HALLELUJAH! Elvis Presley - Mean Woman Blues
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula wrote:
>
> Dear Share,
>
> Can we compare notes on Ann, Emily and Judy.
>
> Here's what I have
>
> Ann - arrogant and mean
> Emily - Mean - needs lots of prayers and blessings
> Judy - I'm confused? What was your strategy? Mean, arrogant too?
>
> Are we assigning humorous and emotional to any of them?
>
> On 7/5/13 2:44 PM, Ravi Chivukula wrote:
> > "I'd say Ravi's writing is the most emotionally expressive on FF.
And
> > it makes me laugh especially when I'm not his target, but sometimes
> > even when I am. "
> >
> > Anything that helps you to reduce your dissonance, your discomfort.
I
> > really don't want to trigger you, you have enough problems as it
is.
> > So remember this dear - I may sound like I'm being very harsh on
you,
> > people may perceive this harshness and may even comment on it but
> > remember it's just humor. Yep - humor it is, are you listening guys?
> >
> > Same thing with Xeno, no need to worry about his sociopathic traits,
> > his devious, droll disinterested-ness, his self-professed lack of
> > empathy, emotion - he is profound, emotional and humorous.
> >
> > This has to be your plan for success on FFL. We need to assign
> > everyone roles so we don't trigger you, we don't want to aggravate
> > your attachment disorder.
> >
> > Let me know if you have any questions about the process, plan i.e
the
> > role we should assign to Ann, Judy, Emily so we can reduce your
> > discomfort.
> >
> > On 7/5/13 2:30 PM, Share Long wrote:
> >> Xeno, I *almost* always enjoy your writing. I only say almost
because
> >> I'm sure there has been at least one time when I did not enjoy your
> >> writing. I find your writing to be simple but profound and often
> >> humorous, one of my favorite combinations. Hmmm, I bet there's a
> >> spiritual practice in there somewhere (-:
> >>
> >> Anyway, I actually think everyone's writing is a combo of emotions
> >> and thoughts. How could it be otherwise? We are all a mix of
thoughts
> >> and emotions and physical states. In one way or the other,
> >> consciously or unconsciously, these thoughts and emotions and
> >> physical states will be expressed in every word and action of ours.
> >>
> >> So I imagine a continuum with intellect at one end and emotions at
> >> the other. We all fall somewhere on that continuum. I think I'm
> >> pretty much in the middle, call it being intuitive and blame that
on
> >> my Venus Mercury conjunction ha ha. I'd say Ravi's writing is the
> >> most emotionally expressive on FF. And it makes me laugh especially
> >> when I'm not his target, but sometimes even when I am.
> >>
> >> As a Literature major I learned to find emotions in the subtler
> >> aspects of writing such as word choice and phrasings. For example,
> >> when turq tells me to STFU or don't be an ass, I think he's
> >> expressing an emotion. I like the spontaneity of his word choice,
the
> >> honesty of his emotion. I think his recent writing about being home
> >> is beautiful.
> >>
> >> Some writers here are very good at masking their emotions. I
wouldn't
> >> put you in that category. Nor do I think you are without emotion.
My
> >> guess is that your default emotion is benign interest or amusement.
> >>
> >> As for Robin, I can't tell when he's being straight forward and
when
> >> he's being ironic. It's just one aspect of his writing that makes
> >> communicating with him challenging for me. But when I reread his
last
> >> exchange with Curtis, I came to the conclusion that sometimes Robin
> >> can't help himself. I think at some point in that exchange, his
brain
> >> simply shifted into another mode of functioning. And I'm not
> >> ascribing any psychological label to this.
> >>
> >> As for taking responsibility for one's actions: that goes without
> >> saying. But I also believe that we are in relationship with others
> >> and they have a certain amount of effect on us. To think otherwise
is
> >> to delude ourselves IMHO. Better to have that out in the open. Just
> >> for fun: Honey, when you squeeze the toothpaste from the middle, I
> >> think you don't love me. So many ways a spouse could reply to that,
> >> right?
> >>
> >> Ok, Xeno I think you've inspired what's rare for me: getting to 50
> >> posts. That's it til tomorrow. I don't like to post on Friday
night.
> >> Just one of my loveable quirks.
> >>
> >> PS to Emily regarding Attachment Disorder: yes, thank you, I seem
to
> >> be getting better, am less reactive and suffer less. I'm grateful.
> >>
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> >> *From:* Xenophaneros Anartaxius anartaxius@...
> >> *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> >> *Sent:* Friday, July 5, 2013 11:02 AM
> >> *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Re: Announcing the Robin Carlsen
Memorial
> >> Narcissism Award
> >>
> >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> >> , Share Long
> >> sharelong60@ wrote:
> >> >
> >> > turq, I enjoy some of what Robin writes and think he adds to the
> >> richness of FFL so would welcome his return.
> >>
> >> That would be interesting, but post length limits, and paragraph
> >> length limits might make it easier to wade through.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
