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Comment on Singer/Songwriter Tracy Klas by tracy

tracy — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:48:36 +0000

Thank you my friend… like wise my admiration for you runs deep.. you will always be my brother tracy

Comment on True Romance by jonnysoundsketch

jonnysoundsketch — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:25:23 +0000

Yup!

The type of drama, however that kills it on the other end of the spectrum is that which is manufactured. I lived with someone who if there wasn’t drama, they would create it and that just killed any chance of a real relationship happening.

I am not one for prewritten scripts either because usually that means I’m gonna’ get the dialogue or action wrong.

Comment on A Mannequin For A Friend by jonnysoundsketch

jonnysoundsketch — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:48:30 +0000

But a healthy relationship encourages both individuality and independence. Being individual without being able to really see how to change has been a boon for me. In high school I tried to not stand out in the crowd but that just made it more obvious that I was different. I couldn’t even conform normal! So I gave up trying and did my best to live in my own skin comfortably.

I still have my moments, but I don’t let my uniqueness stop me from finding meaningful relationships nor do these stop me from being myself. I don’t require others to conform their personalities to me and I expect them to respect mine as well–especially in a romance.

Comment on True Romance by jimthomsen

jimthomsen — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:45:55 +0000

“Relationships must include the unkown, the unpredictable and the uncontrollable or they usually end up dead in the water with no where to go.”

The problem here is that this is otherwise known under its trade name, “drama,” and many people are addicted to it … and bored out of their minds by stability and foundation. And so they will destroy their lives — and yours — in pursuit of their understanding of romance.

Comment on Imperfection by jonnysoundsketch

jonnysoundsketch — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:43:59 +0000

It’s one of those areas where modern Christianity has screwed up our ability to be human. When we can’t be open and honest about our “stuff”, they can get out of hand because anything held in will grow larger in our imaginations than it really is if we air it out and look at it properly.

I agree, we many times lose self-control because we want things to be automatic and instinct rather than something we choose for ourselves.

Comment on Imperfection by jimthomsen

jimthomsen — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:34:25 +0000

Openly acknowledging my cravings — especially my sexual ones — allows me to find some measure of control over them. There’s too many people out where who can’t or won’t make the distinction between their cravings and what they CHOOSE to do about them. Not drawing that distinction allows them to avoid seeing it as the choice that it in fact is — and paint themselves as helpless victims: “I couldn’t help myself”; “She was there … what could I do?”; “It was a force bigger than the both of us.” If only they could see that there’s a difference between humans and animals — humans are the only animals who can CHOOSE to be animals.

Comment on A Mannequin For A Friend by jimthomsen

jimthomsen — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:21:13 +0000

Interesting run of ideas. I myself cannot separate my individuality from my independence. I’ve tried it, many times over, and I feel too much pressure — from myself or from others, I’m not always sure — and I’ve simply given up because I really can’t let go of my iron grip on one of the other. If there’s a way, I’d sure like to hear more about it. Because the moment I meet someone I like is the moment I feel pressured to give up little parts of me that make me ME. And I just can’t allow that. Even if I want to, something reaches up from deep within and clamps down hard.

Comment on It’s done by jonnysoundsketch

jonnysoundsketch — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:13:47 +0000

I wonder what you would say if you had be around me more. I’m not especially given to temper or anger anymore but I am quite fallen, I can assure you. My humor might offend the conservative, my mores definitely irritate the liberals, my views seem to come some other planet to the traditionalists and relationships have a way of revealing that I’m lusty, selfish, generous, careful, thoughtful, thoughtless, preoccupied, sexual, a friend, faithful, faithless, cheerful, depressed, obsessed, positive, saint, sinner, condescending, humbled, faulty and laugh at almost anything. In other words, completely human like everyone else.

If I have one mantra for my life, it would be that I want to continue growing till I die. I want to face myself and the human race with honest eye and a merciful spirit, grace in all things.

If this is what you know I am, then you have it right.

Comment on It’s done by Christy

Christy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:23:47 +0000

Thank you for the elucidation. I greatly respect your choices and the deep thought behind them. I don’t know many people who wrestle with concepts and then live out their decisions. You’re one of them.