You can't live without...

[ThomCat]

I can't live without my painkillers and migraine medication. Thank all the Gods and Toothfaeries for good effective medication.

What can't you live without? What makes your life wonderful, or bearable, or the way you want it to be?

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. MrG and my children...even with all their nasty, annoying public

habits. :hi:

[ThomCat]

2. That's awesome.

I'm single, childless, and destined to stay that way. I sometimes wonder what it would be like to have a family.

As disfunctional as every family inevitably is, that's really cool that your family is that important to you.

[NewWaveChick1981]

3. I can't live without having fun!

Of course there are times to be serious, but I don't ever want to be serious all the time! :D I don't take myself too seriously and love the humor in every situation. :)

:bounce:

[ThomCat]

7. I hope your fun isn't dangerous!

:o That could be a recipe for all kinds of problems.

But if it's good safe fun then that's awesome. Your posts are often fun. I hope you stay safe so you can stick around for a long time. We need you here.
:)

[NewWaveChick1981]

11. No, no dangerous fun...

Well, not TOO dangerous...;) Here are some of my favorite fun things to do (in no particular order): 1) Hang out at the DU Lounge; 2) play with my dogs; 3) travel; 4) listen to my favorite music; 5) be pampered at a day spa; 6) watch funny movies and/or standup comedians; 7) have sex; 8) take college classes (although I haven't done this for a while); 9) read a really good book; 10) spend time with people I love.

[ThomCat]

14. DU Trip to the Day Spa!

I could use an hour on a table getting beat up. Do you think we could get a group together?

[NewWaveChick1981]

15. Hey, count me in!

I think other DUers would be happy to join us at the day spa! :)

[marzipanni]

49. Why pay a masseuse/masseur?

http://images.google.com/images?q=backrubs+&svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&newwindow=1&safe=off&start=0&sa=N ;)
(I never knew community backrubs were so popular!)

[NewWaveChick1981]

75. Hey, that's a great idea!

Thanks! :hi:

[swimboy]

4. On one level, my loved ones,

on another, cinnamon toast.

[ThomCat]

I'm really curious about that Cinnamon Toast.

:)

[swimboy]

20. I'm being a little silly, but I think I picked that to represent

the things that are intrinsically unimportant but are the treats that make life special and fun and interesting, food that is not sustenance, music, some little thing you see that you are pretty certain you are the only one to notice, an inside joke between you and the universe.

When all else is in shambles around me, I can usually muster the materials I need to sit down with a hot cup of tea and some fresh cinnamon toast and reflect that for a few minutes, everything is perfect.



:loveya:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

5. Writing, jazz, and the piano.

For starters.

:)

[ThomCat]

21. Passion is important!

:)

[ceile]

6. my animals

They make everyday pleasant and happy. They know when to comfort me.
And I guess my future husband falls into that category as well. haha

[WCGreen]

8. Sex.....

[ThomCat]

18. Wow.

Sex is fun, and we all talk about it constantly. But I've never met someone who considered it a defining part of their life and who they are.

I hope it's good. :)

[WCGreen]

29. You asked what can't you live without.....

Well, I really think a good sex life opens your mind toward other avenues..

It's a basic need, a drive, if you will, that must be sated...

Or else other areas of your life will be out of wack, so to speak....

[ThomCat]

30. Ah. You were speaking in a technical sense.

:blush:
Shows where mind was.

Did you know that sex is a good painkiller? Sex releases hormones into your system that suppress pain.

[dysfunctional press]

33. you aren't married, are you...?

once you are for awhile, you learn all about living without it. often by choice...

[khashka]

74. No one saw that one coming....

:)

Khash.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

78. Riiiiiight!

You sly dog, you.....:rofl:

[bertha katzenengel]

9. Books.

So many things to choose from -- there are many things I feel I can't live without, but if I couldn't read, I would be lost. It's the primary way that I learn. I don't read the paper, don't watch the news, don't study anything formally.

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.

Desiderius Erasmus

[ThomCat]

10. Books are next on my list.

Once the pain is under control, then it's time to read something.

Can you imagine a world without good books? We'd all be republican!

[bertha katzenengel]

12. Well, according to Anne Coulter, the only good books are by cons.

Go figure. Who knew cons were literate? :haha: Little joke there.

[ThomCat]

76. They only read the small words

and look at the pictures.

[Dukkha]

13. air

if you want to get technical.

I can't live without my g/f. Without love you're just going through the motions in life.

