Counting blessings


sorabji.com: Reasons to be cheerful: Counting blessings
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By Cat on Wednesday, March 21, 2001 - 08:59 pm:

    I feel very blah today, so I'm sitting here counting my blessings. Just using that phrase makes me happy because the person who always used it loved me most in the whole wide World.

    I'm going to tell you some nice things about me, because if you know them, maybe I will remember them too.

    * I'm a great cook.

    * I can do the splits.

    * My little nephews smile and run to me whenever I see them.

    * I can read faster than anyone I know.


By sarah on Wednesday, March 21, 2001 - 09:56 pm:


    you also have blazing wit.




By Czarina on Thursday, March 22, 2001 - 08:41 am:

    you're very adept at being down-under :)


By Rhiannon on Thursday, March 22, 2001 - 11:02 am:

    Bet I can read faster.


    Hee hee!



By patrick on Thursday, March 22, 2001 - 12:11 pm:

    *obligatory*
    you have a great ass?










    it was either me or nate......



By Cat on Thursday, March 22, 2001 - 02:54 pm:

    I wanted to hear nice things about other people, not me. We're so good at running ourselves down around here, I just wanted to know some good smiley stuff for a bloody change.

    However, you can bring on all the compliments you want about my ass.


By patrick on Thursday, March 22, 2001 - 05:37 pm:

    can we put our "compliments" in your ass?

    that would be tops.


By Div on Thursday, March 22, 2001 - 05:55 pm:

    I was told it was a requirement for membership here that you have a good ass, so I just assumed nobody needed to mention it


By Cat on Thursday, March 22, 2001 - 05:59 pm:

    Bad asses are better.

    Now come on, post some nice things about yourself. I look like a vain boob.


By Div on Thursday, March 22, 2001 - 06:00 pm:

    one or both?


By patrick on Thursday, March 22, 2001 - 06:46 pm:

    oh....




    what havent i told you?




By Div on Thursday, March 22, 2001 - 08:01 pm:

    I don't know what I haven't been told because I don't know what's on the list.

    Now that I think of it, I wasn't told anything.

    I was dumped here with my butt hanging out.

    Good thing it's a membership quality butt.


By Daniel ssss on Friday, March 23, 2001 - 12:30 am:

    Well, Ms X has nice roses in the middle of your t-shirt, next to that satin ribbon thingy.

    Ms Y is kind and irreverent, most of the time.

    Mr Z is intelligent and witty too.

    Mr A and Mr B actually have serious sides as well.

    Ms D has a good welcoming stance.

    Mr E always puts up with my questions.

    Ms W is fearless about her writing.

    Mr F is more than a beer drinking westerner.

    And my friend Ms U despite her anger and ventilated spleen really prolly likes me because of my unmitigated honesty, but won't admit it.

    Forgive me if I've left someone out. The letter designations are in no way meaningful.

    In short, there's a load of caring and talent here.


By pez on Friday, March 23, 2001 - 12:11 pm:

    i can't tap dance...boohoo.


By J on Friday, March 23, 2001 - 01:57 pm:

    I can read fast too,and do the splits,and tap dance,twirl 2 batons at once,stand on my head and spin,ride a unicyle,play a mouth harp,taught all the kids in my neighborhood how to tie-dye,do cartwheels and back bends and I make one mean lasagne.


By pez on Friday, March 23, 2001 - 02:09 pm:

    i can:
    read fast and draw comics (sometimes) and make a vinegar pie or a vegan chocolate cake, do a couple of fancy ballet jumps (sou de chats, lotsa fun if they're done well), find my way around several local public libraries and bookstores, smile at strangers, listen to greenpeace volunteers rant for 20 minutes straight, play flute, saxaphone and clarinet by ear, one finger piano, conduct bands and orchestras, squeeze between the rows of roll racks and roll a rack in front of me, sing in public and tell radio djs that i want to have their babies.


By Czarina on Friday, March 23, 2001 - 04:57 pm:

    I can:
    Be deceptively sweet,when its in my best interest.
    Play great practical jokes,without anyone suspecting me.
    Handle a horse as well as any man I've ever known,maybe better than some.
    I won't hesitate to jump up and make a fool of myself for a good laugh.
    Become very sexy and erotic if the mood suits me.
    I am very agile,and can scamper up a tree like a monkey.
    I am extremely proficient at my work.
    I constantly pick up stray animals, and nurse/nurture them until I can find them homes.
    I'm a super cook[when I have time].
    Am extremely hyper-active,and can perform multiple tasks at the same time.
    And now have a sexy new hair-do.


