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What are your hopes for 2012?

Started by Mesozoic Mister Nigel, December 21, 2011, 08:48:15 PM

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The Good Reverend Roger

#30
January 31, 2012, 07:18:25 PM
Quote from: LuciferX on January 31, 2012, 07:17:31 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 22, 2011, 04:33:53 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on December 22, 2011, 04:32:37 PM
Quote from: LuciferX on December 22, 2011, 08:45:06 AM
'd like to start playing/making music more - if I could pull it off the extra cash would be nice. 

These statements are not mutually compatible.



Let him dream, LMNO.  He'll learn the Horrible Truth™ soon enough.

I put the horrible truth there so the rest of us could do just that...

Could you run that by me again, in English?

Thanks in advance.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

The Good Reverend Roger

#31
January 31, 2012, 07:21:41 PM
Oh, wait, I get it.  LuciferX is apparently some kind of wizard or otherwise supernatural creature that controls destiny.

My bad.  Carry on.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Q. G. Pennyworth

#32
January 31, 2012, 08:07:49 PM
Get married
Yell at some buildings
Get the second munchkin in school
See my ex get remarried (if I get the invite, goddamn this "divorced but not assholes" thing is weird)
Have a kickass end of the world party
Be sad when it didn't really end this time
Get some more writing done

Jasper

#33
January 31, 2012, 08:15:32 PM
Get though third year of College starting on my BS in Math
Write at least some of my sci fi novel
Save more money than I spend for once in my life
Cackle during a lightning storm over my defeated foes' bodies

navkat

#34
January 31, 2012, 08:55:51 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on December 21, 2011, 10:25:55 PM
Joy.
Love.
Music.
Fewer family members dying of cancer.

This. I'd like to see some success and hence, joyful innocence come back to the world (like during Clinton. Even some third-world countries were riding the tech wave upwards) but I know that's asking too kuch. I'll settle for an emphasis on the current spirit of rebellion, some victory in that area and a giant, fucking Y2K-esque end-of-world party/rave that turns out to give people more of a sense of hope when the world doesn't end on 21 DEC 2012.

Can anyone grasp this? What I'm saying here? It sounds crazy, it's more a practical nostalgia thing.

Jasper

#35
January 31, 2012, 09:01:28 PM
I feel like one of the defining aspects of the spirit of our times is, for whatever reason, a lack of any sense of hope for a greater tomorrow.

So, yeah.   I can see where you're coming from.

Kai

#36
January 31, 2012, 09:18:31 PM
Start PhD program.

All the rest of my hopes will come if that happens.
If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. --Loren Eisley, The Immense Journey

Her Royal Majesty's Chief of Insect Genitalia Dissection
Grand Visser of the Six Legged Class
Chanticleer of the Holometabola Clade Church, Diptera Parish

The Good Reverend Roger

#37
January 31, 2012, 09:29:46 PM
Quote from: Jasper on January 31, 2012, 09:01:28 PM
I feel like one of the defining aspects of the spirit of our times is, for whatever reason, a lack of any sense of hope for a greater tomorrow.

I say again:  "The fun never stopped.  You did."

Yeah, things are bleak as hell.  Everything's fucked.  Guess what?  You won't change it, no matter how depressed it makes you.  This is where the angel of apathy comes in...STOP WORRYING ABOUT SHIT YOU CAN'T CHANGE.  Concentrate on enjoying what little the fuckers have left you...and maybe think of a few ways to punish the bastards.  That always makes me feel better.

"Any man who never gets carried away should be."
- Oscar Wilde, a man who was serious about having a good time, in far worse conditions than these.

No matter how fucked up your life is, the fact remains that at least you weren't born in 1870, as the Victorian era was the absolute worst time in history to not be a rich person.  Or hell, at least you weren't born in central fucking Africa, which is by all accounts a REALLY shitty place to spend Saturday night.

I'm still here.  I'm still having a good time.  I miss the Terrible Old Man, but I can't imagine him frowning over me enjoying my life in his inevitable absence.

Life is here to be LIVED, not worried and fretted over.

Go take a walk.  Talk to a girl.  Prank something.  Get in a conversation with a random stranger in a cafe or a bookstore or something.  LIVE.

" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Kai

#38
January 31, 2012, 09:43:11 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 31, 2012, 09:29:46 PM
Quote from: Jasper on January 31, 2012, 09:01:28 PM
I feel like one of the defining aspects of the spirit of our times is, for whatever reason, a lack of any sense of hope for a greater tomorrow.

I say again:  "The fun never stopped.  You did."

