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For me, it's the arts: Music/singing/dancing, acting, comedy, writing/reading, etc. What about you?

EDIT: And the sound clip I have installed for EVERY sound on my computer; James Marsters saying, "Hello, cutie." ;) :fluffle: :p

Food, either good salty stuff like 'tater chips, or sugary, candy or chocholate...that just melts my sorrows away

Also, anytime i talk with my GF, it does the trick too

Sometimes, I just wanna go where everybody knows my name. And they're always glad I came.

Unfortunately, said place does not exist, so I settle for hitting on young ladies in clubs. And failing, so I really settle for rejection, as long as copious supplies of beer and a few friends are present.

Sometimes, I just wanna go where everybody knows my name. And they're always glad I came.


you, sir, have gotten a point for that.

What I do when I feel depressed is precisely squat. It's ineffective, but it dominates whatever I'm doing at any one time, so I just work it through my system ASAP. I have no way of dealing with depression. Might as well just get it over with.

Nature always cheers me up. The empathic capabilities of an animal are unequaled in the known universe, I'll tell you that.

I love to go practice martial arts with friends when i'm depressed. It really helps when I have to concentrate on the technique alone rather than have a load of thoughts swirling around in my head

I love to go practice martial arts with friends when i'm depressed. It really helps when I have to concentrate on the technique alone rather than have a load of thoughts swirling around in my head
Oh, yeah. I know what you mean. I used to take karate class. I wasn't very good at it, but it helped me a lot with some of the drama/trauma in my early years.

I love to go practice martial arts with friends when i'm depressed. It really helps when I have to concentrate on the technique alone rather than have a load of thoughts swirling around in my head

Does it really? I was thinking about taking up martial arts to help me focus and teach self-discipline, but I don't know anyone who practices it... So I don't have any first-hand info, and I'm kinda reluctant to just barge in and have a go at it.

Even if you just start off by learning a few katas (forms) and then run through them over and over building up the speed as you go. Thats always a good start. My favourite is a bokken kata i was taught a few years ago. Although i wouldnt recommend weapons kata straight away

Say, ChuChullain... You Irish? Your name kinda sounds like the hero from that old folk tale, can't seem to remember his name though... The one that went on a pilgrimage of sorts, or something... Studied it once for Medieval Literature... Anyways, nevermind, it's late where I'm at, so that makes the mind trolley of ;)

The hound of Ulster.....Yeah i'm northern irish born and bred. Glad to hear that stories from here are getting some recognition

Does it really? I was thinking about taking up martial arts to help me focus and teach self-discipline, but I don't know anyone who practices it... So I don't have any first-hand info, and I'm kinda reluctant to just barge in and have a go at it.

Martial Arts are great for focus and discipline. I practice Tae Kwon Do myself, but any MA will be good for you. If you do take it up, try to find a serious instructor, not some random guy who can get you a black belt in a year. It's better to do everything slowly and correctly rather than quickly and in a rush.

Agreed with the martial arts.

The best place i know where i can do them was a hilltop near my home, which is surrounded by trees so no one can see you, i used to go there occasionally in the summer, i can have a view of the cheshire plain and walk through my german longsword stances and forms.

Either that or simple meditation, just clear my mind and relax, focus.

The two together work really well.

Wow never tried a longsword myself. Sounds like a heavy workout for sure. Definitely one to try

Depressing music cheers me up, ironically.

Wow never tried a longsword myself. Sounds like a heavy workout for sure. Definitely one to try

Longswords aren't too heavy in fact, inch for inch they weigh less than a proper katana (between 2 to 4 lbs). Of course it all depends on balance points etc, but there we go :D

If you want more info look at www.swordforum.com there are a lot of very knowledgeable people on there.

Depressing music cheers me up, ironically.
Yeah, I know that one. It's like, if the songwriter was actually feeling that at the time of writing the lyrics, then there must have been a point at which someone was feeling lower than me. Alternately, sometimes I just dentify with the singer and wallow in self-pity and excess beer.

I usually set up a playlist of songs in Winamp. Just picking songs usually helps somewhat. Then I listen to them for some time, skipping songs that don't fit.

My friends, they're so loopy/insane/mad that you can't feel unhappy for long, they're infectious. Otherwise songs or/and bible verses

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band. It's hard to be depressed while listening to Second Line music. Even their funeral marches are upbeat.

Talking with others on MSN, listening to music, and riding my bike. They always do the trick. Now, if I could just do all three at once...

Yeah, I know that one. It's like, if the songwriter was actually feeling that at the time of writing the lyrics, then there must have been a point at which someone was feeling lower than me. Alternately, sometimes I just dentify with the singer and wallow in self-pity and excess beer.

Agreed. If the song is something I can relate to, then the author of it must have gone through it at some point, meaning that I'm not alone in having those feelings.

If I can't find a song that can fully match my emotions, I usually play video games, and eat ice cream. :p

Music, icecream and writing. Preferably Hagan Daaz Bailey's icecream :D

I usually play video games, and eat ice cream. :p


Sounds like a plan :D

Me self of course, thru alcohol, marijuana, long walks, sex, or a book.

