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Principia Discordia => Apple Talk => Topic started by: The Good Reverend Roger on March 28, 2011, 06:08:01 PM

Title: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on March 28, 2011, 06:08:01 PM
It's definitely spring time in Tucson.  Everyone's excited about the annual anvil-biting competition, and people are wrecking their cars with a flair not seen during the dreary winter months.  Everyone is smiling...Except the Mormons, but there's no keeping them happy.

I found myself driving in shirtsleeves last night, after dark, with the windows down and the radio blasting Bizmark-E tunes, watching those people walking1...Young couples holding hands, cheerful drug dealers hawking their wares, beat cops chatting with bangers...It was like being in another city.

So, yeah, we made it through another winter, and life seems to have gotten a bit better than it was last spring.  The economy is still in the shitter, and our state government is, if anything, loopier than it was...But it's nice outside, and I am here to enjoy it.

And this leads me to a point that you won't hear on the news:  Things really aren't that bad.  In fact, compared to 50 years ago, things are pretty damn good.

Of course, there's still going to be people that point out the shitty end of the stick.  If confronted by the fact that there really isn't all that much shit on the stick, they will point out that the shit is increasing (not because it's measurable, but because shit always increases), and that they simply don't make sticks the way they used to.

But they aren't going to be happy, no matter what happens. 

Me, I'm going to enjoy the next month or so as much as I can, before the summer heat gets serious, and I'm not going to worry about shitty sticks or whether or not the glass is half empty (or full of arsenic, yada, yada), or even the fact that - financially - times are tight.

I'm going to cruise around The City in the Jeep, I'm going to walk the districts, and get The City back under my feet, where it belongs.  I am going to find the weird, and I am going to jump in head first.

That's what spring is for...To congratulate you on surviving another winter, and to make you feel good, at least for a time.  So get the hell out of the house, and take advantage of the fact that you're alive, reasonably well, and not (I hope) eating out of dumpsters.

Or Kill Me


1 Which, despite the nice weather, we are still most definitely against.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: LMNO on March 28, 2011, 06:09:30 PM
I agree with this post 169 times over.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Suu on March 28, 2011, 06:16:36 PM
what's a springtime?
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Luna on March 28, 2011, 06:17:28 PM
Awesome post, Roger, made me smile.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on March 28, 2011, 06:18:45 PM
Quote from: Suu the Infallible on March 28, 2011, 06:16:36 PM
what's a springtime?

It's that thing that those of us who aren't locked in an ice age get once a year.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on March 28, 2011, 06:19:13 PM
Quote from: Luna on March 28, 2011, 06:17:28 PM
Awesome post, Roger, made me smile.

Thanks.  That was the point, and I'm glad it seems to have made a couple of people smile.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Richter on March 28, 2011, 06:20:39 PM
THIS.

This is the stuff that makes it worthwhile, and is usually the first bit to loose sight of when you get down on things.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Suu on March 28, 2011, 06:22:18 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 28, 2011, 06:18:45 PM
Quote from: Suu the Infallible on March 28, 2011, 06:16:36 PM
what's a springtime?

It's that thing that those of us who aren't locked in an ice age get once a year.

Oh THAT. We had that 2 weeks ago. Then Old Man Winter got horny again, raped her, and sent her back in the kitchen.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on March 28, 2011, 06:23:29 PM
Quote from: Richter on March 28, 2011, 06:20:39 PM
THIS.

This is the stuff that makes it worthwhile, and is usually the first bit to loose sight of when you get down on things.

Hell, yeah.  Scrape a couple of dollars together, get Luna and maybe Suu out for one of those vile Turkish coffees, and take a walk.  Guaranteed to cheer you up, even if you have to dodge Guidos and aging mafiosa.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Suu on March 28, 2011, 06:25:50 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 28, 2011, 06:23:29 PM
Quote from: Richter on March 28, 2011, 06:20:39 PM
THIS.

This is the stuff that makes it worthwhile, and is usually the first bit to loose sight of when you get down on things.

