Talk about your day thread

[BurtReynolds]

I was thinking about how much meth my uncle has done (and continues to do) in his lifetime and yet he's still somehow alive. Is my bloodline effectively immortal?

[tragabigzanda]

There is a wolf in me . . . fangs pointed for tearing gashes . . . a red tongue for raw meat . . . and the hot lapping of blood—I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me and the wilderness will not let it go.

There is a fox in me . . . a silver-gray fox . . . I sniff and guess . . . I pick things out of the wind and air . . . I nose in the dark night and take sleepers and eat them and hide the feathers . . . I circle and loop and double-cross.

There is a hog in me . . . a snout and a belly . . . a machinery for eating and grunting . . . a machinery for sleeping satisfied in the sun—I got this too from the wilderness and the wilderness will not let it go.

There is a fish in me . . . I know I came from salt-blue water-gates . . . I scurried with shoals of herring . . . I blew waterspouts with porpoises . . . before land was . . . before the water went down . . . before Noah . . . before the first chapter of Genesis.

There is a baboon in me . . . clambering-clawed . . . dog-faced . . . yawping a galoot's hunger . . . hairy under the armpits . . . here are the hawk-eyed hankering men . . . here are the blonde and blue-eyed women . . . here they hide curled asleep waiting . . . ready to snarl and kill . . . ready to sing and give milk . . . waiting—I keep the baboon because the wilderness says so.

There is an eagle in me and a mockingbird . . . and the eagle flies among the Rocky Mountains of my dreams and fights among the Sierra crags of what I want . . . and the mockingbird warbles in the early forenoon before the dew is gone, warbles in the underbrush of my Chattanoogas of hope, gushes over the blue Ozark foothills of my wishes—And I got the eagle and the mockingbird from the wilderness.

O, I got a zoo, I got a menagerie, inside my ribs, under my bony head, under my red-valve heart—and I got something else: it is a man-child heart, a woman-child heart: it is a father and mother and lover: it came from God-Knows-Where: it is going to God-Knows-Where—For I am the keeper of the zoo: I say yes and no: I sing and kill and work: I am a pal of the world: I came from the wilderness.

[Coach]

Major anxiety / panic attack. I haven't had one in a very long time. These suck.

[tragabigzanda]

There is a wolf in me . . . fangs pointed for tearing gashes . . . a red tongue for raw meat . . . and the hot lapping of blood—I keep this wolf because the wilderness gave it to me and the wilderness will not let it go.

There is a fox in me . . . a silver-gray fox . . . I sniff and guess . . . I pick things out of the wind and air . . . I nose in the dark night and take sleepers and eat them and hide the feathers . . . I circle and loop and double-cross.

There is a hog in me . . . a snout and a belly . . . a machinery for eating and grunting . . . a machinery for sleeping satisfied in the sun—I got this too from the wilderness and the wilderness will not let it go.

There is a fish in me . . . I know I came from salt-blue water-gates . . . I scurried with shoals of herring . . . I blew waterspouts with porpoises . . . before land was . . . before the water went down . . . before Noah . . . before the first chapter of Genesis.

There is a baboon in me . . . clambering-clawed . . . dog-faced . . . yawping a galoot's hunger . . . hairy under the armpits . . . here are the hawk-eyed hankering men . . . here are the blonde and blue-eyed women . . . here they hide curled asleep waiting . . . ready to snarl and kill . . . ready to sing and give milk . . . waiting—I keep the baboon because the wilderness says so.

There is an eagle in me and a mockingbird . . . and the eagle flies among the Rocky Mountains of my dreams and fights among the Sierra crags of what I want . . . and the mockingbird warbles in the early forenoon before the dew is gone, warbles in the underbrush of my Chattanoogas of hope, gushes over the blue Ozark foothills of my wishes—And I got the eagle and the mockingbird from the wilderness.

O, I got a zoo, I got a menagerie, inside my ribs, under my bony head, under my red-valve heart—and I got something else: it is a man-child heart, a woman-child heart: it is a father and mother and lover: it came from God-Knows-Where: it is going to God-Knows-Where—For I am the keeper of the zoo: I say yes and no: I sing and kill and work: I am a pal of the world: I came from the wilderness.

[Coach]

Two things kinda converged at once.

I pay a lot in child support every week and it's starting to really drain my savings. And, I see no way out. Trying to reduce my expenses.

Second, had my physical the other day and my cholesterol is over 300 and they are putting me on medicine (high cholesterol runs in the family).

[Coach]

But yeah this is the kind where I'm sick to my stomach and shaking. I know it will pass, but still.

[BurtReynolds]

Is he getting that tranq stuff?

