Post by **bigbluedoggy** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 12:35 pm

Geez, how did all of this stuff get so dusty... I don't need to go to the playa; I've got plenty of it right here already.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 12:40 pm

AntiM wrote:I shouldn't read eplaya before breakfast. I am still enraged (fuck cancer, but fuck hippies more).

(((((((AntiM))))))))

I don't know what to say. Just like I didn't know in that thread. But I had a glimpse of it, and part of it is the whole "Inspiration" thing. I would never say
"You are an Inspiration to me, AntiM" because I know too much of my own pain and the way that people who see me through that "inspiration" lens in some real way make me simpler and less real than I actually am.
But I am in awe of your strength. These past few weeks cannot have been easy (although I do know that there is a numbness that can help) and you are here dealing with the eruptions of ugliness that seem to crop up this time of year. And you keep on. You bitch slap some idiot who has no concept of what you have survived and triggers it out of sheer idiocy, and you do it passionately, succinctly, and bravely. Yes, awe.
And in some ways, I know that that is a part of the human animal. That we can do similar feats if we reach for it, if that is what matters to us. That's where we might almost legitimately talk about "inspiration." Because knowing it can be done, makes it easier for us to do it.
I am proud to call you friend. And so grateful for the friendship you have shown me. Thanks again for sending Larry out to me last year, it was a blast.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 12:42 pm

MisaBlue wrote:box sack (have no idea if that is the word for it)

"Punching bag" actually. But boxers punch and sack and bag are much the same thing, so you came up with a very good alternative.

Post by **AntiM** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:01 pm

Well, shucks. Remind me to never let you catch me in a PMS rage, lest you glimpse my feet of clay. I'm really just me, just getting along the best way I can. If you can't laugh, you have to cry. I don't like the uphill journey, but it is better than the view from the box underground. You never know what will happen next; I think that's why death bothers me, you don't get to see the ending.

Yeah, I had to fax Dad's death certificate to Comcast again today, I took it in in person as requested. The damn fool clerk logged in the cable box, but failed to note dad was dead! I got the bill, got on the phone and went ballistic. And I just called Qwest, they hadn't put in the cancellation order. Argh.

I might abuse some alcohol now.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:22 pm

cancer.death.strength.life.

im very sorry for your loss anti-m, i can almost empathize, except my situation is yet to occur. My father is dying of cancer as well, yet i cant even begin to fathom him not being here....i havent processed what that will mean yet.

Obviously a time share in Denio.

(thats a pun for all of you who know how the locals pronounce it)

two things have actually choked me up recently, the first being the story of the couple who eloped in Afghanistan and were stoned to death for declaring their love...Defiantly as well.

everyone faces death alone, except for those rare instances when two souls walk together, hand in hand, comforted by the knowledge that their loved one is beside them. I am reminded of the Two Kissing Skeletons of Herculeum that was recently discovered.

it's rare such courage manifests itself, and refuses to budge, in the Name of Love.

The Second was reading about your loss and then it began to seep in...this will be me in the not too distant future.

thats when the choke started and the facade of stone fell across my face before the tears started and i would have to explain myself.

it's much easier to do it here.

A Toast to all who have gone, or are going soon. (Yg's aunt if im correct)

some people may question my choice of beverage. I don't. My Father likes it because it's cheap.

i like it because he does.

Little Ali · Post by **Little Ali** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:31 pm

Simon of the Playa wrote:

To absent friends and past loves.

On a related note I have heard a lot of stories recently of cancer going into remission. I believe that something good is happening and not to give up to quickly.

Post by **AntiM** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:33 pm

Sorry to hear your dad has cancer. It is a terrible journey, but there will be good patches.

I feel lucky, my dad died in his sleep, in his own bed, with his cats by his side. He had been declining, but wasn't in huge amounts of pain, just back pain. He was lonely since mom passed, but he didn't want new friends, or long visits from family. I could have forced him into a home, that may have extended his life a few years, but at what cost to his spirit? No, you do the best you can. It is never enough, so you have to make peace within your heart.

