Bistro Bijou

[Homburg]

Pure poetry, my friend. Pure poetry.

Thank you, but...

I'll hush. Bij will yell at me if I pull the not-a-poem thing again. My head hurts, and I'm a wee bit blue, so I don't need yelling.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Never ever want you blue hun ... could I do anything on my knees (bearing in mind I am not supposed to kneel and may never be able to get up again ... so feel honoured just a little bit that I offered) Hope that brought a smile oh hairy one

 

[Homburg]

Never ever want you blue hun ... could I do anything on my knees (bearing in mind I am not supposed to kneel and may never be able to get up again ... so feel honoured just a little bit that I offered) Hope that brought a smile oh hairy one

Actually, yes. Thank you, doll.

If you want to talk about ways to get those knees feeling better, let me know. I had bad knees for years. They're doing pretty well now. Took a lot of work and willingness to sweat, but my knees are a hundred times better than they used to be.

 

[loststar]

please do share with the knees bit, mine have been weak for ages, id love to find a way to make them endure a bit more

 

[Anschul]

Thank you, but...

I'll hush. Bij will yell at me if I pull the not-a-poem thing again. My head hurts, and I'm a wee bit blue, so I don't need yelling.

I know that you know that if you rewrote those three "asides" with line breaks, (I did that once with one of BJ's posts and it was beautiful) they would be poems to match any of ours.

For example:

I can't fill the beds,
and can't turn the covers.
I hear plaintive sadness
in the background behind her voice.
It breaks my heart,
the sad in her.
I pray to a god that I've never known
that I can wash that sad away.
That my hands and my heart and love
is strong enough to make them happy.
And I can't help but think
that love, like war,
is god's joke on us non-believers.
There are no atheists
in foxholes,
and I think
nor are there any in love.

Pure poetry.

 

[Anschul]

Agreed. That's gorgeous.

There is something quite deep and powerful about watching someone you love sleep peacefully, or sleeping with the knowledge that someone you love is watching over you.

Love to see some others weigh in poetically about that concept. I bet it would generate some good work.

bj

Watching someone you love sleep

Thanks, BJ

 

[normal jean]

We got a BUNCHA snow last night. It's gorgeous out today, now that the sun is out. Messy, but gorgeous.

Here's the beginning of the meme. I hope it will go far.


Top Johnny Depp Facts:
(originals generated in some very interesting chick-parties at My Bar.)

1. Johnny Depp is so hot the Sun gets Depp-burns.

2. Every single one of Johnny Depp's sperm is wearing a tuxedo.

3. Girls don't go through puberty. Johnny Depp thinks of them and they instantly blossom into women.

4. Johnny Depp's gaze has caused 85-year old-women to conceive.

5. Johnny Depp is so hot, God has to go to a therapist for self-esteem problems.

6. Johnny Depp turned wearing filth into a style.

7. The only person hot enough to have sex with Johnny Depp is Johnny Depp.

8. Johnny Depp can turn being a barber into a sexy profession.

9. Johnny Depp is so hot he can make Jerry Bruckheimer look like a good director.

10. Johnny Depp is so hot you can light a cigarette off his ass, but you don't have to smoke around Johnny Depp because he is the answer to all addictions.

11. Johnny Depp is perfect but he cannot go to Heaven because all of the chaste angels would fall from grace.

12. Out of respect, Johnny Depp keeps at least 10 miles away from all convents. Otherwise nuns would not be able to keep their vows.

13. The Great Plains were once an inland ocean but Johnny Depp gave it a long, steamy gaze and all the water boiled away.

14. The Fountain of Youth has finally been found. It is Johnny Depp's cock.

15. If Johnny Depp had been there instead of the serpent, Eve would have eaten the entire tree.

16. Johnny Depp's gaze has the power to compel anyone to do anything. But he has never had to use it; he just asks nicely and gets the same result.

