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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 23 2014 at 14:24
LOL
So you're suggesting that I start acting a little less my age then? (that's not possible)


Edit: Just checked my outbox and it turns out that I've replied most of the mails, which means that i still have a good deal of the ones I thought I'd lost. PheeewEmbarrassed


Edited by Guldbamsen - January 23 2014 at 14:30
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 31 2014 at 07:45
f**king motherf**k f**k f**k f**kAngryAngryAngry

I was supposed to receive something like 11.000 kr today and got a little over 3000 instead, which means I can't pay for my apartment, warmth, electricity, internet and all those things one tends to forget... Life is grand.
What's that the old and wise say? Adversity brings out the best in people? LOL

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 31 2014 at 08:09
Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

f**king motherf**k f**k f**k f**kAngryAngryAngry

I was supposed to receive something like 11.000 kr today and got a little over 3000 instead, which means I can't pay for my apartment, warmth, electricity, internet and all those things one tends to forget... Life is grand.
What's that the old and wise say? Adversity brings out the best in people? LOL


How did that happen?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 31 2014 at 16:53
Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

f**king motherf**k f**k f**k f**kAngryAngryAngry

I was supposed to receive something like 11.000 kr today and got a little over 3000 instead, which means I can't pay for my apartment, warmth, electricity, internet and all those things one tends to forget... Life is grand.
What's that the old and wise say? Adversity brings out the best in people? LOL


How did that happen?

Miscommunication is my guess. Students in Denmark get just enough money from the system to get by, which is awesome compared to almost every other country in the world, but when the machine f*cks up, there's nothing you can do about it - other than curse yourself for turning down that temp job that was offered you a little while back - big dohErmm 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 15 2014 at 19:02
People who insist on parking on the street when it's snowing really piss me off. It's one thing if you park well, off near the curb, but when you park in the middle of the f**king street so that people can't get out of their driveway and/or the plow can not get down the street/actually plow the street anywhere close to acceptable you are doing nothing but being a selfish oafish waste of human skin. I hope the cars that do this are horribly injured in the snowstorm by the plows, other cars, or people with common sense. f**k off already and think of what the f**k you are doing. Try to realize how insignificant you are and that you are not the center of the world and we should not cater to your f**king tiny egotistical mind.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 26 2014 at 23:20
Dear people who hit the lock button on their vehicle's keychain in excess of five times when I'm walking around the parking lot collecting carts for the store: I need my job more than I need your air freshener.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2014 at 08:25
I believe that a man who has been married for 15 years, never cheated, ..has children, and feels like he is falling romantically in love with another woman he's had conversations with only twice, is in the most pathetic situation existing on earth. He imagines that this woman is a freak, but it doesn't turn him away from the unexplainable connection between himself and this naturally beautiful woman. Across a room..their eyes often connected and it was torture for them to resist meeting. The man steps on to the porch of his house and stares at the blue sky and ridiculously white puffy clouds..but only to see her face again. The man wants to sleep so he can dream about her. The man hugs and kisses his wife goodnight and hopes that will relieve him of his desires for someone else. His friends tell him to have sex with his wife and think about the woman instead. The man finds the idea repulsive . The man walks around in a daze and becomes angered over the fact that he cannot control his romantic feelings for this woman. He wants to escape reality and is sinking into a dark hole. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2014 at 09:00
I don't pretend to understand what autobiographical aspects there are to your post (if any) but I would venture that romantic love cannot possibly be the basis for a life changing decision based on TWO conversations with the object of anyone's avowed obsession. You are always going to desire other women as you are hard wired that way biologically. (Pun intended) I'm separated from my wife (amicably) but the cause of our estrangement was not the intervention of any third party interloper, but a gradual realisation that we had grown apart as far as values, motivation and sacrifice were concerned.
Yes, that's regrettable and painful but I'm glad we've both moved on as it now gives both of us the chance to find another nurturing relationship in the future.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2014 at 10:22
I believe a glance at first sight can lead to intimacy. I believe that 2 conversations can reveal destiny for 2 people who are misfits in the world. I think when two people are overwhelmed with each other and never act on it, it can cause great pain and dysfunction to their life. Life is very imperfect in this way. The fate one has depends on the strength of their will to not commit the act. That meaning , (in this case), your priorities sustain the feelings you have for someone will and must eventually subside and you are left with a memory instead. The timing for you and this person is obviously bad and it boils down to making a choice between free will and priorities. It's like a test to see how strong your feelings really are and you must only dream on it, never acting it out , and always wondering for the rest of your life  if it was your calling or deception. The world is very imperfect with unpredictable experiences such as these and its frustrating
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2014 at 10:41
I think it is easy to mistake infatuation for love, love for lust and lust for infatuation and all three for fate, destiny, kismet and inevitability. Sometimes feelings are best left unrequited so they pass as fleeting memories even if that does result in momentary frustration - that at least is easier to mend.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2014 at 11:12
Speaking as someone who has seen what such infatuation can lead to when one half of a long term marriage decides kismet has chosen a different direction for him I can only say what results I saw when my friend acted on it.

Hurt
Heartache
Misery
Resentment

My friends had no children either.

Show me one married man who can honestly say he's never even looked at another woman & wondered "what if...", however fleetingly & I'll point to a liar.