By pez on Friday, March 23, 2001 - 05:59 pm:

    see hair-do?


By Czarina on Friday, March 23, 2001 - 06:31 pm:

    Pez,I don't have any pics yet,cause I just got the new do a coupla days ago.But give me a few days,and I'll get some pics with my new digital camera,and send them to you.Send me your email address :)


By pez on Saturday, March 24, 2001 - 02:12 am:

    no prob.


By semillama on Saturday, March 24, 2001 - 02:19 pm:

    I'm a good archaeologist, even though I don't have a lot of field experience.
    I am flexible in new situations.
    I am a good listener.
    I don't feel a need to fill up silence with conversation.
    I've got your back.
    I'm kind to animals and tolerant of most children.
    I drink in moderation.
    I'm not afraid to get filthy.
    I have a very broad sense of humor.
    At some point in the future, i will probably make some lady very happy.
    I am capable of pulling the wool over my own eyes.
    I appreciate a can of PBR as much as a pint of Guinness in the right context.


By eri on Thursday, June 5, 2003 - 11:45 pm:

    I may be gaining inches, and then work out to improve overall health and then step on a scale to realize I lost 4 lbs!!!!!!

    I can make people laugh with the dumbest jokes ever thought of.

    I can teach the neighbors kids to tap dance and do cartweels.

    I can make an ass of myself in pointe shoes.

    I can be honest without being brutal.

    I can be a grease monkey.

    I can think for myself.

    I am not afraid to be crazy or silly.

    I try new things.

    After 7 pregnancies, I can still make many men's heads turn (don't know why, but that doesn't change it).

    I thought we needed some cheering up and talk of the good qualities in ourselves again.


By patrick on Friday, June 6, 2003 - 12:31 pm:

    "After 7 pregnancies"


    JESUS!!!!


    a breeze near a sperm bank and your preggers.






    i'll play. its friday and work seems like a near impossibilty.














    ....










    see, i got a problem. everything i come up with is cynical and negative about myself.




    hang on...










    im tall. (people generally seem to like tall people, especially girls)





    im a snappy dresser.






    im a good kisser. no. like really good.










    i have a funny face that makes my kid and others laugh.










    im a damn bitchin cook these days






    im dutiful




    i'm reliable.






















By eri on Friday, June 6, 2003 - 02:51 pm:

    "a breeze near a sperm bank and your preggers"

    No shit!!!! At least I don't have to worry about that anymore.

    Looks like no one really wants to play :(

    I just thought it would be cool concidering how low everyone has been lately.


By kazoo on Friday, June 6, 2003 - 03:27 pm:

    I make excellent stir fry (thai red curry!)

    I have (finally) gotten in touch with my sensitive side

    I tell good stories, some of which will make you laugh so hard you'll shoot milk out of nose when you weren't even drinking any.

    I have a great rack

    I am a good writer when I want to be

    My sense of the absurd is impeccable

    I love music

    Children love me


By Spider on Friday, June 6, 2003 - 03:39 pm:

    That's a weird little joke I made up there. I wonder what I was thinking.


    I have been blessed with the following --

    I'm sensible.

    I can usually find the good points in the bad situation or person.

    I can admit my mistakes.

    I can pick up on subtle clues in film and literature. This is important! I will never bug you with "Wait, who is that guy again? Ohhhhh, you mean the suitcase was switched at the train station by the girl in the red suit, who is actually working for the guy with glasses? Rosebud is his what?" type questions. No, I usually get it all right away.

    I can read people's emotions pretty well.

    I'm tactful.

    I read very fast. (Hey, it's true.)


By The Watcher on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 01:45 pm:

    I'm finally getting over the Bug I've had for over three weeks!!!

    Now I can return to my normal yucks.

    I consiously decided to be a pessimist. Because, I'd rather be, occassionly, pleasently surprised than constantly disappointed.


By eri on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 02:05 pm:

    I hear that one, but still fight that urge in myself, though I will admit to being very cynical with people in general.


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