Temporary Venting Thread - Page 33

Lief Erikson · 08-12-2005, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brownjenkins

my lot in life is to champion the battle against on-topic threads throughout the 'net

Lol.

Vent: I've already revised an essay assignment about three times, and I've got to do it again.

***Khamûl*** · 08-13-2005, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Lotesse

I'm surprised this thread's discussion has so far slipped past the mods, or whatever, since it turned from a venting thread into a discussion about AIDS. Which is a very interesting discussion, don't get me wrong, it just seems like it deserves a thread of its own.

I've read it, it's just that last time I saw it, it seemed as though it was making its way back on-topic. However, now at my next visit, it has gotten away from venting.

I agree with Lotesse -- the AIDS discussion (interesting though it is) should probably be moved to another thread.

Spock · 08-13-2005, 02:57 AM

It's just that you guys go ape when that happens. Why doesn't someone start a thread and save us all that angst?

Spock · 08-13-2005, 03:22 AM

пойдите спать

***Tessar*** · 08-13-2005, 10:19 AM

Yeah Loteese--you do it!

*hides from the wrath of the mooters*

*peeks out* See how much you like it!

*gets smacked by a flying shoe and goes back into hiding*

Insidious Rex · 08-13-2005, 10:37 AM

We have a thread on AIDS already. Cut and paste!

Lief Erikson · 08-13-2005, 11:49 AM

Yeah, there already is a thread devoted to this. We could even talk about it on the gay & lesbian thread. However, I don't think it's necessary. Everyone's arguing with me, and I think I'm done. Let the thread drift back into the venting realm, in peace

.

Lief Erikson · 08-13-2005, 11:50 PM

Happy Ending!!!

Lief's Delight:

I am BLAZING with happiness right now. Happier than I've been in many weeks, I think. Happy and contented. Today has been one of the best days I've had in a long time.

That issue I had earlier of hearing God or Satan, I heard correctly. I heard God correctly and he filled me with his Holy Spirit so that I was able to do it as he wanted it done. It was a complicated matter. I was supposed to rebuke the youth leader at our church for placing too great a focus on building friendships, for this was at the expense of building people's relationships with God.

The Lord prepared my conversation with our leader very well. He suddenly inspired me one Sunday first to invite that leader to go to the beach with us. We did this. We took the man with us and had a great time, and then did the same thing the following week. This built the layer of trust needed for me to accomplish my mission.

Then today, I invited him to attend our Saturday Fencing Competition. The Lord had told me the previous day to speak to our leader with gentleness, humility, sincerity and truth, to speak with courage and strength, yet at the same time to do everything in love.

When I was preparing for our conversation, I couldn't think of anything right to say. My opinions seemed too blunt, too harsh. I prayed that the Lord would overcome me with his Holy Spirit so that I could do what he wished, and the Lord granted the request.

Today, the Holy Spirit filled me and I was enabled to speak with graciousness and in friendship the whole time. It was great. He came out of the meeting 100% not offended. We were able to talk freely and with great pleasure about other things that amused us afterward, off-topic. I don't know how much he'll heed my message- that's between him and the Lord. However, I did what the Lord wanted, and the Lord made me do it right, and as a major added bonus, I was greatly victorious also that day in our Fencing Competition!!!!!

I got the silver medal, having defeated other tough fencers to get there. There were several tough fencers present that day. The swordfighting was fierce (I still have red marks on my wrist and hand from one particularly lunatic fencer having slashed me up!), but I made it through and did better than ever .

Everything has gone right today. I had a delicious supper upon returning, and have been filled with happiness and peace. So today, I'm on an all-time high.

The thing where I had to discern between Satan's word and the Lord's was when this task was being assigned. The Lord was telling me to do this, and demons were causing me to have doubt and to wonder whether that was God or Satan speaking. Finally the Lord wrapped me in his protection and I discerned it was indeed him, and that the doubt came from the enemy.

Anyway, all has come out well today. The mission went beautifully, as did the fencing, and I'm very, very happy about both. It's the first time I've got a silver medal, and that was tough fighting!

***Rían*** · 08-14-2005, 12:54 AM

for Lief!

Lief Erikson · 08-14-2005, 03:39 AM

Two thumbs up for the Lord!

A very great day

. . .

Andúril · 08-15-2005, 08:41 AM

I'm struggling to deal with my new Lamictin dose. I feel "washed out" and drowsy and without movitation and my eyes are burning. A constant hangover, running from Saturday morning.

