I think belligerence is probably the way I deal with really stressful situations.
― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 15:11 (twenty years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 15:20 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 15:49 (twenty years ago) link
Urgh - so does being a boyf who *does* cry mean the girlf doesn't feel safe and supported?
― Mark C (Mark C), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 15:56 (twenty years ago) link
― sara, Tuesday, 1 July 2003 16:27 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 16:33 (twenty years ago) link
The last time I did my little crying thing was when I was at the waiting room of a local hospital late at night waiting for Dad to come out of the emergency room, who was bleeding profusely out of a place he was operated on earlier that afternoon. I was trying to keep this person alert and conscious and I kept on trying to get him to stay awake. I struggled and fought and toward the end of it (before he was taken back to the emergency room) I could feel myself getting all broken up and my speech starting to sound shaky. I think I shed maybe two tears, and then looked down at my hands and felt awkward.
Maybe my mental state in general would be better if I could cry more easily. I certainly envy those of you who can cry when the mood strikes you. Crying = classic, especially as a catharsis.
― Innocent Dreamer (Dee the Lurker), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 18:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Innocent Dreamer (Dee the Lurker), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 18:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 1 July 2003 18:30 (twenty years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 18:44 (twenty years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 18:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 19:54 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 20:53 (twenty years ago) link
― amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 20:59 (twenty years ago) link
this one gets me almost every time:
turned over and spun aroundtake me back- you've got it downreciting lines out of a bookwho wrote it? i forgot to look
i tried to resistyou held me by the armi tried to make a listbut there was only one
two hours of sleepthink that's enoughstraining my eyes to seeto find my stuffi'll leave you sleepingturn off the light when i'm leaving
i tried to grab a bunchbut there was only onei tried to crawl awaybut gravity made me run
i tried to resisti tried to resisti end up walking home at dawni tried to make a listbut there was only one
mouseover-select if you dare: superchunk - "home at dawn"
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 21:07 (twenty years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 21:14 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 21:23 (twenty years ago) link
― JesseFox (JesseFox), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 23:00 (twenty years ago) link
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 23:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Matt (Matt), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 23:17 (twenty years ago) link
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 00:45 (twenty years ago) link
The guy kinda lost interest after that happened too, unsuprisingly.
― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 01:10 (twenty years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 01:12 (twenty years ago) link
I cry at tv and movies ALL THE TIME.
― rosemary (rosemary), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 01:18 (twenty years ago) link
"I listen to college radio all the time--sniff!""I like Rice Crispies in the morning--sob!""I like to play outside with my dog after school--wah!"
Yes, it was that bad. And I almost got sent to an institution for it. Fortunitely, it went away when I turned 16.
― Christine 'Green Leafy Dragon' Indigo (cindigo), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 03:24 (twenty years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 07:25 (twenty years ago) link
― james (james), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 08:43 (twenty years ago) link
― james (james), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 08:44 (twenty years ago) link
― angela (angela), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 08:52 (twenty years ago) link
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 08:54 (twenty years ago) link
― jamesmichaelward (jamesmichaelward), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 08:58 (twenty years ago) link
I have cried at sleeve notes relatively often - there's that elegiac feel to them when the artist is dead and stuff has been re-released, or there's just an emotion there that isn't often present in criticism.
― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 09:04 (twenty years ago) link
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 09:23 (twenty years ago) link
(Hey archel, hope you're feeling better today.)
― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 09:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 09:36 (twenty years ago) link
― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 10:22 (twenty years ago) link
However, what pisses me of is this: I cry not just when I am sad, but also when I am very ANGRY. This really annoys me because anger should be a source of strength, and crying (in response to being overwhelmed by the emotion of anger) makes it seem like a weakness. It is easier for people to dismiss it, "Oh, Kate's just upset." No, Kate isn't upset, she is ANGRY.
However, whoever said that thing about the sniffing and the nose-running is OTM. I can just about hold back tears, but the moment I'm upset, I become an undignified, snotty mess. Yuck.
― kate (kate), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 10:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Archel (Archel), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 10:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 10:41 (twenty years ago) link
My angry tears are more like tears of frustration. I hate them, they make me FEEL weak.
― kate (kate), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 10:43 (twenty years ago) link
― ThErEdNeD (ThErEdNeD), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 20:50 (twenty years ago) link
― ailsa (ailsa), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 20:59 (twenty years ago) link
― doom-e, Wednesday, 2 July 2003 21:01 (twenty years ago) link
― jewelly (jewelly), Wednesday, 2 July 2003 21:55 (twenty years ago) link
― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Thursday, 3 July 2003 04:03 (twenty years ago) link