Reading rosyxxx's journal

This

..........is exactly the kind of thing I don't come here to read. It makes me realize that if I am vindictive in my words, I certainly am not this bad.

That's the ONLY redeeming quality to this post. And then I read: this one, with it's reference to "special places". Now tell me truly people, is this the kind of crap you look forward to reading when you have a spare moment? Because if it is, I don't want to know you.

Grow up. Most of us like to think about getting revenge...but this crap is beyond 'petty'. And you can't see the forest for the trees, can you?

It's one thing to 'snub' somebody, it's one thing to be a chatterbox about how much they piss you off........it is entirely another to go about the process of ruining their lives. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. This kind of stuff, just like that whole stupid vampire thread, where 80-bazillion responses appeared, makes me want to quit writing here.......and just go read salon.com.

If mountain goats like living at high elevations, why do none live in high rise apartment buildings?

I read your post and followed the links...I couldn't resist answering...it was kind of like going into a coffee shop that has a sign that says if your not completely satisfied return the unused portion with in 30 days for a full refund...and you ask them does that mean if I drink this cofee drink and don't like it can I return the unsused portion in 30 days for a full refund..

It only looks that way because your standing on your head.

I understand the frustration, but the solution is simple. When you come across posts like that, don't read them. I've read a lot of previous topics from you/topics you've posted under. You're smart enough to know when things are going south. Ignore it, move on. You know that there's plenty of great things to read and write here, and that the annoying stuff comes few and far between.

And besides, not only did you not ignore this post you linked, you actually posted in it more than once. You joined in. You can't crawl down into the mud, realize you don't like mud (which you'd already known before), and then get out and shake your finger at everyone else there. The title of this thread should be "What is wrong with us." if you want to be honest about it.

I chalk it up to hasty venting on your part, because like I said, I've read the things you've written previously and you seem much smarter than that. Just take a step back and really look at the situation when you're frustrated by something someone writes.

"What you don't understand you can make mean anything." - Misty Wilmot

You are absolutely right. Point taken. No amount of my saying that I didn't want harold_maude to go it alone, will suffice. If I look at myself honestly, I wanted people to notice what bullshit it was...and that is, in essence, asking people to do the very thing that I am criticizing them for....We are all hypocrites at times aren't we? Thanks for the heads up. It will certainly help me along my path. Honestly, thank you. And good luck to you.

If mountain goats like living at high elevations, why do none live in high rise apartment buildings?

This kind of stuff, just like that whole stupid vampire thread, where 80-bazillion responses appeared, makes me want to quit writing here.

When someone writes thought provoking discourse they usually get minimal replies. When one writes total shit as you say they usually get a multitude of responses.

You know what I say to this?

"It takes a complex person to understand the complex, while others simply laugh..."

Yes, I understand this majic, but lately the NAO is making it a bit difficult to laugh. It's not so much that I can't take it, as that this place has become a source of misery overall, rather than something bolstering and enlightening.

In actuality, the situations in my regular life are less traumatizing than the things that have occured here. This place has become the 'fly in the ointment', and I wish it weren't so, but it is. I've been a bit busy with outside pursuits lately, only to come back and find not only more of the above-mentioned post, but also stuff from way out in left field. I can't afford to have this place be the 'downer' in my life...and right now it is. My plate is too full right now of good stuff, to have shit on it as well.

I've just cleaned off some of the shit, and I don't need more piled on. I'll expect you probably know exactly what I am talking about. For now, I shall be incommunicado on the NAO, but you may e-mail if you should ever care to do so.

It's been a pleasure conversing with you. And I hope to do so again in the future, but right now I need a hiatus from this place.

If mountain goats like living at high elevations, why do none live in high rise apartment buildings?

It's been a pleasure conversing with you. And I hope to do so again in the future, but right now I need a hiatus from this place.

Oops, been there done that and realized that it's not the website that is the problem...

*looks at self in the mirror*

At least in my case the problem is from within...

But what would be nice on this site would be a way to edit all my posts. Something like how you can rearrange/edit and discard deviations on deviantart. It'd be much sweeter to have a more deviant feel to NAO. But there are obvious reasons why it isn't like that.

Not many people can compete with the userbase and quality of deviantart.com

But I suppose I just went off on a real tangent here...