And to make matters worse, I'm NOT experiencing the lack of emotion that I've become accustomed to over the last few weeks.

Linaewen · 08-15-2005, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Andúril

I'm struggling to deal with my new Lamictin dose. I feel "washed out" and drowsy and without movitation and my eyes are burning. A constant hangover, running from Saturday morning.

And to make matters worse, I'm NOT experiencing the lack of emotion that I've become accustomed to over the last few weeks.

Wow, that sucks! Poor Andy-pandy. How long will the effects last for? What you need is some lovely warm soup, real stir-fry and a BIIIIIIIGGGGGG HUG. (You're going to have to hug yourself because I'm not going anywhere near you

)

Andúril · 08-15-2005, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Linaewen

Wow, that sucks! Poor Andy-pandy. How long will the effects last for?

I have no idea. Usually I feel a little "different" on the first day, but afterwards I feel quite normal. Now it's like I've been hit by a bus......made out of marshmallow....or something.

Quote:

What you need is some lovely warm soup, real stir-fry and a BIIIIIIIGGGGGG HUG. (You're going to have to hug yourself because I'm not going anywhere near you

)

I had two big bowls of soup yesterday, because I forgot to have lunch. I might be having stir fry tonight (the real deal).

I'll imagine that hug. Thanks.

Linaewen · 08-15-2005, 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andúril

I have no idea. Usually I feel a little "different" on the first day, but afterwards I feel quite normal. Now it's like I've been hit by a bus......made out of marshmallow....or something.

I guess you're at work? Sounds like you need a lot of rest hun. I don't know how you can move around (or do anything!) feeling like that!

Quote:

I had two big bowls of soup yesterday, because I forgot to have lunch. I might be having stir fry tonight (the real deal).

I'll imagine that hug. Thanks.

Oh.

If that didn't help, I'm not sure what else can. Maybe you can look at more Japanese girls in sailor outfits?
You don't need to imagine the hug. You can literally hug yourself.

Andúril · 08-15-2005, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linaewen

I guess you're at work? Sounds like you need a lot of rest hun. I don't know how you can move around (or do anything!) feeling like that!

Oh.

If that didn't help, I'm not sure what else can. Maybe you can look at more Japanese girls in sailor outfits?
You don't need to imagine the hug. You can literally hug yourself.

I just did it.

Maybe what would make me feel better is if you tell me how much you liked the Restaurant Scene.

I saw a sailor outfit-clad Japanese girl last night. She was surrounded by a bunch of guys. All smiles. Anyway, I won't bother anyone with the details.

Lotesse · 08-15-2005, 12:48 PM

Hey, Anduril, did you ever see that movie "Kill Bill" where there's this really psycopathic Japanese schoolgirl, she plays Lucy Liu's bodyguard. It's a killer movie, BTW if you haven't already seen it. Maybe you should curl up in bed for a while & watch good DVDs; that's what I might do. Either that, or shoot your psychiatrist!

That crap sounds like miserable medicine, just miserable. I feel so bad 4 U. Feel better soon, O.K.?

moothug...

Spock · 08-15-2005, 12:52 PM

Did you talk to your doctor about those side effects? By now you might have forgotten that is very important to do. I hope you get it settled out quickly.

Andúril · 08-15-2005, 12:55 PM

Yeah, I remember her (in the first film).

Andúril · 08-15-2005, 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spock

Did you talk to your doctor about those side effects? By now you might have forgotten that is very important to do. I hope you get it settled out quickly.

He is on leave until next week.

They always go on leave at the wrong times.

Anyway, I'll see how I feel tomorrow. Essentially, it's like Friday's dose messed me up right through Saturday, and that night's dose added straight on. And then Sunday's dose.

And now tonight, in three hours time. It's weird, as it seems the effect is "building".

I can't wait.

Stupidly, I had a chocolate mousse cake-inspired sugar rush this afternoon. But it tasted so good.

***Jonathan*** · 08-15-2005, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lotesse

Hey, Anduril, did you ever see that movie "Kill Bill" where there's this really psycopathic Japanese schoolgirl, she plays Lucy Liu's bodyguard.

Heh. I finished watching the movie only minutes ago. Here's a pic of her for Andúril to look at.

Sorry to hear about the side effects Andúril. Hope you get better soon. Say, did you have your Lamictin dose changed recently or did the side effects start right after you started taking the medicine?