If I can't find a song that can fully match my emotions, I usually play video games, and eat ice cream. :p
I do that regardless of my mood. :)

Me self of course, thru alcohol, marijuana, long walks, sex, or a book.
What if you just broke up with your girlfriend who took all your money and books? And broke your legs. What? I'm just trying to cover all the bases...

Talking with others on MSN, listening to music, and riding my bike. They always do the trick. Now, if I could just do all three at once...
There was that guy who built a bicycle that he could type on his computer while he was riding, with a small display. The 'keyboard' was integrated into the handlebars so he wouldn't have to move his hands off the controls. It was for some crazy cross the US kinda thing, a while ago. I don't have enough to go on to make a google search not a pain in the ass. But with a bike like that you could indeed do all three.

Depressing music cheers me up, ironically.
If that is the case then perhaps you've heard of Leonard Cohen. Here in The Great White North he is known as a master of melancholy music. A favorite of mine.

Depressing music cheers me up, ironically.
Any music for me, especially depressing music which I can relate to.

MXC does, Monty Python does, one or another of my 80's compilation discs does, getting on here and arguing with a few of the other posters sometimes is fun .... sometimes just getting out and enjoying the vast beauty of my state is enough to do it. Sometimes it's just a matter of getting away from myself and/or my immediate surroundings.

I forgot about MXC! Yes, that show would cheer anyone up!

I forgot about MXC! Yes, that show would cheer anyone up!
What is this "MXC"? It sounds like the name of a drug.

EDIT:
Oh, is it that wierd show with the monsters?

What is this "MXC"? It sounds like the name of a drug.

EDIT:
Oh, is it that wierd show with the monsters?

It's on Spike TV (channel 32 on Time Warner Cable). It's a Japanese-produced game show where contestants are forced to go through obstacle courses and perform outrageous stunts. It's gloriously excellent.

It's on Spike TV (channel 32 on Time Warner Cable). It's a Japanese-produced game show where contestants are forced to go through obstacle courses and perform outrageous stunts. It's gloriously excellent.


Takeshis castle. That's also amusing. Does MXC have rather lax safety rules? There's been multiple broken ribs, legs, teeth knocked out (into the several thousand by now) in Takeshis castle.

if you like MXC, it's a fairly safe bet that you'd be amused by Takeshis castle.

Takeshis castle. That's also amusing. Does MXC have rather lax safety rules? There's been multiple broken ribs, legs, teeth knocked out (into the several thousand by now) in Takeshis castle.

if you like MXC, it's a fairly safe bet that you'd be amused by Takeshis castle.

MXC is Takeshi's Castle, just with American overdubs to spoof it :p.

It's on Spike TV (channel 32 on Time Warner Cable). It's a Japanese-produced game show where contestants are forced to go through obstacle courses and perform outrageous stunts. It's gloriously excellent.
EDIT: I'm adding to your information, not correcting or neccisarly adressing you...so I really shouldn't have quoted as that was misleading...
EDIT the Second: And, it seems, I'm adding info you already added in another post...so RIF to me...

They don't translate what is being said, rather write new words to put over it as if thats whats being said. So they give the contestants joke names and set up joke themes.

The only time that it has struck me as really funny is when they did it in Orlando with American college students but still dubbed it giving the contestants joke names and joke teams and making them say ridiculous things. I laughed my ass off all the way through that episode.

MXC is Takeshi's Castle, just with American overdubs to spoof it :p.



ah.... it's just that there is several variants on that theme, it didn't seem so farfetched that they'd be different shows. their are english subs here, done by Craig Charles, the legend. if only Lister turned up at amusing moments in my life.

EDIT: I'm adding to your information, not correcting or neccisarly adressing you...so I really shouldn't have quoted as that was misleading...

They don't translate what is being said, rather write new words to put over it as if thats whats being said. So they give the contestants joke names and set up joke themes.

The only time that it has struck me as really funny is when they did it in Orlando with American college students but still dubbed it giving the contestants joke names and joke teams and making them say ridiculous things. I laughed my ass off all the way through that episode.

Hahaha, I loved that episode. Tony Hawk kicked ass, he did!

Agreed with the martial arts.

The best place i know where i can do them was a hilltop near my home, which is surrounded by trees so no one can see you, i used to go there occasionally in the summer, i can have a view of the cheshire plain and walk through my german longsword stances and forms.

Either that or simple meditation, just clear my mind and relax, focus.

The two together work really well.

You live in Cheshire? Hardcore, neighbour! Or is it just a really big hill? :p

I just think rationally about whatever's depressing me. If I can fix it, I do, and if I can't I see no reason to wallow in misery, and just get on with my life. Although sometimes I enjoy being sad....it can be a great source of inspiration. And without the bitter, the sweet wouldn't taste so good.

Hanging out with my friends....or depending on why I'm depressed, being away from everyone, and having privacy.