This post was edited by majic on Oct 22, 2005.

But I suppose I just went off on a real tangent there...

No worries mate. I think we all know you are talking to the "Queen of Tangents". Incidentally, while speaking of tangents...I should say that I seem to get "spammed" all at once, every single stinking time. This would be no exception. Spam on the NAO, and spam in my mailbox, and spam on the computer. I shall be taking a hiatus for several reasons, only one of which has to do with the fact that I dislike intensely being called a "Liar"...while the other is that my computer is currently sporting five trojan horses. And, I also have my plate full with now three jobs (albeit two are part-time), and a lot of work to do to apply to grad school.

This other crap was just the 'last straw'. Eventually, I'll be back, and ready to read. :)

If mountain goats like living at high elevations, why do none live in high rise apartment buildings?

apply to grad school.

What are you studying?

My original intention six or so years ago, before everything fell apart and I quit Physical Therapy, mom died, and I met the asshole, was to get a double major in Studio Art and Psychology. I was one class short (Research Methods....accck!) for the Psych major. It became a minor with a B.F.A. That background should stand me in good stead for a Masters in Art Therapy, which isn't arts & crafts. I busted my ass for that degree, and I intend to make good on it. I just have to find some excellent financial resources, and a trustworthy individual to harbor my rather large book collection while I am gone. That degree does not exist to my knowledge in St. Louis. To that end, I am also taking a hiatus.

You could say the other bullshit was just an excuse, but it wasn't quite. Very infuriating...and I don't need my head inside that mess while I am busy working my butt off to get somewhere other than where I am at. I know you understand all too well. :-)

If mountain goats like living at high elevations, why do none live in high rise apartment buildings?

and I don't need my head inside that mess while I am busy working my butt off to get somewhere other than where I am at. I know you understand all too well.

I know this all too well. I am working my ass off to get to the place I love, only the place I love doesn't require money or work. That place is inside my mind, a place that is created by the imagination, the intuitive embrace of artistic pleasures, something stronger than sexual vibrations but just as equally pleasureable.

Whatever this society has decided is my fate is completely wrong. A degree is not what I need, a job is just as likewise. I need to express my soul and have ample time to devote to it. I love and charish it and it's what keeps me sane, the passion the art the place it takes me too can never be truely expressed without a devotion to it...

I have this emotion deep inside, this place that sets me free, if you care to know my name then I'll tell you about it!

Would certainly love to hear it Frank. I've known who you were for a long time. I read almost everyone's posts. I had been keeping up with your discussions on art with harold_maude...and thoroughly enjoyed what you all were saying. I didn't add to it, because you all seemed to be doing a bang-up job discussing the art process on your own.

I'd love to talk about your art when I get back, but I do need to leave for a time. I hope you understand. Take care!

If mountain goats like living at high elevations, why do none live in high rise apartment buildings?

I'd love to talk about your art when I get back, but I do need to leave for a time. I hope you understand. Take care!

See you when you get back. Take care.

I agree most definitely. I guess in a sense, it's like appealing to that lowest common denominator. Maybe to subtext here is that we don't want to think, we just want to feel.

I'll bet that just took 5 years off my life--but GODDAMM if it wasn't worth every second

I think that you're forgetting that the purpose of the ratings system is to cull out the goobers and creeps.

That guy's post wasn't any kind of blip on my radar acreen, and I'd have been just as content leaving that whole stream of consciousness that guy was spewing.
Even after all the commotion, I still have to say who cares. There's all kinds of people out there, and loonies, and whackadoodles are bound to show up. They should be welcomed because usually they manage to stir things up, and that can be a good thing for us writers. We need diversity, challenge and hardship to properly function.
In that respect I suppose all artists are maladjusted, but it is the engine of our ingenuity.

I agree with MrViscious that stuff like that we should ignore, and not draw any attention to. But isn't that against our nature? When shit gets to us, we need to vent.

On the flipside to this, there is a good aspect to you noticing that post and making an example of it. It makes me think of you like a watchdog. The conscience of NAO, if I might. I think that's a very good thing. You have strong opinions, and you make then known. Most of the time, I absolutely agree with what you say.

I'll bet that just took 5 years off my life--but GODDAMM if it wasn't worth every second