Misc Livin high and bustin' cheeks

[Ismene2]

When you are laying on your deathbed and look back on your life do you think a lifetimes getting high as a motherlicker will be something that will be a comfort or a source of regret? Perhaps you could have spent more time bustin' cheeks for example?

 

[Bleaney]

I'm not sure if I'm adding any value by stating the obvious, but if I never did anything apart from take drugs, and never went anywhere, just staying in all the time and taking drugs, then clearly yeah that would be a source of regret at a wasted life. That would not be living my best life.

I wouldn't need to be on my death bed to know that.

If there were perfect drugs where you could take them whenever the inclination struck, and get high as an Eagle that flies really high, and go on a mental holiday for a few hours, and never have a mental or physical toll to pay as the price for the indulgence then wouldn't that be nice.

All things in moderation as they say, and striking the right balance in life.. Drugs tend not to end up going that way though.

I won't regret any memories of getting high, unless my actions when under the influence were less than whatever standards I try to hold myself to. Whether that was along the lines of acting like an arsehole, being selfish or neglectful of my responsibilities, being embarrassingly dis-inhibited etc, then yeah I do have a few memories like that. They are opportunities to learn from mistakes though. If I'm still repeating the same kind of embarrasing or shameful mistakes in the run up to my dying days then yes that would be a source of regret.

Otherwise, No Regrets. No Retreat, and No Surrender (my Bobby Jean)

That phrase always reminds me a great track by a great American band called The Gaslight Anthem. The track "Meet Me By The Rivers Edge" is clearly a homage to Bruce Springsteen, and it is a fine, fierce, and passionate track that never fails to fire me up.

See, I've been here for 28 years
Poundin' sweat beneath these wheels
We tattooed lines beneath our skin
No surrender, my Bobby Jean

See, I've been here for 28 years
Poundin' sweat beneath these wheels
We tattooed lines beneath our skin
No surrender, my Bobby Jean

And we've been burned by all our fears
Just from growin' up around here
Our father's factories marked our cards
While Eden burned against the stars

And Sally said, Sally said
"I can't take no more regret"
It cut us deep into our souls
Came and climbed into our bed

And Sally said, Sally said
"Meet me by the river's edge"
We're going to wash these sins away
Or else we won't come back again

You know I had these ballroom dreams
That, as a child came to me
I was a boy in Grandma's arms
A mother's pride and a wounded heart

And I was full with fiery wonder
You wore Audrey Hepburn pearls
You were the only one who understood me then
You're the only one who will

And Sally said, Sally said
"I can't take no more regret"
It cut us deep into our souls
Came and climbed into our bed

And Sally said, Sally said
"Meet me by the river's edge"
We're going to wash these sins away
Or else we won't come back again

And now I drive the one-oh-one
On a California night
And I'm amazed at all the stars
Beneath that old Hollywood sign

And they waltz the ballet up the boulevard
To a place we never kept
And I'm not sure if we belong here
If I never really left or if I can go home

And Sally said, Sally said
"I can't take no more regret"
It cut us deep into our souls
Came and climbed into our bed

And Sally said, Sally said
"Meet me by the river's edge"
We're going to wash these sins away
Or else we won't come back again

No retreat, no regrets
No retreat, no regrets
No retreat, no regrets
Meet me by the river's edge

No retreat, no regrets
No retreat, no regrets
No retreat, no regrets
Meet me by the river's edge
no regrets Meet me by the river's edge No retreat, no regrets No retreat, no regrets No retreat, no regrets Meet me by the river's edge

 

[TheUltimateFixx]

do you think a lifetimes getting high as a motherlicker will be something that will be a comfort or a source of regret? Perhaps you could have spent more time bustin' cheeks for example?

Who says you can't do both those things at the same time. XD

 

[KingOfWessex]

Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."