the 2024 trivial, boring drivel thread

[Duchess]

I love spray paint. LoveLoveLove.

[BigMark]

Gold is the best color for huffing.

[Duchess]

*gasp* Oh no. I'm strictly a pothead.

[MirahM]

Every now & then I creep on some of the people I went to school with and I recently found out one of them is a death doula. 

I have been sitting on this post for a while, wanting to respond and I realize I have such a long response in my head.

About 10 years ago I experienced the deaths of several people in a pretty short period of time, or at least over a 2 year period. I don't think I have a fear of dying, but I definitely did not want to get close to anyone else who was sick and dying, that scared me.
A man I worked for was dying and he had just lost his 22 year old son a couple of years prior. It is one of the reasons I came to the mountain.
During that time a friend from college passed, a friend in the neighboorhood and another guy in the community. And I can't remember all of them at this moment, but it was a lot. 

A lady I house sat for, who strangely so has passed-in my first years up here had a book "The Tibetan Book on Living and Dying" by Sogyal Rinpoche. It was so good and really helped me through working with this person who I knew was dying. It helped me see that it was such an honor to be a part of that process with him and his family.

I highly recommend that book, I'm not sure if it will address a person's fear of dying, but either way it is a good read.

All that to say-I respect those who are able to work in the field in any capacity where death is imminent.

[MirahM]

Oh!
I totally forgot to mention. In my first 2 years in the mountains I met this lady who sings on people's death beds. Some say it brings them comfort. It is really beautiful, but I couldn't listen to her share her story without bawling, I hadn't really dealt with all of the deaths, or was still healing.
Anyway, there was a family who had a cat who was dying AND she sang for the cat, it was really sweet. I will never forget it.

[Duchess]

 "The Tibetan Book on Living and Dying" by Sogyal Rinpoche. It was so good and really helped me through working with this person who I knew was dying. It helped me see that it was such an honor to be a part of that process with him and his family.

I went to see if my library (Overdrive) had it and they do not, so I went to Amazon and I had enough promotional credits built up that I got it for $1.24. Score! Thank you! Gawd I hope this helps.

[MirahM]

Woo, I wish I would have grabbed it when I was home. I could read it again. I hope you like it.

[BigMark]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/S9pjYwvqg...ture=share

[Duchess]

God bless her.   

[MirahM]

Omg hilarious ?

[Carsman]

I used to worry about it too, but then one day I realized you won't know anything when you do check out, you won't feel a thing.  You won't know anything, you just no longer exist. 
It's like when you're in a dead sleep without dreaming, you're just gone in oblivion. 

This is how I've been trying to view it, some days I am more successful than others. Logically, I understand it will be exactly how you have said it will be, but I am often illogical. 

Of course, religion if you believe in it, will muddy up the waters. (I try to push it out of my mind)

[Duchess]

She said--"I'm 55. My divorced, straight women friends would rather eat flaming turds than get into a relationship with a man again."

[sally]

What were your thoughts the first time you heard Another One Bites The Dust? I was five years old and I don’t dance, but it was the one time in my life I wanted to bust a move.

[aussiefriend]

My dogs walk all over me. No one listens to me in this house, but they all love me.

I feel like that woman who killed that dog is like OJ. She is pure evil.

[Carsman]

My dogs walk all over me. No one listens to me in this house, but they all love me.

I feel like that woman who killed that dog is like OJ. She is pure evil.

She's not evil, she's nuts! She said today she would shoot Joey's German Shepard if she had the chance, as he bit 15 people! Most people would have just put a muzzle on him. 

[BigMark]

Or her.

[aussiefriend]

She's not nuts. She is in a position of power, which is she is abusing. That poor animal. Don't give her a pass Cars. Pure evil.

[Duchess]

Not only that, she lied about meeting the North Korea dictator, she said she stared him down, she wanted him to know she wasn't intimidated by him because she taught toddlers or some shit like that. I'm paraphrasing here. Then she denied knowing about it, meaning she was going to blame the ghost writer only come to find out she narrated the audio version of her stupid book. 

[aussiefriend]

She's just a dumbass liar. I can see her staring down toddlers. What a bitch.

[Duchess]

I've been surprised this week at just how dumb she really is. She has been doing promo's for her book all week and she keeps setting herself up to be asked these questions over & over again. It's almost like those who are in charge of managing her time and her appts with all these media folks hate her.