17. Women rip off their clothes whenever they get close to Johnny Depp, but they never get cold because his Hotness creates tropical conditions within a 100-mile radius.

so.

your contributions?

bj

ehh, I find him to be filthy looking, a man I wouldnt touch with a ten foot pole. He needs a shave and some clean clothes. So, just delete me from the "women" who find him hot, I find him just plain nastee.



that was my contribution

 

[loststar]

omg, are you serious? I think you are the first nonlesbian that has said they dont find him hot, wow wierd, well if you think you want to see depp get a shave, watch sweeny todd, then you will realize how funny that last remark is

 

[loststar]

also see him in sleepy hollow, he is very well groomed in that movie

 

[normal jean]

omg, are you serious? I think you are the first nonlesbian that has said they dont find him hot, wow wierd, well if you think you want to see depp get a shave, watch sweeny todd, then you will realize how funny that last remark is

yep, I am dead serious. I liked him in Gilbert Grape and 21 Jump Street, and I guess that was before he decided that the "homeless" look was right proper for him. And just for the record, I don't find Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt hot either

I am sure there are others, they just won;t admit it because they are afraid of being shunned, me, I am used to it.

ps, I am glad you got a chuckle out of my comment.

 

[normal jean]

also see him in sleepy hollow, he is very well groomed in that movie

just to clarify, I didn't say he couldn't act....I loved him in From Hell.

just well, he isn't my type. I like big strong men with muscles and I will spare you.... what turns me, but I have a question, how did you know I am not a lesbian? You're right though...I'm not. Far as I ever went was I kissed a agirl and got the same reaction Forrest Gump had when the whores went back to the room with Forrest and Lt Dan on new years eve.

"she tasted like cigarettes..." lol

Most lesbians think I am ( a lesbian) , lol. I get hit on by more women than I can care to admit, lol. BUT, if Michelle Rodriguez, or Charlize Theron hit on me, well, I would probably convert at least for a day or two

 

[loststar]

lol, well call it a hunch, i urge you to google johnny depp, for the saftey of man kind, there are several athletic type pictures that show off more than a scrawny skinny guy, thats the beuaty of an older actor, most of the time they have streeched their image and body into different places. oh I think there is one of him in a bath tub too just in case he is too dirtylol happy hunting

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Actually, yes. Thank you, doll.

If you want to talk about ways to get those knees feeling better, let me know. I had bad knees for years. They're doing pretty well now. Took a lot of work and willingness to sweat, but my knees are a hundred times better than they used to be.

You always make me weak at the knees!! but yes please share I would love to talk knees with you!

yep, I am dead serious. I liked him in Gilbert Grape and 21 Jump Street, and I guess that was before he decided that the "homeless" look was right proper for him. And just for the record, I don't find Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt hot either

I am sure there are others, they just won;t admit it because they are afraid of being shunned, me, I am used to it.

ps, I am glad you got a chuckle out of my comment.

I don't like Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise either (wondered how to politically correct sizewise there with Tom and gave up) nor do I get the hots for Robert Redford or Clint Eastwood (he reminded me of my dad) I did kinda like Kevin Costner and he could have swung off the battlements into my bedchamber any time but I hear he's gone to fat now ... not that I have anything against you fat men (especially if you have bald heads phawwwww) but I have to know you as being fat first not being slim then piling on the pounds. I used to have such a cute boyfriend really handsome but the last time I saw him he was huge and i foolishly mentioned that he had put on a few pounds to which he replied 'so have you' so there we go chivalry died or got fat and fell off its horse.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Oh I could do things to Orlando Bloom too

 

[loststar]

i woukld like to add a hon-a-lu-ya to that one

 

[loststar]

100th post hip hip hurray drinks all around, bust out the champane

 

[UnderYourSpell]

Whooooo hoooooo avatar time

 

[loststar]

oh the possibilities

 

[unpredictablebijou]

I'm certainly not going to yell at anyone today. It's been a crazy but hilarious day already, since in order to keep the dogs from running after the car, we just loaded them in the back seat and took them to the grocery store this morning. One VERY big, very vocal hound dog, one excitable husky, and about four gallons of drool and enough dog hair to stuff three pillows. In the back seat of a Toyota.

LOLZ.

Gorgeous, if mournful, poetry going on around here today. I think it's good; part of the reason we write, I suspect, is to express, to externalize what we're feeling, to share it with others who will understand and offer compassion.

Meanwhile, let me offer these resources:

Shamanic Cheerleaders

Goddess of Compassion

GuanYin or Kuan Yin or Avalokiteshvara carries a jar to catch the sorrowful tears of all living things. This bodhisattva has vowed not to enter Nirvana until all those who petition for her aid have also reached bliss.

