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tonyphuckinhawk

((big american party))

Nov 30, 2004 19:55

The Austin Chronicles

November Twenty FourthThe first couple of days we've been down here it's been totally shit weather all day. Just a constant downpour of gigantic rain drops against a grey sky. And it has not escaped my notice that i've felt real tired all the time. Yesterday it really was coming down all day, even when i woke up. And i ( Read more... )

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tonyphuckinhawk December 1 2004, 01:02:36 UTC

Also of note (using that phrase lightly): I updated my journal's look to match this bad ass new icon i've been rocking. It's another Michael Sieben original, whom, i should mention, just got his new site put together, so you should definitely check it out. Some people dig it. And i am one of those people.

onehopefulstar December 1 2004, 01:24:09 UTC

In all actuality the group is about 60 members big, give or take a few people from time to time. I cant really say how or why I know that until New Years of course, but just trust me. And that's just the people that me and Justin interact with, so it gets even bigger with each person, cause like your mood could effect Vinny who could effect Sammy Stickyfingers who would effect the world. I totally think you're right though. I think maybe you just need the majority to be happy to start a feel good revolution, or at least a lot of people feeling indiffernt. But yeah, as soon as one gets sad it just drags everyone down. You can feed off of depression, it's much harder to absorb someone else's happyness.

seaofpianos December 1 2004, 01:27:28 UTC

i dont know... i think it depends on the person. i know its much easier for me to be happy because of someone else being happy than for me to be depressed because of someone elses depression.

seaofpianos December 1 2004, 01:25:02 UTC

well you said that if one of us is unhappy, then it will soon spread to everyone else since we are all intertwined. but you also said that we can not all be happy. wouldnt it be the same if one of us was happy, it could spread to everyone else and have everyone feel some sort of happiness?

tonyphuckinhawk December 1 2004, 01:44:03 UTC

I think, like Nick said, sadness is a lot more contagious than happiness. That's not to say that happiness doesn't spread either, though. And maybe if everyone made a concious effort to retain that sense of happiness it would spread easier, i don't know. Just an idea i had.

That Sammy Stickyfingers character is one seedy guy, Nick Horten. You should stay away from him.

seaofpianos December 1 2004, 01:58:07 UTC

yes, i think youre pretty much right about it all. good observation kyle.

__thediningdead December 1 2004, 15:14:02 UTC

wow, your comments and replies are interesting to read.
it's almost as though i am witnessing something but no one else knows that i am, or cares.

by the way, why are you in austin?
♥

tonyphuckinhawk December 2 2004, 02:58:46 UTC

Comments pages are so eclectic, it seems like. I always try to keep my journal entries from being unreadable to people who don't know me personally, because that'd be totally boring for anyone else that happens across it. But comments pages go where they will... I don't know; i think they're interesting too.

I was in Austin for thanksgiving with my brother who lives there. I'm back now, and just getting around to posting the stuff i wrote when i was away.

silent_colour December 2 2004, 21:31:35 UTC

I was skimming through some "contagious emotions" search on the internet because I knew that there had to be a motherload of information somewhere, and apparently... "the basic principal of social life: emotions are contagious"
There are oodles of projects and different information on it. It's quite interesting.

But I didn't need to search for research projects to know that your claim is absolutely true. I've seen/experienced it time and time again. Being more easily swayed by negative feelings, but also letting them get ahold more easily.
It's easier to fall into a shitty mood than it is to be cheered up.

"What came first- the music or the misery? Did I listen to music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to music?"
I hadn't seen that before... I like it.

tonyphuckinhawk December 2 2004, 21:40:55 UTC

That's really cool. Like many claims i've made, i never bothered to actually look that up and probably would have forgotten about it had i not just read your comment. But that's excellent that there actually has been research on it. This time i'll remember to read some of it. It's got to be really neat, i think.

That quote is from one of my favorite books, 'High Fidelity' by Nick Hornby. That guy doesn't get the credit he deserves for being such a great writer of human emotion. Every thing he says in that book i have felt at some point in my life. And it's hilarious, which helps as well.

silent_colour December 3 2004, 01:45:16 UTC

That's a movie too, right?
I'm always in search of book recomendations, so that was great. Merci beaucoup.
It is on its way to me.
Call # HOR... except someone else has requested it! I'll have to wait.
I hope it's worth the wait... as well as paying my overdue fine so I can actually read it.

tonyphuckinhawk December 3 2004, 23:12:25 UTC

Yeah, a John Cusack film. I think i saw the movie first, actually, but all i remember about it is that one scene where he talks to Bruce Springsteen, because that was awesome but it wasn't in the book.

I believe you'll find it worth the wait. Even if you don't relate to it at all, it's real funny.