Yeah, things are bleak as hell.  Everything's fucked.  Guess what?  You won't change it, no matter how depressed it makes you.  This is where the angel of apathy comes in...STOP WORRYING ABOUT SHIT YOU CAN'T CHANGE.  Concentrate on enjoying what little the fuckers have left you...and maybe think of a few ways to punish the bastards.  That always makes me feel better.

"Any man who never gets carried away should be."
- Oscar Wilde, a man who was serious about having a good time, in far worse conditions than these.

No matter how fucked up your life is, the fact remains that at least you weren't born in 1870, as the Victorian era was the absolute worst time in history to not be a rich person.  Or hell, at least you weren't born in central fucking Africa, which is by all accounts a REALLY shitty place to spend Saturday night.

I'm still here.  I'm still having a good time.  I miss the Terrible Old Man, but I can't imagine him frowning over me enjoying my life in his inevitable absence.

Life is here to be LIVED, not worried and fretted over.

Go take a walk.  Talk to a girl.  Prank something.  Get in a conversation with a random stranger in a cafe or a bookstore or something.  LIVE.

And eat the hell out of that hamburger.
If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. --Loren Eisley, The Immense Journey

Her Royal Majesty's Chief of Insect Genitalia Dissection
Grand Visser of the Six Legged Class
Chanticleer of the Holometabola Clade Church, Diptera Parish

The Good Reverend Roger

#39
January 31, 2012, 09:44:49 PM
Quote from: ZL 'Kai' Burington, M.S. on January 31, 2012, 09:43:11 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 31, 2012, 09:29:46 PM
Quote from: Jasper on January 31, 2012, 09:01:28 PM
I feel like one of the defining aspects of the spirit of our times is, for whatever reason, a lack of any sense of hope for a greater tomorrow.

I say again:  "The fun never stopped.  You did."

Yeah, things are bleak as hell.  Everything's fucked.  Guess what?  You won't change it, no matter how depressed it makes you.  This is where the angel of apathy comes in...STOP WORRYING ABOUT SHIT YOU CAN'T CHANGE.  Concentrate on enjoying what little the fuckers have left you...and maybe think of a few ways to punish the bastards.  That always makes me feel better.

"Any man who never gets carried away should be."
- Oscar Wilde, a man who was serious about having a good time, in far worse conditions than these.

No matter how fucked up your life is, the fact remains that at least you weren't born in 1870, as the Victorian era was the absolute worst time in history to not be a rich person.  Or hell, at least you weren't born in central fucking Africa, which is by all accounts a REALLY shitty place to spend Saturday night.

I'm still here.  I'm still having a good time.  I miss the Terrible Old Man, but I can't imagine him frowning over me enjoying my life in his inevitable absence.

Life is here to be LIVED, not worried and fretted over.

Go take a walk.  Talk to a girl.  Prank something.  Get in a conversation with a random stranger in a cafe or a bookstore or something.  LIVE.

And eat the hell out of that hamburger.

Shit yeah.

I'm NOT saying "meekly settle for what life hands you".  I AM saying "enjoy what you have, even as you try to better your situation."

Being miserable about your situation accomplishes one thing.  It makes you more miserable.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Jasper

#40
January 31, 2012, 10:23:27 PM
Did I say I wasn't enjoying myself?  I know what's up.  I'm more happy with my life than I've ever been because I live with gusto.

I'm just trying to articulate a sense that the general spirit of the times is that of hopelessness.

The Good Reverend Roger

#41
January 31, 2012, 10:42:17 PM
Quote from: Jasper on January 31, 2012, 10:23:27 PM
Did I say I wasn't enjoying myself?  I know what's up.  I'm more happy with my life than I've ever been because I live with gusto.

I'm just trying to articulate a sense that the general spirit of the times is that of hopelessness.

And I'm just saying, don't let the apes getcha down.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Jasper

#42
January 31, 2012, 10:46:04 PM
Haven't in a long time.  I've had superior spiritual advisory.

minuspace

#43
February 01, 2012, 03:24:00 AM
I must admit being susceptible to navkat's notion of practical nostalgia, as the positive anticipation thereof, for having a party that's totally out of control.  Maybe even a free-party style rave for the zeitgeist and what not?

The Good Reverend Roger

#44
February 01, 2012, 03:26:49 AM
Quote from: LuciferX on February 01, 2012, 03:24:00 AM
I must admit being susceptible to navkat's notion of practical nostalgia, as the positive anticipation thereof, for having a party that's totally out of control.  Maybe even a free-party style rave for the zeitgeist and what not?

:judge:
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.
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