Sometimes, one little compliment instead of a put down can brighten my whole day.

ah.... it's just that there is several variants on that theme, it didn't seem so farfetched that they'd be different shows. their are english subs here, done by Craig Charles, the legend. if only Lister turned up at amusing moments in my life.
That's Craig Charles? Holy shit, the man creeps into every facet of my existence!

Ah takeshi's castle - one day, I hope to do that surfing on rollers thing.

*looks wistful*

you, sir, have gotten a point for that.

What I do when I feel depressed is precisely squat. It's ineffective, but it dominates whatever I'm doing at any one time, so I just work it through my system ASAP. I have no way of dealing with depression. Might as well just get it over with.
same here. i tend to sit there, let it take its course and wait it out.
probably could be more proactive, but even my old safety net of eating copious amounts of chocolate and watching star trek doesn't seem to work any more :(

I don't get depressed

I don't get depressed

I bet you do.

I don't get depressed
I hate you, everyone hates you, why don't you just crawl up under the slime-covered rock you came from and die.

And you look stupid in a school uniform.

How about now? :D

I hate you, everyone hates you, why don't you just crawl up under the slime-covered rock you came from and die.

And you look stupid in a school uniform.

How about now? :D
Now i'm more thirsty

I hate you, everyone hates you, why don't you just crawl up under the slime-covered rock you came from and die.

And you look stupid in a school uniform.

How about now? Now i'm more thirsty
*tribes discovers definitive proof that when LP was made, someone buggered up the wiring*

Right now listening to Turisas has taken away the depression I've been suffering from tonight :)

*tribes discovers definitive proof that when LP was made, someone buggered up the wiring*
*curses the cable guy*

*curses the cable guy*
Hey look! It's the script for 'The Cable Guy'. *starts tearing up the script* You almost destroyed Jim Carey's career! Take that! And that!

Hey look! It's the script for 'The Cable Guy'. *starts tearing up the script* You almost destroyed Jim Carey's career! Take that! And that!
*Takes a piss on the informaton superhighway*

*Takes a piss on the informaton superhighway*
*watches LP get run over by an e-Truck*

OK, I'll stop now.

*watches LP get run over by an e-Truck*

OK, I'll stop now.
*Has 1010101000101010111110100101001110011010010 marks on his body*

wow this thread is stupid


*stamps with official seal of approval*

Animated porn that always make me laugh

wow this thread is stupid


*stamps with official seal of approval*
*shows off with the stamp*

*shows off with the stamp*

*steals the stamp*

*steals the stamp*
*steals it back*

*Has 1010101000101010111110100101001110011010010 marks on his body*
5846923910354 marks, then? Unless you'd like to furnish me with a different base....please do, I'm bored :P

*steals it back*

*throws cocoa in your face*

*takes the stamp and runs*

Sex
My cats
sex
a good arguement
sex
good porn
sex
gardening
sex
driving like a maniac(providing I don't get caught)
sex
A fight
and sex.

5846923910354 marks, then? Unless you'd like to furnish me with a different base....please do, I'm bored :P
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*throws cocoa in your face*

*takes the stamp and runs*
*throws in some eggs, butter, sugar and cookies*

yay chocolate cake

*throws in some eggs, butter, sugar and cookies*

yay chocolate cake

You forgot the milk, you bastard!

Rage against the machine
my cats
a spliff
doodling
destroying something.... anything

You forgot the milk, you bastard!
no way. Not in my chocolate cake.. and I have made several

no way. Not in my chocolate cake.. and I have made several

Hmm...

*ponders*

No milk in your cakes? Must be a really rich flavor.

*throws cocoa in your face*

*takes the stamp and runs*
*beats teh crap out of you all*

*burns stamp*



*eats cake*

Hmm...

*ponders*

No milk in your cakes? Must be a really rich flavor.
they are really really REALLY chocolaty

*beats teh crap out of you all*

*burns stamp*



*eats cake*

*laughs maniacally, as PM's just eaten a bowl of raw eggs, cocoa, butter, and sugar*

Listening to the birds sing as the sun comes up, or in evening twilight. Its a beautiful sound that never fails to pick me up, no matter how low I feel.

they are really really REALLY chocolaty

Ahh, Dutch Chocolate cake, then?

Ahh, Dutch Chocolate cake, then?
Never tried that actually



Not chocolate

*laughs maniacally, as PM's just eaten a bowl of raw eggs, cocoa, butter, and sugar*
just how i like em


*spews*

I... masturbate

Talking with my girlfriend.

Never tried that actually



Not chocolate

Oh. You should try it --- Dutch Chocolate stuff is always good.

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in code!

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EDIT: This forum uses waaaaay different extended ASCII than I'm used to *runs*

working out
sex
music
food
taking a walk
taking a shower
watching the simpsons, family guy, futurama, arrested development, etc.
SSRI's

For me its taking a drive through the countryside while listening to my complete favorite music.

Right now, listening to the Ramones and the Professionals is doing a good job of cheering me up :D.