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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 2, 2006 - 11:53pm PT
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Okay, I'll admit it, I'm *really* bummed.
Give me some reasons it's all worth it... Happy photos, what makes you get up every morning, that which puts a smile on your face. I'd love to see it. Thanks in advance.
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Fluoride
Trad climber
on a rock or mountain out west
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Get ready for sugar shock level cuteness (came from an animal shelter "cutest pet pic" contest). It may not be what gets me up in the morning, but that bunny sure is cute.
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CorporateDog
climber
Middle California
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Bet you at least grinned while scoffing!
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dirtbag
climber
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I just enjoyed a tasty cold Negra Modelo beer. That made me happy.
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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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What could be cuter than a Puppy?
Eating a Rat.
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 3, 2006 - 12:07am PT
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Chaz! That's quite funny. I laughed. Oh man, I must be really fecked up!!!
Speaking of rats, check out this cutie. I got the photo off of the Red River Climbing site...
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Fluoride
Trad climber
on a rock or mountain out west
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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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Bitchen Rat-Stem!
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
St. Louis
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 3, 2006 - 12:14am PT
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Notice the rat's warrior like pose - - such attention. He exerts no more energy than is necessary. He's a rock star!
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JuanDeFuca
Big Wall climber
Stoney Point
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Doberman number 4.
Duchess.
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Chaz
Trad climber
So. Cal.
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Juan, You've got Dobermans?
This is Mavis. Dobie #3.
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Jaybro
Social climber
The West
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Smile and the whole world smiles with you
Cry, and you only have what you own.
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mcKbill
Boulder climber
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Puppy Kitty
Puppy comes when she is called, wags her tail, and likes to be patted like a puppy.
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville
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Fluoride
Trad climber
on a rock or mountain out west
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Hey pud, these guys like to make people smile too...til they shiv ya!!!
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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I like what Jay said.
Also, remember you have *us* to cheer you on.
In addition, find a good man.
And stand by him.
Or on him.
Whatever works for the two of you.
(hehe).
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aldude
climber
Monument Manor
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Remember some good times - you have a stack of friends out here...
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maculated
Trad climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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What makes you get up in the morning. I am thinking.
It used to be the bright future, the possiblity. But I've learned that bright futures and possibilities equate to nothing more than chance.
I get up and I go about my business because people need me. My father and mother need me. Friends need me. My pets need me. The person that I am going to touch in a small way needs me.
It does not matter what we do for ourselves in this lifetime, in my estimation, but what we do for others. The best days I have are conferences with my students about writing (sometimes life): they usually take the time to tell me they appreciate my work, and the usually look a lot happier about the prospect of essay writing. It's a small thing, but it's enough to get me through the days.
Find some way to remind yourself that your life counts, and even if you're sitting home on a Friday night because all your friends are too busy to call you back and you're in a festive mood, it shouldn't matter. Somewhere out there you've made someone's life better.
Go pick up a book that may make you think, book 3 of "Diamond Heart" - "Being and the Meaning of Life" by A.H.Almaas.
He says: "Happiness, value, and pleasure are not the result of anything. These qualities are part of our fundamental nature. If we simply allow ourselves to be, this is our natural experience. You are the most precious thing in the universe, but you behave as if you are the poorest, most trivial thing there is. It doesn't really take much to see this. Just stop the whirlwind that goes on. Let yourself relax and be there. You can allow yourself to do it wherever you are. You don't have to be in the Canary Islands to be happy. You don't have to be with somoen you are in love with, and who loves you, to be happy. Putting these conditions on your happiness is a degrading way oflooking at yourself. Sure, you can be happy in the Canaries or with someone you love, but how about the rest of the time?"
". .. when we observe a child, we see that the sense of fullness, of intrinsic aliveness, of joy in being, is not inferred, that is, it is not the result of something else. There is value in just being oneself; it is not because of something one does or doesn't do. It is there at the beginning but slowly gets lost, and the fakeness just takes over."
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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I would like to post some pictures of my adorable fuzzy tigress, who would cheer up anyone. She is currently sitting on my lap purring. Though it is now quite late back east.
The Image Shack method seems a bit cumbersome, and there must be some fairly straightforward way to take pictures and plug them in. Is there an easier way to do this? I have the pictures on my hard drive, and just need paint-by-numbers directions. (I'm moderately computer-friendly, and tried what seemed the obvious ways.) Thanks!
Anders
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