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A lot of little steps have led to this point, but will not take me much farther. So this morning I made the first Gaint Leap necessary to get to where I want to go... to where I need to be. (Bring on the meds...)
anxiousI've written about the Little Details I need to work at to put my life back on the track I want it to be on. Today I open the door to a Big Detail. I have put aside the denial and made an appointment with my doctor to seek treatment for depression. More when I get back...
peacefulFrom a comment I posted in edbook's LJ, where he was asking about people giving names to inanimate objects:
I had a Ford 3/4 ton pickup I named Big Red... it was mostly blue with heavy doses of rust brown... "Red" stood for "Rolling Environmental Disaster"... it leaked, burned or spat whatever fluid you'd pour into her... (funny how guys usually refer to their machines in the feminine...)
I had a '63 Chevy panel truck named Beast (need I say more?)
A lurchy Dodge campervan aquired the moniker of The Chuggernaut.
I called my favorite motorcycle Scout (of course).
Occasionally I'll refer to my current ride as Suzie, short for Boobie Sue, so dubbed accidentally by a friend who'd had about six too many and could no longer manage to pronounce Subaru...
My favorite, though, was the Flying Raccoon Express (pronounced "fry" in its acronistic form, for reasons that shall remain undisclosed...). It was an old REA Express truck. The Railway Express Agency competed head-to-head with UPS, only their trucks were bigger and uglier. And I had one. It was converted into a total partymobile; I used it mainly to haul zonked-out hippies to concerts all over Ohio, West Virginia, and western PA back in the day. It was painted to loook like a giant flying raccoon. Well, not just ANY flying raccoon: it was a character for a weekly comic strip I used to do for the Daily Kent Stater. One of these days (after all applicable statutes of limitations have expired), I need to commit to record the history of the Flying Raccoon Express... Damn, I wish I had a picture to post of that one!
A song by ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
yurtmeister...
...just because it's the way I'm feeling right now
(Posted with permission)
Pi/eace of Mind
copyright 1977 DP Gleason
Well, I was sailing out over the ocean
When a sea beast came up to me
He said “Hey there boy
“Whatchya doin’ out here?
“So far out to sea
“Well you’re far from home
“And aways away
“From where you ought to be
“How come you’re not back
“With your kind
“In human company?”
Well, I told him that I was here by choice
I just couldn’t take no more human noise
So I quit
I just resigned
From my kind
And he said: "Hell is only what you make it
"And Heaven, that’s the way that you live
"And there ain’t no use tryin’ to fake it
"‘Cause god’s given all he needs to give
"The Past is gone
"And the Future’s a lie
"The Present is here
"And we’re all gonna die
"So relax
"And enjoy
"Peace of Mind
Well, I was trippin’ out over the rainbow
Feeling crazed just like a loon
When a cloud came by
And she shook my hand
She was heading out towards the moon
I said “Where you goin?
And “Where you been?
And “What’s the time of day?”
She said “I don’t know
“I really don’t care
“It don’t matter anyway
“Reality is a state of mind
“You can take it
“Or break it
“Or leave it behind
“It’s all the same
“In the end
“We all still die”
And Heaven is what you make it
And Hell, that’s the way that you live
And there ain’t no use tryin’ to fake it
‘Cause god’s given all he’s gonna give
The Future is gone
And the Past is a lie
The Present is here
And we’re all gonna die
So relax
And enjoy
Just a Piece of my Mind
So I was cruising’ on my motorcycle
When I was stopped by a uniform
Who wanted to know
Where I was going to
And the reason I was going for
Well, I told him I was chasing
My curiosity
And he was wasting time
By taking ev’ry thing so seriously
This thing called Life is a nifty toy
We were given somehow
To just enjoy
It don’t make sense
To be so tense
Just relax
And enjoy!
Because Hell is only what you make it
And Heaven, well that’s the way that you live
And there ain’t no use trying to fake it
‘Cause we’re given all we’re gonna get
The Past is gone
And the Future’s a lie
The Present is here
And we’re still gonna die
So kick back
And enjoy
Immediately
If not sooner
Peace of Mind
Piece of Mind
Peace of Mine
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