Or you might go out and get some ice cream. When really stressed I used to be partial to Darvons, Percocets, Valiums and my two good buds - marijuana and Budweiser, all to counteract the paranoic jitters of crack. But now I like vanilla chocolate chip ice cream.
I'm much better off, as you can see from this photo taken last year just a few weeks before I went into rehab. Yikes, I'm so skinny and burnt out!
I never want to be like that again!
The media says these are stressful times because of the economy. Really? Unless you are some rich fat cat who did stupid things out of greed, or someone who foolishly took out a mortgage you can't afford, I don't see anybody hurting. Everybody's too busy spending all the money they're saving on low gas prices.
Or thinking of buying a new home with all the bargains to be had thanks to falling prices. Who were these simpleton investors who thought real estate prices would go up forever? The next pleasant surprise is that when housing prices drop, eventually rents do too.
There will be bad side effects from the stupid bailout plan, but again most people won't notice them and hopefully those that do will finally learn the lesson of not giving the government too much power.
In the meantime, how about nostalgia as a mood lifter? It's nice to look back on the good old days, but through most of history people had nothing but their memories to do so. Today at least we have photographs, like this one taken in 2001 at Northampton's former eatery the 591.
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Wow Tom, that was a trip! I used to work at Main Street Records. I don't recognize the guy who rings up Aftermath but the other guy I think was named Jim. The record above their heads to the left is REM Murmur. That's where they put the Now Playing LPs. 20 years!!
Tommy! That person on the right is not Paolo Mastrangelo. I might look similar, but I assure you that is not me. That is the 591 though.
Yes Jim, it was fun to see the old Hamp again. I hope more people come forward with their old films.
Paolo, I never know whether to believe you when it comes to pictures, but I'll remove your name anyway and let every viewer see what they think they see, one way or the other.
Hey tommy, thanks. But yah, I am not in that picture. Where'd you find that photo?
Darvons, Percocets, Valiums and my two good buds - marijuana and Budweiser. far less painful to have that all stuff as buds than face the reality of being gay.
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