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mopinko

(71,910 posts)
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 02:29 PM Apr 2020

hey peeps. i'm out of jail. how is everyone?

Last edited Fri Apr 10, 2020, 03:00 PM - Edit history (1)

shot my mouth off a bit too much in gdp, and had to cool my jets for a while.
damn, that was hard. i've never been in trouble here. outside lookin in, in the middle of all this, sucked like an industrial hoover.

how is everyone getting along?
me- i have been as busy as a one-legged man in an ass kicking contest.
i was already kicking my little farm up a big notch this year, but my hood is alive w would-be gardeners looking for plants and advice.
we're gettin it done safely, tho.

missed you all. reading your posts here and not being able to reply really sucked.

eta- i was reading, and also had an old friend who is never in trouble keep a special eye out for y'all.

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hey peeps. i'm out of jail. how is everyone? (Original Post) mopinko Apr 2020 OP
Welcome back! mr_lebowski Apr 2020 #1
improbable tho not impossible. mopinko Apr 2020 #2
I like yer style, Dude ... (nt) mr_lebowski Apr 2020 #3
same mopinko Apr 2020 #6
So THAT'S where you've been! 2naSalit Apr 2020 #4
i was screaming at bernie on my teevee so gdp would shut down, and mopinko Apr 2020 #5
Welcome back, mopinko! littlemissmartypants Apr 2020 #7
thx honey. mopinko Apr 2020 #14
Just back from a little time out myself Wawannabe Apr 2020 #8
i've been too busy to be online thaaaat much, which mopinko Apr 2020 #15
Welcome home UpInArms Apr 2020 #9
thank you. mopinko Apr 2020 #16
Welcome back, my dear mopinko! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2020 #10
good to be seen!! i've never been invisible. mopinko Apr 2020 #17
Well, hi there! GreenPartyVoter Apr 2020 #11
hey you. mopinko Apr 2020 #18
Wow! Lucky you! How did you find out? NurseJackie Apr 2020 #12
got a pm. mopinko Apr 2020 #13
Good on you, Mo.. Cha Apr 2020 #23
Welcome back vercetti2021 Apr 2020 #19
anything in particular, or pandemic dread, or the usual, or mopinko Apr 2020 #20
No meds vercetti2021 Apr 2020 #21
welp, there is pretty new science out there med wise. mopinko Apr 2020 #22
Hmm vercetti2021 Apr 2020 #24
well mopinko Apr 2020 #25
Fear plays a bad time vercetti2021 Apr 2020 #28
a friend and i wrote a poem. mopinko Apr 2020 #31
That's amazing vercetti2021 Apr 2020 #32
If you haven't been thrown in DU jail, AT LEAST ONCE ... Laelth Apr 2020 #26
yeah, no. not a saint, or cool. mopinko Apr 2020 #29
It's all good. Welcome back. n/t Laelth Apr 2020 #33
So THAT'S why DU hasn't had enough cowbell lately! Welcome back. nt Atticus Apr 2020 #27
bwahahhaaa i didnt know cowbell was my part. i'll try to keep up. mopinko Apr 2020 #30

mopinko

(71,910 posts)
5. i was screaming at bernie on my teevee so gdp would shut down, and
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 02:58 PM
Apr 2020

maybe they let me out of jail. sheesh.

so good to be home.

mopinko

(71,910 posts)
15. i've been too busy to be online thaaaat much, which
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 03:33 PM
Apr 2020

is unusual for me. so at least i didnt miss it as much as i would have if, say, i had caught this crud.
out of my mind over how many loved ones are in the path of this beast, tho, and that was hard w/o du.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
12. Wow! Lucky you! How did you find out?
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 03:21 PM
Apr 2020

What kind of pledge or promise did you have to make?

Did it cost anything (cash-wise? donation-wise?) If so, how much.

Congratulations! I wonder who else is going to be let back in.

mopinko

(71,910 posts)
13. got a pm.
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 03:29 PM
Apr 2020

in years past they have released the loud mouths once we have a nominee, so i was hoping.

mopinko

(71,910 posts)
20. anything in particular, or pandemic dread, or the usual, or
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 03:44 PM
Apr 2020

???

thankfully i have been well medicated and my depression is quiet right now.
it's so weird how different it is here above ground. everything is so much lighter.

vercetti2021

(10,403 posts)
21. No meds
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 03:56 PM
Apr 2020

Last time I was on meds I almost killed myself for the 2nd time. Anti depressants in men tend to be more dangerous.

Oh its not just pandemic and isolation dread. It's me trying to maintain relationships.

One girl I'm really trying to get to know better. I consider her one of my besties. It's more of hoping she would start a convo with me first before I did.

mopinko

(71,910 posts)
22. welp, there is pretty new science out there med wise.
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 05:55 PM
Apr 2020

the new gen of genetic tests have a big pharma component that tells you about reactions to pain and psyche drugs.
i got a mayo kit here that i havent done yet, but damn curious. my youngest is quite haywire, and pain meds and me have taken some crazy rides.

i have been traipsing through mmj, and finally found my effective dose of the right strains. like pain meds, i am very resistant.
found the ones that spark creative thinking, and lessen anxiety.
makes like go so much more smoothly.

and those first steps are always hard. do you think she feels the same? or has she put you in the friend zone? unless you are feeling resistant, be brave.

and stay safe.

vercetti2021

(10,403 posts)
24. Hmm
Fri Apr 10, 2020, 08:56 PM
Apr 2020

Fair points all around. Last meds I was on was in 2016. So yeah probably newer stuff out right now. I'm currently on testosterone because I had it extremely low.

And its not that I wanna date her. Just expanding my best friends. She already has a boyfriend who is a really awesome guy and I'm friends with him.

mopinko

(71,910 posts)
25. well
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 08:35 AM
Apr 2020

something i learned as an old lady- how to accept people as they are.
i have a kinda crazy bf, and most women wouldnt put up with the situation. but by accepting it for what it is, i get to enjoy what i have, and not worry about the rest.
it helps to be stable and content in what i already have/who i am. i am very lucky and i know it.
but it also helps that i have worked for a long time to smash fear everywhere in my life. in this case, i dont have fear/worry about if/when it might end. that seems to be the road.
the less fear you have, the more chances you are willing to take.

hang in there.

vercetti2021

(10,403 posts)
28. Fear plays a bad time
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 09:26 PM
Apr 2020

For me it's being too annoying. Being a pest to others. Reason why I'm so terrified of opening my mouth.

mopinko

(71,910 posts)
31. a friend and i wrote a poem.
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 10:23 PM
Apr 2020

she is a writer and asks for prompts sometimes on fb, so i gave her my mantra- fear is a thief. she didnt really get it at first, so i elaborated.
she told me i wrote my own poem. she made a few changes, but most took my own words. so-
I despise keys and locks.
I just wasnt raised with that
It’s only stuff,
And no one was coming to take it
Anyway
So every time i tried to walk in a door,
If it was locked
fear had stolen that moment
Of locking in
Locking out
“they” weren’t coming
It’s only stuff,
And no one was coming to take it
but fear robbed me daily
of a minute
of my composure,
of my purpose
for walking through that door

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
26. If you haven't been thrown in DU jail, AT LEAST ONCE ...
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 08:45 AM
Apr 2020

... then either you are a saint, or you are as cool (and emotionally unavailable) as a cucumber. I am neither.



Welcome back!

-Laelth

mopinko

(71,910 posts)
29. yeah, no. not a saint, or cool.
Sat Apr 11, 2020, 10:19 PM
Apr 2020

i usually dont get sucked in around here, but damn i was sick of bernie.

thx

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