RandomKoolzip
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Fri Apr-30-04 09:38 AM
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Am I the only human being alive who has no Friends? |
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I'm so lonely!
Actually, I've seen maybe four episodes of "Friends" in my life, each time feeling like I needed a deep, deep soul-cleaning after it was over. REALLY don't like the show (I hear lots of white people do, though).
Maybe that's why I have no Friends....
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Fri Apr-30-04 09:38 AM
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1. but..............but..................Austin |
RandomKoolzip
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Fri Apr-30-04 09:41 AM
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2. Hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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You ready for the next round of MST 3k's yet? If you needs, I gots.
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Fri Apr-30-04 09:43 AM
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damn right.
MST3K is da bomb!!!!!!
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ewagner
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Fri Apr-30-04 09:42 AM
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3. Sometimes I feel the same way |
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After I left Public Service for the last time I isolated myself for a long time. Kept my focus on my wife and my son and gave up almost all social life. I was disgusted not only with government but people in general. Once, I said that my public service career had been an exercise in looking at society through the anal orifice and I was just tired of it.
I'm paying for it now. Friends have moved away or moved on.
How pathetic is it when I consider people on DU who respond to my posts as my friends.......??????
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Fri Apr-30-04 09:51 AM
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8. Dude, you sound like me ... |
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Outside of the wife & kids, lots of associates but no "friends."
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Fri Apr-30-04 10:05 AM
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to get back out into the community...on the local Dem exec committee, Feingold Campaign etc....but my cynicism and basic mistrust is getting the best of me..........
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Fri Apr-30-04 10:16 AM
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15. Well, it's hard to make real friends once you're grown-up ... |
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I mean the kind of friends you had when you were a kid, you could just hang-out together and kill time.
Noone has time for that anymore, and it's a shame. And everyone is, for lack of a better word, guarded.
Why is it that we all look back and tell stories about our high-school and college days even ten and twenty years later. Shouldn't there be alot more stories to tell since then?
Well, good luck. I thought I had the whole thing sussed out by marrying my best friend - but that can have its down side as well.
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Fri Apr-30-04 09:43 AM
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5. I am not big on the show either, i thought it was over all ready. |
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i found out the season finale is next week? i think.
sitcoms just don't do it for me.
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Fri Apr-30-04 09:43 AM
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6. I have friends, but not like that |
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Actually, I am pretty lonely most of the time. But I have two dogs to keep me company. :-(
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Fri Apr-30-04 09:52 AM
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10. Well, today you have three dawgs to keep you company! |
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Fri Apr-30-04 10:13 AM
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Where were you this winter?! I live in the North Country and endured many a Three Dog Night, LOL!:D
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Fri Apr-30-04 10:17 AM
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Now I'm gonna be humming "Mama told me not to come" all day!
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Fri Apr-30-04 10:43 AM
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25. Sorry, but I couldn't resist |
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Plus, my dogs are very small. A nine-pound Brussels Griffon and a little terrier. I guess I should invest in dogs more appropriate to snow country, like a Malamute or Siberian Husky!:-)
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Fri Apr-30-04 10:47 AM
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26. Well, I've got a Jack Russell/Chihuahua mix ... |
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There is no more aggravating dog!
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Sun May-02-04 02:01 AM
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39. I cannot imagine what this dog looks like |
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Got a photo? He sounds adorable, but also a handful. My little guy is not too bad, as he is so small, but my terrier is a real nut. I feel bad for yelling at her, but I am so afraid she is going to get into trouble. She sometimes runs around like she's possessed. I am thinking of taking her for obedience training, but I really think she just needs to be sedated, only kidding.:D
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Fri Apr-30-04 09:44 AM
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7. Never seen a single episode! |
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Fri Apr-30-04 09:51 AM
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9. I have exactly one friend who isn't online-only |
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not counting my lover, and it took me eighteen months to find that one. Moving tends to drastically deplete your supply.
I do think Internet 'ships of various kinds are just as important, if different from, "real" ones. I knew my soulmate for six years here, and finally got face time. I was in love from the first look. And we met on a BBS--though not this one. : ) Hence the moving...utterly worth it.
Peace, man. Don't look for them, and friends will find you.
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Fri Apr-30-04 10:11 AM
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Making friends is hard, especially when you're out of school and no longer in that 24/7, must-interact-with-people mode. Most of the people I hang out with offline are people I knew in college, who've moved nearby.
Online, it's different. I've only "met" my friend Tommy maybe three times, but I've known him for more than 12 years. We met on a Prodigy bulletin board years ago, and we've kept in touch (on and off, but on now) since.
