REGRETS
- Not being able to read in neon nor braille that when Ex. Mrs. Kelso #2 said (for the first of many times) "do you think I give a fuck about your fabulous career?" early in the "relationship" yet, that maybe going forward wasn't the smartest thing I've ever done
- Every time I myself have said something gratuitously unkind to someone
- Shooting David Cercena in the ear with an air rifle when I was 9
- Not having discovered SSRIs earlier in life
- Having made a really stupid remark in a blog thread about "lesbian do-gooders"
NOT-REGRETS
- The marriage of Kelso and Ex Mrs Kelso #2 throwing off the spectacular Kelso, Jr
- Having watched an episode of Frontline with Judy Woodruff about horse-racing and having followed up by sending letters and resumes, acts which changed my life and opened the world of possibilities to me
- Rejecting an offer to run a business in Russia which probably would have ended up with me burnt-out, in prison, or dead
- Having been in the main a good father, son, brother and friend
- Not getting defensive when taken to task for the "lesbian do-gooder" remark but instead changing my blog-thread conversation with Diane Tomlinson that day to the subject of boxing
Kelso's Nuts love you...
...and would like to read 5 regrets and not-regrets from AnitaXanaxNow, Fairlane, Spartacus and -- mirable dictu -- No_slappz (price on his ability to come up with 5 legit regrets NO-$2.50, YES+$2.30)
12 comments:
I regret that you haven't commented on the Huckster and his Christo-fascists' plans to rewrite the Constitution according to the will of the living god.
Soon come, HM. We've got that. We've got the Supreme Court decision on class-action lawsuits. We've got the SC primary. We've got Alan Greenspan's latest "groseria". We've got to do the Kucinich v MSNBC case. We've got "where the hell did Ron Paul and Admiral Fallon go?" But, gee whizzums, HM, I still have to WORK. I do this for show not dough.
I don't regret that you made that remark on my thread (I'm pretty sure it was on my thread) and Tomlinson called your ass on it. A "marriage" of a very hetero guy with a dead lesbian. A union made in hell, my friend.
No do gooders needed.
You're right and it was Fairlane who started it. What I wrote was in his defense after he'd taken heat over something he'd writte which I'd agreed with. That same thread was very productive for me; it also introduced me to BAC.
Though it's difficult, I'm trying hard to focus more on what I DON'T regret, instead of what I DO regret. I never say, "If only I had done this" or "If only I had done that," or "I was such a damn fool to do this or that," because my father was always saying those things, and he shot himself in the head at age 70. So I take SSRIs and try to look forward, not back.
i think madam z about sums it up. i also think that one's 'regrets' actually FLOW INTO our 'don't regrets.' and, honestly, i kind of don't feel entirely comfortable with this kind of 'self-confessional' mode that i see emanating out of these memes. i don't have a blog, so i don't feel that i want to use your blog-space to air my own 'issues.'
but one thing i will say, though, to madam z, is that i can relate to your issue with your father. my sister did the same thing at 25. and what happened in my family were massive and heartbreaking regrets and self-recriminations over who did what wrong. while my father went into denial mode, my mother was never the same again.
SSRI's have been my friends over the years, although my biggest allies have been a couple of really excellent shrinks and my trusty benzo's to keep my anxiety in check.
Kelso, is it okay if I "talk" to Anita on your blog? I hope so, because I have to say this:
Anita, I extend my sympathy for the tragic loss of your sister. And how well I understand the results..."what happened in my family were massive and heartbreaking regrets and self-recriminations over who did what wrong." If only I had called him more, if only I had written to him more, if only, if only. But I'm not going to say that anymore.
Z: I'm honored.
thank you, madam z. and likewise. peace.
Am I supposed to write a post?
Kelso, Thanks for giving me something to post about. LOL. I'll try and post something tonight.
Fairlane: Yes.
Spartacus: Excellent
AXN: Try to do your best anyway.
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