The Asylum Time Machine

[FlyIntoOblivion]

redjasper said:

Kingston (the 'big city' nearby - pop. 115,000) has a decent film community. Queen's U shows indie films and there's two indie cinemas in town. Gananoque (pop. 5,000) is fairly useless. One cinema with 3 screens... in the old bowling alley. And get this - the old cinema is now a bowling alley! ;D ;D ;D What amazingly good town planning!! ;D ;D ;D ;D

;D ;D ;D ;D This is why the internet is so amazing, I think. The sheer amount of information you can get online when it comes to media is just staggering.

[FlyIntoOblivion]

Thank you for cooperating today, PB.

[redjasper]

flyintooblivion said:

redjasper said:

...and I love movies!! 30 years ago I was going to a movie a week. I do rent them, but I haven't rented one since I moved to Gananoque in June 2006. I think I have about 100 must-see films on my list.

Maybe it's time to say 'to hell with the movie buddy' and just go alone. I do so many other things alone. But, I like talking about the movie afterwards. That's part of the experience.

I'm the opposite, I like being alone. I dunno why, I just don't like being around people a lot of the time. Sometimes it is nice to go with someone, though.

I've been quite the hermit this year. Mainly because I've been depressed. I'm more social now than when I was married - I was forced to be social by my ex. Hated that. I'm missing the company of a man - mainly a man friend, really. Someone to hang out with - go for dinner, long walks, see movies. It just isn't happening, but how can it if I'm not out there?? Que sera sera. In the meantime, I'm going to a blues show in Kingston on Saturday night. Alone. I've been going to see blues music alone for 2 years now.

[FlyIntoOblivion]

redjasper said:

flyintooblivion said:

I'm the opposite, I like being alone. I dunno why, I just don't like being around people a lot of the time. Sometimes it is nice to go with someone, though.

I've been quite the hermit this year. Mainly because I've been depressed. I'm more social now than when I was married - I was forced to be social by my ex. Hated that. I'm missing the company of a man - mainly a man friend, really. Someone to hang out with - go for dinner, long walks, see movies. It just isn't happening, but how can it if I'm not out there?? Que sera sera. In the meantime, I'm going to a blues show in Kingston on Saturday night. Alone. I've been going to see blues music alone for 2 years now.

What's wrong with being alone? Enjoy it! What's the point of life if you can't find something to enjoy in every day?

[redjasper]

flyintooblivion said:

redjasper said:

Kingston (the 'big city' nearby - pop. 115,000) has a decent film community. Queen's U shows indie films and there's two indie cinemas in town. Gananoque (pop. 5,000) is fairly useless. One cinema with 3 screens... in the old bowling alley. And get this - the old cinema is now a bowling alley! ;D ;D ;D What amazingly good town planning!! ;D ;D ;D ;D

;D ;D ;D ;D This is why the internet is so amazing, I think. The sheer amount of information you can get online when it comes to media is just staggering.

Oh yeah, it is amazing. Funny thing, though, about movies. I can find out what's playing and when, but I don't end up going to the theatre.

I'd like to spend more time reviewing what I would call the stellar media sources - the CBC, The Guardian, NPR, The NY Times, as well as the suspect media sources - The National Post, CNN, FOX. Gotta know both sides of the message. I usually just scan headlines and read a paragraph here and there. Not enough to really be able to engage in a decent conversation.

So much to be up to speed on -- so little time.

[redjasper]

flyintooblivion said:

redjasper said:

I've been quite the hermit this year. Mainly because I've been depressed. I'm more social now than when I was married - I was forced to be social by my ex. Hated that. I'm missing the company of a man - mainly a man friend, really. Someone to hang out with - go for dinner, long walks, see movies. It just isn't happening, but how can it if I'm not out there?? Que sera sera. In the meantime, I'm going to a blues show in Kingston on Saturday night. Alone. I've been going to see blues music alone for 2 years now.

What's wrong with being alone? Enjoy it! What's the point of life if you can't find something to enjoy in every day?

Don't get me wrong. I totally enjoy my solitary time. I couldn't imagine living with anyone right now. I'm just searching for some balance. The older I get, the more I don't mind myself alone. ;D ;D ;D But I do have a compulsion to express myself. (which you might have noticed from my crazy and/or long-winded posting here).

[FlyIntoOblivion]

redjasper said:

flyintooblivion said:

;D ;D ;D ;D This is why the internet is so amazing, I think. The sheer amount of information you can get online when it comes to media is just staggering.

Oh yeah, it is amazing. Funny thing, though, about movies. I can find out what's playing and when, but I don't end up going to the theatre.

I'd like to spend more time reviewing what I would call the stellar media sources - the CBC, The Guardian, NPR, The NY Times, as well as the suspect media sources - The National Post, CNN, FOX. Gotta know both sides of the message. I usually just scan headlines and read a paragraph here and there. Not enough to really be able to engage in a decent conversation.

