things I like part 6

[buster]

1. Going to movies (Let The Right One In) in old college districts on rainy nights when nothing else seems fun
2. Soft sweaters
3. 50% off Helmut Lang jeans from Polite Society
4. Ben, who works at Polite Society
5. Planning potlucks, with and without guest nutritionists

Comments

[silverfae9]

I want to see Let the Right One In and don't want to see it, at the exact same time, because it sounds good but I am so afraid of scary things.

[buster]

It's actually not a scary movie. It's more of an intimate drama and character study of a unique child vampire. It's more sad than scary. I think you in particular would really like it.

[silverfae9]

I'm very conflicted, because everyone really likes it and says it's not that scary, but the trailer scares the crap out of me, with the tense music and things jumping out.

I'll probably end up watching it on Netflix anyway, since everyone I know has already seen it, and I am NOT going to go see a potentially scary vampire movie all by myself. Which will at least give me plenty of opportunity to take a walk around my apartment if it scares me too much.

[buster]

Yeah, I bet it'll be just as good on Netflix.

[smapple]

"I beg and beg to be let back to Earth just to experience the feeling of something, anything, and I get dropped off where I am, in the rain, cold, windy, etc. But instead of being annoying, it's extremely refreshing and exhilarating. It's a rush of sensation, and I also sense other things, like youth, and health, and mobility. The feeling of being alive and free and then a big drop of water hits my face and I scream in delight."

this is a good example of Samsara, the sort of human attachment to "suffering" that keeps us in the reincarnation cycle.

I choose not to necessarily think of it as suffering, but more the way you describe, a sort of true desire to feel all there is to feel when you're a human. Life is fucking great big huge scary lovely explody woah! yay!

[buster]

Ooh, that's true. That sort of summarizes my problems with Buddhism. What they call suffering, I call delight. I'd rather be in the world than out of it. Woo!

[ingopixel]

the book im reading that i told you about deals with exactly this idea. but they call it love, opening up to loving everything equally by giving every sensation attention and not judging your reactions to it. it's a seven step process sort of thing, you'd really like it.

[buster]

HAND OVER THE SELF HELP BOOK AND STEP AWAY!

[iheartretards]

I loooooved Let The Rite One In

[buster]

I loved all the snow.

[iheartretards]

And the scene in the pool where all you can see is the kids legs being dragged through the water!

[buster]

And of course that scene when she enters the room without being invited!

[alicetiara]

This post is awesome. It made me think of two things. First, I have a process I go through when I'm depressed or really upset, which is basically forcing myself to do things that I don't want to do - I usually start by smiling, to myself, which sounds ridiculous but it actually does make me feel better. Then I go outside and to a coffee shop and talk to people. Both those things can snap me out of my mood, or at least diminish it somewhat. This is very different from how I felt when I was in my late teens and struggling with depression, when I thought you basically had to let feelings dictate what you did. Now I have to make a conscious decision, something like, it's okay that I feel this way, but I'm not going to act on it, I'm going to act in a way that is healthy (rather than the various self-destructive things like drinking, eating sugar, spending money I don't have, etc.) that are another option of dealing with bad feelings.

The second thing I thought of is this Victorian children's book called A Little Princess which I read

[buster]

Sounds like a neat book... is it still in print anywhere?

[alicetiara]

Sure, but it's definitely a kid's book. But one of my favorites! A classic.

http://www.amazon.com/Little-Princess-Puffin-Classics/dp/0141321121/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231463138&sr=8-3

Also on Project Gutenberg for free!
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/146