Impatience

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

No one has to agree with what you do or say or think, JBJ. But at least if I disagreed with you, I'd tell you up front that I just flat out don't agree. Might even use some colorful language, but I'm not gonna disguise what I'm doing to you as "battling evil" or whatever pilot said it was.

We don't have to agree. And on a lot of points, me and you don't jive. But we still can have a discussion and be adults.

Or have patience. Ha! There it is again.

Beating you with a pool noodle is more effective. And that's all I really do to people. When you ever seen any blood?

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Oh. I got a green E. I don't necessarily agree, but there you go. It's subjective and not a barometer of awesomeness. It's nice, but not something to be humble or brash about in a competitive way. It's another review. More feedback. It's valuable to see "hey, somebody liked that" enough to say so. I also had feedback that said "WTF? Why the hell did this get a green E? I don't get it!" and so it's essentially one more thing to bicker over.

It's better than having no rating, and have nobody bicker about it at all, because that's just disappointing, like having a baby that nobody even thinks is ugly or cute, but is invisible.

Mmmm...I'm kind of late to this thread, but I have 15 Green E's. Why? I haven't the faintest idea. The plot was sort of novel...a time traveling story without ever leaving the here and now. I guess it got Laurel's attention.

When they first posted, I was very surprised.

 

[Recidiva]

I know. I'm not deaf to complaints or unaware of how I am. Long ago I attended training seminars where fools tried to teach us how to manage assholes, and I always played THE ASSHOLE, me and a black woman named Gwen. Gwens the best asshole in the history of Earth. I have my persona, which everyone knows and loves. Gwen had hers. And we usta seriously piss off the trainers. To prove they were blow hards.

I also like to fuck with hypnotists. They go fuggin crazy when you go a different way, take the road less travelled.

If I sense that you have an attitude with me, and we've never mixed it up, I'll fuck with you and your attitude. If I got it wrong I'll back off and treat you better. See I find its best to discover whether someones head is already a barnacle on a dog turd. I insult them and they go sulk and leave me alone. Plus some people need people like me to light their fire.

And controversy is great PR. Its like tv wrestling.

I don't think I've been successfully hypnotized. I don't have a brain that visualizes. It's nearly impossible to get me to "see" something that doesn't exist.

Probably why I focus on words as more important. I'm biased in their favor. I'm inherently suspicious of appearances.

I won't think someone is "pretty" until they talk. Then I can tell.

 

[Recidiva]

Mmmm...I'm kind of late to this thread, but I have 15 Green E's. Why? I haven't the faintest idea. The plot was sort of novel...a time traveling story without ever leaving the here and now. I guess it got Laurel's attention.

When they first posted, I was very surprised.

You won't mind if I still like you anyway on your own merits, right? You're cool that way.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

You won't mind if I still like you anyway on your own merits, right? You're cool that way.

Sure, we're cool. Anyone who has Plt's number is okay in my book.

 

[Recidiva]

Sure, we're cool. Anyone who has Plt's number is okay in my book.

*secret handshake*

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I don't think I've been successfully hypnotized. I don't have a brain that visualizes. It's nearly impossible to get me to "see" something that doesn't exist.

Probably why I focus on words as more important. I'm biased in their favor. I'm inherently suspicious of appearances.

I won't think someone is "pretty" until they talk. Then I can tell.

I've studied and practiced hypnosis since 1986. But trance isn't anything odd or unnatural or harmful. Its common and most of us fool with it all the time. Using it intentionally is the art.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

*secret handshake*

Don't mind that cool liquid...*secret handshake*

 

[Recidiva]

Don't mind that cool liquid...*secret handshake*

Well now my imagination's on fire. Even better.

 

[Recidiva]

I've studied and practiced hypnosis since 1986. But trance isn't anything odd or unnatural or harmful. Its common and most of us fool with it all the time. Using it intentionally is the art.

Trance I can do, and I do often. It's a great management tool for migraines. But turns out that when you want to use your brain to manage pain, you have to have access to your brain and that puts me out of luck. The only thing it would really be useful for, it's missing the most important part.

I'm like Morales from Chorus Line

Every day for a week we would try to
Feel the motion, feel the motion
Down the hill

Every day for a week we would try to
Hear the wind rush, hear the wind rush
Feel the chill

And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
To see what I had inside
Yes, I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
And I tried, I tried

And everybody is going whoosh, whoosh
I feel the snow, I feel the cold, I feel the air
And Mr. Karp turns to me and he says
"Okay, Morales, what did you feel?"

