"Discovery channel"

AAArgghhh!!!

torstaina, heinäkuuta 08, 2004

Obsessive compulsive behavior

When I was younger I started avoiding all the cracks and lines on the side walk with my friend. We would always jump around when we walked to make sure we would walk on the space that was lined by cracks and lines. We believed that was the space you were supposed to walk. This continued for number of years. Sometimes it would differ; we would have to step on the space with both the left foot and the right. If we would forget either foot and step to the space with just one, we would walk back and step there with our other.

I believe most of this kind of behavior evolves from our imagination cause when were younger it was excessive. We would make up stories and lives for different kind of everyday objects. And that made us really compassionate for "things". Like if were on the elevator and when we pressed the floor button, if we would scratch it by accident we would have to touch it softly to "heal" it. And after time all these things would come so naturally to us that we wouldn't even have to think about it. Until we weren't neighbors anymore and were at 8th grade in different schools it started not to be as fun. It wasn't something we would do all the time, there were periods that we would just "forget". And it wasn't something that occupied majority of the time cause we were used to not scratch anything or touch certain things like door handles or stove knobs a certain amount , like for example 3 times. But sometimes it was just easier to take the stairs than worry about all the "routines" we would have to do if we took the elevator. And you know when you turn the volume on your stereos up or down and it's the round kind of knob and it makes you want to turn it really quick all the way "up" so it gets real loud and then back. Well we would actually do it. Most of the time when we had to touch the volume button we would do it. Damn it hurt your ears but the rush was fun!

I guess we both stopped doing these things when we were "old" and our imagination just disappeared. Or it changed. We would use it to boys, sex, image and all those things that occupy you when you are a teenager. We also handled this change( by change I pretty much mean the step from a kid to a teenager) differently. She became anorectic and ate couple depression pills. I stopped writing, dancing and painting. When she got better she picked up painting and drawing. I try to write here and there, I also paint and draw sometimes but I'm never really satisfied with it. I think we both have forgotten all our "strange" behavior from when we were younger. I think we also have forgotten how good friends we were. I visited her recently and didn't really care that much about her company. And I really don't miss her like I used to miss her.

Those fucking stove knobs. No, I really loved my childhood and how it was full of really fucked up activity, but nothing dangerous like smelling glue or stealing grocery stores..oh, no wait, I did steal from a grocery store, but not like cigarettes or anything...only blue cheese. And no I didn't get a record from it. Anyhoe, I just want to praise our childhood and not let our imagination take a vacation. Simple, right?

keskiviikkona, heinäkuuta 07, 2004

Naisen Kanssa/With a Woman

LOOK AT THIS CARTOON

That is how a very truthful Finnish comic about the relationship between a man and a woman looks.
They came out with a book called "With a Woman: A workbook", that's meant for a couple. My mom got it for me and I would like to share couple practices from it.
Enjoy!

Check all the alternative choices that pictures your relationship.

_ The woman wears the mans clothes sometimes at home.
_ The woman advises the man on how to dry socks over the shower curtain holder.
_ The woman and the man buy something together from a designing store.
_ Being in a bad mood has been allowed and doesn't form any conflicts anymore.
_ The woman doesn't always wash her hair when being at home on the weekends.
_ The woman babbles on the phone with the man's mother.
_ You invite other couples to come over.
_ You start to go back to the beginning times of the relationship.
_ Week-schedule and the TV-schedule define when there is time for sex.
_ The man notices that the woman threw his bathrobe in the trash.
_ The woman sits in the toilet with the door open talking to the man.
_ You start to find objects that you are not sure about who it belongs to.
_ Talking about a previous relationship starts a feeling that it belongs to another life.

If you checked any of these it means you are a couple.

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Circle the option that describes desirable behavior the best in a relationship.

1. A man shouldn't respect a woman by being physically controlled, but he should

a) prove his physical strength by lifting very heavy lead-weights.
b) show his sensitivity by shedding tears.
c) present a dervish-dance for the woman.
d) express his sexuality by using a generous amount of sexual vocabulary.
e) appreciate his own sexuality by dressing up in a tight outfit.
f) make a voluptuous move towards the woman in a public transportation machine (in secret)

2. When shopping in a department store the man should..

a)offer to buy a piece of clothing so expensive
b)pick from his pocket a fruit so juicy
c)offer for sale a piece of stock so high-risk
d)demand the woman in such a determined tone to fulfill her obligations as a woman to him as a man
e)whisper a proposal so provocative

..that the woman refuses in a playfully upset way.

The solution: f and e. In a relationship the man should maintain an oversupply of provocative behavior for the woman
so that the woman can be as provocative as she wants.

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Recognize from the following actions the ones that the woman considers as an enjoyable common activity.

1. Sailing together.
2. Car trip.
3. Eating in a Italian restaurant.
4. Playing video-games.
5. A visit in an art gallery.
6. Eating in a fine restaurant.
7. Camping/Hiking.
8. Family visits.
9. Moonlight drive on an autumn eve.
10.Going to the summer house for the weekend.

The solution:The right choices are all but 1, 4 and 7. Activity that the woman considers enjoyable is everything that includes being in a car and possibly eating.