Old Man Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Re: The cranky thread I can relate. I have spent most of a lifetime holding the always angry in and I've become awfully good at it. But he's always there, clawing away at the back of my mind. He's kind of like nuclear power--a great source of energy, if you can keep it harnessed. Unfortunately my anger doesn't come with planetary level super strength and invulnerability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankL Posted December 26, 2012 Report Share Posted December 26, 2012 Re: The cranky thread "Do you want to know my secret?" Bruce Banner asks the assembled Avengers. "I'm always angry." I've never really been a huge fan of the Hulk' date=' but in that moment, I knew him. I knew him like I know myself, because he is me. Sure, I'd like to be Tony Stark -- suave, sophisticated, smart, a lady's man and a man's man. Or Steve Rogers, sure of myself, certain of my mission, with a goal and a calling much bigger than myself, admired and loved by everyone around him. But I'm Banner, alone and filled with an anger that I don't really understand and can't safely express.[/quote'] Ditto. And then the wife says, "Why are you crabby?" And you just want to scream but know that wouldn't do any good for anybody, especially yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Re: The cranky thread I have a little canvas on my wall with a little girl on it which says "As much as I'd like to be the Spread Your Wings and Fly Type, I just can't stop trying to set things on fire with my mind." My Life Coach says that's not funny. I didn't tell her I wasn't joking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Celt Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Re: The cranky thread "Do you want to know my secret?" Bruce Banner asks the assembled Avengers. "I'm always angry." I've never really been a huge fan of the Hulk' date=' but in that moment, I knew him. I knew him like I know myself, because he is me. Sure, I'd like to be Tony Stark -- suave, sophisticated, smart, a lady's man and a man's man. Or Steve Rogers, sure of myself, certain of my mission, with a goal and a calling much bigger than myself, admired and loved by everyone around him. But I'm Banner, alone and filled with an anger that I don't really understand and can't safely express.[/quote'] I can dig it. I am so going to pass this on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Re: The cranky thread I have a little canvas on my wall with a little girl on it which says "As much as I'd like to be the Spread Your Wings and Fly Type' date=' I just can't stop trying to set things on fire with my mind." [/quote'] Let me know if you figure that out, I'll hire you instantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Re: The cranky thread It's fifteen minutes after midnight, but I can't go to bed until I get all of the part of my snack that went down the wrong way up or I'll wake OddHat up. It's very painful and I'm exhausted, but I have to keep coughing as hard as I can until it's all up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Re: The cranky thread I can relate. I have spent most of a lifetime holding the always angry in and I've become awfully good at it. But he's always there' date=' clawing away at the back of my mind. He's kind of like nuclear power--a great source of energy, if you can keep it harnessed. Unfortunately my anger doesn't come with planetary level super strength and invulnerability.[/quote'] Ditto. And then the wife says' date=' "Why are you crabby?" And you just want to scream but know that wouldn't do any good for anybody, especially yourself.[/quote'] Thanks, guys. It helps, at least a little bit, to know that I'm not completely alone in this. I often wish y'all were closer. We need to form a men's group or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Re: The cranky thread You do not talk about Fight Club! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Re: The cranky thread I just want to punch you all in the face a few times. Is that so wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted December 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Re: The cranky thread I don't mind being angry, it's being angry and utterly powerless to do anything about it that twists my gut up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Re: The cranky thread My problem is that I have no safe outlet for my anger. I can't scream or rage, I have no one to fight. I work out three days a week to the point of exhaustion, but that's a temporary reprieve at best. It worries me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Re: The cranky thread Turn into a big, green rage bunny and level New York. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Re: The cranky thread I just want to punch you all in the face a few times. Is that so wrong? It would be, but since you hit like a girl, it's okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Re: The cranky thread Turn into a big' date=' green rage bunny and level New York.[/quote'] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Re: The cranky thread A very good online friend of mine is in danger of becoming homeless. She's been living in a hotel and trying to find a job, to no avail ... and apparently her savings have almost dried up, meaning she can't pay the hotel bill much longer. There's nothing I can do. I *hate* that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Re: The cranky thread Where does she live? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Re: The cranky thread Why is it I just can't enjoy the simplest things in life without something going wrong and ruining my mood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Re: The cranky thread I really picked the wrong month to start dating again. Yesterday Kate texted me, asking if I wanted to go out for the evening... in reply to which I stuck my phone out the window, snapped this photo and sent it to her: [ATTACH=CONFIG]45419[/ATTACH] Sorry, but I'm not going anywhere for a while. I got back to work today but it was kind of pointless. Couldn't get to quite a few of our oil wells, and those I could reach had lost power during the storm, as a result of which all their fluid levels were way up. I won't be able to run valid tests on them until they return to normal. Maybe tomorrow, but the forecast calls for more snow, possibly freezing rain. ...which will probably cause another power outage. Lather, rinse, repeat. Sigh. This whole month has been screwed up from start to finish, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Celt Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Re: The cranky thread I really picked the wrong month to start dating again. Yesterday Kate texted me, asking if I wanted to go out for the evening... in reply to which I stuck my phone out the window, snapped this photo and sent it to her: [ATTACH=CONFIG]45419[/ATTACH] Sorry, but I'm not going anywhere for a while. I got back to work today but it was kind of pointless. Couldn't get to quite a few of our oil wells, and those I could reach had lost power during the storm, as a result of which all their fluid levels were way up. I won't be able to run valid tests on them until they return to normal. Maybe tomorrow, but the forecast calls for more snow, possibly freezing rain. ...which will probably cause another power outage. Lather, rinse, repeat. Sigh. This whole month has been screwed up from start to finish, really. I get invalid attachment, so there's that as well. I'm betting it's showing awful snowy weather though. Hope your new year is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Re: The cranky thread Where does she live? Somewhere in California, I think. Not exactly sure (and this being the Internet, I can't be sure she's really a she ... you know how that goes. I don't care, though, either way, a friend is a friend). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Re: The cranky thread I get invalid attachment' date=' so there's that as well. I'm betting it's showing awful snowy weather though. Hope your new year is better.[/quote'] Urk. Let's try that again... [ATTACH=CONFIG]45421[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Re: The cranky thread Doesn't seem too bad. Have a walk, why don't you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Re: The cranky thread Doesn't seem too bad. Have a walk' date=' why don't you![/quote'] That's how I lost my train ticket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Re: The cranky thread That friend I mentioned a few posts ago? Looks like the proverbial hammer fell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Re: The cranky thread Sorry, C.C. , for your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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