@1984 363885 wrote:

So far in my life I have largely enjoyed eating food.

how about a cookery course? or a blog about what you like to eat, take a photo of what you eat ever day…

I’m curretnly doing 2 blogs (dont actually know how I get people to look at em yet – but will work it out :wink:)
One is a record of my paintings and the other is photos of things I enjoy – parties, festies, holidays etc..

(and they’re free :weee:)

@1984 363898 wrote:

ugh Sudoku is the most pointless annoying waste of time in history!

oooohhhh!!!

I love suduko, takes me a bit of time to get back into it after a break – I go mad at it for a few days then stop – etc

@PhilKmorgan 363914 wrote:

The more you look for negativity, the more you will find it and get sucked into a negative mindset, like a self fulfilling prophecy

and I do agree with this – I know you have depression – but on this thread it seems you are poo-pooing most suggestions off the bat? I may be wrong but you did seem to ask for suggestions……… Just my take on it?

For me there’s always a choice about whether to take a positive or negative view of life. I guess you lack the ability to make this conscious choice and need to /or want to filter everything through a negative lens – a question about interpretation and what is reality. Even though you have an illness, you must see the irrationality of it.

its not at all easy as “trying to think positive” – especially as there really isn’t that much positive going on in the Western World and particularly in SE England even if there is money (which is one reason why I got out of there).

1984 is in the same situation a lot of ravers are, everything he did what was fun has either turned to shit or is classed as illlegal or just plain scummy behaviour, and then for whatever reason it stopped being fun.

this happened to me some time at the end of 2005, but luckily I was offered a new job and I dealt with it by leaving the area I was in, leaving most of my friends behind and putting my effort into my job even though it wasn’t “fun” or “creative”, it paid off in the end and my life is now the best it has ever been. there is nothing wrong with having a so-called “negative” view of the way things are, sometimes you have to face up to the fact life is fairly shit and the only bright side is the fact you’re still alive, you’ve not been banged up or sectioned, you’ve still got friends and that you have money / a house / food etc.

Sometimes you have to forget about unattainable ambitions or the past and just accept things as they are – even if thats as good as it gets its still a very positive thing.

@General Lighting 363938 wrote:

1984 is in the same situation a lot of ravers are, everything he did what was fun has either turned to shit or is classed as illlegal or just plain scummy behaviour, and then for whatever reason it stopped being fun.

I did all these things in my 20s but don’t go harping on about misery at every opportunity.

@PhilKmorgan 363943 wrote:

@General Lighting 363938 wrote:

1984 is in the same situation a lot of ravers are, everything he did what was fun has either turned to shit or is classed as illlegal or just plain scummy behaviour, and then for whatever reason it stopped being fun.

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I did all these things in my 20s but don’t go harping on about misery at every opportunity.

I still party occasionally but I can understand why people often burn out – TBH a lot of the so called “happy” people have as well (particularly a lot of the current SE England raver crew) but are in denial about how self-destructive their lifes and lifestyles are. 1984 is one of the lucky ones as he is trying to help himself out…

@PhilKmorgan 363952 wrote:

@General Lighting 363949 wrote:

You would be surprised how many over 30s were at Scumoween.

I probably know a fair few of them 😉

would have come but its about £40 to get to London on the train, then you’ve got the entry price and cost of party supplies on top of that, and the recovery time from a big rave impacts on my work performance – I still like partying but just got different priorities in my life now.

@General Lighting 363956 wrote:

@PhilKmorgan 363952 wrote:

I probably know a fair few of them 😉

would have come but its about £40 to get to London on the train, then you’ve got the entry price and cost of party supplies on top of that, and the recovery time from a big rave impacts on my work performance – I still like partying but just got different priorities in my life now.

Depending on your location, you might be able take the megabus to London. I’m also a bit older, but defo very very much still up 4 it. Of course, I could always become a normal responsible adult… one lump of sugar or two old chap …

@1984 363957 wrote:

cheers man that’s very kind of you

I’m a bit tongue in cheek sometimes, and didn’t really mean any disrespect to you 1984. Also, yes you break the mould.

@1984 363973 wrote:

I am starting to worry however that I come across as some kind of freak with all this mould braking stuff!

nah not a freak,

unique – innit!!! :laugh_at:

when was that? I refuse to use facebook and the dudes what normally tell me about it are travelling in foreign lands so I don’t know, unless it was the one what relocated to that pub near Eye…

@General Lighting 363980 wrote:

when was that? I refuse to use facebook and the dudes what normally tell me about it are travelling in foreign lands so I don’t know, unless it was the one what relocated to that pub near Eye…

was 21 november, mainly advertised thru facebook

rig looked stunning