Las Vegas Shooting

[2surf]

I arrived in Vegas Friday afternoon for a week vacation. I drove right between the Mandalay hotel and the empty lot across the street where all those people were slaughtered at that country western concert. Why is the window where the shooter was, not fixed?

It’s been a fun trip so far but this city‘s current infrastructure a mess.

 

[$kully]

I arrived in Vegas Friday afternoon for a week vacation. I drove right between the Mandalay hotel and the empty lot across the street where all those people were slaughtered at that country western concert. Why is the window where the shooter was, not fixed?

It’s been a fun trip so far but this city‘s current infrastructure a mess.

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

I don’t know how you dweebs do it year after year. I‘ve been at it for a few hours and I already can’t stand myself.

Pussy.

 

[manbearpig]

The apology is mine. I just found out someone I grew up with died. I’m just sick of death. My dog, my father, my mom, way too many friends. I’m bouncing around between sorrow, guilt and anger. No excuse. I’ll just stop.

Sorry for your loss. You’re a good dude sharky.

 

[2surf]

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[Sharky]

Drink more.
Take pills.
Deadlift

#everyoneisdyingaroundmetoo

Thanks. I think. Drinking curiously doesn't do much for me anymore. The pills that would work are the addictive ones and I really don't need to add that to the pile right now. To make matters worse I put a minor tear in my hamstring yesterday kicking the heavy bag. My only relief from this BS has been exercise. Now I'm kind of limited in that aspect as well. Sometimes things just suck. But it could certainly be far worse. Which doesn't seem to help. The friend that died was one of my close friends older brothers. When we were kids stuck surfing wherever, he'd pick us up and drive us around. A week back he called someone and was crying. Depressed and lonely. I meant to call him. I didn't. He drank himself to death a few days later. We all knew it was coming. But today is another day. And it's anything but leg day.

 

[Ifallalot]

Thanks. I think. Drinking curiously doesn't do much for me anymore. The pills that would work are the addictive ones and I really don't need to add that to the pile right now. To make matters worse I put a minor tear in my hamstring yesterday kicking the heavy bag. My only relief from this BS has been exercise. Now I'm kind of limited in that aspect as well. Sometimes things just suck. But it could certainly be far worse. Which doesn't seem to help. The friend that died was one of my close friends older brothers. When we were kids stuck surfing wherever, he'd pick us up and drive us around. A week back he called someone and was crying. Depressed and lonely. I meant to call him. I didn't. He drank himself to death a few days later. We all knew it was coming. But today is another day. And it's anything but leg day.

Someone told me once you can't use exercise to beat depression. That man is obviously an expert on mental illness

I hope everything goes better for you GWS. I think you need to go out to the mountains

 

[Sharky]

You may not beat it with exercise, but you can maybe weaken it to the point where it's vulnerable?

 

[Autoprax]

For me it's a multi pronged attack.

I need to be working on a creative project that excites me. (I'm working on a comedy novel, something I swore I wouldn't do, and I'm always writing songs.)

Then I need some social engagement with friends.

Then I need work out all the time.

Work, when it goes well, helps too.

It's been going really well. It kind of makes me nervous.

I''ll use drugs sparingly to help manage my state.

I'm lucky because I love taking drugs but I am a lightweight.

When you are grieving you can use drugs more abusively.

But in my world they are dropping like flies.

I think what works for one person doesn't work for others.

I know Jesus works great for some.

But it doesn't work on me at all.

Hold on tight!

 

[Mr Doof]

The apology is mine. I just found out someone I grew up with died. I’m just sick of death. My dog, my father, my mom, way too many friends. I’m bouncing around between sorrow, guilt and anger. No excuse. I’ll just stop.

"Living long and prospering doesn't come cheap."

- some old person somewhere who sounds a lot like my father if he would stop talking about how autocrats of various flavors are ruining things for most of humanity throughout human history.

 

[Kento]

Someone told me once you can't use exercise to beat depression. That man is obviously an expert on mental illness

I hope everything goes better for you GWS. I think you need to go out to the mountains

Exercise is one of the few things keeping me sane these days. Ripped a fatty and a sub-23 5K early this morning, felt damn good too, fastest non-race time I've ever done, really stocked. Running a half-marathon in a few weeks and feeling relatively decent (although won't be at THAT pace). Well except for the back muscle/nerve under the shoulder blade I tweaked the other day.

Good advice up there above, GWS. A breath of fresh air in a serene location can go a long ways. Even if you have to go back to sh!t, it'll be a nice refreshing centering method of getting away from it all, even if just for a little while.

 

[Ifallalot]

That's where I was over the weekend

 

[Kento]

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That's where I was over the weekend

Awesome.

I would totally trip over that cairn in the middle of the night to take a **** and stumble into that wash.

 

[Ifallalot]

Awesome.

I would totally trip over that cairn in the middle of the night to take a **** and stumble into that wash.

I angled my tent so that was on a side without a door

 

[Kento]

I angled my tent so that was on a side without a door

Pro move right there.

Nice thing about slaty rocks is that tent pegs will pound right through them.

 

[manbearpig]

……

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

Thanks. I think. Drinking curiously doesn't do much for me anymore. The pills that would work are the addictive ones and I really don't need to add that to the pile right now. To make matters worse I put a minor tear in my hamstring yesterday kicking the heavy bag. My only relief from this BS has been exercise. Now I'm kind of limited in that aspect as well. Sometimes things just suck. But it could certainly be far worse. Which doesn't seem to help. The friend that died was one of my close friends older brothers. When we were kids stuck surfing wherever, he'd pick us up and drive us around. A week back he called someone and was crying. Depressed and lonely. I meant to call him. I didn't. He drank himself to death a few days later. We all knew it was coming. But today is another day. And it's anything but leg day.

You gonna be around at the “shop” tomorrow?

 

[Autoprax]

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That's where I was over the weekend

I liked camping when some girl I wasn't with snuck in my tent in the middle of the night to screw on the DL.

Then in the morning we pretend like nothing happened.

It only happened a couple of times but that was my favorite type of camping.

I also liked camping where we had an 8 ball to snort all night.

Mr Nature out!

 

[$kully]

I’m curious about the angle you’re taking about the victim being the last journalist to investigate the Vegas Shooting and the mental gymnastics it’s taking you and your ilk to connect that to the motive of why a corrupt politician killed an investigative journalist who had been writing about his corruption for years.

Still never got an answer to this from the OP.

 

[Sharky]

You gonna be around at the “shop” tomorrow?

No. I’m kind of semi retired at the moment. Straightening out my fathers concerns since his death is kind of full time for now. My life is kind of up in the air