Hell, yeah.  Scrape a couple of dollars together, get Luna and maybe Suu out for one of those vile Turkish coffees, and take a walk.  Guaranteed to cheer you up, even if you have to dodge Guidos and aging mafiosa.

Those Turkish coffees are BRILLIANT.


Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on March 28, 2011, 06:27:00 PM
Quote from: Suu the Infallible on March 28, 2011, 06:25:50 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 28, 2011, 06:23:29 PM
Quote from: Richter on March 28, 2011, 06:20:39 PM
THIS.

This is the stuff that makes it worthwhile, and is usually the first bit to loose sight of when you get down on things.

Hell, yeah.  Scrape a couple of dollars together, get Luna and maybe Suu out for one of those vile Turkish coffees, and take a walk.  Guaranteed to cheer you up, even if you have to dodge Guidos and aging mafiosa.

Those Turkish coffees are BRILLIANT.




Oh, absolutely.  Brilliant and vile and evil and addictive as fuck.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Dysfunctional Cunt on March 28, 2011, 06:28:58 PM
Thanks Roger, I needed this!




I will, of course, be cursing up one side and down the other if it truly snows again this week....  it's obligatory.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Luna on March 28, 2011, 06:31:22 PM
Quote from: Suu the Infallible on March 28, 2011, 06:25:50 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 28, 2011, 06:23:29 PM
Quote from: Richter on March 28, 2011, 06:20:39 PM
THIS.

This is the stuff that makes it worthwhile, and is usually the first bit to loose sight of when you get down on things.

Hell, yeah.  Scrape a couple of dollars together, get Luna and maybe Suu out for one of those vile Turkish coffees, and take a walk.  Guaranteed to cheer you up, even if you have to dodge Guidos and aging mafiosa.

Those Turkish coffees are BRILLIANT.




I haven't had.  (http://www.best-of-web.com/_images/080508-124012-109007.jpg)  Y'all have been holding out on me.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on March 28, 2011, 06:35:56 PM
Quote from: Khara on March 28, 2011, 06:28:58 PM
Thanks Roger, I needed this!




I will, of course, be cursing up one side and down the other if it truly snows again this week....  it's obligatory.

The funniest part of this is the teabaggers howling and hooting about how this must be "global warming", sarcastically.

Humorous part is, it IS.  This is the next stage, as ocean currents change and more and more water evaporates at the equator, causing much of North America and Europe to get nice and chilly.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on March 28, 2011, 06:37:34 PM
Ah, Spring! The season marked here by a rain-soaked carnage of worms and slugs on the pavement. The plums are blooming and heartbreak is in the air.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on March 28, 2011, 06:38:31 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 28, 2011, 06:37:34 PM
Ah, Spring! The season marked here by a rain-soaked carnage of worms and slugs on the pavement. The plums are blooming and heartbreak is in the air.

There's my little ray of sunshine.   :lulz:
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Requia ☣ on March 28, 2011, 06:40:33 PM
It's snowing outside right now, but somebody do me a favor and bump this is a month when weget spring here in Utah.  :lulz:
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on March 28, 2011, 06:41:15 PM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on March 28, 2011, 06:40:33 PM
It's snowing outside right now, but somebody do me a favor and bump this is a month when weget spring here in Utah.  :lulz:

There is no spring in Utah, I'm afraid.  It's due to an ancient curse the Mormons called down on themselves.

Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Luna on March 28, 2011, 06:44:20 PM
Quote from: Nigel on March 28, 2011, 06:37:34 PM
Ah, Spring! The season marked here by a rain-soaked carnage of worms and slugs on the pavement. The plums are blooming and heartbreak is in the air.

It's spring.  My heart can go hide in a hole for awhile, I'm sick of listening to it whine.  I'm gonna take a walk after work, maybe find a park, sit under a tree, and read awhile.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Suu on March 28, 2011, 06:44:45 PM
You know Roger, I had a really disgusting revelation coming back from Florida on Thursday. I knew something was up. I don't typically cry when I leave my family, because, most of the time, I'm screaming, "GET ME THE FUCK OUT OF HERE", but all I did was look at the weather screen (Tampa International has really nifty displays at each gate with details about your destination) and I almost hit the floor sobbing.

