How to be alone

xoxoxoBruce · 09-01-2010, 10:24 AM

Found this at Cellarite Kisrael's site, and found it interesting.

Lamplighter · 09-01-2010, 10:39 AM

Very nice.
Sort of a dilemma...
Someone you'd like to meet, but then you'd break her solitude.

Pico and ME · 09-01-2010, 10:48 AM

That was wonderful. I was alone for a spell, well from age 27 to 40. (there was actually a short time during that period that I lived with a guy, but it wasn't a true partnership and I still felt somewhat alone). I shopped alone, ate out alone, I saw movies alone and I took trips alone (and I rate those as some of my all time best trips). The best time I had alone was the four years before I married my husband from age 36 to 40. Its not always easy, but I learned that being alone with myself is sometimes the best time for me.

Shawnee123 · 09-01-2010, 10:51 AM

Wow, I don't even remember making that video.

edit: I agree Pico, being alone has its ups and its downs, but I count my solo road trip to be among the coolest things I ever did.

And luckily, I've never felt weird going out to eat or to the movies by myself.

glatt · 09-01-2010, 11:05 AM

That was excellent.

She shot a bunch of that video herself, using a tripod, but she also had someone working the camera for several scenes. Ironic that for those scenes, she was talking about being alone while working with a partner.

I haven't been alone in a long time. I liked being alone. I miss it at times. But when I was alone, I missed being with other people. Grass is always greener, I guess.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-01-2010, 11:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

...I took trips alone (and I rate those as some of my all time best trips).

Yes, the advantage of traveling alone is you can be impulsive, change course on a whim, and do whatever suits your mood.

Juniper · 09-01-2010, 01:14 PM

I've never lived alone.

But I love doing things alone.

Week after next I'm going on my very first road trip alone, staying in a hotel room for the first time alone. I'm very excited about it!

Trilby · 09-01-2010, 01:39 PM

I have a very hard time being anything BUT alone - and I LOVE it but - at the same time feel WEIRD for loving it and entertain niggling thoughts that maybe it is selfish and wrong of me to keep myself to myself - but it's always, always better that way.

I loved this, bruce. Thanks! It makes me feel okay about loving alone-ness and holding alone as my true desire.

classicman · 09-01-2010, 01:53 PM

Love the one you're with
Love the one you're with

Do doot doot doot doot doot doot doot
Do doot doot doot doot doot doot doot
Do do doot, Do do doot

SamIam · 09-01-2010, 02:23 PM

That was great, Bruce! I've been alone since breaking up with my so-called BF a little over a year ago. Sometimes I get lonely, but for the most part, I'm okay with it. I have gone on many camping trips - just me and the back country, and I remember those expeditions as some of the most fun I've ever had.

skysidhe · 09-01-2010, 02:53 PM

nice

Gravdigr · 09-01-2010, 04:53 PM

A huge difference between being alone, and being lonely.

JBKlyde · 09-01-2010, 07:02 PM

sitting in a dug out having never got a hit is also a very lonely thing.

toranokaze · 09-01-2010, 10:04 PM

There is a value to solitude to stillness, but isolation is different. I agree one doesn't have to be dating someone to matter, but still even in her video she mentions having human contact.

Isolation not speaking with friends not being round people not engaging in society for awhile is the first steep in insanity.

HungLikeJesus · 09-01-2010, 10:34 PM

Does the Cellar count?

09-01-2010, 10:24 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	How to be alone Found this at Cellarite Kisrael's site, and found it interesting. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-01-2010, 10:51 AM	#4
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Wow, I don't even remember making that video. edit: I agree Pico, being alone has its ups and its downs, but I count my solo road trip to be among the coolest things I ever did. And luckily, I've never felt weird going out to eat or to the movies by myself. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-01-2010, 01:39 PM	#8
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I have a very hard time being anything BUT alone - and I LOVE it but - at the same time feel WEIRD for loving it and entertain niggling thoughts that maybe it is selfish and wrong of me to keep myself to myself - but it's always, always better that way. I loved this, bruce. Thanks! It makes me feel okay about loving alone-ness and holding alone as my true desire. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

09-01-2010, 01:53 PM	#9
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Love the one you're with Love the one you're with Do doot doot doot doot doot doot doot Do doot doot doot doot doot doot doot Do do doot, Do do doot __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-01-2010, 04:53 PM	#12
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	A huge difference between being alone, and being lonely. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

09-01-2010, 10:39 AM	#2
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Very nice. Sort of a dilemma... Someone you'd like to meet, but then you'd break her solitude.

09-01-2010, 10:48 AM	#3
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	That was wonderful. I was alone for a spell, well from age 27 to 40. (there was actually a short time during that period that I lived with a guy, but it wasn't a true partnership and I still felt somewhat alone). I shopped alone, ate out alone, I saw movies alone and I took trips alone (and I rate those as some of my all time best trips). The best time I had alone was the four years before I married my husband from age 36 to 40. Its not always easy, but I learned that being alone with myself is sometimes the best time for me.

09-01-2010, 11:05 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That was excellent. She shot a bunch of that video herself, using a tripod, but she also had someone working the camera for several scenes. Ironic that for those scenes, she was talking about being alone while working with a partner. I haven't been alone in a long time. I liked being alone. I miss it at times. But when I was alone, I missed being with other people. Grass is always greener, I guess.

09-01-2010, 01:14 PM	#7
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	I've never lived alone. But I love doing things alone. Week after next I'm going on my very first road trip alone, staying in a hotel room for the first time alone. I'm very excited about it!

09-01-2010, 02:23 PM	#10
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	That was great, Bruce! I've been alone since breaking up with my so-called BF a little over a year ago. Sometimes I get lonely, but for the most part, I'm okay with it. I have gone on many camping trips - just me and the back country, and I remember those expeditions as some of the most fun I've ever had.

09-01-2010, 02:53 PM	#11
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	nice

09-01-2010, 07:02 PM	#13
JBKlyde Banned Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Encrypted Into an AmpitheaterWall Posts: 1,722	sitting in a dug out having never got a hit is also a very lonely thing.

09-01-2010, 10:04 PM	#14
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	There is a value to solitude to stillness, but isolation is different. I agree one doesn't have to be dating someone to matter, but still even in her video she mentions having human contact. Isolation not speaking with friends not being round people not engaging in society for awhile is the first steep in insanity. __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

09-01-2010, 10:34 PM	#15
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Does the Cellar count? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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