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Comment on Dealing. by Ilene Frank

Ilene Frank — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:20:49 +0000

Maybe a chocolate bar would help! I know once we’re feeling angry, it’s difficult to figure out what to do with it – but remembering that “anger” is really fear/frustration/sadness/hurt and trying to get to the bottom of it might get the adrenaline to stop and get some seratonin flowing again.

Comment on The Most Successful Man That Never Was by gryfft

gryfft — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:47:57 +0000

In Word it is. Whenever I pasted it in the formatting disappeared. I have to go for now but I’ll try to fix it tonight.

Comment on The Most Successful Man That Never Was by Sebatinsky

Sebatinsky — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:36:10 +0000

Let’s get some paragraph breaks.

Comment on Dealing. by Chris Poirier

Chris Poirier — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:15:22 +0000

I hit things. Or throw things. I find it cathartic to do something intensely physical. I used to hit cement walls with my fist, but that did a lot of damage to my knuckles. Now, I use a punching bag. Or, if you can get one of those anti-stress balls, throwing them with all your might at a wall can work, too — it takes longer than the hitting, but it’s also easier on your body, long term.

I will say that allowing my anger to have its head has proven useful. The idea that it is purely negative and should be avoided, I think, is pretty silly — you just end up internalizing it, that way, and that’s never a good thing. Trust me. That anger came from somewhere. Allowing yourself to be in it — to act on it — helps you process it, to figure out where it came from — especially if you are a kinesthetic learner. For my part, finding out the root sources of my anger has allowed me to make changes that have been solidly for the better.

Chris.

Comment on A Space Baptism – Not Quite 55-able by sonjanitschke

sonjanitschke — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:29:24 +0000

It’s been such a long time since I’ve read it — I’m not entirely sure I remember. The beast is a dragon — the bully is a giant who is generally regarded as stupid and exploitable. There is, of course, a princess whom the giant must save from the dragon — and it’s about him doing that (though it is not the traditional sort of tale).

The part I remember most clearly the end when the giant, Bork, confronts the dragon for a second time –

“I have been happy,” Bork said. “And if you let me live, I’ll be happy again. That’s what my life means, doesn’t it? That’s the truth isn’t it, dragon? My life matters because I’m alive, joy or pain, whatever comes, I’m alive and that’s meaning enough.”

It’s something I like to quote when life pretty much sucks. :p

I suppose, in a nutshell, it’s about a giant experiencing and resolving a midlife crisis that started when he was born.

Comment on A Space Baptism – Not Quite 55-able by Ari Collins

Ari Collins — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:09:47 +0000

No, I don’t. Refresh my memory? Not sure I’ve read all Card shorts, but most, I believe.

Comment on The Truthful Verse by Burning Bridges « Air Theremin

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Comment on A Space Baptism – Not Quite 55-able by sonjanitschke

sonjanitschke — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:19:03 +0000

Yeah – I think I know what short story collection you are talking about. Do you remember one that was called the Bully and the Beast (I think?).

Comment on A Space Baptism – Not Quite 55-able by Laurita

Laurita — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:15:17 +0000

I really enjoy reading short short stories. So much said in so few words. “Me next” was great.