The one thing I miss about Florida is the lack of seasons. Okay, I take that back, there ARE seasons, and all joking aside, it's not hot, hotter and lovebug, there's a definite summer, a definite fall, and a definite spring, they just sorta tend to melt together if you don't pay attention. Either way, you don't get Seasonal Affective Disorder. You get, "Christ it's hot." or, "SHIT IT'S FUCKING COLD", but that's about it.

In December, winter is pretty. In March, it makes you suicidal. I shouldn't have had to come home to no leaves on the trees or daffodils popping the ground. This cold snap is going to delay them another MONTH now, and the very thought to me is downright disgusting. We won't have "spring" until it's summer. I have nothing to look forward to until it's almost too late. It hasn't been raining either. That means May is going to be atrocious; 70 degrees and non-stop rain for weeks, to make up for this.

We don't have the hope of spring here, it was taken from us by force. It was taken from me the minute I got off the bus in Boston and realized that the mere 50 miles that separates the cities gave us a 20 degree difference in weather, and I was shellshocked, wearing nothing but a thin hoodie and flip flops on my way to Florida. I knew, I would be doomed when I came home.

People always ask me why I'm miserable. THIS PLACE makes me miserable, but I have to stay. I made the commitment to work and go to school here, and until that education is complete, I can't really leave. I can't afford relocating to another school, and even then the only places that have my major on this coast are the Fashion Institute of Technology, NYU, and the University of Georgia. I couldn't afford the move to Athens, GA and know nobody around there, with no car, right outside of the largest and most densely populated cities in the Southeast away from the coast. I'd be trapped and suffocating in the Dirty Dirty, and no one would hear me scream.

Manhattan...I could do. You don't see the seasons there. You just feel them, and even then, temperature in The City is no indicator of the outside world. It's not the location, it's the cost. FIT is within reach, though their undergrad is not what I want, but NYU, my top choice for grad school, will be impossible. Especially with the loss of the Pell Grant program. So, I say in RI, I get the URI education with in-state benefits, and pray I don't die or kill someone in between.

You saw summer in RI. You saw a cold front, you lucky bastard. Remember that rain? That constant drizzle and the gray skies? That's what spring is. And if it ain't coming this year, Summer is going to rape us even harder than Winter, and we'll be comparing temperatures in the hundreds come July.

Yep. I got a whole lot to look forward to.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Suu on March 28, 2011, 06:46:14 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 28, 2011, 06:35:56 PM
Quote from: Khara on March 28, 2011, 06:28:58 PM
Thanks Roger, I needed this!




I will, of course, be cursing up one side and down the other if it truly snows again this week....  it's obligatory.

The funniest part of this is the teabaggers howling and hooting about how this must be "global warming", sarcastically.

Humorous part is, it IS.  This is the next stage, as ocean currents change and more and more water evaporates at the equator, causing much of North America and Europe to get nice and chilly.

...It's actually a pretty standard weather pattern. We just haven't had one in a while. Lawl. Climate Change.

Perfectly normal, perfectly healthy. [/Dr. Drew.]
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Requia ☣ on March 28, 2011, 06:50:17 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 28, 2011, 06:41:15 PM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on March 28, 2011, 06:40:33 PM
It's snowing outside right now, but somebody do me a favor and bump this is a month when weget spring here in Utah.  :lulz:

There is no spring in Utah, I'm afraid.  It's due to an ancient curse the Mormons called down on themselves.



