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whirlerz
06-10-2022, 10:20 PM
So our next album is based on the movie Zardoz, plus of course the “Potato Cats” song (and there’s new development on that). But we were fucking around last night and ended up making pretty much an EDM song based on this scene:
https://youtu.be/gavlcbunY00
We might make it a hidden track on the album. I played it for L and her sister today (both EDM fans) and they hated the movie quotes we used (and M was just like, “What the hell kind of movies do you watch?”), but they liked the overall sound of it, so I’ll take that as a seal of approval.
The Penis Is Evil is out working title for the album, though I don’t know if it’s going to remain or not.
K came over last night for our impromptu jam session. L has been feeling left out because she doesn’t play an instrument, so I ended up giving her a tambourine and, lo and behold, she actually does have some rhythm. As we were doing our thing, I started singing random lines from the “Potato Cats” song I penned to mock my sister, and K stopped to ask about it. After I explained it to her and showed her the lyrics sheet (which was composed entirely of shit out of left field my sister said that night while she was stoned), K asked how I felt about doing an acoustic reprise. So we’re doing that, and that’s how my sister is going to find out, because that will have vocals which can be understood… not so much the case with grindcore vocals.
On a more somber note, my cat hasn’t been quite up to snuff lately. We figure she was born ~2006, so it doesn’t escape me that cats have a finite lifespan. If this is it or whenever that moment comes, I know it’s going to be really hard on me. She’s been with me on this journey since it began back in 2008. When it does come to that, I really hope that doesn’t cloud my judgment into needlessly prolonging it. I know it’s going to be difficult to let go.
Zardiz has spoken.. The ___ shoots seeds:rotfl:
So sorry bout your cat, she'll let you know when tho, hugs.
charlie61
06-11-2022, 09:58 AM
Child- you'll be able to make the right decision for your cat. It's all about quality of life. Animals don't understand being in pain for long periods or dying from old age (when humans try to prolong life beyond what's healthy). Usually there will be a sharp decline in quality of life, and you'll know. It's one thing if she's been eating well, healthy weight, and just suddenly has an acute issue that could be addressed. It's another thing if she's losing weight gradually, losing interest in food, becoming more listless, limping from arthritis or struggling to use the bathroom normally, etc.
You know her well, and you'll know when it's time.
carmen_b
06-11-2022, 11:08 AM
^ Zardiz looks like a couple of my club regulars.
Aurora_Sunset
06-12-2022, 07:42 AM
Ugh, I don't wanna go to the grocery store on a Sunday morning, but I have to before I leave for work, otherwise my cat won't have any dinner tonight (I won't be home until after midnight). Alright... getting off SW now to go do adult things...
SnuffleUffleGrass
06-12-2022, 08:50 AM
Well you did say she was craziest person you knew haha
Yeah I kind of wish I had not found out about what she is trying to do.
However I do realize with the amount of cynicism out there about "Spiritual Gurus" and "Shamans" she won't get too far.
seashell
06-12-2022, 12:54 PM
Tried VR for the first time yesterday, and it blew my mind! Putting the headset on and off was like waking up from a dream, lol.
Aurora_Sunset
06-12-2022, 04:28 PM
It must be cyclical, but I always get really motivated to work out right before my period starts - which is also the week when I'm super bloated while PMS-ing, so matter how much I work out or eat right, I still look like I gained 15 pounds. So then I get all discouraged, even though I know it's just PMS water weight.
Aurora_Sunset
06-12-2022, 07:09 PM
Just had a mixed-feelings phone call with my parents. My grandma will probably pass any day now. My aunt finished chemo, but her husband is starting radiation next week - 43 treatments, which damn! That's a lot.
They also told me they're selling their house, so this weekend when I visit will probably be the last time I ever see that house. That's so rough, because we moved there when I was 5. I can't imagine never going back there again...
