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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Everything I Needed to Know, I Learned From Robin Williams and his Films

"The Birdcage"
--The crucifix is THE PROP for martyrs.
--Sometimes life can be like riding a psychotic horse toward a burning stable
--Go to a cemetery with a toothbrush. Its very Egyptian.
--Pirin tablets are a brilliant idea.
--The important thing to remember is not to go to pieces when that happens.  You have to react like a man, .  You have to say to yourself, "Albert, you pierced the taost, so what?" Its not the end of your life.
--How I never realized John Wayne really walked like that before.
--A woman is said to be worth her weight in hens.
--And a man's wealth is measured by the size of his cock.

"Hook"
--Believe in fairies.

"Good Morning Vietnam"
--What does the O stand for? Oh My G-d, its Early!
--Is there a marijuana problem here? No, its not a problem. Everyone has it.
--Seeing as how the VP is such a VIP, shouldnt we keep the PC on the QT?  Cause if it leaks to the VC he could end up MIA and then we'd all be put out in KP
--Three up and three down means the end of an inning.
--In the dictionary under asshole it says "See him!"

"Mrs. Doubtfire"
--They say a man who has to buy a big car like that is trying to compensate for smaller genitals
--It was the drink the killed him. He was hit by a Guinness truck.
--Poor Winston's idea of foreplay was "Effie, Brace Yourself"
--Carpe Dentum.  Seize thhe Teeth!

"Dead Poet's Society"
--No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.
--Carpe, Carpe Diem. Seize the day, Boys.  Make your lives extraordinary.
--There's a time for daring and there's a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for.
--Sucking the marrow out of life doesnt mean choking on the bone
--Boys, you must strive to find your own voice.  Because the longer you wait to begin, the less you are to find it at all.  Thoreau said "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation."  Don't be resigned to that.  Break out!
--Now we all have a great need for acceptance, but you must trust that your beliefs are unique, your own, even though others may think them odd or unpopular, even though the herd may go

RIP.

Friday, August 1, 2014

The New Norm

I rationalize.
A lot.

Maybe to help me deal with things and accept them?

Is it just me ?

When things change in ways I don't like. I rationalize. I make excuses. Something, anything that helps me accept and embrace the change. Something to make sense out of something that cannot be explained or made to make sense.

I rationalize it to tell my brain it's the new norm. It's different than how things were "before" but if I embrace it and make it part of how things are now aka "the new norm" then somehow it's easier for me to deal with. Easier for me to stop fighting against. Fighting against the change I'm struggling with to accept.

The older I get, and hopefully along with it, the wiser I get...the more I can identify patterns within myself..I recognize more and more cycles of behavior.

One of these, that seems to be getting "worse" or more pronounced the older I get, is an offshoot of the above post on rationalizing.

And that's the fact that I am a planner. Always have been. Growing up, and even now, I make lists, lists, and more lists. Sometimes I even will do something not on a list, and then add it to the list and then cross it off the list just because it makes me feel better!

What I find as I get older is, as long as I can plan for "it," I deal with it fine...no matter how bad it is.

It's the surprises that life and the universe hurl at you, that want to send me into a full blown panic and hit the red ALARM Button.

It's those changes that I rationalize and then embrace. Maybe not right away, but eventually in most cases.