{"id":2926,"date":"2008-05-10T21:41:55","date_gmt":"2008-05-11T05:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2926"},"modified":"2008-05-11T08:09:18","modified_gmt":"2008-05-11T16:09:18","slug":"im-in-a-funk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2926","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m In A Funk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still getting over my cold.<\/p>\n<p>I feel sluggish.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m hanging out in <a href=\"http:\/\/yourmoralleader.camstreams.com\/\">my chat room<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>YourMoralLeader:&nbsp; oy, i feel like i should be more entertaining<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; gimme some scoop!<br \/>\nguest23:&nbsp; Leah Kleim found another satmar<br \/>\nguest23:&nbsp; doing the nasty<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; hi<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; wave<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; let me see if you are real<br \/>\nGROVER:&nbsp; what do you think of alex jones luke?<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; now smile<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; sing a song<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; wrote history of NY Times? love him<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; I am a social worker are you depressed?<br \/>\nguest23:&nbsp; the 10 sons of haman!<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; &quot;Luke is bipolar&quot; she said. &quot;He won&#8217;t take his lithium. He&#8217;s too vain. he doesn&#8217;t like the weight it puts on.&quot;<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; do you have manic phase?<br \/>\nguest23:&nbsp; de-funk!! YAY<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; all my mates are getting married, mortgages kids but i&#8217;m not making much progress<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; 8, yes I do<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; what do you want in life?<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; I am not bipolar, but I have some tendencies in that direction. I take the lithium as needed. it puts on too much weight<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; To write, to have closer friendships, get married. I feel very lonely much of the time<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; lithium is great, but severe side effects, so i keep it in the bullpen for when I start going to a dark place<br \/>\nGROVER:&nbsp; you dont have an accent like most&nbsp; ozzies not the&nbsp; earthy accent luke <br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; do you have friends?<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; yes<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; thats good<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; focus on the postive aspects of your life<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; i find this chatroom staunches my loneliness<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; thats good<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; have you been married before<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; i meet people through my blogging<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; never<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; do you want to get married?<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; i&#8217;m bit of a histrionic narcissist<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; Yes<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; do you socialize at all<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; i&#8217;m a drama queen<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; yes<br \/>\nGROVER:&nbsp; maybe your a cia plant?<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; drama queen?<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; in what way?<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; mainly through Orthodox Judaism\/writers = my social life<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; it shows in my blogging 8 the drama queen<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; how old are you?<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; 42<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; do you enjoy your life?<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; I found lithium, clonidine takes the edge of my narcissism, histrionic tendnencies<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; yes<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; ok<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; so you have found a path<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; yes<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; that satisfies you?<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; yes<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; you know marriage is not for everyone<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; i hope it is for me<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; perhaps living this way works best for you<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; well<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; do you see girls<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; yes<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; have been on any dates?<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; i find sex the best medication<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; do you have sex with them?<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; i don&#8217;t lack for female companionship, thank G-d, but want to settle down with one.<br \/>\nGROVER:&nbsp; so let me get this straight your an ozzy jew living in cali who likes alex jones!<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; well did you ever pop the question<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; No 8, the women I&#8217;ve wanted to marry have not wanted me and the women who wanted to marry me, I have not admired enough to want to marry<br \/>\nGROVER:&nbsp; wow it really is&nbsp; a strange world after all<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; well the one that wants to marry you <br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; The woman I want to marry &#8212; this needs to be a woman I admire, respect, would be proud to be associated with<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; perhaps you should consider<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; no one is perfect<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; want what you cant have and what want s you ,push away<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; find a good women with a good heart<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; is that not a fear of intimacy liuke?<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; a good heart gives you everything<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; true true<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; otherwise , perhaps you are afraid of marriage<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; I need a wife who is reliable and responsible, who fills in my weaknesses, someone breathtakingly commonsensical and level-headed<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; and fall back and justify in staying single by saying the right one does not want you<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; you cannot find all in one<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; im here!!!!<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; sometimes you settle for second best<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; and that works to<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; the all in one package!