grasshopperpurp

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by grasshopperpurp 4y ago
I think "little one" = your child and not a passport card? If so, minors can't renew the way adults can and must meet with an agent - similar to an adult getting a new passport. Idk how these standards are set, but unless som
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by grasshopperpurp 4y ago
Thanks for posting this.
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by grasshopperpurp 4y ago
I think this is right. A lot of my favorite music finds ways to rotate what's repeating. It finds a balance of keeping the groove while still playing with the listener's expectations. But, to your point, if there isn't enough
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by grasshopperpurp 4y ago
Outside of music critics, I don't see him talked about much at all. I love his work as a producer for John Cale, David Bowie, and the Talking Heads in particular. Iirc he also worked on the two Iggy Pop records (the Idiot and Lust for
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by grasshopperpurp 4y ago
Music for airports is my favorite ambient Eno. I have this part of my brain that notices odd (to me) choices, and some of his ambient stuff has sounds/patterns that break me out of the zone, but music for airports works as intended. Lo
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by grasshopperpurp 4y ago
Just finished reading that article. Interesting. Will look further. Ty.
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by grasshopperpurp 4y ago
>The difference between Indica and Sativa is to a large extent imagined. Can you elaborate? This is very contrary to my experience. . . . NM I looked it up and see what you're referring to. I'll have to look into it more, becau
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by grasshopperpurp 4y ago
Anecdote: I've never seen someone suffer anxiety from an Indica strain, but I have seen plenty of bad trips from Sativa strains. Medical is legal where I live, and I like both (and hybrids) depending on what I'm doing. In the even
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by grasshopperpurp 4y ago
Your inner critic can be shaped to what you need it to be. First, I'd change, I'm not good enough, to I want to get better at X. Seems like semantics, but perspective is everything. When possible, frame things in the positive (hit
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
The replies to this are very good. I'd just add that - like anything - it takes practice. You have to train your mind to work this way, and you need to continue to do so. So, don't judge yourself too harshly when it doesn't c
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
There's a new musician, Reggie, who is remarkably talented and deals with mental health in his music. Most of his five songs come from the perspective of overcoming his issues/environment/demons, but I Don't Want to Feel
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
No reason to be polite to someone who has wasted your time and tried to take advantage of you. Thanks for wasting my fucking time, is more polite than they deserve.
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
Agree with a lot of your points, but I think you're asking for an unrealistic amount of self-sacrifice. Not to equate film to rl, but we're all familiar with Serpico, right? You think these power-hungry bullies are just going to l
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
Lady Fingers is one of the most beautiful things I've heard.
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
Some years ago, I learned that I'm better at finding things when high. For context, my GF misplace things a few times a week, and I like finding them before she can. I realized pretty quickly that I did better under the influence, beca
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
For sure. It lasted longer than it should have, and it was more severe than expected, but new people filling in the cracks by working crazy hours is kind of built into the structure of the company. Thankfully, I cleared that hurdle, and I h
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
My GF and I used to always go grocery shopping together. We had a pretty good system, and Publix is a great store, so we didn't dread shopping. But, for about 2 1/2 years, I only had 1 day off a week, and I was working 10-12 hours
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
I think it's clearly counterproductive to shout racist at everything; however, people who don't understand the numbers don't (generally) use numbers to define their stances. They choose what to believe in based on other bel
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
I meant the soul as part of you that is balanced, at peace, has perspective of where you fit within things, is aligned with a greater good - as opposed to a self-injuring sense of self-importance. It's not an easy thing to summarize or
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
I italicized "soul" in an attempt to indicate that I meant it as a symbol. I thought the context made it clear, so I was comfortable using it as a shortcut, but perhaps I miscalculated.
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
I think that's more of a symptom in this case. The problem is that the writer and, likely, her husband are driven by ego. Everything about the first few paragraphs screams, I'm putting on all sorts of fronts (bc I think I'm b
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
>I think some of that is down to the server considering themselves the customer's equal, which is as it should be, and is not dependent upon the customer's disposition for their income. Absolutely. Where I work, if the customer
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
Could you clarify? I don't follow.
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
If you have a union job, and you're skipping or shortening breaks, you're doing it wrong.
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
My union dues are less than $50 per month, and it's one of the bigger/more powerful unions in the US. I don't agree with everything they do, but the pay, benefits, and security (very hard to be fired) don't have a non-un
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
I love poetry but strongly dislike most poems, and I've always really liked The Second Coming. So, maybe you do like poetry but just haven't found many poems that work for you. Back in like 2005, I got a collection of Yeats'
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
Assume positive intent until someone proves your assumption wrong. One of the good things about assuming positive intent is that you should treat people well. If you do, and the other person does not reciprocate, you should no longer assu
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
They're kids . . .
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
>I endeavor with all of my awareness not to be that to my son, ever. I relate to your entire post very well, but this particular point is one of the reasons I still keep in touch with my dad. I had to overcome some issues that - I believ
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
Yeah, that's an especially tough situation, and I don't think there are general right or wrong answers. So much depends on all the confounding factors. I'm glad you did what was right for you.

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