Come Get Your Lounge

[DarkSentinel]

It's ok, Sov, of anyone I know you'd be the last to make light of anything perceived as a serious issue.

But the concept of word and honor is so vitally important to me that when I myself break my word—in any situation mind you, a few weeks ago I was late for work and I became totally unglued, because I am never late, in fact I'm always early,—I just can't help but feel that I have failed myself.

We don't take anything with us when we die. Not what we've bought, not even what we've made (be it creatively or otherwise). We don't take any of that with us when we pass on. The ONLY tangible thing that remains with the human soul when it leaves the body is its character, it's innate capacity for empathy and honor. That is what I fundamentally believe, and therefore I fundamentally believe that while we are here in this life we have to strive not to be perfect but to be as good and as honorable as we can to our fellows.

But the reason this upsets me so much is that actions like broken promises can have catastrophic effects on the human psyche. Instead of breeding empathy we are breeding apathy, and things that are seemingly minuscule by comparison are brushed aside so often that we are eroding away the honor we once possessed, and I fear that one day we will have no honor at all.

So yeah, I overslept because I was exhausted. But more than that I've allowed the so-called "real world" to interfere with my life, and am making excuses for it. That cannot be. It simply can't.

 

[Fallen Angel]

let me as you a question.

How do you think or what would your friend say if you explained why you missed your catchup? If he doesn't understand well he's not much of a friend.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

*enters thread*

 

[DarkSentinel]

let me as you a question.

How do you think or what would your friend say if you explained why you missed your catchup? If he doesn't understand well he's not much of a friend.

He did understand, Zod bless him. The dude is closer to me than my own brother (who is a total *****e, by the by).

The point is this is MY honor that I have compromised. MY word that I gave and couldn't keep.

And how could I hope to write about a character who is supposed to be the ULTIMATE embodiment of honor when I can't keep my own?

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

He did understand, Zod bless him. The dude is closer to me than my own brother (who is a total *****e, by the by).

The point is this is MY honor that I have compromised. MY word that I gave and couldn't keep.

No offense, dude, but you need to stop letting small stuff like this affect you. If this happened to me, I'd feel bad, but it'd be a minor annoyance, not something I have a meltdown over. My friend is going through a messy divorce and he's taking that better than you did sleeping in past a social appointment.

 

[Marvolo]

Life requires a certain amount of apathy otherwise it will chew you up and spit you out.

If you become unglued over miniscule things DS you wont be long for this world. You'll lose your mind.

 

[Prison Mike]

Do I sound like I'm ****ing joking around, Mike? My ****ing life is in ruins right now because I can't keep my ****ing word man. In the end your word is all you have and now all I have is a plateful of jack with a side of squat.

 

[DarkSentinel]

No offense, dude, but you need to stop letting small stuff like this affect you. If this happened to me, I'd feel bad, but it'd be a minor annoyance, not something I have a meltdown over. My friend is going through a messy divorce and he's taking that better than you did sleeping in past a social appointment.

That sucks, and no offense taken. I just can't stand it when I commit the same mistakes I abhor.

I have to keep my word. If I'm scheduled for a shift, I have to be there early so I'm not late. If I say I'm going to help a family member with something, I do it. There is an order to honor in that it MUST be kept, at all costs. When it is not kept there are consequences. Perhaps not immediate, but the universe will balance itself out of its own accord, and those who do not keep their honor suffer for it.

 

[SymbioticToxin]

Not really honor, more like being incredibly organized and , in I guess what could be a positive sense, anal about things.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Sentinel, Marv is right about not making promises, it's an honest way to say "I don't want to f*** things up and break a promise".

Plenty of us take promises seriously, but there is a limit to what one can do, don't overexert your conscience.

 

[DarkSentinel]

I get it. I'm just wound really tight since all I do is work and would just like time to...well, unwind.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

If I lived in your area, I might have got you to shoot some hoops.
Good way to unwind.

 

[E-Man]

Aziz and DS shooting some hoops together? Now I wish for that to happen, and for me to see it live. I'd be there recording in the audience as if I was Kevin Garnett.

 

[Kane52630]

Game. Blouses.

 

[Marvolo]

Sawyer would be commentating.

 

[DarkSentinel]

Sawyer would be commentating.

And JJJ would be the ref.

This will be the worst one-one-one match in the history of our Hype, Tony Schiavone.

 

[squeekness]

The last few times I went to Best Buy to look around....the DVD section was pathetic. I haven't bought anything from them in about a year now.

I'm sticking to online from now on. I hate sopping as it is, but to go all that way for nothing is worse.

Hee hee.

squeek, not to be a buzzkill but i just left a target and it had a whole row of Apes

perhaps your store is still recovering from the sales weekend

Maybe. Still doesn't explain why they failed to carry two different seasons of popular FX shows that just came out today. Not like I was looking for some obscure BBC show or anything.

 

[squeekness]

Wal Mart and Target usually only the best place to find good dvds now

Mine is a smaller Wal-Mart and can be iffy when it comes to seasons. Last time I went there looking for Newsroom but they only had DVD, not Blu Ray, yet they had Penny Dreadful right next to it in both versions. So stupid. I'm done being let down by brick and mortar stores that can't even stock a new item the day it comes out.

 

[Superman 1265]

So I got on my FB and found out that tomorrow's South Park episode is going to feature a cameo by PewDiePie. Over 7 thousand comments of people raging. Good. ****ing. Gawd. I don't know what it is about this guy that riles people up so much. (I'd probably know if I bothered to watch his stuff, but... eh.)

 

[ComicChick]

I get it. I'm just wound really tight since all I do is work and would just like time to...well, unwind.

welcome to my world. i work nights too and i pretty much have no friends these days

 

[DarkSentinel]

welcome to my world. i work nights too and i pretty much have no friends these days

Thanks CC

 

[Reek]

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Aziz and DS shooting some hoops together? Now I wish for that to happen, and for me to see it live. I'd be there recording in the audience as if I was Kevin Garnett.

Game. Blouses.

Sawyer would be commentating.

Sadly, ity won't be anything to entertain you.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

I just slept for 17+ hours. I hate it when I waste my day off

 

[Vartha]

I just slept for 17+ hours. I hate it when I waste my day off

....I haven't slept like that in YEARS tho I did sleep an entire 8 hours Friday night