I'm angry cancer had taken my brothers at a young age (57) and my SIL who was six months younger than I am. What the fuck?

To face death in the embrace of another... makes me thoughtful. Do cats count?

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:38 pm

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 3:06 pm

yeah.......death..
yes, a toast, to those gone before.

In my business.......seems I've heard all the stories......but still, when it's a loved one, it gets ya.

I got one of my "automatic" writings the other day, before getting the latest update regarding my aunt.........not sure the meaning, not sure of much.

But, it sees applicable........not sure if this is the place to post it. but, well, we're sort of commiserating, at least, at the moment.
Forgive the awkward prose........I just write it, as I "hear" it.......

as follows:

38.
to hold the souls of the dead
in your grasp
and as if to say:
"no, don't go, I want you."
"it's all about me..........and my desire"
don't follow the light, don't do what must be done.
I, am what's important.
linger, here, suffer, as I do.

no, no, that's not right.
We hold memory dear, we dream, we re-live
we miss them and want the best.

and,
we must let go........
we must allow them, to travel to the distant shore,
to wake, from the nightmare we hold them in.

How selfish, to hold them here........their love for you
remains, but, the body does not......and, the soul is tortured.

release, love and release, for it is the way of things.

will you meet again? who knows, one would think not,
but, as souls intertwine, and pass each other in the crowded place of man..........one can hope, only to recognize........but, on can hope to catch the tide, as well.............

I loved you
I love you
and on this plane, I always will.
I will remember,
and, I will let you go.
Go, go now to your destiny, seek the path, find the bed, rest, and start again........

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 3:13 pm

wow...theres a Yg we never see.

truly beautiful.

your self deprecation does not hide the genius within that well, you know.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 3:23 pm

When my honey learned that she was terminal, she said, "I have so much I have to do!" I thought that meant she still wanted to work on her garden and do some traveling. But now I realize that she meant that she was being called - for some special purpose.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 4:43 pm

Ya make me weepy Ygmir. I think I'll cry in my beer for a bit.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 5:13 pm

Dang it, AntiM!

Do you think I don't have PMS-fueled behavior of my own?

Last weekend was dreadful, filled with the painful self-hatred that I can plunge into at those times. I'm not saying anything about it here, but I know about the teeth that our imperfections use to bite into our hearts. It's still part of the glory and horror of being human. Everybody shits. Whatever else we do, we belong to that tribe that produces pounds of that every year. And when you grow up and see both sides, that's a good place.

geospyder · Post by **geospyder** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 5:51 pm

(((((((((((((((((((((((((everyone)))))))))))))))))))))))))

FaeTora · Post by **FaeTora** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:31 pm

AntiM - all of us (yes even men) have our good and bad days. Its not the faults you make, its owning them. I got my cycle this week and I have to say, I ate 5 snickers bars and I almost bitched out a lady who was ass to a cashier. Not my best moments, but we are all mear humans. All you can do is try.

As for the companies not putting in deceased, we have been dealing with that with B for 2 months now. Some of them just don't get the memo I swear. I'm sorry that happening though.

On a good note, I got my evaluation and raise today! I got the highest my company is giving this year. :does a little dance:: Ironically enough it goes into effect the first day fo my paid vacation which is the beginning of BM.

Box Burner · Post by **Box Burner** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 8:37 pm

Excellent ygmir. Very excellent.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 9:54 pm

thanks gang........

how's everyone?

You know, I should know better than to do business with a "friend"

I need a drink..........

dang, tough couple of days.

magicmarty · Post by **magicmarty** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:23 pm

YG, your words do not surprize. They are you and their meaning is so beautiful and true. My thoughts are with you Anti M and Simon. I always wonder if my kids will harbor such deep feelings of loss and caring when in a few years it is my turn to leave. I really want them to celebrate their old man and know that he's had a wonderful life. Learn for themselves that there is only the present and to sense and enjoy that to the fullest in every moment. Carpe diem

Night all

The Bar... Volume#2

Suckers!