The Bar... Volume#2

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:22 pm

Hi Deb! Wow, I really need an afternoon pick me up. I can barely keep my eyes open. How's kicks?

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:35 pm

I'm trying to figure out how to decompress from Burning Man and the Woodstock Film Festival!

Haven't had time yet to decompress. I feel really weird 'cause the world has moved on but I'm still just getting back into reality.

Got home from Woodstock in time to do Thanksgiving with the kids. Didn't even have time to make my regular Burning Man slide show that they expect to see at Thanksgiving!

Need more coffee too! And maybe some chocolate.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:41 pm

Sounds like you need a few weeks to just sit and chill

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:02 pm

well deb, i've been slowly weening myself off of acid since the event...

i'm down to two tabs, 500 mics a day from a whopping 25-30 per diem while at burning man.

i find operating a motor vehicle to be a little less taxing, but not as colorful or as thrilling.

i can finally hold a meaningless conversation with people i could care less about and have gotten over the whole "Us , Us, WE!" thing and have reverted back to "What's in it for ME" mantra.

i figure in a couple of weeks, after i stop using LSD, i should be able to morally and ethically ignore any job or destructive task i am given to do, and just collect the cash without fear of conscience getting in the way.

it's so good to be back to the REAL world, where pieces of paper can make anyone do anything if there are enough involved.

maybe i'll just do cocaine, like all of my banker / financial investment manager friends since the bail-out.

Burn-Out?.......nah, that's for hippies who have sucked way too much nitrous.

i've broken thru the wall of jaded, and returned back fresh as a theatre major, arriving for the first time at burning man, with a truckload of costumes, and a new modern psychedelic reworking of "Cat on a hot tin Roof" featuring a shirtcocker as Stanley Kowalski.

now THAT'S fresh.

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theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:21 pm

(sppppppppppppt. psssssssssssst. Simon. Stanley. Streetcar)

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:45 pm

ooops....oh well...not my forte....sorry for the mixed meta-brando-phor but i was, am not, nor never will be a theatre major...

cat on a hot tin streetcar named roofie.

i like it.

thisisthatwhichis · Post by **thisisthatwhichis** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:03 pm

Yup, I geet acid ideegestion once in a whiiile..... but rite now.... I could use sumthin stronger than a beer.......

Work suuuks.....

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:53 pm

Simon of the Playa wrote:ooops....oh well...not my forte....sorry for the mixed meta-brando-phor but i was, am not, nor never will be a theatre major...

cat on a hot tin streetcar named roofie.

i like it.

Maybe Stanley does need to be transplanted.

Then you can work on Willy Lowman in the Crucible.

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:19 am

maybe i'll just do cocaine, like all of my banker / financial investment manager friends since the bail-out.

What? I never figured you would be such a bubble gummer?
Is it the tooth that is leading you down this path?

I always thought you would go for something much more toxic, like
ammonium perchlorate, laced with mescaline.

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:58 am

cloudy day,
seems like a day for flaming drinks.

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sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:02 pm

Yes! That would be great.

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:06 pm

One for you.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:18 pm

That's going to be a bit tough to drink

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:48 pm

ammonium perchlorate huh...have to try that.

no goathead, i swore off the stuff a long time ago, nothing good ever comes of it.

this stuff on the other hand is the shit...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-quinuclidinyl_benzilate

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:15 pm

drinks for all......my power is back on..........yay

it's funny how we take electricity for granted..........

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:31 pm

ammonium perchlorate always fun.

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Kind of tough on marshmallow factories though.

BZ
Speech becomes slurred and often senseless, and loss of inflection produces a flat, monotonous voice. References become concrete and semiautomatic with colloquialisms, clichÃ©s, profanity, and perseveration. Handwriting also deteriorates. Semiautomatic behavior may also include disrobing

Almost sounds like Tequila.

littleflower · Post by **littleflower** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:02 pm

i hope somebody grabbed some of those marshmallows to toast on their way out...

oooooh, i found a marshmallow drink ... hot vanilla rum with marshmallows ... ! mmmmmmmmm

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:07 pm

littleflower wrote:i hope somebody grabbed some of those marshmallows to toast on their way out...

oooooh, i found a marshmallow drink ... hot vanilla rum with marshmallows ... ! mmmmmmmmm

MMMmmmmm

that does sound YUMMY.

thisisthatwhichis · Post by **thisisthatwhichis** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:46 pm

LittleFlower, I'm so glad you seem to have had a good time on Playa this year...... You fit right in with this dusty crowd........

And thanks for the rum idea!!!!! I'll have one!

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:52 pm

Looks good to me too.

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:09 pm

Anyone still in the bar?

I'm thinking of one those marshmallow rum drinks too. We had snow here today so our winter has started and it likely won't end til April. What have we done to this earth???

And it's kinda of a mellow night for me - Caleb died six months ago tonight. Sometimes it feels like a decade ago and sometimes it feels like yesterday.

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gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:17 pm

Hey, I'm up looking for nail pullers.

Snow?
That's a little outrageous.

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:32 pm

Hey gyre, how you doin'?

Nice to meet you on the playa!

Yeah, snow is outrageous at this time of year. When I was a kid we looked forward to a white Christmas and even that was touch and go. Now my granddaughters are going to grow up expecting it at Hallowe'en.

Must have a project underway if you're searching for nail pullers.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 10:40 pm

Lately we hardly see snow here anymore, though I do hear predictions of a winter.

I haven't even worn my parka in years.

I have one of the good nail pullers, or I did.
But I can't wait to find it anymore.

How are you holding up?

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:03 pm

Mostly I'm okay, thanks for asking. Anniversary dates are kind of weird. Like tonight. I don't know what I'm feeling exactly - melancholy, I suppose is the right word. Not depressed exactly but very sad. Kinda teary.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:33 pm

I don't think much about anniversary dates, but maybe that's because I never remember dates.
But I know what you mean.

When burning man comes up each year, it reminds me of my friend who always wanted to go.
The closest he got was driving me to the airport and seeing the malcolm episode once.

He had traveled so much, he knew right where gerlach was.

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:45 pm

Hmm, yeah, I don't know why but this anniversary just popped into my memory late in the afternoon and I realized why I had been dragging myself around today. So I acknowledged why I was feeling the way I was feeling hoping that it would just go away. But it lingers.

I'm also having lots of misgivings about an important decision I have to make tomorrow. I have to decide whether to sell my house or sign a second mortgage to buy out my ex-husband. I'm waivering between loving this place and wanting some freedom. Not sure which way I'm going to go yet.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:52 pm

Just depends on what you want, I guess.
But if the mortgage would make it easier or easy to sell in the future, maybe it's not too much of a commitment?

Deb Prothero · Post by **Deb Prothero** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:10 am

It's strange that we aren't really taught a process for making big decisions. I wish I could just plug everything into a formula and out would pop the best answer.

But these kind of things are very nebulous. I'm very uncertain about what I do want.

I'm kind of worried about whether I can manage or not. The second mortgage would come close to making me house poor and have much less free money for things I really like to do. I'll figure it out and meet my obligations if that's what I decide to do but its tricky.

It's just making the decision is so difficult.

The second mortgage might make it easier to sell in the future, I suppose. The first mortgage is exceptional at 1.85%. The best I could get on the second is 4.5%. I keep hearing stories about further doom and gloom economically though and I wonder if the value of the house will hold with the Ford Assembly Plant here scheduled to close in 2011.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 12:28 am

That's a real consideration these days.
You should find some professionals at this, and not just real estate agents.
Ask around.
There are few good appraisers around.
Those interest rates sound good to me.