9/08/2006

... holy crap what next?

... first of all, thank you all for your recent supportive comments, pointers and suggestions in my last post. i've been riding this goddamned rollercoaster for longer than i can count on my fingers and toes, and i jes' am tired of hiding it from everyone. why the hell do i do that? i dunno. i'm retarded i guess... i am there for everyone in my life - anytime, anywhere, no questions asked... and yet i'm so goddamned stoopid 'cuz i'm afraid that "no one" will be there for me when i need them.

i'm proven wrong all the time tho... the few friends i have in this area have blown me away by their caring, love and support... yet again i feel more as if i'm dreaming and it's all not real. if i wake up, how many of you will fade into non-existance? many of which i've spoken about on this blog. god i love them all so much.

i found out jes' before noon today that (2) close friends of mine are dead. wtf is going on? something must be in the water. or it's clowns. clowns are all inheriently evil anyway... and since evil is "live" to those of us with mild dylexia... a live clown is scarier-than-shit over a dead one... anyway, i am really getting sick of this crap happening to the people in my life. victim one was 40 years old, and suffered a massive stroke 2 weeks ago. he's already buried and i was never told. i cannot hold it against any ex-coworkers or his family, but i feel anger that i was not told. now i need to find out where he lays so i can go see him one last time.

victim two was a bit of a troubled seed. reasonably young, troubled past, but when i interviewed him at Microsoft 4 years back, i could see that sparkle of "change" in his eyes. he did well overall, his gynormous personality won most of us over, but personal problems and such drove him out of that job and history repeated itself during a few other jobs since then. he ended up in a hotel room somewhere in chicago where he hanged himself jus' the other day.... he left 4 children behind. he was a good man, a kind soul, but troubled and lost in the shuffle of life.

ya know, i need a stop/rewind button on this week.. well.. this month.. okay, i think this past year or so. this is not how it's supposed to be happening. good thing i'm frakkin agnostic. if he/she/it whatever was down here, we'd so be rumbling over the injustice of all of this.

okay, so here's the deal. bad things in my life always happen in 3's. everyone out there? be careful crossing the street. look both ways, then look again. chew that bite of food 26x... then 3 more times for good measure. drive safe. use your turn signal. give it.. like a month until you take those parachuting lessons please....

and holy shit and shinola stay the frakk away from clowns.

13 comments:

shannon said...

no worries, i will steer clear of those freaky beasts (clowns).

mike said...

Damn. And I am supposed to go skydiving next weekend. If my rigger bro gets my reserve repacked in time.

The rule of 3's. It is universal. Once an accident, twice a coincident and 3 times a trend/conspiracy/sign of incompetence/sign of competence/etc.

My life seems to involve the rule of three in a slightly different way. As in, to the power of 3. As in 3 cubed. 3 times, progressively more intense than the last, for better or worse.

Wishing you better luck than me, dude.

Hmmm ... here's wishing a threesome for this weekend.

doug said...

Gotchya. No climbing an 88' brig without clipping into a safety line. Or falling onto a 1200lb anchor fluke. Or.. poisoning myself with 4-year old scotch.

Hmm.. well, I won't do any of those things *this* weekend!

I'm so sorry about what's happened this past week/month/year. :( We're here for you!!


-G2517

Anonymous said...

Thanks for stopping by my blog. I am not alwqays so poltical, so come back from time to time and I will do the same.

Lani Olson said...

Not that I want to dredge up painful events already put to rest, but couldn't this be the second and third after your friend's motorcycle accident a few weeks ago? I don't think you need to fear a third thing happening. Just celebrate the time you had with those folks.

Jack K. said...

-b, I feel for you man. At least you are trying to examine your life.

Sorry to learn of the deaths of your friends. I reckon I shared with you the statement from Bach's book, Illusions. In case I didn't here is another try, or at least a paraphrase of it. If you are not sure if you have completed your life's mission here is how you will know. If you are still alive, you haven't."

I'll write more later. It is lunch time and I am in the classroom this weekend and next.

Take care and think positive thoughts. I will send you some extra positive energy. Find positive folks to hang out with.

Lurve ya, man. Yeah, yeah, I just want your Bud Lite.

bronxbt said...

you all rule. thank you for your thoughts.

Shanny - clowns ARE the devil. 'nuff said.

Mike - go for it. if i could, i'd drop out of that plane for you.

bz - no worries. i lurve your site and will regularly be there for class. :)

Doug - after your recent harrowing experiences on the lady washington, i'm thinking you get a free "pass" card. go hit that scotch.

jack - thank you as always. i like where you're going with that thought you posted...

lanio - i kinda feel like an ass for not recalling jennifer's recent passing... or for that matter, eldon's recent passing that i posted on as well. here's to 3's & 4's! i know everyone is wherever their "better place" is... so i take deep solice in that. thank you... hugs!

you all are really great. words can't tell you how much i appreciate you all...

so as always, please accept this fiesty bunners...

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shannon said...

yer bunner's ears are a bit askew...i think it hit the 4 year old scotch first. :)

you should go read Illusions. it's an amazing book. Richard Bach is the author.

Adrianne said...

Just waking up won't get rid of me! I can't be got rid of that easily! Your stuck with me now!

Miss Sarah said...

sorry to hear about you week. Things will get better. When you're in a funk, things always seem intensified too. Hope things will smooth out for you soon!

bronxbt said...

shanny?
adrianne?
sarah?

hugs.. that's all i got right now.

thanks

Anonymous said...

Bro - sorry to hear about the recent loss of your friends. I also just read your previous blog, and cannot believe how arrogant that emailer is to think you are 'blogging' for THEIR personal etertainment. Ignore, deep breath, and continue as you are. Remember, I am your sister, AND a trained listener, so let me know if you ever want to talk...I won't even charge for my time!! Ha, Ha. Love, Sis

Admin said...

hope this week is going well for you. smiles hugs!!!