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I love how life sucks so much!
You go from being so frustrated with things that you swear, out loud, on the street. A good one was stepping off the escalators to the 'island' of Railway Square. You know people heard you. You, the maniac swearing to yourself.
You go to laughing with a colleague, and being comforted by their words, despite you not being any 'real' friends with them, and despite the words being trifling, and seemingly holding no comfort.
I smiled on the train today. Life sucks, but I smiled. I was happy [am I still happy?]. I wanted to share my happiness.
posted by Martin at 22:01
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You mentioned a smile... Are you sure it was a smile, and not a grin? If so, what type of smile? was it a teethy one? Or just a slight turn of the lips?? As in..... :) or :D ?
I so have to get over this...
The last time I grunted and held back a smile on public transport was when I was on the bus passing Oxford Street and there were 2 ladies behind me discussing ways to prevent constipation in Hokkien (the chinese dialect I speak to my parents) at the top of their voices, not thinking anybody could comprehend. The suggestions ranged from tying string around your hands to abstaining from chocolate...
I was purple from laughter supression by the end of it.
p.s I love how life sucks so much too. That's why I'm still here after 22 frikin years.
I don't think I've been one to use grins, or use the word 'grin'. It might have been a grin, but I don't refer to it as grinning.
Are you sure you weren't blue?
i'm blue for life sucks in one way and delights in another. My parents want me to cut the time in Japan and spend more time with them; I'm looking forward to spending quality time with Hector.
Sometimes I wonder if I can smile and cry at the same time...:')
I've often smiled and cried at the same time. It's a rarity, but it's happened. It's a great feeling! Sometimes it was out of the disbelief at the impossibility of the situation, other times it was just plain uncontrollable laughter. I've long gotten over laughing in public - we're all maniacs in our own way...
ah, but those are happy tears borne out of excessive laughter aren't they?
I've laughed sometimes after I cried in front of someone, out of ridiculousness and the irony. But they really weren't happy laughs in amongst sadness....
Could one think of two opposing emotions and be sad about one thing and happy about the other at the same time? I suck at multitasking so I can't, I'm wondering if anyone else could?
I'm not one to cry, but I recall trying to cheer someone up from their tears. Laughter. But I think the overriding emotion is sadness, so the laughter is fleeting. You can't beat feeling sad. It wins. We lose.
I'm not one to cry, but I recall it as relieving. Always one to hold back. I'm going to seize the opportunity next time.
i do both when someone cheers me up from crying. laughter wins in the end, martin.
i gave money to the guitaring black guy in the devonshire street tunnel the other day, he IS good.
Have you seen him team up with the Asian guy that smiles a lot? They once did a duet, both singing in perfect harmony and both playing their guitars. When I passed them, they were singing Simon and Garfunkel. It was brilliant. Lit up the tunnel. I smiled.
dammit, i'm tempted to visit this tunnel one day just to have a listen. hey, maybe it'll disentangle my brain from all this ductwork....
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