I've also met quite a few DUers offline. I went to a party at RandomKoolZip's, I knew nobody there, except my husband. We had another party earlier in the evening -- the host was my friend who I've known since I was four, and I knew quite a few people there. I had a lot more fun at RKZ's.
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Fri Apr-30-04 10:15 AM
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14. I also welcome you to DU, XIX !!! |
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Glad to have you with us. You will also find many kindred spirits here.:-)
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Fri Apr-30-04 10:17 AM
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16. I actually watched the past 2 episodes, and will watch the finale. |
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I have to.
For my own mental health, I need to make sure it is dead.
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RandomKoolzip
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Fri Apr-30-04 10:29 AM
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19. That show gives caucasians a bad name. |
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Really, white people are, in general, okay people! Really, we are! Most of us are nothing like Joey, Chandler, or......Edgar, or whatever the skinny-headed one's name is.
Did you know that in Matt LeBlanc's native France, he is known as "Matt The White?"
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Whitacre D_WI
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Fri Apr-30-04 10:33 AM
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21. I must insist that you watch the finale, RKZ. |
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Seriously. You won't honestly be able to say that you know ennui until you do. Ten years the show's been on, and it is still impossible to give a fuck! 'tis the perfect Baudelarian diversion!
I also recommend it for those with guilt issues. Watching "Friends" is like wearing a postmodern hairshirt.
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Fri Apr-30-04 10:35 AM
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23. I'd rather have my genitals cut off, stuck in my mouth and |
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my lips sewn shut than have to watch that awful offal once more. Maybe that's just me, though.
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Whitacre D_WI
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Fri Apr-30-04 10:48 AM
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27. Have you been listening to "The Blue Mask" again? |
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I keep telling you, early-'80s Reed counterindicates your medication.
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Fri Apr-30-04 10:49 AM
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I'm pretty sure I'd rather watch the show.
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Fri Apr-30-04 10:28 AM
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18. Deputy Dan has no friends. |
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If you can cite the Deputy Dan Coloring Book, you REALLY know your Firesign.
If you can cite it in SPANISH, you need a new life.
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RandomKoolzip
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Fri Apr-30-04 10:30 AM
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20. Don't follow the balls when they make the street? |
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Edited on Fri Apr-30-04 10:33 AM by RandomKoolzip
"Right on!"
Deputy Dan es su amigo.
(Definitely one of my fave Firesign sketches)
Deputy Dan will find us no matter how far away we go.
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Fri Apr-30-04 11:02 AM
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31. And Lo, there came unto them Phillip, called Punter; |
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and he was Lillian Roth in his extremity.
Merrily, Merrily he said unto them say, Merrily Merrily.
And he came. And he came unto the house of his mother's brother's father's servant saing, "Where am I?"
And there was no one there to answer him sayin, Yea, no where; but in the land of reversable cups, and sanitary pedistiles, and he dwelt in that land a long time, like worms from a hot cheese log.
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Fri Apr-30-04 10:35 AM
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22. Lots of acquaintences but no abiding friendships |
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Whoever it was upthread who said it's hard to meet people after you get out of school has it about right. :-(
But I wasn't all that social in high school, either. :-(
I do try to get out and meet people, but it's hard to take it to a plane other than just the temporary project you're working on.
I wish we all lived in DU town. :hug:
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Fri Apr-30-04 10:42 AM
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24. Hey, let's make a DU town! |
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A gated freeper-free community! That's it!
:bounce:
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Fri Apr-30-04 10:53 AM
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30. Hee. I don't want to live in a gated-community |
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just a place where I could see at least several of my fellow DUers every day. That would be nice.
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Fri Apr-30-04 10:50 AM
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Edited on Fri Apr-30-04 10:51 AM by Lars39
DU town would be cool. :) We could name a street or two after Depp.:)
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Fri Apr-30-04 11:19 AM
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32. How about The Matcom Memorial Sperm Bank? |
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Fri Apr-30-04 11:23 AM
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34. The Iron Chefs Sushi Bar |
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Fri Apr-30-04 11:22 AM
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filled with Costco and Target boxes. ;-)
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Fri Apr-30-04 11:26 AM
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35. I'd settle for Cap'n Jack Sparrow Boulevard ! |
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Fri Apr-30-04 06:30 PM
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but I never saw The Cosby Show or Cheers or 99% of the other regular TV shows, either. Ever.
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Fri Apr-30-04 06:35 PM
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37. What a friend we have in Jesus |
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Fri Apr-30-04 06:38 PM
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my Dad's gardner? Whodda thunk. :shrug:
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