When you are feeling blue..

[NWFlyer 2]

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A good hard workout at the gym, or even just a long walk around my neighborhood can sometimes do wonders. Anything that gets me "out of my head" is a good thing, otherwise I'll just sit and stew in my own thoughts.

And, I used this very technique tonight, combined with another favorite technique - spending time with old friends talking about anything and everything.

Great workout, great dinner with two of my oldest and dearest friends... it's good for the soul and defnitely helped me forget the craptastic day I had at work. I went from being so angry I was almost in tears to feeling the rush of endorphins from the workout and a warm feeling of contentment that a good meal and good company can bring.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[Muenkel 0]

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Oh lookie.. Chris is Post Whoring away and just passed 9800 posts......

I did? I didn't even notice. This is why I like you Jeanne.
But I still want to knock your lights out in SC.

Chris

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[Amazon 7]

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But I still want to knock your lights out in SC

No way Jose....... you would not want to get on my plumbers ass crack lite beer list....now would you....

[Muenkel 0]

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But I still want to knock your lights out in SC

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No way Jose....... you would not want to get on my plumbers ass crack lite beer list....now would you....

Maybe.

Chris

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[AggieDave 6]

I have a "comfort" afternoon.

It starts with Freebirds on Northgate, followed directly by a good haircut at Northgate Barbershop. If I'm really down I tend to get a 4-finger whitewall haircut. That way the barber will sit there and massage aftershave in your scalp after using a razor to shave the whitewalls. Laugh, but if you've ever had a haircut like that you know what I mean. The haircut is followed by a trip to Barnes and Nobles where I'll go ahead and spend $4 on a coffee then spend the next hour reading magazines and parts of books sitting in a big comfy chair. I tend to blank everyone around me out during this.

All of this is typically followed up by a good solid 2-hr nap.


Sounds strange huh? That afternoon started when I was a freshmen at A&M and in the corps of cadets. Even my first semester I would go out of my way to schedule classes so I'd have one afternoon off a week. That way I could go that (which also included dropping off and picking up my uniforms from the dry cleaners). The downside was I was on a bicycle or on foot, so Barnes and Nobles didn't typically happen. That was substituded nicely by riding as fast as I could through campus on my trusty old Rockhopper. The SPDs clicked when I walked around doing my errands, but it made life very fun on campus being able to launch up and off of anything I needed to or wanted to.

Those days seemed complicated and stressful, now I look back at them and smile for how simple life was. With each change in my life the stress level rises, atleast my last doctor visit showed my blood pressure to be very healthy. I realize that no one will read this post all the way through, it was nice to post about it though. It brought a smile to my face.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[MarkR 0]

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You've gotta love skydivers, porn seems to work it's way into every topic!!

Oh, c'mon... we all know what the internet was made for:

http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=5430343841227974645

»Somewhere between the lies and truths borderlines get shady.
Somewhere between the yesses and nos you can find the maybe.«

[jumpjunkie2004 0]

Great post...it made me smile : )

Everything is relative. When you are young, you think that life is stressful. As you grow older, you realize how nice it was to be young and not have the complications and added stress that come with age.

Thank you for posting : )

Jump, Land, Pack, Repeat...

[Frenchy68 0]

Opera or Russian Monastic Vespers Choirs, and single malt Whisky.

"For once you have tasted Absinthe you will walk the earth with your eyes turned towards the gutter, for there you have been and there you will long to return."

[wmw999 2,577]

Unfortunately, generally I stay at home and watch a few episodes of Law and Order, go look at dz.com, realize that nobody cares (which is mainly true because they're not long-distance mind-readers), and fall into bed too late, waking up groggy in the morning.

Sound effective? Nope .

But making sure I take the time to work out in the morning, particularly riding my bicycle to work (so I can feel both buff and virtuous) helps. Doing something for someone else can help -- thinking about someone else can stop me from thinking about myself. I also make sure and take vitamins.

And if I need support, I ask for it.

So don't try my first technique. Years and years of practice have demonstrated it to be thoroughly ineffective

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)