But they also told me that if I'm not feeling it with my marathon training and I want to back out of it this year, they're not going to be upset. They'll cancel the Airbnb they rented for everyone but they'll still come down and visit that weekend for my birthday. That takes a lot of pressure off. Maybe I'll be more motivated to work out when I can just do what I like every day and not worry about how I'm supposed to be running a bunch of miles.
AChildOfBoredom
06-12-2022, 11:09 PM
Zardiz has spoken.. The ___ shoots seeds:rotfl:
So sorry bout your cat, she'll let you know when tho, hugs.
The movie is horrible. Even Sean Connery as the main protagonist couldn’t make it less so. But I love it at the same time.
Child- you'll be able to make the right decision for your cat. It's all about quality of life. Animals don't understand being in pain for long periods or dying from old age (when humans try to prolong life beyond what's healthy). Usually there will be a sharp decline in quality of life, and you'll know. It's one thing if she's been eating well, healthy weight, and just suddenly has an acute issue that could be addressed. It's another thing if she's losing weight gradually, losing interest in food, becoming more listless, limping from arthritis or struggling to use the bathroom normally, etc.
You know her well, and you'll know when it's time.
Vet prescribed some meds for her, and she’s been doing better. She’s been more her normal self, which is to constantly want attention.
She’s outlived the other two “invasion cats” (as my roommates called them, and there’s a story there), and she’s outlived at least some of her offspring… I also had one of her kittens, who I had to put down in 2018. She’s not at the end of the line yet, but I know it’s not too far away.
Dreamqueen
06-13-2022, 12:30 AM
The spawn of Satan has returned home.
Without missing a beat, she immediately followed me into the bathroom. She ran the garbage disposal the one time I went to the sink on my cam break. (She admitted to doing this via text to my previous landlord).
I'm talking about my stalker neighbor whom I share paper thin walls with.
4 solid years of this has made me psychotic.
Her goal is to get me to move. Nope.
Not until I'm good and ready.
I've been a tenant in 25 places. Only had this happen 2 other times. All were females.
Not good.
JessaJade
06-13-2022, 07:46 AM
Nick Cannon really needs to get the snip.
SnuffleUffleGrass
06-13-2022, 08:01 AM
The weirdest thing happened early this morning.......
Around 3: 15 AM we were awakened by a loud noise. Like something heavy falling.
Myself and boyfriend got up to investigate. Nothing amiss in the house (which was locked up.) Dog was sleeping under the bed.
I checked around our yard.....IMO I think one of our drunk neighbors wandered up to our front door and hit it trying to get in, mistaking it for his house. (We have a neighbor who looks like the late Charles Manson & apparently he's a drunk.)
So strange.
carmen_b
06-13-2022, 10:22 AM
I DON'T want my relationship to fail haha !
BUT ..... if it did I have a killer " plan B " . I think I have enough funds that I would finish out my season at my day job ( busy season runs now until mid Oct. ) and then begin traveling at a LARGE scale in November. Like ..... a 2 month duration in a different country and then another 1-2 months time in a 2nd country.
:)
In my last partnership I literally did not have ANY plan B . That way of thinking led to a mental decline which I just don't want to ever face again ! I think as women we always need to kind of think " what if " and have great alternative plans ( and funding for said plans ).
carmen_b
06-13-2022, 01:23 PM
I'm up to around $1600 for June earnings.
I want $3600 minimum. :)
My day job customers WILL give me another 2 k this month.
What will the universe provide for YOU this month ?
Set that intention out there.
AChildOfBoredom
06-13-2022, 07:14 PM
“You’ve got first dips if you want one”
But you really can’t be doing this shit to me right now.
But still :heartbeat
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Marina Starr
06-14-2022, 04:30 AM
We can't change other people or expect them to be how we wanted them to be. People know themselves better than we do. That's why it's so important to have standards of how we want to be treated and don't engage with people who don't meet the standards.
