Bennie, you took me there to that semi-seedy bistro where I plan to retire. There is a cathouse upstairs. I deny that I have any financial interest in it. I only have to play once a day. The food is passable and the drink is always there. All I want to do is play my flute for the people.
Arcadia,
I'll be counting on you to make me a star in Argentina (and yes, you will have to sing)
Cec,
You play with my head weekly. I foresee a time when I will need sets. Why don't you come to town and do a set that we can sell piece-at-a-time after the show?
Doreen,
Don't be so insecure. You can play with me anytime. (ok, that's a joke, but it's also true. I've rarely met a performer whose feet were more secure on a stage than yours are. You may not always know your lines or hit the notes, but you convince by your presence and assurance.)
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Good luck clay
I hope I can catch up with you one day
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Good luck clay
I hope I can catch up with you one day
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Sorry, truckin.. I decided to delete even my explanation about why I deleted what I deleted. LOL!
Thanks ... so much.
sincerely
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Thanks ... so much.
sincerely
hugs jack
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Texas... only been as far east as Fort Stockton, on I-10. Paid $16.00 cash for a deluxe room. I remember a giant roadrunner across the street advertising something. Seemed to take forever to get to El Paso from there. Can't imagine how long it would take to get to Austin... always wanted to see Austin, tho... always wondered if Texas existed like the legends.
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OK. Last night I posted a couple of replies which I came back and deleted because I was upset when I posted them and I thought it better to reply later (now) when I am no longer upset.
Why was I upset? Because, Lightning Rod, your so-called "clever" word usage can be mean and insulting and I don't take too kindly to insults.
What I initially said was this.
I was saying in my post that you were a one-man-band. You didn't want my singing voice and you didn't want my spoken voice. You didn't want my piano playing. Well, occasionally you wanted my participation but not very often. It hurt me and so I gave up. I gave up trying to continue to be your creative partner. It wasn't worth the pain of continued rejection.
This isn't insecurity. This is being SECURE with myself because I am WORTH MORE than that. I deserve to be treated better. I deserve to have my talents respected and desired.
Right after you call me insecure, you say, "You can play with me anytime" then say "that's a joke." Real funny. It's a joke alright. Not very nice, my dear.
Then after that, you compliment me by telling the world that I am a performer whose feet are "secure" on stage. Thank you. Yes, I am. Very clever verbiage. I am "insecure", then I am "secure." That makes a whole lot of sense. It is a blatant example of how you use the language to insult people (in this case, me) while attempting to mask the insult.
Then on the other side of that compliment, you insult me again by stating your opinion to the world ... "You may not always know your lines or hit your notes" then you add another compliment by saying that my "presence and assurance" convinces (implying that it convinces despite my inability to hit the notes or know my lines).
Great. Nail me to the wall with insults masked with half-compliments that can't stand on their own without the insults.
And btw, what you have stated is simply not true. I always know my lines and hit the notes. Why do you feel you have to insult me like that?
What is it about you? For five years you deliberately tried to make me feel LESS than who I am by belittling me in this manner. A compliment. An insult. A compliment. An insult. All of the compliments are based on BUTs which point to the insults.
Do you truly need to put me down in order to elevate yourself in some way?
Please don't do it again. This is one of the major reasons we are not together any more.
I know what you'll do. You'll tag this thread again with comments about how you think I am unable to handle critique from a colleague or unable to understand your competent writing style. You'll tell me that the insults I perceive are all in my head.
You'll pull a "gaslight" on me, attempting to make me think it's ME who has a problem, not you who are dishing out insults, but ME who is unable to accept critique and compliments.
I have news for you. There's absolutely NOTHING wrong with me. Or my perception.
I'll answer your post. It is you who are incompetent at giving compliments. You apparently can't do it without flanking the compliments with insults.
I'm very good at taking compliments. I am not at all incompetent at it. Try it some time without the insults.
Why was I upset? Because, Lightning Rod, your so-called "clever" word usage can be mean and insulting and I don't take too kindly to insults.
What I initially said was this.
You replied saying this.I sang a couple of songs in the last band.
It was like a 2-person football team.
I played second string. Spent a lotta time
on the bench. I'll have to sit this one out.
I'll make dip. It's what I do best.
How does my telling the truth about our relationship musically translate into you calling me insecure? That's ridiculous! It is an insult and I don't accept it. I am NOT insecure.Doreen,
Don't be so insecure. You can play with me anytime. (ok, that's a joke, but it's also true. I've rarely met a performer whose feet were more secure on a stage than yours are. You may not always know your lines or hit the notes, but you convince by your presence and assurance.)
I was saying in my post that you were a one-man-band. You didn't want my singing voice and you didn't want my spoken voice. You didn't want my piano playing. Well, occasionally you wanted my participation but not very often. It hurt me and so I gave up. I gave up trying to continue to be your creative partner. It wasn't worth the pain of continued rejection.