I dont know what that is, but I'm sure he's done it.

[tree_]

Dang, so sorry, Coach. I promise you if you try a breathing exercise like, for instance, wim hof, it can help.

[Jorge]

driving up to Vancouver this morning for a few days

Me too

lunch tomorrow?

No

[Coach]

Dang, so sorry, Coach. I promise you if you try a breathing exercise like, for instance, wim hof, it can help.

yup, I def will check this out

[lennytheweedwhacker]

I’m sorry, Coach. They are awful. How close are you to the child support ending?

[Coach]

I’m sorry, Coach. They are awful. How close are you to the child support ending?

My kiddo is eight, so I have a long way. I'm not in an emergency financial situation yet but the trend of borrowing from my savings account has got to end.

[spike]

I’m sorry, Coach. They are awful. How close are you to the child support ending?

My kiddo is eight, so I have a long way. I'm not in an emergency financial situation yet but the trend of borrowing from my savings account has got to end.

Side hustle as a faecal transplant donor?

[Coach]

I’m sorry, Coach. They are awful. How close are you to the child support ending?

My kiddo is eight, so I have a long way. I'm not in an emergency financial situation yet but the trend of borrowing from my savings account has got to end.

Side hustle as a faecal transplant donor?

Everything is on the table!

But yeah, I think it's time for a second job like freelance work or a fun side hustle. Divorce is a joy.

[spike]

I’m sorry, Coach. They are awful. How close are you to the child support ending?

My kiddo is eight, so I have a long way. I'm not in an emergency financial situation yet but the trend of borrowing from my savings account has got to end.

Side hustle as a faecal transplant donor?

Everything is on the table!

But yeah, I think it's time for a second job like freelance work or a fun side hustle. Divorce is a joy.

Might be too late, but you could take advantage of summer festival season and get some seasonal work nights/weekends. Bartending, food service, security, etc. Could be kinda cool.

[bodysnatcher]

I’m sorry, Coach. They are awful. How close are you to the child support ending?

My kiddo is eight, so I have a long way. I'm not in an emergency financial situation yet but the trend of borrowing from my savings account has got to end.

Side hustle as a faecal transplant donor?

Everything is on the table!

But yeah, I think it's time for a second job like freelance work or a fun side hustle. Divorce is a joy.

Might be too late, but you could take advantage of summer festival season and get some seasonal work nights/weekends. Bartending, food service, security.

i mean the logical thing is to look for a coaching job

[Coach]

I’m sorry, Coach. They are awful. How close are you to the child support ending?

My kiddo is eight, so I have a long way. I'm not in an emergency financial situation yet but the trend of borrowing from my savings account has got to end.

Side hustle as a faecal transplant donor?

Everything is on the table!

But yeah, I think it's time for a second job like freelance work or a fun side hustle. Divorce is a joy.

Might be too late, but you could take advantage of summer festival season and get some seasonal work nights/weekends. Bartending, food service, security.

i mean the logical thing is to look for a coaching job

These are all good suggestions. I worked as a lifeguard once, but would have to get recertified.

[spike]

I’m sorry, Coach. They are awful. How close are you to the child support ending?

My kiddo is eight, so I have a long way. I'm not in an emergency financial situation yet but the trend of borrowing from my savings account has got to end.

Side hustle as a faecal transplant donor?

Everything is on the table!

But yeah, I think it's time for a second job like freelance work or a fun side hustle. Divorce is a joy.

Might be too late, but you could take advantage of summer festival season and get some seasonal work nights/weekends. Bartending, food service, security.

i mean the logical thing is to look for a coaching job

These are all good suggestions. I worked as a lifeguard once, but would have to get recertified.

You could also do Uber or shop and deliver groceries for people. I know a few people who’ve done that for some extra scratch.

[Coach]

I’m sorry, Coach. They are awful. How close are you to the child support ending?

My kiddo is eight, so I have a long way. I'm not in an emergency financial situation yet but the trend of borrowing from my savings account has got to end.

Side hustle as a faecal transplant donor?

Everything is on the table!

But yeah, I think it's time for a second job like freelance work or a fun side hustle. Divorce is a joy.

Might be too late, but you could take advantage of summer festival season and get some seasonal work nights/weekends. Bartending, food service, security.

i mean the logical thing is to look for a coaching job

These are all good suggestions. I worked as a lifeguard once, but would have to get recertified.

You could also do Uber or shop and deliver groceries for people. I know a few people who’ve done that for some extra scratch.

Yep, all on my list.

I did some freelance writing back in the day that paid well too

[bart]

trade in the beamer for a honda