Blogcritics: Comments on Depressed, But Thankful

Comment by Shark

Thu, 17 Jun 2004 08:36:03 EDT

"...About the time Shark was attending rallies against desegregation, one suspects. As usual, you're wrong. (Just ask the FBI.) I was marching for civil rights and against Nam, but don't let reality get in the way of your delusions. Eric - re. similar politics - it's true, except that her emphasis on race over all else (especially the more important 'class') puts her awfully close to the category of Liberal Facist. The irony is that with her level of intolerance (in the name of tolerance, btw!) -- in another era, and perhaps another color skin, she'd probably be a violent reactionary marching people into 'de-lousing' chambers for 'their own good'. Her monomania is dangerous. But entertaining!

Comment by Eric Olsen

Thu, 17 Jun 2004 08:17:37 EDT

other than the personal antagonism that began immediately, I find the MD/Shark feud odd and ironic due to the fact that they seem to agree politically at least 80%

Comment by Mac Diva

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 23:29:55 EDT

Ah, the Merry Pranksters. There is a great piece about Ken Kesey by Robert Stone in the Summer Fiction edition of The New Yorker. Read it yesterday. It focuses on the period of the bus trip to the World's Fair and the drug bust that sent the Kesey entourage, including Stone, to Mexico. That was in the early to mid 1960s. About the time Shark was attending rallies against desegregation, one suspects.

Comment by Eric Olsen

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:39:10 EDT

didn't the Merry Pranksters do that? Or was it the American Dental Association?

Comment by mike

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:38:06 EDT

I say flood the drinking supply with Prozac. It'll make the world a better place.

Comment by Joe

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:35:08 EDT

Oh, and another thing, try as you may, you're not going to trick me into sending you a picture of my wang. You little minx, you.

Comment by Joe

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:24:06 EDT

Alas, modesty prohibits me from such acts of self-reverence.

Comment by Joe

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:19:38 EDT

Testify! Oh gitted one!

Comment by Mac Diva

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:00:41 EDT

No, Joe. But you will never need to use the word gifted in regard to yourself at all. 'Small' sums up pretty much everything about you. Shark, continue displaying your symptoms. An abusive, lying, admitted depressive is someone so-o-o-o deserving of people's sympathy.

Comment by Joe

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 17:48:53 EDT

I thought it might be that, but from the context I thought it might be an adjective describing someone audacious/pretentious/delusional enough to try to forward the idea that an adversarial relationship with them equates to "trying to reverse the civil rights movement singelehandedly." Additionally, do you lose points for giftedness if you have to constantly remind people of how gifted you are?

Comment by Shark

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 17:35:14 EDT

Joe, "GITTED" is an adjective describing someone who thinks they're gifted, tells people they're gifted, has two blogs that constantly refer back to the other's 'gifted' aspects, and who isn't the least bit gifted, talented, original, or creative. Oh, and did I mention: I shot Martin Luther King, too.

Comment by Joe

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 17:09:00 EDT

What's "gitted?"

Comment by Mac Diva

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:51:23 EDT

Curt, there was a short story called "The Depressed Person," by David Foster Wallace, in Harpers a few years ago. It caught a lot of flack from readers because it portrayed the depressed person as a sniveling, self-centered weasel oblivious to everyone else's problems. You must read this story. It is hilarious. I've located a full reprint online. I've been reading Harper's forever, and that controversy was one of the top five or so over the years. Ironically, many of the letters from depressed persons were so abusive they added support to the alleged 'unfair portrayal,' instead of mitigating it. On the bright side, the protagonist has not made a practice of trying to reverse the civil rights movement singelehandedly by abusing a gitted person of color at Blogcritics. The character is almost nice, compared to the originator of this thread.

Comment by CW Fisher

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:02:37 EDT

By the way, if you think depression is as funny as I do, you should check out an this blog: "The Post-Depressionist Almanac." http://depressionalmanac.blogspot.com/

Comment by CW Fisher

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 09:49:45 EDT

"I'm a writer. I throw a dart and hit the keyboard." --Shark

Comment by CW Fisher

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 09:45:50 EDT

By the way: Ode to Joy? Can't get no higher.

Comment by CW Fisher

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 09:45:09 EDT

I completely missed this post. Sorry, Shark, about the birfday, I mean. I have one tomorrow. You're going to think I'm trying to be like you, but it's true. Last week, I shaved my goatee. I am hairless as a fish but I shave myself smooth all over. This is for sexual reasons as described so vividly by the lovely Ms. Tek and love-kitten bhw. My wife and I once considered opening a shop called "QuimTrim," an on-campus pussy-shaving service. She changed my mind. I've never met a writer who wasn't either depressed and obsessing about it or depressed and denying it. Meds work, wort works, exercise works, therapy works, art works, writing works, but nothing works alone.

Comment by Mac Diva

Wed, 16 Jun 2004 01:16:08 EDT

Entertaining.

Comment by mike

Tue, 15 Jun 2004 22:06:22 EDT

"ie. I ain't one." Very often, it's hard to recognize the symptoms in yourself. The medications are proving increasingly effective for all sorts of people: if properly prescribed under the supervision of a psychiatrist, as opposed to regular old doctor. p

Comment by Shark

Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:07:10 EDT

Mike, probably good advice for the true depressive, but see comment #13' ie. I ain't one. (I only play one on TV.)

Comment by mike

Tue, 15 Jun 2004 18:19:21 EDT

"I would take drugs for my depression, but I once heard a doctor say that 95% of his depressed, drug-taking patients didn't really need drugs; they needed to make better decisions about their lives." Absolutely not. You should see a psychiatrist, and if he agrees, get the meds. They work. Depression is mostly chemical, and easily treated.

Comment by Shark

Tue, 15 Jun 2004 16:46:14 EDT

Thanks to all who elevated my entry from a trite personal confessional about depression to a profound, all-too-honest but helpful primer on body hair. Really, luv ya -- mean it! PS: email me for special jpg of my infamous goatee! One PayPal contribution to BC required.

Comment by Eric Olsen

Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:39:38 EDT

then we would all look like Olympic swimmers and body builders - or at least our skin would

Comment by Ms. Tek

Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:42:04 EDT

Men should shave the pubes off, the armpits and the leg hair. Shave the pubes, you are more likey to get you ding dang sucked.

Comment by jack e. jett

Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:39:11 EDT

everyman over 40 should shave his balls, keep his pubic hair trimed and keep his eyebrows from looking like andy rooney. the problem is that as the gut becomes bigger the first two task become dangerous to do alone. i just don't want to look like bob marley down there. jack