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Old 01-05-2009, 03:08 PM   #41
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Re: The patient meaning in my words

I am vaguely reminded of the wanker song.

Used a badger and a melon and a cat, an inflatable Linda Lovelace, and a Davy Crockett hat...

And then I thought about this thing I heard where someone's alibi for murder was that he was in the forest with his brother having sex with trees.

I would say "Fuck" but then...

Um.


Way too accurate.
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Re: The patient meaning in my words

And St. Gutfree from the book 'Haunted' by Chuck Palahnuik.
Those pool jets, they'll get ya' every time.

And Cops. Goddamn that show is funny!
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Old 01-05-2009, 03:57 PM   #43
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I am vaguely reminded of the wanker song.

Used a badger and a melon and a cat, an inflatable Linda Lovelace, and a Davy Crockett hat...

And then I thought about this thing I heard where someone's alibi for murder was that he was in the forest with his brother having sex with trees.

I would say "Fuck" but then...

Um.


Way too accurate.
Their ability to lay it out there like that astounds me.
Ergot, my constant fascination with these sorts of stories.
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Old 01-05-2009, 04:25 PM   #44
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Their ability to lay it out there like that astounds me.
Ergot, my constant fascination with these sorts of stories.
If you want to leave a lasting legacy you must have intimate contact with any object with an appropriately sized orifice (if it hurts or not).
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Old 01-05-2009, 05:27 PM   #45
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And then testify to it in open court.
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I think video evidence is also crucial to being well-known and popular with the opposite gender.
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Always be aware of the red light glow.
Only act when it's on.
Otherwise what's the point.
Just to entertain the 'TV Babies.'
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Old 01-05-2009, 06:44 PM   #48
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Always be aware of the red light glow.
Only act when it's on.
Otherwise what's the point.
Just to entertain the 'TV Babies.'
I usually avoid lying underneath the red light glow of a buffet heat lamp.
Although there was that fantasy the once with the rice bits and the nude dwarf hiding in the sweet and sour sauce....
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I usually avoid lying underneath the red light glow of a buffet heat lamp.
Although there was that fantasy the once with the rice bits and the nude dwarf hiding in the sweet and sour sauce....
That does sound sweet.
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That does sound sweet.
More than you can imagine.
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Got kicked off the computer last night.
I succumbed to the constant whinning.

I went to listen to Jerry Cantrell, and I forgot, I reset my IPOD back to factory settings, and I erased Jerry. Shit.
However, because of GHWT, Filter sufficed.
Since October/November, I've picked up some Filter. I like it.
It was/is something new to me.
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Got kicked off the computer last night.
I succumbed to the constant whinning.

I went to listen to Jerry Cantrell, and I forgot, I reset my IPOD back to factory settings, and I erased Jerry. Shit.
However, because of GHWT, Filter sufficed.
Since October/November, I've picked up some Filter. I like it.
It was/is something new to me.
Hey man, nice shot!
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Old 01-06-2009, 08:22 AM   #53
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That's what I told a bartender once. She didn't get it.



Stupid hick.
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Old 01-06-2009, 10:10 AM   #54
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That's what I told a bartender once. She didn't get it.



Stupid hick.
She was probably just surprised you saw through her cosmetic and sex-change operations. You know, being called a man and all brings back bad memories for them.
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Old 01-06-2009, 10:21 AM   #55
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Lol. Naw, no sex change...

She was too young to have gone through the process. Most transsexuals actually undergo sexual reassignment in their thirties. She was like uh probably around 23. And I think I would have been able to tell based on the tightness of her pants if she had a penis or not.

Still.


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I'm out of things to post about. So what are you currently working on Strewth?
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Old 01-06-2009, 10:56 AM   #57
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At this moment?

Relishing the rumor that bobobob is on global ignore. If you can consider that work.

And also preparing for a trip out of state. Funtimes. All my creative type activities have been put on hold. It's all right, I've got no problem with it.

Unless you count uh, refuting the crap out of what's his mug's random poaste in Age please...


Them peppers is hot, you know.
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Hey man, nice shot!
Yes. It all started with playing that one song on GHWT.

Now, that I got my music picked out (except for Jerry Cantrell's solo work and Salival--but those I can get from the bass player in my coverband this week), I'm working on a mural that depicts diversity.

The name of our coverband; Dogtown.
A name we picked after I watched the skateboarding movie, Dogtown and Z Boys.
And I wanted our band to play the soundtrack. Godzilla. Voodoo Chile. Hair of the Dog. Etc.

Art. To make something out of nothing for no good reason at all.
Just because I have to...do something.
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Yes. It all started with playing that one song on GHWT.

Now, that I got my music picked out (except for Jerry Cantrell's solo work and Salival--but those I can get from the bass player in my coverband this week), I'm working on a mural that depicts diversity.

