( and, yes, I'm still getting used to this new phone - it has caller ID, but it doesn pop up immediately nor tell me if anyone called while I was gone/out/distracted... instead I have to manually "ask" it )
a lot of just vague recollections and tidbits from my past based on where the convos segue to ( or vaguely relate ).
I suppose some people may think I've led an interesting and unusual life - and I admit a lot of odd, and oftimes dangerous, things have happened around or to me
but, honestly, all of those "incidents" occurred in such tiny fractions and points of my life that it would hardly show as a percentage
I've pretty much led a fairly boring, though not "normal," life.
and, of course, the fact that I'm colourblind - which has come into play a few times this week (heh)
whether there's meetings with colour-coded charts or files with colour-coded columns/rows/information to act upon, the best I can do is nod and smile and ask them to elaborate (if what they're saying isn't obvious)
seriously - you can talk about the "blues" and "yellows" and "greens" all you want, but it's all just lights and darks to me...
and, as I've discovered, what I think of as lighter vs darker shadings doesn't always mesh/match what others think
*shrugs*
it's a good thing no one is asking me to wire up their speakers or something ... and hopefully I never end up in a situation where I have to "cut the blue wire."
and - yes - I'm still pumped and excited for my San Francisco vacation... even if it is 12 weeks away yet
humerously, it was too early to set up a tour of Alcatraz for when I'm there *grins*
well, that's about all I've got for ya, lovelies and gentlefolk...
other than now that I think about it "The Colour Of Strange" would make a great poem title! :)
( speaking of which, I need to play around with lj for my poetica and see what I can/need to do, even if I have to "section" it, to show all my poeta and not just a few pages )
this week's random twits:
3/14 :
I know a lot of people disagree and dislike my disregard/abhorrence towards illegal drugs - but I'd seen at a young age, and been affected by, its usage... though those that know me well know that I've somewhat bettered my opinion towards its user than in my past (I used to outright hate it and those who openly used, now I have no qualms with users - as long as they do not push it or expect me to use.
yes, I am quite aware that I am THE only person I know who has never taken illegal drugs (as far as I know, but likely true) - despite the assumption that I have, or that I do partake... sorry to disappoint, but no. I have never partaken... scary thought that I'm all-natural, neh?
yes, I AM of the belief that all drugs - legal as well as illegal - affect the brain in some way... I've seen how it has affected heavy users, even the so-called "light drugs," and its addictive properties first-hand. the every-so-often or seldom users, not so much, but for those who use weekly or daily, yes.
yes, I AM of the belief that some of these illegal drugs should be legally available - as long as they are as rigidly controlled and regulated as the current legal drugs (alcohol, for example) are. unregulated drugs give rise to criminal activity - in its dealers and users... not that this would quell the illegal drug trade, but it would put one helluva hamper upon it (again, as with alcohol - as there is still illegal usage, creation, and sale of alcohol... it's just seldom seen).
* a couple people I am still in touch with may remember an "incident" in the early '90s where I immediately stopped my car when someone in the backseat decided to "toke up," whereupon I pointed my finger for them to get out... and left them stranded - about 30 miles from town close to midnight. and this was pre-celphone days in far-northern MN, for you young'uns.
as per my aforementioned opinion in those days, I do not regret doing this in the least - with how I felt then, they're demn lucky that's ALL I did. I did much worse to others. and they didn't dare do it again in my presence, let alone my vehicle.
3/15 :
complex paid to have the truckloads of furniture around the garbage bins taken... and now there's large tube-TVs in the recycling bin! >:(
3/15 II :
it's kinda weird/freaky/scary lookin' through my friends list on fb... and realizing a chunk of them have been deceased for years now. :(
3/19 :
well, it's a good thing I had ordered new shoes over the weekend - these are now starting to peel where the tread no longer exists... Oi!
3/19 II :
we're going to disagree AND agree, we're going to love AND hate, we're going to go our own way AND have each others backs - (to my friends)
3/20 :
it's the first day of spring, which means we may get up to 60° today... followed by a week where we'll be lucky if it breaks 45° *shivers*
This Week's Random Playlist ::
Billy Idol - Kings & Queens Of The Underground (entire album)
watched recently :
via netflix/hulu:
The Hunters (2013)
ABCs Of Death 2
Dead Snow: Red Vs Dead
Glee (2nd Season)
The Flash (1st Season)
Agents Of SHIELD (2nd Season)
iZombie (1st Season)
Arrow (3rd Season)
Supernatural (2nd Season)
ownedflix:
Tales From The Crypt (1st Season)
Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life
-thom Wolfox sR Rhose
unusualist - I have yet to find a religion and/or spirituality that fits my own personal beliefs... other than, of course, the fact I am a (fallen) god.
( y'just now figured out that I'm basically a non-practicing hedonist? "if it feels good, do it, if it feels bad, you're doing it wrong" )
( "I believe in the proven power of willpower and the truth we are the gods we created. No one being created this universe and its wonders." )
( "the words of wisdom I follow will be the words I've written myself based on the life and experiences that I have Lived, Enjoyed, & Survived" )
( "I live not for tomorrow nor yesterday, but for the day in which I dwell - today. Today is who I am, I know not who I'll be tomorrow, nor am I who I once was. Aspects of yesterday may remain into tomorrow, but I'm never completely the same, for each day I live, I learn and this knowledge changes me, rebuilds part of me, and I am anew." )
( "may the platelets of justice travel the bloodstream of villainy, clog its arteries with honourable vengeance, and induce a coronary of truth" )
( "we are all inmates in the same asylum, some of us are just better at bribing the guards" / *breathe ... relax ... kill ... rinse ... repeat* )
( "Who do I think I am? thom Wolfox sR Rhose, official slaveboy, SchmooGod of the MidWest, and RedKnight of Pattern - amongst other names, why?" )
( "In a previous life I was the engine block to a '56 chevy, I lost my heart to a Volkswagen Bus... er, wait - or was that a '57?" )
( "I may not be the brightest orange in this bag o'donuts, but I know vasoline when I smell it!" / "Godfuck Me, Jesus!" )
"Just fear me, love me, do as I say, and I will be your slave..."
"Oh, man. I'm sensing something very canadian about this place..."
"It's all true, god's an astronaut, Oz is over the rainbow, and Midian is where the monsters live..."
Jax : "yay for you, do you want a cookie or a bozo button?"