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Fantasy vs. Reality
The suicide is a very real thing that leads to hurt feelings among family and friends of the victim. Roy’s knee is a very real thing that leads to concern about the season.
At the end of the day, you’ll likely never be Roy’s buddy or meet his family. Your relationship with him is mostly fantasy.
This suicide’s family and friends are much closer in reality, but far from a part of your fantasy life like Roy, I would guess.
It’s tough to deal with. I felt like I’d been kicked in the gut when I read about the knee. Then my co-workers started bugging me and I thought, wouldn’t it be nice if they just fell off the 8th floor here and I didn’t have to deal with them. If they really did drop dead, I’m sure I would feel terrible — even if they are not my favorite people. They are an annoyance in my reality and fantasy.
Where I am I going with this? I dunno. Whenever a friend kills himself (which thankfully has only happened a couple of times for me), I always think of that person’s last trembling moments. To be honest, I never thought about how Roy felt about his knee. I really don’t care if he has hurt feelings or even his physical pain, at least not all that much. I mean, I certainly hope he feels great, but it’s a professional injury, not the end of a troubled life. I was concerned about his career and how it played out with the Blazers season(s). This was a very real fantasy!
Life is tough. We gotta help each other out now and again.
Hope you are OK.
-Mat
http://www.myspace.com/y5k
by Y5k on Aug 14, 2008 11:50 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I like first person perspective.
One is also inclined, from time to time, to use third person perspective.
by TimG on Aug 14, 2008 11:54 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
but the second-person perspective is so directive
http://www.myspace.com/y5k
by Y5k on Aug 14, 2008 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I find that you often use 2nd person as well . . . .
ok, sorry for the lame joke. I’ll only speak for myself here, but I assume that I echo the thoughts of some others, when I say I feel a little sheepish about the way I behaved last night. Complete over-reaction. I mean, if he needs surgery, then he needs surgery. It’s not like it would be any better for the team or the fans or himself if he just never had surgery despite needing it, right? It’s such a challenge for me (a good portion of the time, but I’m working on it) to just accept something that happens (espcially something I don’t “want” to happen), in the moment it happens, and understand that it just IS. It’s not right or wrong, it’s not good or bad. It just is, and respond from there. I get so caught up in the drama and the “Oh my God, I can’t believe it. I’ll never get what I want. It was just too good to be true” kind of thinking. I spend so much time making plans, and expecting things to play out a certain way. When they don’t? Oh my gosh am I pissed . . . I just noticed somebody beat me to a second-person comment. Time to post this rambling piece of crap.
by noaher on Aug 14, 2008 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol, noaher, I think your going to be a great source for sigs
Oh my gosh am I pissed . . . I just noticed somebody beat me to a second-person comment. Time to post this rambling piece of crap.
"If you have testies, you should not be wearing panties."
--- tominhawaii on Sep 11, 2007 11:24 AM PDT
Email Dave,
--- Mortimer --- for Blazers Edge Ambassador to the SBNations
by ptwnblzr on Aug 14, 2008 12:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
that doesn't look right. it looks like i'm pissed about somebody beating me to a comment.
The oh my gosh am I pissed part was related to my original rambling. That worked out funny.
by noaher on Aug 14, 2008 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ill have to be careful in fleecing you for content
interesting perspective above, huh. whats funny is that I dont want to think about reality, I want to think about fantasy, fantasy is an escape from reality. if i didnt have a decent capacity for fantasy, my last meal would taste like metal it think.
"If you have testies, you should not be wearing panties."
--- tominhawaii on Sep 11, 2007 11:24 AM PDT
Email Dave,
--- Mortimer --- for Blazers Edge Ambassador to the SBNations
by ptwnblzr on Aug 14, 2008 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This is getting deep.
http://www.myspace.com/y5k
by Y5k on Aug 14, 2008 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
did you not read Dave's fan post 3 posts down?
you know the one where he reminded everyone to keep talk of Roy’s Knee injury to the main page post, instead of bumbing more Fanposts off the front page.
by usmcr3049 on Aug 14, 2008 2:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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