That doesn't mean putting up with disrespect or abusive. I'll be the first to cuss bitches out the second I'm mistreated. It's okay to address shit that bothers you then sit back and see how people RATHER act. How they treat you, talk to you is how they feel about you. The relationship we have with other people is a reflection of the relationship we have with ourselve so make sure it's kind, respectful and healthy.
JGB2009
06-14-2022, 05:15 PM
Looks like I will be going asleep on you again tonight.
carmen_b
06-14-2022, 07:55 PM
Made it to Vegas.
Stage side at a burlesque show meow . :)
Dreamqueen
06-14-2022, 09:51 PM
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Full Moon rising in the desert.
It's so hot here that the moon looks yellow.
What's that dot below it? Probably an orb. Hmm.
Strawberry moon in Sagittarius.
Just put all of my crystals outside for a moon bath cleansing.
smeca
06-14-2022, 11:29 PM
Made it to Vegas.
Stage side at a burlesque show meow . :)
Ooh there used to be a great burlesque show at my old old city, Vegas must be top tier.
My random thought is I remembered when I basically fell out of my stripper shoes :rotfl:. I was just standing around in the club and then down I went haha.
kimbe
06-15-2022, 12:45 AM
I'm so ready for vacation now!
SnuffleUffleGrass
06-15-2022, 09:04 AM
Thanks to an inevitable milestone passing, I've been full of spiritual thoughts when I'm trying to focus on practical ones. There really is never enough time in a day, or a lifetime, even.
indiegirl
06-15-2022, 10:07 AM
Tried VR for the first time yesterday, and it blew my mind! Putting the headset on and off was like waking up from a dream, lol.
LOL isn't it crazy!!!!! I've tried it before too and it's so fun. The whole metaverse thing in VR seems exciting to try in the future!
Sidenote: I failed my Midterm in Lab twice. I appealed the D and got an F this morning. Both times for contaminating and not calling it out in a sterile environment.....SIGHHH. I'm fucking worried. I even went to a meeting with my parents there because of it. It's been an awful 24 hours this past day. Thank god I didn't cry. I've had so much shit happen to me in the sex worker world in the past, that it didn't merit any tears or reason to cry. I just felt like "Here we go again. I'm fucking stupid and I want to quit."
WendiStarr
06-15-2022, 10:21 AM
Ponds are harder work than I thought. I have a waterfall, pump, and I think at least one mosquito fish in there, and still discovered a massive, disgusting amount of mosquito larvae wiggling around in there. The adult toads are not interested in eating them. I haven't put the bullfrog tadpole in there yet because some birds(robins mostly, I've noticed) around here eat all the tadpoles. No stores around here have the fish and aquatic life-safe bti mosquito killer. It won't be able to ship here until Sunday. I hope mosquito larvae don't become blood sucking adults by then. I'm ready to just drain the pond and say fuck it. I hate mosquitoes and the last thing I want is to provide a place for them to breed at. I just wanted a nice pond with fish, toads, and frogs to hang out at.
Genoveve
06-16-2022, 02:57 PM
What's that dot below it? Probably an orb. Hmm.
It's a visual effect that the phone's camera lens creates.
Thanks to an inevitable milestone passing, I've been full of spiritual thoughts when I'm trying to focus on practical ones. There really is never enough time in a day, or a lifetime, even.
Truth.
indiegirl
06-16-2022, 06:24 PM
I've gotten my second jury duty summons for the year...........................Am I the only person living in LA County? This happens to me yearly and I'm the only person out of my siblings and parents this happens to. BAHAHAHA.
carmen_b
06-16-2022, 06:46 PM
I get confused sometimes quoting things in my small business for short notice.
Technically ..... I'm not doing anything this particular day in two weeks so I know I can quote less than the website prices AND give a deal .
BUT .... I don't want to under quote . I really struggled putting this quote together just now.
