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By moonvine (Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 09:56:18 AM EST) (all tags)

I googled "moonvine" and got some interesting results. Funny that I hadn't done this before. Not me. Just saying.

I have lots to write here. How many of you know the story behind the phrase "burn the boats"?

It is my new mantra. I love it. You should love it too. It's pretty potent. Lets all have a big love fest make like jizz shakes.

My new Mac Book pro is amazing. My new place is amazing. You are amazing. The world, today, is amazing.

I woke up this morning in an astoundingly great mood. I am going to ride this mega watt wave till its done and dry. It may not last. Holding on tight. Happy New Year to everyone. I love 2008.

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Ya know, by blixco (4.00 / 1) #1 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 09:59:54 AM EST

I determined years ago that the google-able moonvine wasn't you.

Also, I've been in a very good mood...and not artificially sweetened. Sharp, performing well, working my ass off and still very happy sort of mood.

New MacBook Pro! I'm waiting for the subnotebook and a bundle of cash to fall from the sky.
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"You bring the weasel, I'll bring the whiskey." - kellnerin

: Well, by moonvine (4.00 / 1) #2 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 10:02:08 AM EST

there is something en route to you now. I hope you likey =)

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Awesome by TPD (4.00 / 1) #3 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 10:07:05 AM EST

keep on smiling, and keep on posting uplifting diaries!

Rock Hard Abs are just a sw-sw-swivel away!

: Yessie! by moonvine (2.00 / 0) #12 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 02:38:14 PM EST

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...make like jizz shakes... by atreides (4.00 / 1) #4 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 11:17:59 AM EST

Ummm... I don't think that means what you think it means...

_{He sails from world to world in a flying tomb, serving gods who eat hope.}

oh gosh by moonvine (2.00 / 0) #5 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 11:22:08 AM EST

whatever do you mean dahlink?

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Actually. I'd prefer by greyrat (4.00 / 1) #7 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 11:41:22 AM EST

the other kind of -- erm -- smoothy that is just perfect for consumption via licking...

Just sayin'.
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There is absolutely no correlation or causation amongst intelligence, power, talent and wealth.
Kha-Nyou
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I think I could do it... by atreides (4.00 / 1) #9 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 12:28:28 PM EST

...but I'd need some aspirin and an icepack soon after... :P

_{He sails from world to world in a flying tomb, serving gods who eat hope.}
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: Oh by moonvine (2.00 / 0) #13 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 02:39:03 PM EST

gods.

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You should take credit for that site by theboz (4.00 / 1) #6 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 11:40:35 AM EST

I didn't get past the front page, but that alone was pretty awesome.

When I think of burning boats, I think of viking funerals.
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That's what I always say about you, boz, you have a good memory for random facts about pussy. -- joh3n

Vikings! by moonvine (2.00 / 0) #14 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 02:43:37 PM EST

Valhalla! I think of moving the fuck on, from whatever the past has wrought- good, bad, doesn't matter. Makes me want to fight my battles to the death, and conquer all that is stagnant inside. It inspires me, feeds and fuels my fires. It raises the passion of the warrior within, and so sweetly =)

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That reminds me of something by theboz (4.00 / 1) #21 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 03:51:08 PM EST

Your post reminds me of the Viking Kitties flash animation because it both focuses on the violence of vikings and the sweetness of kittens, as well as Valhalla.

Anyway, I know what you mean, but I take a different approach I guess. I leave as many options open as I can, and only burn bridges intentionally when I find it satisfying. As far as the "passion of the warrior within" I have the opposite problem from you. I can be a very aggressive person by nature and prone to anger. As a result, since my childhood I have worked to control all of that, although sometimes I go too far and appear meek. I will tell you this though, if you want to accomplish your goals, you have to be aggressive and take calculated risks. I have learned that later than I would like. You also have to let go of fears and cares to a degree. It's sort of a weird thing but I've been trying a non-buddhist approach that requires me to stop caring so much about things and just let what happens as a result of my actions happen. It is easier to get what you want when you act like you don't care if you want it or not, while you try to get it. At least, this seems to be working out for me.

For example, I've found that it is easier to get paid more at a job if you act like you don't really want the job. It's like taking the idea of not appearing desperate to a new level. By being unconcerned, others will assume that you are calm for a good reason, and follow your lead.
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That's what I always say about you, boz, you have a good memory for random facts about pussy. -- joh3n
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: cuteness kitty rowr! rowr! by moonvine (2.00 / 0) #26 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 07:55:04 PM EST

I think burning bridges and burning boats are a little different. One is to get somewhere, need based- you need that bridge. The other is destroying your very way back, yourself, so that you remain and not only face your enemy but destroy them as well. The latter is survival based and the first: "well, I may need this in the future, so I must be careful as to keep it open."
But then again it can be argued that they actually imply the same things. For me, burning the boats seems the most fitting to my situation: the war that is waging between my present and future against the powerful pull and memories of my past sabotaging and keeping stagnant any hope for healing or over coming. In a nutshell I have held onto even the bad episodes in a weird psycho babble comfort blanket way. It has become part of who "I am " and that is not how I see myself! So, I need to burn it, drop it, accept it for what it was, and move on. And well, the story of Alexander the great telling his captains to burn their boats just fits in so well with what I aim and need to do to get back the self I seemed to have lost along the rubble.
Short story long, I am feeling exactly what you have written here =) And thank you.

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Burning the boats? No me. Too chicken. by greyrat (4.00 / 1) #8 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 11:43:05 AM EST

But then again, burning the boats translates into something more like "the final solution" on a personal level for me right now.
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There is absolutely no correlation or causation amongst intelligence, power, talent and wealth.
Kha-Nyou

: Yes- by moonvine (2.00 / 0) #15 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 02:44:50 PM EST

indeedy. Do or die. Good luck my sweet ratty!

