TDS Social vs. where Darksiders come to play

[badfish45]

Hey Badfish, hope you can find some good music to help you through. It always helps me. Do you like M.Ward? http://youtu.be/y6j0B5aE9F0

I do now

It is...maybe we should make it a team effort.... feel free to PM whenever you need to and the way you worded the first sentence made me smile

Thanks It's nice to know that you care

@Badfish--yeah, I wish it had ended with an up but at least you're in motion and not stuck in a down, right?

It's back to an up again. Just a really tough past few days, with all the fighting and emotions flying and stress and what not. My friend was down and I'm starting to notice her self destructive decisions surfacing again, and when she started ignoring my texts I said "Fine go ahead and ignore me, go see how that works out for you". I was pissed. And then I felt really bad....I'll PM you what happened after that.

Yeah, definitely gotta get rid of those downs mate, you deserve better
What can we do to help?

Knowing you guys are always behind my back helps, and knowing your judgement never changes of me does too. You guys do enough already, you're all my second family, I'll make a point of PMing you when I do need to. I never ask for support when I know I need it, and that's what I've been working on improving. It takes a lot of courage.

Badfish, keep going, you can kick the downs

Kaywholed, same thng happened to me... then I found an even better place. Keep looking

To everyone discussing pumpkins: I love them! We do eat them here, but not as much as you North Americans do I think.. butternut squash is pretty common here. You're all making me hungry, and as someone who has had no appetite for 2 days, I thank you all :D

Aww that's why we're here, to make you hungry when you don't have an appetite. Thanks for the support too ^_^ How are you doing? I noticed that you exceeded your goal on Dave's donation page. That really warmed my heart to see today.

Hah! Just spilled coffee all over myself but miraculously missed the keyboard--yay!! (Badfish, does this ring a bell?)
It got really cold here, like overnight went from our glorious autumn-summer (best months of the year here are Aug/Sept?Oct) to rainy and cold. Now I woke up and it is summer again--sun shining, warm, sparkling. Sounds like you and the weather have something in common right now Badfish. Anyway, I just pulled the last of the summer vegies out of the garden and will dig in the compost so I can plant all the winter stuff.
I think growing food and flowers has to be one of the most healing things I can do. It covers all the bases. It's like being a toddler playing in the mud, an artist creating something out of nothing, a parent because you get to nurture something, and it's great exercise to boot! So, I'm going to go dig---everybody in the TCS family-- have a good day (and remember there are a lot of ways to do that).

I guess the computer god's were on your side Me...I wasn't so lucky. And yes...me and the weather go together like bread and butter, except sometimes the bread is buttered on the bottom side (yes, sometimes cloudy weather lifts my mood). I bet those veggies are gonna taste great, I've always found the last of the year always do.

Thanks to all for your replies

 

[Dave]

@n3o-- I think that we may have gone over this in the HL eggs thread, but: poached eggs are surely the shizz. I'm all but vegan now, and haven't made poached eggs in probably 4 months, but it used to be my weekend ritual breakfast. Two slices of artisanal dark rye bread, moderately toasted and rubbed with a gralic clove, then drizzled lightly with olive oil, lightly spread with tomato paste, and then lightly salted and peppered. On top of this, two perfectly medium (as in doneness) poached eggs would be added per slice of bread, (poached in water with a splash of sherry vinegar), seasoned with coarse finishing salt, pepper, and a bit more olive oil, then topped with sliced avocado.

And then devoured with gusto!:D

@kay: expectation is a bitch, isn't it? All you can do is dust yourself off and keep on looking-- you'll find a good place in good time, I'm sure.

 

[wooger]

^^please cook for me? I am so hungry n that sounds divine!

 

[herbavore]

Talk about making somebody hungry--Dave you are the king of the kitchen--that was your normal, just-for-you breakfast? Wow, I'm impressed and not vegan so think I'll try it.

 

[n3ophy7e]

I know right!! Dave that sounds amazingly delicious!!

 

[Dave]

The funny thing is: it probably took almost as much time to write that as it did to cook it! Well, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but once the water was boiling it was maybe 10 minutes for two batches of 2 eggs each, and all the other stuff could be done concurrently.

Thanks for the compliments everyone! I love cooking, enjoy writing, and adore eating; food is really one of my driving passions. Oh, and that was a weekend breakfast; something that took a bit more time and effort, and could be enjoyed at leisure while watching the sun rise in winter, or hiding from it in summer.

@wooger: if you ever find yourself in my neck of the woods, or I yours, I promise to make you a first rate meal!

