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Post by BigPapaJoe on Mar 6, 2016 5:23:08 GMT -5
I'm 28 and now that I'm almost 30 I've been thinking more and more about the past (but trying not to dwell). Specifically times when I was just out of high school and entering college and I felt like I was on my own for a while in terms of relationships with people. Friends went off to college and my immediate family was just my mother and grandmother which didn't last too much longer afterward. As time as gone on I've become a little more introverted. Back in those days though, I remember there were moments where I could shut out all the white noise and just kickback as a night owl. During high school on Saturday nights if I wasn't out with friends, I didn't mind to nerd up and just blissfully tune into Adult Swim on TV in my dark room while browsing the internet. The late night anime sessions with chill shows such as Cowboy Bebop or Witch Hunter Robin set the tone. From 11pm to 3am (or was it 4am?) that was my zone. Then a few years later in college while in my early twenties there was this dive bar in San Francisco run by these Korean women that usually tried to swindle men out of their money. I remember it being just a hole in the wall with dim lights where I would spend a couple of hours at the counter with a beer or two slowly pondering my life and future in my own thoughts. Just enjoying the atmosphere and role of being just another goon in an enchanting, but often bizarre city. It went out of business now and some other spot has taken over, but those were some good memories. I met some nice people along the way even though I usually preferred to observe than converse. Sometimes I wish I could just go back there and crack open a couple of Fat Tires and talk to Wendy for a bit.
I was just wondering if you guys had any interesting times in your life that you remember and maybe wish could go back one more time just to partake in the ambience. I'm married now, and "me time" has become a distant memory. And I don't even have a child yet. I'd like to hear your tales if you're willing to share. Not on here as often as most of you all.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Mar 6, 2016 13:01:42 GMT -5
In the old hippy days I took acid a few times and contemplated my navel. It was far out, man
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Post by coke & comics on Mar 6, 2016 13:58:37 GMT -5
I was also a late night San Francisco person. On many an occasion in college I took a late night walk around the city. From USF, I would walk down to the beach, then walk along the beach toward the zoo, find my childhood playground on Ulloa and hit up the swings, circling my way around to Happy Donut on 9th and Judah for a fresh donut. 4am was like the best time to buy donuts.
San Francisco isn't Manhattan. The city really did go to sleep. Not too much was open then. That one donut shop. Mr. Pizza was the only pizza option left. And a couple places here and there like IHOP and such.
Most other night owls made there way home after the bars closed and the early-morning exercise folks didn't start heading out until 5am. 3-5am really felt my like my time.
Nowadays, I have way too much me time. I've moved to a new state, and know very few people and have been very busy with work and the business of settling in. So I spend a lot of time alone with the cats and Netflix for company.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Mar 6, 2016 15:25:19 GMT -5
Back in August 1985, I went on a five day road trip with people who weren't that close to me : a girl I had an immense crush on, another I knew as a friend of friends, and a guy I was cordial with despite an obvious competition for the first lady mentionned. My being there was mainly due to my being able to borrow a car for a few days, but we all truly got along beautifully. At the end of that trip, which was a HUGE lot of fun, we all split up either to return home on our own or to go visit family in the Montreal area. I took the opportunity to visit my grandma, the only time in my life I did so on my own without the rest of the family.
And there, for about ten minutes, driving under a benevolent August sun with no obligation to anyone, I was buoyed by an intense feeling of freedom. I don't think I ever felt that free again. It was like standing on the edge of a Grand Canyon filled with happiness.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2016 15:46:22 GMT -5
I missed the good ole days of where I used to get in my car and drive endlessly around my hometown state with 5-7 days worth of clothes and $1,000 of cash for a vacation from work to just to have freedom from stress, telephones, computer, and what not. When, I get down to my last $100 it's time for me to go home so I stop at a gas station full up the tank and drive straight home and before I head home I stopped a local Denny's for a meal and that's was the end of my "me time" that I loved so much.
I'm thinking about doing this again ...
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Post by dupersuper on Mar 8, 2016 5:20:38 GMT -5
Me-time? On a compute at home? Whatever would I do?
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