You mean moving to Salt Lake?
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Requia ☣ on March 28, 2011, 06:53:59 PM
Also, we do have spring, it lasts for a week in mid April, and then winter comes back until summer starts up.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Jenne on March 28, 2011, 07:27:45 PM
I liked this one, Roger.  :D  Spring is struggling through this last vestige of what can count for a Southern California winter...I'm hoping it visits for at least five days while I camp in the desert next week.  
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Absolute_Silence on March 28, 2011, 07:57:01 PM
Spring was here two weeks ago (40s, sunshine) then Mother Nature got a bug up her ass and hit us with snow, sleet, thunder and lightning. Now we're thawing again.

But by god, I'm looking forward to planting my mini-garden (as much as I can in a tiny ass apartment) and hitting the city sidewalk sale in a few weeks.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on March 28, 2011, 07:59:13 PM
Quote from: Absolute_Silence on March 28, 2011, 07:57:01 PM
Spring was here two weeks ago (40s, sunshine) then Mother Nature got a bug up her ass and hit us with snow, sleet, thunder and lightning. Now we're thawing again.

But by god, I'm looking forward to planting my mini-garden (as much as I can in a tiny ass apartment) and hitting the city sidewalk sale in a few weeks.

I spent the 90s in apartment buildings.  The one thing I noticed was that the people that had gardens on their patios/balconies seemed to be much happier than the people that didn't...Although I suspect the gardens are an effect, not a cause.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Luna on March 28, 2011, 08:03:54 PM
Dunno, Rog, I find I'm much happier if I get a chance to play in the dirt.  That's one of the things I'm gonna miss about the house.  Sadly, I know better than to try a window box garden or anything.  I kill houseplants just by looking at them. 
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Suu on March 28, 2011, 08:10:06 PM
I should really get a vase and some flowers now that I have a table to put them on. Maybe I'll hit a florist on the way home or something.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on March 28, 2011, 10:01:40 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 28, 2011, 07:59:13 PM
Quote from: Absolute_Silence on March 28, 2011, 07:57:01 PM
Spring was here two weeks ago (40s, sunshine) then Mother Nature got a bug up her ass and hit us with snow, sleet, thunder and lightning. Now we're thawing again.

But by god, I'm looking forward to planting my mini-garden (as much as I can in a tiny ass apartment) and hitting the city sidewalk sale in a few weeks.

I spent the 90s in apartment buildings.  The one thing I noticed was that the people that had gardens on their patios/balconies seemed to be much happier than the people that didn't...Although I suspect the gardens are an effect, not a cause.

Believe it or not, gardening actually has some proven mood-lifting effects.

I am almost always happier when I'm gardening for at least an hour a day. I used to spend a lot of time in my garden... my ex hated it, he thought my priorities were all wrong. I haven't started my garden yet this year. I'm running late. I bet I'll start to feel happier as soon as I start it.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Cuddlefish on March 28, 2011, 10:20:08 PM
Nothing more to add but  :mittens: Great post.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
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Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Juana on March 28, 2011, 11:37:31 PM
Great post, Roger. We've got spring here. It's still too cold for my liking but it's supposed to be 80* on Thursday!
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Cainad (dec.) on March 29, 2011, 12:15:45 AM
I chipped the frost off my face just so I could grin at this.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Freeky on March 29, 2011, 12:37:42 AM
I <3 the OP's sentiment.
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Post by: Suu on March 29, 2011, 12:39:22 AM
I know 4 people with pneumonia right now. Just sayin'.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Absolute_Silence on March 29, 2011, 01:07:56 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 28, 2011, 10:01:40 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 28, 2011, 07:59:13 PM
Quote from: Absolute_Silence on March 28, 2011, 07:57:01 PM
Spring was here two weeks ago (40s, sunshine) then Mother Nature got a bug up her ass and hit us with snow, sleet, thunder and lightning. Now we're thawing again.

But by god, I'm looking forward to planting my mini-garden (as much as I can in a tiny ass apartment) and hitting the city sidewalk sale in a few weeks.

I spent the 90s in apartment buildings.  The one thing I noticed was that the people that had gardens on their patios/balconies seemed to be much happier than the people that didn't...Although I suspect the gardens are an effect, not a cause.