 

[S.M.F.G]

Wishing my appatite would return, all this talk of food, Good food i might add makes me feel fucking slack im surviving on up and go liquid breakfasts. Tried for a good meal yesterday, 2 bites in an i just felt sick... Now im on a bit of a down compared to feeling really good only a few days ago. Atributeing this to tha stopping of smokin somewhat I been chewin on a bit of kanna and its helped heaps but today im findin myself feeling unwell, massive lack of motivation and little desire for human contact...
I been watching and admireing the determination of a bunch of ants who have draged half a cockroach the entire length of my hallway, they been @ getin it up a one cm ledge for the last hour, An its gonna crush me to get the dustpan out and sweep em up
Pool's still out of order cant wait for it to be fixed as its the only thing that has gotten me out. Wishin i was doin something meaningfull like those lil ants, But comin here is a start i suppose. Gotta stay away from facebook and all the negitave shit that comes up on my wall but i bielieve in these things so strongly that i find it hard to ignore.
Gotta make the squid something good for dinner, she will be home soon thats one thing i have to be greatfull for i just hate feeling this way. Hopefully il be inspired but i cant even bring myself to open the mail atm... Just bankruptsy paperwork anyways this has been my socialising for today. Sorry folks if im coming across as negitave nancy in the social thread just writin whats in my thoughts and tryin to contribute

 

[herbavore]

^^ sorry you feel so bad right now. You're right though, logging on here is a good thing to do. I'll be here for a while and happy to chat! Pm if you want



@ Dave Have you ever thought of doing a cookbook? I would buy it, that's for sure!

 

[Dave]

Actually, sort of. Too early to say right now, but there should be news on it in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!

 

[Myshkin]

Hiya,

I've only Darksided briefly in my non-modding days, but I'm a bit 'Dark Side' right now. I'm going to take the time to read the guidelines and familiarise myself with people but I think this is a really positive part of BL and one in which both the mods and the members do really great work. If that sounds trite then I don't mean it as such.

What I'm trying to say is do you mind me hanging around a bit? I find it hard to open up a lot of the time but I think I could both learn (primarily) and maybe offer the odd bit of advice and support where I can. It's all up to you. Just glad to see a part of BL where people unconditionally look after each other. It's great.

PS - I know I smell bad, but stand upwind and it's okay.

 

[HeWhoHowls]

Hiya,

I've only Darksided briefly in my non-modding days, but I'm a bit 'Dark Side' right now. I'm going to take the time to read the guidelines and familiarise myself with people but I think this is a really positive part of BL and one in which both the mods and the members do really great work. If that sounds trite then I don't mean it as such.

What I'm trying to say is do you mind me hanging around a bit? I find it hard to open up a lot of the time but I think I could both learn (primarily) and maybe offer the odd bit of advice and support where I can. It's all up to you. Just glad to see a part of BL where people unconditionally look after each other. It's great.

PS - I know I smell bad, but stand upwind and it's okay.

The best advice I ever got came from people I didn't know.
Let us be the strangers on the bus that you detail your life to.
We're listening...

 

[Myshkin]

Thank you.

Your username is brilliant, btw!

 

[Dave]

With a conscientious attitude like that, how could anyone refuse?

 

[n3ophy7e]

Sammy we are only too happy to have you in here Welcome

 

[herbavore]

Welcome, Sam!

TDS is a phenomena unto itself for sure. I am humbled daily by the good folks here.

 

[tremours]

im so bored, i wish i had some cigarettes

 

[S.M.F.G]

Chiming in also with welcomes to SamhainGrim
Bad night sleep 4 me I got up feeling and looking like the living dead, continued till i got to sleep about 10am, Just woke up and am feeling better for it. Will be takin a swim with the lil un soon get myself showered and go to the shop for a stockup. I attributeing alot of the ups and downs to my changing of habbits and lifestyle, I was watching some tv show late last nite that made me reallly say SLAP!! U gotta get fitter (way fitter) and start working out. Was an imposibility this morning i had to stop and rest after climbing a 5 metere steep path that heads towards where i take my kid to the bus but having had some sleep I think the pools a good start and i need to smoke less ciggys and climb more hills @ least get my cardio up a bit more.
Healthy has never really been me apart from my surfing years, I'm looking foward to embraceing the challenge and givin it a good go, Nothing much else doin as i been asleep for the greater part of the day, Had to drop in and say hi to everyone sorta like ritual to me. Hope everyone is doing well today sending out and gud vibes to everyone who may not be

 

[badfish45]

Bye, bye, Ms. American Pie.... took the chevey to the levee but the levee was dry....

uggh when that song gets stuck in my head....IT GETS STUCK IN MY HEAD.

SMFG - lets be doing our best to be eating and sleeping well, yeah? It'll make your days go by much easier

 

[S.M.F.G]

^ Totaly agree,
Also I often get that annoyong song "Id like to teach the world to sing" stuck up there sometimes... I think it was on the movie freddy got fingered. annoyes the shit outta me!!

 

[herbavore]

^That horrible song was a Coke commercial, wasn't it? S.M.F.G. they fixed the pool! Do you still surf or do you no longer live where you can (no idea of what's where in Australia)?