OK, here goes.
Thinking about my day 2day, it occurred to me I'm leading a sort of a dbl life right now. One the 1 hand, I go about my day in a sober, restrained manner, and in the evening, I pick and choose my reality from a lrg # of vids on uTube. The latter usu. being a wide variety of topics and feature players from Alex Fucking Jonz, to Donald Fucking Trump, to surfing, to mountainbiking, to, well, you know...Anyway, it has become something of a pattern. I'm trying to decide if it's a good, or a bad pattern.
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AnneWimsey
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Sep 23, 2018
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I don't recall seeing that movie, would you recommend it?
@Condor5 only if you enjoy a stupid woman get herself killed in a completely predictable manner...set in the swinging 70's, she keeps bringing home strange men until "bingo"!
@AnneWimsey thanks, I think I'll skip that one. I'm more inclined to comedies nowadays.
@Condor5 there are definitely movies that make you think, "theres 2 hours i'll never get back". It was Very controversial at the time..."how dare she have one-night-stands, serves her right"?!
I think there's nothing wrong with having a daily ritual of stuff you do and then carve out time to do your relaxing with whatever entertainment or current events holds your attention. However, I think finding a balance is good - perhaps give yourself a break from the current events stuff that makes you mad or makes your blood boil -- and be sure to counter it with the stuff that frees your mind, gives you hope and actually helps you relax.
I have a bit of a daily ritual, when not too busy with work, in that I'll watch the msnbc news shows Rachel Maddow, etc. M-F for 2-3 hours.... I find that I'm actually glad when the weekend comes and those shows aren't on, so the temptation to turn on the TV is not there, and I can relax with activities that are more life affirming.
Julie808
Level 8
Sep 23, 2018
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I think you are quite incisive on this. Rachel Maddow's the best, isn't she? But, yeah, she can put one on overload after a couple episodes.
i cannot tell you whether or not it is a good or bad pattern. i probably couldn't even if i could read what you wrote, but there is so much text speak in there.... don't get me wrong. i understand text speak. however, it slows me down to the point that i lose interest. it's not just because my eyes are bad. it's because my brain is offended; i'm an ex-english teacher and magazine editor, and a writer at any rate (and yes i make initial caps in formal writing). i just couldn't get the gist of the pattern after all that. i am not trying to put you down. i am giving you my honest reaction.
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genessa
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Sep 23, 2018
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Sorry, I'm in the initial stages of breaking the very habit ur extolling upon, my dear lady. My gravest apologies. After teaching Business Writing for so many years, I always look for shortcuts; I usually try to be very precise and proper, sometimes colloquial, but still civil. It probably really doesn't matter whether u read it or not, but thanks for the comment.
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