And I said
"Nothing, I'm feeling nothing"
And he says
"Nothing could get a girl transferred"

They all felt something
But I felt nothing
Except the feeling
That this bullshit was absurd

But I said to myself
"Hey it's only the first week
Maybe it's genetic
They don't have bobsleds in San Juan"

Second week, more advanced
And we had to be a table
Be a sports car
Ice cream cone

Mr. Karp, he would say
"Very good, except
Morales try
Morales, all alone"

So I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
To see how an ice cream felt
Yes, I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
And I tried to melt

The kids yelled,"Nothing"
They called me,"Nothing"
And Karp allowed it
Which really makes me burn

They were so helpful
They called me hopeless
Until I really didn't know
Where else to turn

And Karp kept saying
"Morales, I think you should transfer to Girls High
You'll never be an actress, never"
Jesus Christ

Went to church, praying
"Santa Maria, send me guidance
Send me guidance" On my knees

Went to church, praying
"Santa Maria, help me feel it
Help me feel it, pretty please"

And a voice from down at the bottom of my soul
Came up to the top of my head
And the voice from down at the bottom of my soul
Here is what it said

This man is nothing
This course is nothing
If you want something
Go find a better class

And when you find one
You'll be an actress
And I assure you that's what
Finally came to pass

Six months later I heard that Karp had died
And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
And cried 'cause I felt nothing

I mean I didn't want him to die or anything
But

 

[lovecraft68]

You're pretty overblown in your particular pet-peeve ways of being offensive.

But time after time I end up defending you, because people don't read what you say, but have decided they know how you think, and that's more important. It isn't actually more important to me. I am not a practicing psychic.

I don't think you're the devil either, just someone who doesn't like to explain himself and is unapologetic for having completely bass-ackward opinions about some things.

But I swear if you started a thread about a good coffee cake recipe, it would be flooded with people saying:

"HE SAYS TO USE BAKING SODA BUT HE REALLY MEANS ARSENIC"

"DO NOT MAKE THAT COFFEE CAKE!"

"HOW COULD YOU LISTEN TO HIM ABOUT COFFEE CAKE?!"

Simply put JBJ is old school

A survivor of the bygone era where political correctness wasn't around and people shot straight and didn't worry about who was being offended.

That's why I like him.

 

[lovecraft68]

Mmmm...I'm kind of late to this thread, but I have 15 Green E's. Why? I haven't the faintest idea. The plot was sort of novel...a time traveling story without ever leaving the here and now. I guess it got Laurel's attention.

When they first posted, I was very surprised.

Sort of proves the point of the Green E being what one person likes-and I mean no offense to you with that statement- laurel gave the entire series an E so the thought that this "E" is a holy grail is a little absurd.

But then again when the person who is always touting it has nothing else going for them, I guess it becomes a big deal.

 

[Recidiva]

Simply put JBJ is old school

A survivor of the bygone era where political correctness wasn't around and people shot straight and didn't worry about who was being offended.

That's why I like him.

My son has Asperger's and is probably going to say fifteen thoroughly offensive things before breakfast. I love him.

I have separated love from approval and then one step further and separated approval from my willingness to talk to someone and grant them humanity.

Have to say it's worked out pretty damned well.

 

[lovecraft68]

A note about the E's. The stories that have gotten them have directly coincided with whatever the site's latest "interest" is. There was a slew of them in GM at one point then they drifted into sci fi and etc... going with the whim of the only person who gives them out.

You could always tell what category would be prime for an E because it seemed as if it was the same genre that at the time was winning many of the monthly and themed contests.

I would never get one. I am pretty sure most of my work falls under her squick factors, and not her interests.

Oh, well, I suppose if I turned my blue W's to the side they would look like E's

 

[LadyVer]

Interesting thread. Glad to know I'm not the only one Pilot connects to shell games.

Hey Jim. I still have you igged so I don't get another buzz off pm. Still like your Rose #1 story though. I have a feeling you actually wrote it though. It had a southern style to it and a unique way with words.

Have a nice weekend, everyone.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Simply put JBJ is old school

A survivor of the bygone era where political correctness wasn't around and people shot straight and didn't worry about who was being offended.

That's why I like him.

Its the only way to build real trust. There's fucking around, and folks know what that is. The other stuff is keeping confidences, covering your bud's ass, helping them how you can, and not fucking them over in the ways that matter. And I'm sorry, no skirt ever made any womans ass look fat. I LOVE IT, DEAR. IT MAKES YOU STEAM, BABY. I eat lotsa shit and always swear it tastes like pussy. I'm no fool.

And if my kid comes to me and says I'M TAKING GAY ASTROLOGY FOR MY MAJOR! I say FUCK NO.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Interesting thread. Glad to know I'm not the only one Pilot connects to shell games.