<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; so sex is the best medication<br \/>\nGROVER:&nbsp; alex jones believes sept 11 2001 was perpatrated by the usa government. \/ do you believe that Luke?<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; how often do you need it?<br \/>\nguest23:&nbsp; he is often over medicated<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; behavior modification,in extremes,will lead you to mental wellness,and off meds<br \/>\nguest8:&nbsp; do you see a therapist<br \/>\nGROVER:&nbsp; its ok i wont put you on a no fly list<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; change your,thinking,scting,feeling and behaving..a long journey to wellness and healing<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; This Alex Jones I admire &#8212; not the conspiracy theorist crank. http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alex_Jones_%28journalist%29<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; 8, I do not currently see a therapist<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; but if my reality show goes, i want to make that an important part of it<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; I stopped for $$$ reasons<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; I see a shrink every 3 months to adjust my meds<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; read ,apply,pray,<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; I need love at least once a week or two to stay level<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; i could use a daily dose of real good love myself<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; I find&#8230;does more for my mood, sense of self-esteem, well being than meds and almost anything<br \/>\nGROVER:&nbsp; if you r&nbsp; a truth seeker you surely see the Bush gov is lieing about 911<br \/>\nUser GROVER was banned by broadcaster\/admin.<br \/>\nUser GROVER left the room.<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; its the best natural relaxer,mood stabilizer,and natural pain relaxant<br \/>\nguest23:&nbsp; this music makes you happy&#8230; what makes you sad?<br \/>\nguest23:&nbsp; heavy metal?<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; the feeling of futility, not moving ahead, makes me sad<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; so you are busy all day writng and what else do you do luke?<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; i work hard on healing<br \/>\nguest23:&nbsp; and if you stay in the same place<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; mizz, that&#8217;s about it<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; and studying how to monetize my work<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; and reading\/religion\/socializing<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; i live in the woods near the ocean,alot of peace and quiet,healing,nature and i love it<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; I&#8217;ve always had one friend who just plays a huge role in my life&#8230; when cathy seipp died, that was a huge chasm. Now I have a new friend&#8230;<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; i have also lost too many close family and friends<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; my best friends tend to be writers or mental health pros<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; I am a mental health counselor and a nurse<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; work mostly with addictions<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; and emergency room<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; how do you like your work?<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; I love to help people!<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; great<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; must be intense and interesting<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; yes,very challengng<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; alot of you ng kids hooked on the neddles<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; needles<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; ya know its tough fro them to quit or change<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; why did you choose this work?<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; itis a powerful drug,<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; can sex\/seduction be a drug? an addiction?<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; my mother was a nusre and a nurterer<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; my fathers pain became ours<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; i healed and went on to help others<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; give away what i was given so to say<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; yes it can<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; but it wont kill you<br \/>\nQuixoticLass:&nbsp; it can kill you if you aren&#8217;t careful<br \/>\nQuixoticLass:&nbsp; if you choose your partners poorly<br \/>\nmaven:&nbsp; hey luke, i was hoping you were giving up posting these camstream dialogues &#8230;<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; in comparism with social drugs i menat<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; why??<br \/>\nmizzmoze:&nbsp; it might be his sanity<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; cutting back<br \/>\nmaven:&nbsp; ok, because otherwise I&#8217;ll have to find some other way to waste time at work<br \/>\nmaven:&nbsp; you know, when you look at that angle, and with your beard getting grey, you are starting to look like Charlton Heston coming off of the burning bush encounter.<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; calling my mom<br \/>\nmaven:&nbsp; Perhaps you can recite the ten commandments slowly<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; in australia<br \/>\nguest23:&nbsp; did you send flowers?<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; only to women I sleep with<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; I don&#8217;t sleep with my mom &#8212; against the Torah<br \/>\nguest23:&nbsp; before or after?<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; varies 23<br \/>\nguest23:&nbsp; deflower during<br \/>\nmaven:&nbsp; &quot;you are not a god, you are not even a man&quot; is the only line I can recall from the movie<br \/>\nmaven:&nbsp; Come on, you ought to be able to do at least one Charlton Heston line with that beard.<br \/>\nguest23:&nbsp; no love ya?<br \/>\nguest23:&nbsp; kisses to the Mum that raised you<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; how does one become the chief rabbi of Ukraine?<br \/>\nguest23:&nbsp; practice<br \/>\nmaven:&nbsp; connections.<br \/>\nguest23:&nbsp; $$$$<br \/>\nmaven:&nbsp; Is he Chabad?<br \/>\nQuixoticLass:&nbsp; First, you should be fluent in Ukranian<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; never seen the movie maven<br \/>\nguest23:&nbsp; hard enuf following them<br \/>\nmaven:&nbsp; Then stop calling yourself a jew<br \/>\nUser guest14 (24.197.128.18) entered the room.<br \/>\nmaven:&nbsp; its mandatory. like exodus, cast a giant shadow, if I were on guard duty I&#8217;d find that reason to think you were an infiltrating imposter<br \/>\nSid:&nbsp; when were you last in Oz, Luke?<br \/>\nYourMoralLeader:&nbsp; 2000<br \/>\nmaven:&nbsp; There are articles in Forward about controversies over the rabbinate in Ukraine bettween Chabad and others, but that name doesn&#8217;t show.<br \/>\nguest23:&nbsp; The Karliner chasidim are known for their custom to scream when praying. They are also known for their hospitality.<br \/>\nguest23:&nbsp; they scream when they are being hospitable<br \/>\nguest23:&nbsp; Matisyahu is now a Stoliner<\/p>\n<p><!--adsense--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Saturday night. I&#8217;m still getting over my cold. I feel sluggish. 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