RainyCoast

It was cool man, i slept in an abandoned car first we want warmth, once warm we want happiness, whatever happened to just being warm? -Cralan Kelder

Another day, which is usually how they come: A cat at the foot of the bed, noncommittal In its blankness of mind, with the morning light Slowly filling the room, and fragmentary Memories of last night’s video and phone calls. It is a feeling of sufficiency, one menaced By the fear of some vague lack, of a simplicity Of self, a self without a soul, the nagging fear Of being someone to whom nothing ever happens. Thus the fantasy of the narrative behind the story, Of the half-concealed life that lies beneath The ordinary one, made up of ordinary mornings More alike in how they feel than what they say. They seem like luxuries of consciousness, Like second thoughts that complicate the time One simply wastes. And why not? Mere being Is supposed to be enough, without the intricate Evasions of a mystery or offstage tragedy. Evenings follow on the afternoons, lingering in The living room and listening to the stereo While Peggy Lee sings “Is That All There Is?” Amid the morning papers and the usual Ghosts keeping you company, but just for a while. The true soul is the one that flickers in the eyes Of an animal, like a cat that lifts its head and yawns And looks at you, and then goes back to sleep. -John Koethe, Chester

To fling my arms wide In some place of the sun, To whirl and to dance Till the white day is done. Then rest at cool evening Beneath a tall tree While night comes on gently, Dark like me— That is my dream! To fling my arms wide In the face of the sun, Dance! Whirl! Whirl! Till the quick day is done. Rest at pale evening . . . A tall, slim tree . . . Night coming tenderly Black like me. -Langston Hughes

“The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.” “In his own way each man must struggle, lest the moral law become a far-off abstraction utterly separated from his active life.” ― Jane Addams

“Ah,” Said Mr Pin. “Right. I remember. You are concerned citizens.” He knew about concerned citizens. Wherever they were, they all spoke the same private language, where ‘traditional values’ meant ‘hang someone’. -— Terry Pratchett - The Truth

^^^^^ lol!!

“Reality is not digital, an on-off state, but analog. Something gradual. In other words, reality is a quality that things possess in the same way that they possess, say, weight. Some people are more real than others, for example. It has been estimated that there are only about five hundred real people on any given planet, which is why they keep unexpectedly running into one another all the time.” ― Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures

“The modern philosopher had told me again and again that I was in the right place, and I still felt depressed even in acquiescence. But I had heard that I was in the wrong place, and my soul sang for joy like a bird in spring.” ― G.K. Chesterton

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor. — Henry David Thoreau, Walden

i've done well on my own, and got the good i never asked for from outside too, i guess i didn't expect i'd still get days when i miss you so much. it's not like i need anything. or lack anyone or anything providing repose, i have it. i just wish i had it with you for just five minutes.

that's incredible. i'm glad you saw her at peace.

I remain quietly here in my anonymous woods where the stream beyond the kitchen window is so small it is only visible when it creams to ice, where even in spring, resurgent with rain, all it can do is empty itself into another stream, also small, also nameless. Linda Pastan, from “Geography"

It’s so elegant So intelligent “What shall I do now? What shall I do?” “I shall rush out as I am, and walk the street “With my hair down, so. What shall we do to-morrow? “What shall we ever do?” The hot water at ten. And if it rains, a closed car at four. And we shall play a game of chess, Pressing lidless eyes and waiting for a knock upon the door. -T.S.Eliot

SEND two Sunsets— Day and I in competition ran, I finished two, and several stars, While He was making one. His own is ampler— But, as I was saying to a friend, Mine is the more convenient To carry in the hand. -Emily inson (the filter is misinterpreting things)

............why the heck did i ever stop listening to this??!!................. [video=youtube;lUv-4dNX6Jw] ]

Les visiteurs - just started. so far, pretty darn funny.

oh and the "how come we didn't receive your papers" in a tone that i swear insinuated i didn't forward them. listen here, ****... ghhhhh coast needs to chill. this is the worst way i've ever spent lunch hour.

the progression of catcalling through the years though i do wonder if the 20-somethings mrrrowing and screaming ever shut up, they're kinda so omnipresent they become easy to ignore, like the sound of a clock ticking in the background. but i've noticed a new type lately. the "mature" (lol) ones. they don't roll down their window wildly to emit loud piercing alien cries. they roll down their windows, slow down, give a nod and wink and a sedate thumb up- with their teenage daughters in the passenger seat. seriously? what- you're "polite" now, because you leave the howls to the kids? because you still assume you're called to rate people, like others do your daughter, and there's something favorable about that??? you look like an idiot, how can you not get that? at this age, you're just triple the Ahole, bud. i feel bad for the kids growing up with these bleeps

hopefully from nothing too big- and if so, chant "life is too precious" as you sprint

“I was heading for the city in the south, of which they used to say in our village: ‘There are people for you! Just think—they never go to sleep!’ ‘And why don’t they?’ ‘Because they’re fools.’ ‘Don’t fools get tired, then?’ ‘How could fools get tired?” - Franz Kafka, The Complete Stories

same. upcoming week it's supposed go up to 38 celsius, which the converter tells me is 98.6 Fahrenheit

well, blimey, been thinking the exact same thing lately

i laughed so hard because this is exactly how i feel when the pts run through the door: [url="

lmao i like how that thread has been closed TWICE

can we fix the swear filter to block out "nice guy" too? these threads are something.