AChildOfBoredom
06-17-2022, 03:31 PM
Left my coworkers a bit stunned last night. A bunch of us went to a karaoke bar last night to celebrate a coworker’s retirement, and so we all badgered each other to go up and do karaoke. K and L joined me, and we had a good time. The prizes were $150, $100, and $50, and I ended up taking the $150 with Gordon Lightfoot’s “If You Could Read My Mind” and Otis Redding’s “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay”. The dude that took second place, I thought he was going to take first. Guy had pipes for sure. But he picked songs he needed the prompter for and didn’t move at all on stage. I think I kinda ruined things for K, though. One of the songs she picked (and also one she performs live with her band) was “Last Dance With Mary Jane”, and she thought it was about smoking weed. So I showed her the music video on YouTube later that night, and I don’t think she was a happy camper about that.
https://youtu.be/aowSGxim_O8
The vibe I’m getting from that video has nothing to do with Satan’s Spinach.
L knows already what my vocal range is (and she did pretty good for someone who doesn’t sing), K has only ever me sing grindcore songs and was surprised because I think she figured me as strictly an instrumentalist, and my coworkers have never heard me sing at all. Anyhow, I put the $150 towards the bar tab. My coworkers are fun.
charlie61
06-17-2022, 06:15 PM
I've gotten my second jury duty summons for the year...........................Am I the only person living in LA County? This happens to me yearly and I'm the only person out of my siblings and parents this happens to. BAHAHAHA.
Yeah, i have never been summoned for jury duty, ever. That's so interesting!
carmen_b
06-17-2022, 07:09 PM
There are some GREAT shows for sure !
I find it so weird that people are allowed to take pictures though !
Oh well haha !
Ooh there used to be a great burlesque show at my old old city, Vegas must be top tier.
My random thought is I remembered when I basically fell out of my stripper shoes :rotfl:. I was just standing around in the club and then down I went haha.
carmen_b
06-17-2022, 07:10 PM
I stayed at home all day which is so rare for me ! :)
I was just luxuriating in quiet and then I got MORE ( my partner randomly went out after 5 haha ) !
omg this day of quiet heaven 11-7 roughly !
Dreamqueen
06-17-2022, 10:07 PM
I'm on a hot chocolate with mini marshmallows kick lately.
So delicious!
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carmen_b
06-18-2022, 07:03 AM
Ha ! I offered them a deal ( because I didn't have ANYTHING else on the calendar in two weeks on that day ) and they still didn't pay the retainer !
Now I just dislike them. There was a unique element to the job and J has kept asking about it ( I know he wants to travel to the location with me haha ) /
I'm just like " I don't know they are idiots. It's two weeks out and they didn't pay to confirm their spot ".
Sometimes there is only so much you can do !
I get confused sometimes quoting things in my small business for short notice.
Technically ..... I'm not doing anything this particular day in two weeks so I know I can quote less than the website prices AND give a deal .
BUT .... I don't want to under quote . I really struggled putting this quote together just now.
kimbe
06-18-2022, 12:42 PM
My partner T doesn't usually enjoy these kind of vacations the most (read: beach, pool, sun, tanning etc) but there's so many half naked women (topless) so I guess he actually have a good time.... :D
carmen_b
06-18-2022, 01:07 PM
^ That'll do it !
What guy can complain surrounded by titties ?
kimbe
06-18-2022, 01:09 PM
^ Definitely the easy solution for future vacations ;)
seashell
06-19-2022, 02:51 AM
Recently heard the word "witch" described as
Woman
In
Total
Control of
Herself
And I freaking love it :)
moneybags
06-19-2022, 08:02 AM
Taking this smash the patriarchy course today I’m so excited https://the-school-of-visibility.mykajabi.com/products/smash-the-patriarchal-mindset/categories/3840586/posts/12974146
One of the messages that's strongly embedded in all systems of oppression is 'Your perspective isn't valuable. Your decisions can be overturned at any moment in favour of the oppressive class. Your job is to be loyal to the system and the people the system privileges. Honouring yourself is subversive, dangerous, and wrong.'