The name of our coverband; Dogtown.
A name we picked after I watched the skateboarding movie, Dogtown and Z Boys.
And I wanted our band to play the soundtrack. Godzilla. Voodoo Chile. Hair of the Dog. Etc.

Art. To make something out of nothing for no good reason at all.
Just because I have to...do something.
I like to make art as well. I'm not too good at it but have an original style and creative mind. My rooms scattered with my designs.
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I like to make art as well. I'm not too good at it but have an original style and creative mind. My rooms scattered with my designs.
I just read the Malcolm Gladwell book, 'Outliers.'
In it he talks about the 10,000 hour rule. This rule discusses how a person needs to spend at least 10K hours at something before they have got it mastered at a world class level.
For instance, Bill Gates. 10,000 plus hours on an interactive computer system in 1968. That's 10,000 hours programming code. Jesus. In two or three years.
The Beatles. 1900 shows before they crossed to America.
Mozart. Twenty years before his first major symphony.
And so on. De-mystifying the concept and myth of genius.

From reading this, I thought of Van Gogh. Lust for Life. He spent 10 years or more sketching before he hit his stride. And he died poor and alone.

I have sketches, drawings, and plans all over the house and garage to remind me where I am situated in the scheme of things. Quickly, I figured I'm at about 3,000 hours. I have a long way to go, but I will continue to paint. It's a good waste of time.

Drumming. I'm just hitting my stride, twenty years too late.
But I will continue on...
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Yes. And with that in mind.
Tool was probably around the 10,000 hour mark when they made Lateralus.
Patience, and hard fucking work.

Luck is found at the corner of hark work and opportunity. The crossroads.
A quick thought from my reptilian mind.
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At this moment?

Relishing the rumor that bobobob is on global ignore. If you can consider that work.

And also preparing for a trip out of state. Funtimes. All my creative type activities have been put on hold. It's all right, I've got no problem with it.

Unless you count uh, refuting the crap out of what's his mug's random poaste in Age please...


Them peppers is hot, you know.
I thought bobobob went to Europe. Paris, or something.
I recall something about Paris.
And the words, Bon Voyage.

Also, I like the phrase 'manipulez avec precausion.'
I think I spelled that right?
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I do not know if you spelled it right, as I have forgotten nearly all of my French.

Perhaps bob will stay in Paris.

Perhaps he will not return.
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We will wait it out
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Considering I am addicted to crystal meth I could see how this could be interpreted as an addiction related song, but I think that would be a little too bit repetitive for Tool considering stink fist has already been written. Also while being patient, and struggling through addiction are related, its comparing apples to oranges, and seems a little bit unfounded to write an entire song over.

Being patient with addiction is like setting yourself up like a ticking time bomb. Patience is a friend to addiction. Replace patience with acceptance. Lyrics about acceptance could easily be about a drug addiction, while the lyrics with the addiction theme.

I think it is easier to keep it generalized, otherwise it loses purpose to the fan(consider if he replaced the words with whether or not he should lay down his old arthritic feline; it would be dumb), although I am sure Maynard had a specific incident in his own life on his mind. But any listener, before your own relative perception kicks in should be something to exactly how it reads(in my opinion is true for the Tool songs with out a whole bunch of pseudo pop-culture references(astrology is not a secret)) like: Everyone has difficult obstacles in life, where devout people might see them as "tests", we all require help from loved ones, which can be quite draining on them.

Yeah I know religion should be left out, and be considered a perception, but Maynard decided to revisit his olde religious self-struggle(get over it) by placing TEST right there.

As we continue to live through this difficult time we form a decision.

It is easy to be thankful when you are in such turmoil and are haunted by this obstacle, but your loved ones remind you what is best, and all this hardship will be finally overcome.

blah blah, same idea.. more self motivation to be patient and stick to your plan.

It would be so much easier to take the other route; these routes are still totally relative.
but you insist on being patient and seeing this through the way you and you support see's best.

See.. there is no idea hardwired in besides. Some decisions are hard, and there might be easier or more rewarding paths to take, but if you are patient the best one will persevere.

For an example lets think of one many people can relate to. A partner cheating on you.

It would be easy for you to just go up and take your anger out, but it isn't really the best choice. Your friend will tell you to just forget about them and the pain will heal.
This would be the "test" to some, or to others a simple inward glance at what you know is morally right.. We all know what is best, making that decision usually requires PATIENCE!

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It's about being a first year in medical school. Getting raped....only for the next 3 years followed by 4-7 even more terrible years of residency.

Holy moly.


It's even called The Patient.

"if there was no desire to heal the damaged and broken i've met along this tedious path i've chosen here i certainly would've walked away by now."
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