Om Shanti shanti shanti. I'm listening.

bj

 

[Angeline]

I'm certainly not going to yell at anyone today. It's been a crazy but hilarious day already, since in order to keep the dogs from running after the car, we just loaded them in the back seat and took them to the grocery store this morning. One VERY big, very vocal hound dog, one excitable husky, and about four gallons of drool and enough dog hair to stuff three pillows. In the back seat of a Toyota.

LOLZ.

Gorgeous, if mournful, poetry going on around here today. I think it's good; part of the reason we write, I suspect, is to express, to externalize what we're feeling, to share it with others who will understand and offer compassion.

Meanwhile, let me offer these resources:

Shamanic Cheerleaders

Goddess of Compassion

GuanYin or Kuan Yin or Avalokiteshvara carries a jar to catch the sorrowful tears of all living things. This bodhisattva has vowed not to enter Nirvana until all those who petition for her aid have also reached bliss.

Om Shanti shanti shanti. I'm listening.

bj

You saw my GuanYin poem, right? I have a pink jade GuanYin carving on a chain that my late (favorite) uncle sent me from Taiwan (he was quite the traveler, always sending me little gifties). I wear it not always, but always when I want to feel close to him again. It feels magical to me, always has, and I suppose rightly so.

 

[unpredictablebijou]

You saw my GuanYin poem, right? I have a pink jade GuanYin carving on a chain that my late (favorite) uncle sent me from Taiwan (he was quite the traveler, always sending me little gifties). I wear it not always, but always when I want to feel close to him again. It feels magical to me, always has, and I suppose rightly so.

Yeah, but stick a link in here to the poem anyway. I think today we need Guan Yin on speed dial.

and an aside to UYS: your poem about your daughter was beautiful, and exceptionally meaningful to me, obviously.

Mother's Day comes and goes every year, with all its decorative happiness, and some of us just try to lay low and hang on. My compassion to you, doll.

Anyone in the mood for some Friday night shenanigans? I get the feeling a few of us could seriously stand to blow off some steam tonight.

bj

 

[Homburg]

I know that you know that if you rewrote those three "asides" with line breaks, (I did that once with one of BJ's posts and it was beautiful) they would be poems to match any of ours.

For example:

I can't fill the beds,
and can't turn the covers.
I hear plaintive sadness
in the background behind her voice.
It breaks my heart,
the sad in her.
I pray to a god that I've never known
that I can wash that sad away.
That my hands and my heart and love
is strong enough to make them happy.
And I can't help but think
that love, like war,
is god's joke on us non-believers.
There are no atheists
in foxholes,
and I think
nor are there any in love.

Pure poetry.

For some reason, I've been really diggin on the prose-poem format. I've found more and more that I'm of the stance that poetry, well mine, is meant to be spoken, not read. The line breaks are becoming less meaningful for me, and are included more to give a visual effect than for any other reason.


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please do share with the knees bit, mine have been weak for ages, id love to find a way to make them endure a bit more

You always make me weak at the knees!! but yes please share I would love to talk knees with you!

Well, the biggest thing you can do for your knees is lose weight, if you're carrying around a lot of extra. From what I've seen of the pics of you two you aren't carrying around a lot of excess poundage, so that won't have any meaning for you.

The easiest thing you can do is to start taking some joint friendly supplements. The two I take are glucosamine with chondroitin and fish oil.

Glucoasamine Chondroitin - 1500mg/day (I prefer the "triple strength" as you can take one in the morning and one in the evening)

Fish oil - 6g/day (if you get the kind that is 1000mg you can do three with breakfast and three with dinner. take it with food, trust me on this)

Glucosamine is an anti-infammatory and provides a major building block for connective tissue repair. The effects are debated int he medical community, but it has very low toxicity and has worked for everyone I've suggested it to.

Fish oil is likewise an anti-inflammatory, and the additional oils help with all sorts of other things in the body.

I do not take these on the advice of pseudo-medical experts. I take these because study after study has shown effect, and innumerable articles, testimonials, etc. I also take them because they work. When I run out, I feel it within a few days. I'll probably take them both for the rest of my life. Doesn't bother me, as my joints are happy with it.

The last thing, and the hardest thing, and the most effective thing, is to get stronger. One problem with many people is a lack of strength in the muscles. Weak muscles cause people to rely more on their joints, as their muscles cannot hold the weight as well. Getting stronger legs will cause you muscles to be able to support more of the pressure. Getting your legs stronger will also tend to result in more shapely gams. Good stuff.