So as a woman, a BIPOC person, a disabled person, or a member of the LGBTIA community, it's no small thing to build a habit around honouring your decisions. Especially when you're honouring choices that support and liberate you.
I figured you bad asses would appreciate hearing this
Dreamqueen
06-20-2022, 01:04 AM
When I was at the gas station last night, they had a sign on the pump that only cash is accepted inside ( of the store), and all credit/debit needs to be paid at the pump.
Is this the way it is for anyone else?
I haven't needed to get gas in over a month, and I never go to this particular station.
Just curious.
I watched a YouTube channel that talked about gas cards coming soon. Like rationing of gas. :worried:
Genoveve
06-20-2022, 01:20 PM
When I was at the gas station last night, they had a sign on the pump that only cash is accepted inside ( of the store), and all credit/debit needs to be paid at the pump.
Is that unusual? How is it normally done where you are?
AChildOfBoredom
06-20-2022, 02:40 PM
My old roommates’ mother called me today. She wants me to try to appeal to him to come back. He was wounded in Ukraine, and he wants to get back into the fight after he recovers. The whole thing with the two British and one Moroccan POW being sentenced to death and the fate of two Americans being in the air has them worried. I’m really not in a position to preach to him… I’d have been over there if it weren’t for obligations I can’t walk out on. And he’s there because he believes in what he’s doing. He’s not going to just turn his back on that.
lurkingtitties
06-20-2022, 02:52 PM
Is that unusual? How is it normally done where you are?
Maybe she meant they weren't accepting credit card transactions inside? Like normally people might go in the store to buy stuff and also have the cashier authorize $20 of gas (or more like $60 these days, let's be real haha) on their card, but for whatever reason this gas station isn't doing it that way right now...it could be that their credit card machine is broken and they're waiting on a repair, happened to me the other day trying to go to the banya and I had to leave to find an ATM and come back with cash...
Dreamqueen I dunno about gas rationing but I was just thinking the other day that I've heard the horror stories of gas tanks getting broken into in the 70s and thinking we might see a resurgence of that!
Don't take Youtube speculations toooooo seriously though my friend, tons of unqualified people with an agenda on there. Right now I have a lot of geopolitical prediction videos in my feed, it's kinda fun how the vast majority of them from a year ago have already been proven utterly wrong by 1. the war in Ukraine unto itself and 2. the rest of the world's response to it.
whirlerz
06-20-2022, 03:11 PM
Indie, DON'T be so tough on yourself, I K ow you work hard, & will get thru this!!!
AChildOfBoredom
06-22-2022, 10:59 PM
Riding back from Baltimore. The band I stood in for as their vocalist has some live shows booked, opening for other bands, and they want me to at least do some of the shows since I’m the one who actually did the vocals for their album when their vocalist was down with COVID. Some of the songs on the album were part of an EP they’d already released with him on vocals, so we went back and forth with vocal duties, where he did some of the songs from the EP and also from their first album (which had an entirely different vocalist). And you see it particularly at metal shows where some of the girls there aren’t actually into the music, and they’re basically there as arm candy for their boyfriends or whatever (and they also get at the front near the stage and complain when they get caught when a pit forms). And when there’s a woman on stage and their boyfriends get excited about the woman on stage, they also like to try staring you down and visually throwing shade at you.