It. Isn't. Worth. It.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2014 at 11:58
I'm still in the music business week to week. I love to play out and over long periods we have developed a following that are family to us. I usually keep to myself apart from hand shakes and hugs with everyone, but in the last few months, I have helped our fans by listening to their problems. It's very natural because we are all friends. It's very devastating to me how the world is consumed with problems because I have (except for stage), always been sheltered. Girls with fake breasts, girls who cast love spells, body building men who squeeze me or give a tight hand shake.....all these people are sweethearts and love to party. They have supported the band greatly. I m not very fond of having to work out my facial expressions just to get them off my back. They will say....."Your very quiet" or "what's wrong" or "are you alright?"' I'm often daydreaming and people mean well, but they begin to pick me apart like I'm on display. Then I take it seriously and bring harm to myself. I have a track record of 3 suicide attempts where I was hospitalized and placed under observation. It's easy to communicate when it's a keyboard and no one physically present. I believe people have ulterior motives and I often escape behind the club on breaks. I hate being the little boy , off in his fantasy world...just because I dislike sexual promiscuity, drugs, and plastic surgery. 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 10 2014 at 16:42
I have been recently contacted by the unemployment office . They want to know why I haven't filed a claim for 2013 where their records show that I worked for a company called "Urban Design". I am not part of the workforce and I've been filing independent taxes for years. Last year someone used my name and social security number and worked a job. No way can Iaccept these benefits. I have to meet with them in the morning and somehow prove that I'm not the person who worked that job. I contacted the company ..but the phone number was disconnected. 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 11 2014 at 10:38
Had the council round today to extend the dropped kerb outside our house (as we now have a bigger drive). Now they have a monopoly on this - if you get your own builder to do it they will come round, put it all back again and charge you for doing it.

So anyway you have to pay them an exorbitant fee for about a few hours work (at least half an hour of which they were sat in the cab drinking tea) that works out at around £250 per hour. Nice work if you can get it. I'm in the wrong game.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 12 2014 at 10:43
Today's results prove that this is a typo. I contacted the IRS and they suggested the standard procedures/steps for a civilian/victim of identity theft. This is very pathetic. Think about it. You are very small to the IRS and what's going on in your tiny little mind? I was suppose to file a police report, visit the social security administration, obtain a letter from Urban stating I was never employed, and file an online report with the IRS. Certain obvious clues when examining this case reveal a typo. It seems extreme following the procedure given by the IRS. This is right out of a Woody Allen movie.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 12 2014 at 10:47
I am really falling behind on money. Just found out that the Kaspersky f$%kers took $240 out of my account without my consent, causing my account balance to fall below $0. I did not ask for an automatic subscription renewal !
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 12 2014 at 12:08
I ran into an old childhood friend at a gig who was an SRA victim. She seemed to have her life together regarding her ability to repair surface damaged which is indicated  in the personality and is a doorway into examining the SR abuse. Of course I haven't seen her in years , but I don't doubt that she has triggers. We were all great childhood friends , but we were faced with growing up in a town that had a history of cult killings. I would say that 10 or more kids I grew up with were abused sexually in a sadistic nature, along with mental torture implanted in some of our minds to remain dorment until a trigger sets it off. We had an isolated situation that felt so vast within itself because of the high percentage growth of abducted children , some cult killings in relation with Black Magic spells and odd evident things like the police finding poppets tied to trees with local women's names and a threat they would die via magic. Nothing happened but it was strange to grow up around such bizzare activity. The police finally decided to investigate for a period of 2 years. They had a theory derived from the clues they discovered along the way. They found the dead remains of animals in ponds and wooded areas and they investigated members of a church . The police claimed a Satan worshippers sect was corrupting the minds of the youth by brainwashing them . I knew it was true...because I was there, lived through it, whatever? ......and that's next to impossible to prove to anyone, so if you are a victim of SRA....most of the time it's pointless to share it with anyone who grew up in Peyton Place , is a skeptic, or perhaps has experienced a entire different lifestyle than you. The police couldn't prove what was true because there were no marks left on a dead body. Five years ago my good friend Sharon was stabbed to death by her husband who was connected to the cult. It's really hard on me to accept the reality of it. My heart has been ripped deeply . 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 13 2014 at 10:11
I suppose life could be worse. I could be dressing in robes with a shaved head...dancing around at airports. I've played in many bands to keep my mind off the past. It has worked except for the occasional trigger and that rates about a C plus average in my ability to move on. I'm in a strange place. A person who witnessed others being abused. To share....(out of interest to others ), I was dragged through mud a few times and thrown into a hole/ditch. I was threatened by mentally unstable people dressed in black cloaks. So what I do is compose themes around the nightmares of life and have released this music discovering that most of my sales were from Europe. Life is good for a composer when people personally enjoy he/she's music. That's more about the gift than the money.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 27 2014 at 20:19
A couple of days we agreed to do an "open Mic" special. Blues bands, Folk bands and Classic Rock bands. Great musicians and a nice time. I'm standing on the deck and in walks a musician I had not seen in 40 years. There stood before me...a woman with shoulder length hair, a long beautiful dress, and high heels. I looked at her face and saw my old friend Dave from the "Glam Rock" days. Seeing his face brought back memories . Memories of traveling with an original "Glam Rock" band. My first greeting was...."Don't I know you?" She responded by saying...."I don't see how you could possibly know me, I'm from South Carolina". She then introduced herself as Maggie , but with Dave's last name attached. She asked me my name and responded with charged emotion...."What kind of a name is that?" She entered the stage and performed 2 Blues numbers. She stayed and watched us play a Fusion instrumental. She walked out after that and spoke to no one in particular while leaving. There's something about this experience that angers me. There was no need for the experience to exist , but I can't control fate or the "never a dull moment" in life concept. I rant because I don't appreciate being connected to such energy. It's like....someone you grew up with pretending not to know you...because they changed their sex, took on a new role/name and wanted a new life by wiping out their past. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 28 2014 at 10:23
I drive a truck loaded with a huge P.A. system for one hour, set up the stage with light show, pay the sound tech one hundred dollars to run the digital board, play original Prog music and get 5 or 10 dollars. That's simply not worth the distance just for the sake of art. 
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