The method I prefer, by the way, are box squats. These are really, really good for people with bad knees. In essence, you find/construct a box that allows you to sit down with your thighs a little below parallel to the ground at the bottom. The box needs to be sturdy to support your weight. You basically get some sort of extra weight, be it holding milk jugs full of sand, dumbbells, a barbell across your shoulders, etc. And I mean weight. Not two 3lb dumbbells. You want serious weight. The form is simple. Sit back on the box like you are sitting back onto a chair. Stick your butt out and sit down. Your butt needs to lead first.

The box is important because the box stops you. This means your knees aren't stopping you, and this means a LOT less stress on the knees. You sit back in a controlled manner, hit the box, and then stand up. If anyone is interested in this, I can go into more detail. I lift weights. I'm a guy in my 30's who started lifting weights last year, and I've got a 435lb deadlift. Knees have to work to deadlift, so mine are working. With the exception of after long road trips, my knees don't hurt. And I've had (unsuccessful) knee surgery in one knee some 8 years ago, and was told that I would need it on my other knee too.

If you have specific pains or symptoms, PM me. In exploring my own knee issues, I have to learn a lot about knees. So I've read a tons of different sources and had to learn all sorts of different issues. I'm not a doctor, but I might be able to give you some clues. If it is a soft-tissue thing, I may well be able to describe how to massage it out.

 

[UnderYourSpell]

I can't fill the beds, and can't turn the covers. I hear plaintive sadness in the background behind her voice. It breaks my heart, the sad in her. I pray to a god that I've never known that I can wash that sad away. That my hands and my heart and love is strong enough to make them happy. And I can't help but think that love, like war, is god's joke on us non-believers. There are no atheists in foxholes, and I think nor are there any in love.

Yeah, but stick a link in here to the poem anyway. I think today we need Guan Yin on speed dial.

and an aside to UYS: your poem about your daughter was beautiful, and exceptionally meaningful to me, obviously.

Mother's Day comes and goes every year, with all its decorative happiness, and some of us just try to lay low and hang on. My compassion to you, doll.

Anyone in the mood for some Friday night shenanigans? I get the feeling a few of us could seriously stand to blow off some steam tonight.

bj

This above by Homb is what sparked the poem about not filling the beds and my deep sadness of not having that child that part of me that would have been loved in the way I wasn't but then lifes not fair is it?

Will get back to you next week if I may Homb about the knees as I also have to watch my back since being in a car smack

 

[Angeline]

Yeah, but stick a link in here to the poem anyway. I think today we need Guan Yin on speed dial.

and an aside to UYS: your poem about your daughter was beautiful, and exceptionally meaningful to me, obviously.

Mother's Day comes and goes every year, with all its decorative happiness, and some of us just try to lay low and hang on. My compassion to you, doll.

Anyone in the mood for some Friday night shenanigans? I get the feeling a few of us could seriously stand to blow off some steam tonight.

bj

Zen and the Memory of Quiet

 

[Homburg]

Will get back to you next week if I may Homb about the knees as I also have to watch my back since being in a car smack

A weight belt of the sort you can get at a diving specialty store works just fine. Competition powerlifters with bad backs do belt swuats using a machine that loads resistance on the belt and thus the hips. It lets them work the squat without loading the spine. Good stuff.

I also have good rehabilitative exercises for certain back issues. Like Bill starr said, "Where there is movement, there can be improvement". I've a good friend who has three fused vertebrae in his lower back from a car accident. He decided to start lifting with me, and hoping that he could do it without further hurting his back. He took my advice, did what he was told, and wound up putting up some pretty impressive numbers for someone with a "bad back". Cleared up a lot of chronic back pain too. My usual lifting partner cleaned up his bad back too by lifting properly. Then he went and wrecked it by lifting badly at work. Go figure. We're working to get him back up to speed. He deadlifted heavy for the first time in 8 months last night, and pulled 315#. Pretty good for a guy with a "bad back" that weighs 205# and hasn't pulled in longer than I have.

Too many people respond to injuries by not moving, when moving is exactly what they need. I have learned that proper, intelligent movement will fix more than allowing atrophy by inaction. Then again, lifting and biking is my karma yoga.