So, in vocal segments where I really need to dig down and pull something up from the depths, it helps for me to focus on someone or something like I’m unleashing my wrath on them. If there’s a pause before these segments in the studio, I’ll often just hit myself with my stun gun and that’ll work. But live and also without enough of a pause, I turn to a member of the audience. So in the buildup to it (as I was on an elevated stage), I dropped to one knee in front of this tall girl who’d been doing the visual shade throwing, then I grabbed her by her shirt collar, pulled her towards me and just yelled into the mix with everything I could muster for those lines. And it helped because it was easy to tell she was scared. But I felt bad for the rest of the set, especially since she just had this shocked and wide eyed expression through it all, so at the end of the set, we’ll shake hands, fist bump, whatever with the audience, so I put my hand on my shoulder and asked if she was alright, and she kinda nervously nodded her head, and once the buzz started dying down I went back to her and apologized and explained why I did it (the part about focusing, not the part where I targeted her directly) and asked if I could give her some merch or buy her a drink. She ended up taking me up on the drink offer after I talked to her a little more, and we sat at the bar and talked and ended following each other on IG and TikTok and now I bunch of notifications that she liked all of my pole fitness content and some other stuff, so hopefully I’ve cleared the air with her.
indiegirl
06-25-2022, 11:50 AM
My new school starts on Monday with my units transferred over as well. WAHOO! I'm required to get the covid vaccine in the next two weeks for the school. DAMNIT!!! I hope this vaccine goes smoothly.
JGB2009
06-25-2022, 01:41 PM
Once my cat lays on me I don't wanna move because I don't wanna seem rude and make her lay somewhere else.
AChildOfBoredom
06-26-2022, 04:11 AM
I feel like I have no gaydar at all. Growing up in a Mennonite community, it was a subject so taboo as not even be acknowledged or spoken of, so perhaps that’s part of it, but my friend from the community and also S and her girlfriend were working booths at the pride event yesterday (and will be today), so of course they expected me to stop by and see them. And then S’s girlfriend wanted to introduce me to some of her friends because they’ve talked about me to others and about them to me and this would allow us to put faces to the names, and that’s where shit got wild. First, I ran into a tow op I used to see at Copart… in an sailor suit costume. Caught me by surprise, but it’s not like I really knew him that well… we’d exchange greetings and be on our way. Then I hear my stage name yelled out, which I thought nothing of it until I felt a hand on my shoulder, turned around, and saw one of the dancers I’d worked with who also left during the pandemic. We weren’t club besties or anything, but we were on good enough terms that we were happy to see each other. She also introduced me to her wife. Which, I could give myself a pass for not having caught that, as we weren’t super close, but her being in one of her stripper costumes with rainbows painted on each cheek and wearing one of those flags like a cape probably should’ve clued me in.
Went to see my friend from the community, of course. The one bisexual woman at her work, I already knew about. The pole studio I train at had a booth there, and a portable dance pole. They couldn’t surprise me, at least. They also tried getting me on the pole, but I wasn’t dressed for it (I was wearing a pinafore) and as one of them rightfully pointed out, I’d hate their music selection anyhow. Perhaps if I go back today I’ll wear something under my dress.
A vocalist from a band we’ve played shows with, I ran into her there. She’s never been bashful about batting for the other team, and I believe she’s the one who coined the nickname “Mary Poppins” for me over how I dress at shows.
I tell you, they really come out of the woodwork. S wants me to go back today, but I don’t know. It’s not exactly the most comfortable of settings for me.
Marina Starr
06-26-2022, 06:39 AM
Ordered. My town is very conservative so I can’t wait to rock it and piss everyone off and I’m here for all of it, lmao
https://i.ibb.co/B48Z1pc/496-C2203-736-D-4084-86-FD-144-E88684-FA1.jpg (https://ibb.co/CJx7rcm)
lilylilylily
06-26-2022, 02:55 PM
I seem to get more date offers when I'm on my period, I canceled with one and then i got two dudes from my past pop up this weekend. I hate seeing anyone while I'm on my period, i think my body is helping me out by making me avoid seeing these shmucks.
indiegirl
06-27-2022, 03:55 PM
Some lady at In-N-Out Burger turned around pissed off and offended Like I was a guy checking her out. Hahahaha. I set my car alarm off twice because I never know where my car is at and always lose it She didn’t know it was me. Lolll