So much to be up to speed on -- so little time.

I don't even do that much. I keep up a little, but I don't want to be on info overload. Its too hard to weed out what's important anymore.

[redjasper]

Another thing or ttwo I'd like to be reviewing a lot more!!
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[FlyIntoOblivion]

redjasper said:

flyintooblivion said:

What's wrong with being alone? Enjoy it! What's the point of life if you can't find something to enjoy in every day?

Don't get me wrong. I totally enjoy my solitary time. I couldn't imagine living with anyone right now. I'm just searching for some balance. The older I get, the more I don't mind myself alone. ;D ;D ;D But I do have a compulsion to express myself. (which you might have noticed from my crazy and/or long-winded posting here).

Doesn't everyone? I don't mean to be flippant, but that's why artists work, why musicians play music, why writers write. If you asked me how I felt about something, I wouldn't give you some logical, well-thought out paper-I'd write a story about it. That's just how I work.

[FlyIntoOblivion]

"Squeezing with your fingers what it means for me to be here..."

[FlyIntoOblivion]

Sorry, that just popped into my head when I saw that.

[redjasper]

flyintooblivion said:

redjasper said:

Don't get me wrong. I totally enjoy my solitary time. I couldn't imagine living with anyone right now. I'm just searching for some balance. The older I get, the more I don't mind myself alone. ;D ;D ;D But I do have a compulsion to express myself. (which you might have noticed from my crazy and/or long-winded posting here).

Doesn't everyone? I don't mean to be flippant, but that's why artists work, why musicians play music, why writers write. If you asked me how I felt about something, I wouldn't give you some logical, well-thought out paper-I'd write a story about it. That's just how I work.

Sure - we're born to express. I think what I meant was that I like expressing myself to another person - at least part of the time. I'm in my head a lot and it isn't always easy to write the story about how I feel. Good conversation is one of my mainstays. I'm not quite at a place where I can say good writing is another mainstay. It's not smooth and satisfying. Yet. Now that I've turned 50, I intend to spend more time 'playing' - teasing out the creativity that I've repressed for a whole lot of years. I'm looking forward to it!

[cfbj01]

Hi Fly and RJ - just stopping by for a quick hello.
Those pics your are both posting are quite nice.
Have a great day tomorrow and sweet dreams.

[FlyIntoOblivion]

redjasper said:

flyintooblivion said:

Doesn't everyone? I don't mean to be flippant, but that's why artists work, why musicians play music, why writers write. If you asked me how I felt about something, I wouldn't give you some logical, well-thought out paper-I'd write a story about it. That's just how I work.

Sure - we're born to express. I think what I meant was that I like expressing myself to another person - at least part of the time. I'm in my head a lot and it isn't always easy to write the story about how I feel. Good conversation is one of my mainstays. I'm not quite at a place where I can say good writing is another mainstay. It's not smooth and satisfying. Yet. Now that I've turned 50, I intend to spend more time 'playing' - teasing out the creativity that I've repressed for a whole lot of years. I'm looking forward to it!

Well, its no use expressing to an empty room. I don't write so much to explain myself to myself, but to explain myself to everyone else. Obscure much?

I think that's why writers have that point in which they don't want to show their work-it would be kinda like streaking down the middle of downtown New York City-its a little intimidating and takes a ton of self-confidence.

[redjasper]

Hi and bye CF. Wooosh - that was a really quick pop in!!

[FlyIntoOblivion]

Night CF! Sweet dreams to you, too!

[FlyIntoOblivion]

I should run. I need to get cracking on homework.

Night RJ!

[redjasper]

flyintooblivion said:

redjasper said:

Sure - we're born to express. I think what I meant was that I like expressing myself to another person - at least part of the time. I'm in my head a lot and it isn't always easy to write the story about how I feel. Good conversation is one of my mainstays. I'm not quite at a place where I can say good writing is another mainstay. It's not smooth and satisfying. Yet. Now that I've turned 50, I intend to spend more time 'playing' - teasing out the creativity that I've repressed for a whole lot of years. I'm looking forward to it!

Well, its no use expressing to an empty room. I don't write so much to explain myself to myself, but to explain myself to everyone else. Obscure much?

I think that's why writers have that point in which they don't want to show their work-it would be kinda like streaking down the middle of downtown New York City-its a little intimidating and takes a ton of self-confidence.

Sometimes the empty room is just the right place. Nothing like a good soliloquy. But watch your step - be careful of madness.

I've heard that about writers and revealing. Never thought of it like streaking, but yeah, I can imagine it might be that scary.

[redjasper]

flyintooblivion said:

I should run. I need to get cracking on homework.

Night RJ!

See ya, Fly! Happy trails with your homework...

[UandMe]

Morning. Here reading back. And thinking that we are so witty, there should be an Asylum sitcom. So entertaining. Like how we all offer Fly Shirota crack. Like that is normal, what friends do.