Flow In It

by Rasmenia Comment Closed
For absolutely no reason at all, I thought that I would impart to you all that life is funny, life is pain, life is beautiful and goddamit - we're really not here for very long so feel it ALL - grab a hold of it - the sickness, the joy, the sour, wretched, breaking hearts, the ecstasy, those wild, intoxicated lost weekends...and the hangovers.Life is not always laughter and bliss - even if we think it ought to be. But, no matter what it is, it's real - we're all a bunch of fucked-up fools running around in an insane circus - filled with clowns and lions and if we're lucky, a hot chick on a trapeze...Sometimes, we are right where we want to be and other times we are so filled with a discomfort and lack of contentment that our brains itch, our guts feel like they're rotting, but goddam! Isn't this life a mad and twisted pleasure...The moral...
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A Lesson for the Uncouth: Being Neighborly

by Rasmenia Comment Closed
Right, then…so, I've been here in Paris for almost a year & a half, now.I've learned a few things in that span of time. Just a few.Of course, being from a relatively small town in northern Colorado, living here is quite different…people aren't spread out – there are millions of people condensed into a city that really isn't all that big.I suppose it's sort of like living in a really big clown car…Maybe it's just me being an ignorant foreigner, but now that I have spent some time here living among the natives, I now see that I didn't know a damned thing when it comes to living among one another & being neighborly. I mean, I had always thought it was all about being polite, quiet & minding your own business - but, I obviously don't know as much as I thought I did.So, here's what I've learned:1. Don't walk - STOMP. Throw all of your weight on...
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So It Goes…

So It Goes…

by Rasmenia Comment Closed
"...And if I should ever die, God forbid, I hope you will say, "Kurt is up in heaven now." That's my favorite joke."Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country"My last words? "Life is no way to treat an animal, not even a mouse."Kurt Vonnegut, I Love You, Madame LibrarianKurt Vonnegut 1922-2007...
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Behind Judgment is Fear

by Rasmenia Comment Closed
Let me tell you about an enlightening conversation that I had with one of the humans recently. Let me tell you - we should all be grateful for people like this. Several flaws in my thinking, appearance and character were brought to my attention by this incredibly astute individual and the very least that I could do is share the infinite wisdom and advice that I was given on to the rest of you:1. The world is a superficial place; it will do you an incredible amount of good to start caring more about what others think of you.2. It is very important and makes life much easier if you make a sincere effort to be more like everyone else.3. Looks and appearances do matter, they are important...no one really cares about what is on the inside.4. Nobody cares about your ideals; they are meaningless.Oh, so now you're asking, "Why in the hell should we all be grateful for people like...
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I Don’t Even Know What This Is

by Rasmenia Comment Closed
Right then. Someone hung a piece of paper on the wall downstairs. Down there in the stairwell in a not-so-obvious place. Something about the water being turned off for 3 days. Yeah…from 8:30 am to 5pm with no running water. Fuck yeah.Being the bright & clever creature that I am (but haven't always been) I realize that the only solution is to peel my baffled, bewildered & befuddled body from the bed at a halfway decent hour for a change.In another life, this was something that was easy – too easy. So easy in fact, that I had the opposite problem: if I slept past 4am, it had been a good night. If I actually slept for more than 3 or 4 hours, I had a chance of getting through the day with the ability to discern what was a dream & what had really happened.Indeed, it was another life.But, that was living alone…as a reclusive drunk, reeking of cigarettes &...
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…& Now For Something Completely Different

by Rasmenia Comment Closed
1. I once had a pet spider named Cowboy Otis. He lived in a salsa jar and he ate a moth every Friday. I took him everywhere: to work, to restaurants, to the movies, and anywhere else. He sat in the passenger side of my car when we went places. His favorite band was Nine Inch Nails. 2. I'm a Highlander geek. There can be only one!3. Unless I'm drinking it or showering in it, I hate water. I do not take baths, I do not go swimming or sit in hot tubs. I detest being out in the rain and the ocean scares the shit out of me.4. I went to a BBQ this summer that ended when a neighbor began hurling his own feces at the partygoers.5. I'm a stalker magnet.6. I survived an attempted murder.7. If I had a party and all of the guests were fictional characters, the guest list would include: Duncan MacLeod, Connor MacLeod, Orry...
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