Believe it or not, gardening actually has some proven mood-lifting effects.

I am almost always happier when I'm gardening for at least an hour a day. I used to spend a lot of time in my garden... my ex hated it, he thought my priorities were all wrong. I haven't started my garden yet this year. I'm running late. I bet I'll start to feel happier as soon as I start it.

This may or may not be related, but I've noticed the people who have plants and such on their balconies/patios tend to be more likely to mind their own damn business.

It isn't warm enough here to put plants outside yet, still freezes overnight, but I'm excited anyway. I have shamrocks started and I was gonna check into the worthiness of those garden boxes for growing some veggies. Or one of those upside-down plants. Tomatoes never go to waste with me.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Jenne on March 29, 2011, 01:25:15 AM
Quote from: Hover Cat on March 28, 2011, 11:37:31 PM
Great post, Roger. We've got spring here. It's still too cold for my liking but it's supposed to be 80* on Thursday!

I saw that...and me with my leg sugaring appointment on FRIDAY!  Gah.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Sexecutioner Chao Tight on March 29, 2011, 05:12:00 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 28, 2011, 06:37:34 PM
Ah, Spring! The season marked here by a rain-soaked carnage of worms and slugs on the pavement. The plums are blooming and heartbreak is in the air.
You know if you lick a slug, your tongue goes all numb?
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Sexecutioner Chao Tight on March 29, 2011, 05:26:32 AM
To OP -  :awesome:
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Da6s on March 29, 2011, 06:02:55 AM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on March 28, 2011, 06:40:33 PM
It's snowing outside right now, but somebody do me a favor and bump this is a month when weget spring here in Utah.  :lulz:

Over 13 inches the past 24 hours here and it's still hammering us.

On the first day spring break officially ended. My spiteful heart has been appeased.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on March 29, 2011, 07:06:54 PM
Also, the fact that a 98% full glass is missing 2% of its contents is NOT verification that the world is shitting on your head. 
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on March 30, 2011, 02:42:42 AM
Quote from: Sexecutioner Chao Tight on March 29, 2011, 05:12:00 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 28, 2011, 06:37:34 PM
Ah, Spring! The season marked here by a rain-soaked carnage of worms and slugs on the pavement. The plums are blooming and heartbreak is in the air.
You know if you lick a slug, your tongue goes all numb?

I did know that! I don't think you can grow up in Oregon without knowing it. I mean, the slugs here are as big as an electric car.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Sexecutioner Chao Tight on March 30, 2011, 05:35:07 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 30, 2011, 02:42:42 AM
Quote from: Sexecutioner Chao Tight on March 29, 2011, 05:12:00 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 28, 2011, 06:37:34 PM
Ah, Spring! The season marked here by a rain-soaked carnage of worms and slugs on the pavement. The plums are blooming and heartbreak is in the air.
You know if you lick a slug, your tongue goes all numb?

I did know that! I don't think you can grow up in Oregon without knowing it. I mean, the slugs here are as big as an electric car.
Yep, more powerful too.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Jenne on March 30, 2011, 05:37:57 AM
Our electric car went kaput.  We had to have it towed today, and after having it for ONE day...LESS than one day, actually...we now have a rental while they figure out what the FUCK is wrong with it.
Title: Re: It's spring again. Everybody knows it's spring again.
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on March 30, 2011, 04:52:25 PM
Quote from: Sexecutioner Chao Tight on March 30, 2011, 05:35:07 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 30, 2011, 02:42:42 AM
Quote from: Sexecutioner Chao Tight on March 29, 2011, 05:12:00 AM
Quote from: Nigel on March 28, 2011, 06:37:34 PM
Ah, Spring! The season marked here by a rain-soaked carnage of worms and slugs on the pavement. The plums are blooming and heartbreak is in the air.
You know if you lick a slug, your tongue goes all numb?

I did know that! I don't think you can grow up in Oregon without knowing it. I mean, the slugs here are as big as an electric car.
Yep, more powerful too.

:lulz: