Well, exactly. It's probably the most profitable way to live (in an emotional and intellectual sense.) While I'd like to claim fashionable cynicism for myself, but I suppose I'm too damn naturally buoyant.

Well, I'm going to be dreaming about that now.

I think fashionable cynicism and mild optimism can live in harmony... Their powers combined create actual realism. Not the "realism" of the fashionably depressed, but actual realism where you're aware that being happy is good for you. :lol:

Man, I can't even count how many times I've had dreams like that. Entered a public toilet stall and sat down and then noticed it had no walls; the walls only came up to my knees; the walls only came up to my knees and there were multiple toilets per stall, all of which became occupied once I sat down; toilet stalls whose doors wouldn't stay shut; toilets that aren't actually toilets; normal toilet stalls that other people entered and started talking to me once I sat down... ugh. I felt better about it once I found a webcomic artist who frequently has the same problem.
http://comics.boumerie.com/comics/20...-restrooms.png

Usually any other dream I have morphs too often to even be retellable. It'll start out as one thing and then in the middle it will very abruptly change its entire meaning. Like in the dream I had last night, it started out being about me and my boyfriend, and then halfway through it was about a reality show and had nothing to do with us. Also makeup commercials...?

Dreams and their abhorrence of the linear and narrative structures. Where would we be without them?

I actually have semi-lucid dreams (I've probably mentioned this) At times I can be well aware I'm in a dream situation, but still struggle to make odds and ends of it, and have very little luck controlling the events and tone.

That's fantastic. Such a concept! What a sentiment!

I think you have mentioned that before, and I think I've mentioned in reply that I'm jealous of your lucid dreaming skillz, even if they're not as strong as they could be. I'm sometimes able to recognize that I'm dreaming, but it's usually only during very unpleasant dreams, and all I'm able to do with the knowledge is wake myself up. Not very fun, but still a good thing, as I can have very unpleasant dreams that are quite worth escaping... I don't remember what my last one was about, but I'm pretty sure Lord Voldemort was trying to kill me. I guess that's what happens when you read Harry Potter before bed.

Thanks! There's my intelligent thought for the day. Now my brain is going to revert to useless mush.

Ohhhhh guysssss
BBC News - 'The Hoff' crab is new ocean find

Wow. :lol: It's cool even aside from the name, though. It's always exciting when new species are discovered! :eager:

If I was the Hoff I'd be very proud. :yes:

They also found a new species of shark recently. It's a hybrid between the deep water and shallow water versions of a two Australian sharks.

Ah, I heard about that too. Yay for open-minded sharks.

I hope their parents aren't racist.

HIM here to kill your thread again

But I was one who killed it with the racist shark comment! :lol:

How's everyone doing?

HIM seems to be the death of most threads at the moment how is the Cherry

Are you syringifying and dismembering the threads? Because that would explain it.

I'm... alrightish. Moody day. :lol: How about you?

Syringifying? I think I like this new word!

It's currently undergoing the approval process at Merriam-Webster, but it should be official soon enough.

Ooh, sweet. Now I want to syringify something... :ninja:

How about heroin? It's so good for you!*

* These comments have not been evaluated by the FDA. Heroin is not intended to treat or cure any disease or disorder. Consult your doctor about whether heroin is right for you.

Oh... that made me laugh out loud. The guilty, covering my mouth kind. :lol: And then my sister was reading over my shoulder so she was cracking up too.

It should be noted that I do not endorse, condone, recommend, or partake of any illicit drugs, much less heroin. :lol:

I like imagining that conversation, though. "Doc, lately I've been feeling... pretty good." "Really? Go on." "Like, I wake up feeling alert and well-rested. I'm energetic and productive, I'm putting on muscle from my exercises. I'm even doing good at my job! I got a raise last week, I don't even know what to do with the extra money. You've got to help me, how can I stop this?" "Well... you could try heroin."

*Comes into thread. Lols at Heroin jokes. Leaves.*

No one is allowed to leave! *chases and syringifies*

With poison or something. Not heroin.

Is it just me, or is this current heroin dialogue something that wouldn't seem out of place in Darkplace?

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace? (Or whatever the hell his name is.)

Yes, that's the one!
It might just be this:
It brings to mind... Should I put this is a spoiler? I'm going to put it in a spoiler: