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Topic 150 · 22 responses · archived october 2000
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~stacey seed
~KitchenManager #1
let us in on what was on your mind when you created this topic, Stace...
~stacey #2
your comment about being the chief prophet no doubt...
~KitchenManager #3
oh... and?
~KitchenManager #4
"a prophet wise in the apparent contents of his mind"
~riette #5
If contents can indeed be found in a mind.... not YOURS!
~KitchenManager #6
"A yo-yo heart upon a string"
~riette #7
Or a string of mind on a yo-yo!
~aschuth #8
A strung-out yo-yo that don't mind?
~KitchenManager #9
and with too many strings attached...
~aschuth #10
You know what? A british colleague once said to me, I had many strings to my bow. He meant that as compliment. Maybe those strings are not the negative thing you may think them. Obviously, you have several conflicting roles... but at least you don't really seem isolated and all on your own. And this is the true curse: isolation you can't escape. Doesn't seem to be your problem; so perhaps you are better off than you may think. And as for people and obligations you can't escape, grab some gear and go off for a week. Camp out. Count stars. Follow a river. Come back, and start again. Just tell folks before you walkabout; they deserve such basic courtesy, even if it doesn't feel like that. (Excuse me for getting serious here and boringly lecture you.)
~KitchenManager #11
not a problem...sometimes each of us need that... (and you'd be surprised how correct you are in that suggestion...)
~stacey #12
yep... nothing like a week long escape to the mountains of COlorado to set your mind straight... when do you arrive?
~KitchenManager #13
when the money fairy pays the bills and leaves me a plane ticket, too!!!
~aschuth #14
Get this straight: You're unemployed (you say). You have an attitude (I see). Get rid of this first (I say). Money-fairies don't like tense folks (I know; that's why she doesn't drop by THIS place). All else will then fall in place (I guess). Or not (who knows). But I don't think things will get much worse in these few days (I hope). Perhaps your environment grants you this break, if it's clear you'll seriously "git to it" afterwards. At least your attitude might improve. How far am I off the mark?
~KitchenManager #15
dead center and a million miles away... (helpful, aren't I?)
~stacey #16
man... you two were MADE for each other!
~aschuth #17
(Sometimes, very much so. But I should stop this guessing game. "dead center and a million miles away" is too dangerous. I'm not in the business of talking people into things, even if it might be sense. Or what I think that would be. You can start vicious things in other folks heads.)
~KitchenManager #18
(speaking of things that go together, vicious things and my head are two more!)
~aschuth #19
(Exactly. That's why I'll try to cut back on this. It might create a monster. I mean, an even bigger one. The Mother of all Monsters. Like really BIG. Godzilla's dad. Get the picture?)
~KitchenManager #20
(already working on the script...)
~aschuth #21
NO YOU WON'T ! You be a good boy, aim to do your best, struggle hard, and never, YOU HEAR ME - NEVER !!! give up.
~KitchenManager #22
Obviously I don't support it, but I support the impulses that are giving rise to it.
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