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good morning moony. by MillMan (4.00 / 2) #10 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 12:44:18 PM EST

Your friend Blixco is wrong.

When I'm imprisoned as an enemy combatant, will you blog about it?

: No, our friend by moonvine (2.00 / 0) #16 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 02:46:22 PM EST

is always right.
And afternoon to you my milly. Chat next week!

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Yowza, the blog has been dead for nearly 6 by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #11 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 12:50:38 PM EST

years.

: Maybe by moonvine (2.00 / 0) #17 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 02:56:13 PM EST

she went on a diet?

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scary link. by muchagecko (4.00 / 1) #18 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 02:57:28 PM EST

The illustration is well done.

I knew the other wasn't you, although I had to argue with someone about it regularly.

"It means more if you have to earn it, even if it's by doing something as simple as eating a meal." Kellnerin

Really? Argued?! by moonvine (4.00 / 1) #19 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 03:13:45 PM EST

But she's not even Indian!

Wait. I don't even exist.

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Exactly, by muchagecko (4.00 / 1) #20 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 03:17:10 PM EST

Some think that the internet is full of people pretending to be something they aren't.

For the most part, I believe that folks are what they claim online. So you really exist in my reality.

"It means more if you have to earn it, even if it's by doing something as simple as eating a meal." Kellnerin
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For example: by ammoniacal (4.00 / 2) #23 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 06:43:30 PM EST

When someone claims to be a Cougar, believe her.

Irony: ammo says it's time. Tom is blocked.
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/me holds out hand- by moonvine (2.00 / 0) #28 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 07:59:47 PM EST

Come, let's go burn these boats from the past together.

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: OK- by moonvine (4.00 / 2) #33 Sat Jan 05, 2008 at 08:48:31 AM EST

That wasn't a come on to you. The fires are the ones you start. The fires you start are mainly to purify yourself of past wounds and to begin anew. It has nothing to do with the other person, what they are like, do, or expects to/from you. It is just for yourself! Nobody can put out your fires, only you can! Know this. What you will be burning are the feelings/perceptions that were causing you to lose sight of the amazing present that is contained in yourself and the endless possibilities to the future. Why would you want to be mired and stuck in the past? Especially where the outcomes are already known, by definition of it being already being "past' ?
Start over. Fresh. New. A new year is as good as any. Try to let go of the bitterness you may be feeling towards someone else. Let it all go, and say "I set you free. Go in peace." Sublimate that negative all consuming energy instead to something creative and powerful for yourself. Heal thyself. You just have to change the direction of your energies.
I hope I am making some sense. Trust me, I know this is a difficult time, but our minds and bodies that we have been given are amazing and powerful helpers. Allow your self to help yourself =) You can message me anytime, my open hand to you is sincere.

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: Um- by moonvine (4.00 / 1) #32 Sat Jan 05, 2008 at 08:34:30 AM EST

I was writing strictly metaphorically. And I wasn't writing about healing via revenge either Mister. Heal thyself! You can do it!
Good luck.

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I'm not a cougar. by muchagecko (2.00 / 0) #35 Sat Jan 05, 2008 at 02:00:01 PM EST

Would you stop going on about that?

"It means more if you have to earn it, even if it's by doing something as simple as eating a meal." Kellnerin
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I know how old you are. by ammoniacal (2.00 / 0) #36 Sat Jan 05, 2008 at 02:24:50 PM EST

How young is your Limey Internet Hook-up Guy? Is he even 30?

Sounds like the definition of Cougar to me, so you can't deny it. Revel in it, because it's your desire.

Now I'm off to the library, because I have better things to do at the moment.

Irony: ammo says it's time. Tom is blocked.
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much older than I by muchagecko (4.00 / 1) #37 Sat Jan 05, 2008 at 06:12:15 PM EST

please stop going on about things you really don't have any idea about. Thanks.

"It means more if you have to earn it, even if it's by doing something as simple as eating a meal." Kellnerin
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: He doesn't look or sound like it. by ammoniacal (2.00 / 0) #38 Sat Jan 05, 2008 at 06:17:39 PM EST

Must be the bald head. I'll have to go back to that version. :^*
Irony: ammo says it's time. Tom is blocked.
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I thought by MillMan (4.00 / 1) #22 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 05:59:34 PM EST

you were an Afghan W...nevermind.

When I'm imprisoned as an enemy combatant, will you blog about it?
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: AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! by moonvine (2.00 / 0) #27 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 07:56:49 PM EST

Yes, well, not everyone is lucky enough to look like an Afghan Hound ; )

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'Aveit. by Breaker (4.00 / 1) #24 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 07:13:00 PM EST

Burn as many boats as you like.

Bridges however, be careful and think twice before you throw the Molotov Cocktail...

Also, happy 2008!

: I mean to hold onto by moonvine (4.00 / 1) #25 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 07:39:56 PM EST

all of my hard won bridges. You are spot on, as always.
But the boats? As Alexander once said, "Burn em! Make sure you have no way to retreat the island- you must forge ahead and vanquish your enemies! You have no other choice. Go!"
This is my aim. Thank you =)

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funny, by Kellnerin (4.00 / 1) #29 Fri Jan 04, 2008 at 10:12:30 PM EST

I'd never googled "moonvine" either :)

So you're starting the new year by burning off connections to parts of what you used to be and people you never were -- sounds like an excellent plan. To 2008!

--
"Late to the party" is the new "ahead of the curve" -- CRwM

: Yessie! To 2008! by moonvine (4.00 / 1) #34 Sat Jan 05, 2008 at 08:52:42 AM EST

Like trogdor the burninator =)

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