This isn't insecurity. This is being SECURE with myself because I am WORTH MORE than that. I deserve to be treated better. I deserve to have my talents respected and desired.
Right after you call me insecure, you say, "You can play with me anytime" then say "that's a joke." Real funny. It's a joke alright. Not very nice, my dear.
Then after that, you compliment me by telling the world that I am a performer whose feet are "secure" on stage. Thank you. Yes, I am. Very clever verbiage. I am "insecure", then I am "secure." That makes a whole lot of sense. It is a blatant example of how you use the language to insult people (in this case, me) while attempting to mask the insult.
Then on the other side of that compliment, you insult me again by stating your opinion to the world ... "You may not always know your lines or hit your notes" then you add another compliment by saying that my "presence and assurance" convinces (implying that it convinces despite my inability to hit the notes or know my lines).
Great. Nail me to the wall with insults masked with half-compliments that can't stand on their own without the insults.
And btw, what you have stated is simply not true. I always know my lines and hit the notes. Why do you feel you have to insult me like that?
What is it about you? For five years you deliberately tried to make me feel LESS than who I am by belittling me in this manner. A compliment. An insult. A compliment. An insult. All of the compliments are based on BUTs which point to the insults.
Do you truly need to put me down in order to elevate yourself in some way?
Please don't do it again. This is one of the major reasons we are not together any more.
I know what you'll do. You'll tag this thread again with comments about how you think I am unable to handle critique from a colleague or unable to understand your competent writing style. You'll tell me that the insults I perceive are all in my head.
You'll pull a "gaslight" on me, attempting to make me think it's ME who has a problem, not you who are dishing out insults, but ME who is unable to accept critique and compliments.
I have news for you. There's absolutely NOTHING wrong with me. Or my perception.
See? You've already done just that.doreen, I don't know which of us is more incompetent
I'm bad at giving compliments and you are bad at taking them.
I'll answer your post. It is you who are incompetent at giving compliments. You apparently can't do it without flanking the compliments with insults.
I'm very good at taking compliments. I am not at all incompetent at it. Try it some time without the insults.
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Through the years, I have shared links to your posts which I feel insult me and asked people, "Is he insulting me? I think he is. It sure reads like he is. But he says he isn't."
100% of the time, the answers I got back were "yes." People often said to me, "Why do you allow him to talk to you that way?" and "I can't believe he's posting shit like that on your website."
Through the years, I have shared links to your posts which I feel insult me and asked people, "Is he insulting me? I think he is. It sure reads like he is. But he says he isn't."
100% of the time, the answers I got back were "yes." People often said to me, "Why do you allow him to talk to you that way?" and "I can't believe he's posting shit like that on your website."
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Doreen,
It totally mystifies me how you can take an innocent and sincere compliment and turn it into an insult.
You are jumping to conclusions when you don't have the facts.
1. No performer ALWAYS remembers his lines or hits all the notes. That's not an insult, that's just a fact. Ask any performer.
2. A trait that I have found in all good performers is that they are both secure and insecure. You are not as good at paradoxes as you are at puns.
To paraphrase my hero Ronald Reagan, "if you keep wading around in the manure, it's hard to find the pony."
Or, "you can't taste the nut if you are fussing with the shell."
You are fussing with the shell here, doreen.
That statement was intended as a compliment, but you didn't see the compliment. I guess you see what you want to see and you hear what you want to hear.
(You know that I'm a closet Christian. One of the things that the Master taught is that offense is not something that can be given, only taken.)
It totally mystifies me how you can take an innocent and sincere compliment and turn it into an insult.
You are jumping to conclusions when you don't have the facts.
1. No performer ALWAYS remembers his lines or hits all the notes. That's not an insult, that's just a fact. Ask any performer.
2. A trait that I have found in all good performers is that they are both secure and insecure. You are not as good at paradoxes as you are at puns.
To paraphrase my hero Ronald Reagan, "if you keep wading around in the manure, it's hard to find the pony."
Or, "you can't taste the nut if you are fussing with the shell."
You are fussing with the shell here, doreen.
That statement was intended as a compliment, but you didn't see the compliment. I guess you see what you want to see and you hear what you want to hear.
(You know that I'm a closet Christian. One of the things that the Master taught is that offense is not something that can be given, only taken.)
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As I said ...
Just quit insulting me, OK? It's really pretty simple. Thanks.I know what you'll do. You'll tag this thread again with comments about how you think I am unable to handle critique from a colleague or unable to understand your competent writing style. You'll tell me that the insults I perceive are all in my head.
You'll pull a "gaslight" on me, attempting to make me think it's ME who has a problem, not you who are dishing out insults, but ME who is unable to accept critique and compliments.
I have news for you. There's absolutely NOTHING wrong with me. Or my perception.
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