08-13-2005, 02:57 AM	#643
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	It's just that you guys go ape when that happens. Why doesn't someone start a thread and save us all that angst? __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

08-13-2005, 03:22 AM	#644
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	пойдите спать __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

08-13-2005, 10:37 AM	#646
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	We have a thread on AIDS already. Cut and paste! __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

08-13-2005, 11:49 AM	#647
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	Yeah, there already is a thread devoted to this. We could even talk about it on the gay & lesbian thread. However, I don't think it's necessary. Everyone's arguing with me, and I think I'm done. Let the thread drift back into the venting realm, in peace . __________________ If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do."

08-13-2005, 11:50 PM	#648
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	Happy Ending!!! Lief's Delight: I am BLAZING with happiness right now. Happier than I've been in many weeks, I think. Happy and contented. Today has been one of the best days I've had in a long time. That issue I had earlier of hearing God or Satan, I heard correctly. I heard God correctly and he filled me with his Holy Spirit so that I was able to do it as he wanted it done. It was a complicated matter. I was supposed to rebuke the youth leader at our church for placing too great a focus on building friendships, for this was at the expense of building people's relationships with God. The Lord prepared my conversation with our leader very well. He suddenly inspired me one Sunday first to invite that leader to go to the beach with us. We did this. We took the man with us and had a great time, and then did the same thing the following week. This built the layer of trust needed for me to accomplish my mission. Then today, I invited him to attend our Saturday Fencing Competition. The Lord had told me the previous day to speak to our leader with gentleness, humility, sincerity and truth, to speak with courage and strength, yet at the same time to do everything in love. When I was preparing for our conversation, I couldn't think of anything right to say. My opinions seemed too blunt, too harsh. I prayed that the Lord would overcome me with his Holy Spirit so that I could do what he wished, and the Lord granted the request. Today, the Holy Spirit filled me and I was enabled to speak with graciousness and in friendship the whole time. It was great. He came out of the meeting 100% not offended. We were able to talk freely and with great pleasure about other things that amused us afterward, off-topic. I don't know how much he'll heed my message- that's between him and the Lord. However, I did what the Lord wanted, and the Lord made me do it right, and as a major added bonus, I was greatly victorious also that day in our Fencing Competition!!!!! I got the silver medal, having defeated other tough fencers to get there. There were several tough fencers present that day. The swordfighting was fierce (I still have red marks on my wrist and hand from one particularly lunatic fencer having slashed me up!), but I made it through and did better than ever . Everything has gone right today. I had a delicious supper upon returning, and have been filled with happiness and peace. So today, I'm on an all-time high. The thing where I had to discern between Satan's word and the Lord's was when this task was being assigned. The Lord was telling me to do this, and demons were causing me to have doubt and to wonder whether that was God or Satan speaking. Finally the Lord wrapped me in his protection and I discerned it was indeed him, and that the doubt came from the enemy. Anyway, all has come out well today. The mission went beautifully, as did the fencing, and I'm very, very happy about both. It's the first time I've got a silver medal, and that was tough fighting! __________________ If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do." Last edited by Lief Erikson : 08-14-2005 at 03:37 AM.

08-13-2005, 10:19 AM	#645
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Yeah Loteese--you do it! hides from the wrath of the mooters peeks out See how much you like it! gets smacked by a flying shoe and goes back into hiding

08-14-2005, 12:54 AM	#649
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	for Lief! __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

08-14-2005, 03:39 AM	#650
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	Two thumbs up for the Lord! A very great day . . . __________________ If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do."

08-15-2005, 08:41 AM	#651
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	I'm struggling to deal with my new Lamictin dose. I feel "washed out" and drowsy and without movitation and my eyes are burning. A constant hangover, running from Saturday morning. And to make matters worse, I'm NOT experiencing the lack of emotion that I've become accustomed to over the last few weeks.

08-15-2005, 12:48 PM	#656
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Hey, Anduril, did you ever see that movie "Kill Bill" where there's this really psycopathic Japanese schoolgirl, she plays Lucy Liu's bodyguard. It's a killer movie, BTW if you haven't already seen it. Maybe you should curl up in bed for a while & watch good DVDs; that's what I might do. Either that, or shoot your psychiatrist! That crap sounds like miserable medicine, just miserable. I feel so bad 4 U. Feel better soon, O.K.? moothug... __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

08-15-2005, 12:52 PM	#657
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Did you talk to your doctor about those side effects? By now you might have forgotten that is very important to do. I hope you get it settled out quickly. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

08-15-2005, 12:55 PM	#658
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	Yeah, I remember her (in the first film).