Hey Jim. I still have you igged so I don't get another buzz off pm. Still like your Rose #1 story though. I have a feeling you actually wrote it though. It had a southern style to it and a unique way with words.

Have a nice weekend, everyone.

I did actually write it I wrote it several years ago then chopped it up to make several stories. It was a horror story once upon a time. Rose was murdered by an Episcopal priest after she got pregnant with his nephews baby.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Sort of proves the point of the Green E being what one person likes-and I mean no offense to you with that statement- laurel gave the entire series an E so the thought that this "E" is a holy grail is a little absurd.

But then again when the person who is always touting it has nothing else going for them, I guess it becomes a big deal.

Then only reason that story is still there, is so plt has a fit every time he goes to my submission page, if he doesn't, they are still there to taunt him by just being there.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Speaking of patience I started assembling the historical details of the next epic tale. That is I got online and started searching for the details that make the story come alive. White wife and mother captured by the Seminoles and hid in the Everglades for a few years. Depressing ending but likely. All are punished.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Well now my imagination's on fire. Even better.

Great, I seem to have misplaced my imagination fire extinguisher. I do have a full body fire extinguisher though.

 

[Recidiva]

Its the only way to build real trust. There's fucking around, and folks know what that is. The other stuff is keeping confidences, covering your bud's ass, helping them how you can, and not fucking them over in the ways that matter. And I'm sorry, no skirt ever made any womans ass look fat. I LOVE IT, DEAR. IT MAKES YOU STEAM, BABY. I eat lotsa shit and always swear it tastes like pussy. I'm no fool.

And if my kid comes to me and says I'M TAKING GAY ASTROLOGY FOR MY MAJOR! I say FUCK NO.

Sorry, I think you can trust people and still not try to be as offensive as possible.

If my son or daughter wanted to take RACIST OLD FUCK I'd let them.

 

[sr71plt]

Then only reason that story is still there, is so plt has a fit every time he goes to my submission page, if he doesn't, they are still there to taunt him by just being there.

They don't taunt me. First off, it's because I can't remember the last time I went to your submissions page. Beyond that, I congratulated you at the time and a few times since when someone has asked who has the most Green Es, I've said I thought it was you. As LC notes, of course, it's for a single series. Why should they taunt me? Mine are for a whole range of categories in mostly separate stories, including all of the different sexual preference categories (including non-erotic) and even Loving Wives (not that we're keeping score ). Why would I be jealous of ones given for a single series/category? It's really just one Green E the more you think about it--as LC mentioned. Thanks to both of you for making me think about it more.

But congrats again for getting them. And congrats for sustaining Laurel's feeling of excellence across a long series.

But, really, if you were only keeping them on Literotica and not publishing them to taunt me, I guess I'm pleased by the denial of profit from your obsession over something I haven't been noticing.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Sorry, I think you can trust people and still not try to be as offensive as possible.

If my son or daughter wanted to take RACIST OLD FUCK I'd let them.

Here's the thing, it doesn't matter how sweet you are, people hate you for different reasons when youre sweet. And when you luv everybody, everybody pegs you for a phony. What matters is whether people know they can trust you, and whether youre reliable and do your duty.

There are people on this board who hate me yet know I wont betray their secrets or harass them or talk shit about them behind their backs. Maybe that's my problem, maybe TEX wants me to pester him for titty pix.

 

[Recidiva]

Here's the thing, it doesn't matter how sweet you are, people hate you for different reasons when youre sweet. And when you luv everybody, everybody pegs you for a phony. What matters is whether people know they can trust you, and whether youre reliable and do your duty.

There are people on this board who hate me yet know I wont betray their secrets or harass them or talk shit about them behind their backs. Maybe that's my problem, maybe TEX wants me to pester him for titty pix.

Yeah, I think what you do is working for you and what I do is working for me.

I just don't think you have to be so offensive to accomplish your goals, if your goal is trust. Honesty doesn't have to be that way.

Say no to the titty pix. Don't get approval that way, it's disrespectful to the titties.

 

[SecondCircle]

Here's the thing, it doesn't matter how sweet you are, people hate you for different reasons when youre sweet. And when you luv everybody, everybody pegs you for a phony. What matters is whether people know they can trust you, and whether youre reliable and do your duty.

There are people on this board who hate me yet know I wont betray their secrets or harass them or talk shit about them behind their backs. Maybe that's my problem, maybe TEX wants me to pester him for titty pix.

You can still have respect and trust for people and treat them decently, while still not taking crap or getting walked on.

I think she's talking about being like extremely offensive when not prompted to be.