[Midlodemocrat]

16. My husband.

Found that out the hard way last week when he needed to have a quadruple bypass.

Amazing how you think you really love a person and then when faced with losing them, the love becomes exponential.

[ThomCat]

17. I don't know if you've posted an update.

I haven't seen one. Is he doing okay?

[Midlodemocrat]

19. Yes, thanks.

He is off the ventilator, off the balloon pump and off the IV meds. Hopefully will leave ICU and go to the step down until today or tomorrow.

Still a lot of pain, but that is to be expected. The surgeon is pleased with how he is doing.

He will need additional surgery to have a defibrillator implanted, so I took the opportunity while he was sleeping to come home and see about getting that covered with insurance. Apparently, they like to wait 90 days from the date of diagnosis to do the surgery, and waiting that long will put me right straight into the nuthouse.

[swimboy]

22. I'm glad to hear things are going as well as they are.

I hope he will continue to do well and that insurance will play ball.

I'm keeping you in my thoughts and prayers too.

:hug:

[Midlodemocrat]

23. Thank you, sweetie.

I feel as though I inspired those Chevy Truck 'Like a Rock' ads. I am sure when things calm down, I will need massage therapy to remove the cement that has apparently taken over my neck and shoulder muscles.

:hug:

[azmouse]

24. My husband, books, baseball...

sunshine, hummingbirds, chocolate... just to name a few of my fav things!

[wildhorses]

25. chapstick

it goes with me everywhere...

[ThomCat]

41. LOL!

That cracked me up. I really hope you intended it to be funny. Otherwise, I'm more fuzzyheaded than I thought. :)

[wildhorses]

71. I always go for the joke...

sirius...moi??? NEVER!!!

[kwassa]

26. I think I would starve without food.

[otherlander]

27. I cannot live without trees.

If I try to spend a day away from trees, for instance, in New York, I wind up with a boxing match going on inside my skull. :yoiks::hangover:

It's probably more the dirty air than the lack of trees, though. It kinda sucks, because I really like the whole intelligent-energetic-artistic thing it has going.:smoke::headbang:

Edited because I car'nt speL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. I CANNOT, nor will I live without ......

love, and also .....sex......

Everything else comes in second to those two.....

[dysfunctional press]

31. my wife, methadone and vicoprofen, marijuana, my bicycle, tv &...

breyer's vanilla fudge twirl ice cream. in that order.

btw- the methadone is for pain-relief, not heroin withdrawl. and the vicoprofen is for my migraines.

[ThomCat]

34. There seem to be quite a few of us at DU

with chronic pain. And actually, a fairly large group of people with health issues/disabilities.

[Redstone]

32. Being alive.

Redstone

[ThomCat]

35. You, sir, are a wiseass.

:7

[Redstone]

38. Yup. But I'd HAVE to live without the Vikes, because I have a family.

I don't get that choice. Fortunately, I have a doctor who isn't afraid of the DEA, so I'll have the Vikes.

Redstone

[Benfea]

36. Fresh garlic and ginger

Life's not worth living without those.

[ThomCat]

42. Well, certainly food is not worth eating without those.

:)

[flvegan]

37. Ephedra, the gym and good beer. More cowbell is very close.

Oh, and I have a few images that I can't talk about that I'd have a LOT of trouble getting by without.

[ThomCat]

43. I miss beer.

And those images are very important. :)

[Deja Q]

39. 6 months ago I'd be able to answer it.

6 months ago, I felt secure in my life.

But with my body seemingly disintegrating, the only thing I want is the thing that's unobtainable.

Sorry to be my usual pessimist self.

[ThomCat]

40. I'd love to be the one to tell you that life gets better.

I'm not someone who can say that. Sometimes you just endure and keep going. :hug:

Though, hopefully you're in a better situation and things might get much better.

[txwhitedove]

51. Excuse me, ThomCat. Hey, HT, what happened? You were

giggling your ass off yesterday.

[Deja Q]

62. lost. No, wait, check that.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5261533

[txwhitedove]

68. So sorry, missed that thread while at work today. Glad you still

have your ass, but very sorry to hear about the problem with your back and hope the doc figures out the problem. Stay positive. You already know everyone here cares about you. Perhaps it is as simple as the numb-butt-itis I have been experiencing due to sitting here playing with all our DU friends. xoxo

[RetroLounge]

44. What I cannot live without:

My 2 Kids
Poetry
Books
Writing
Peanut Butter
My Laptop
My Cell Phone

I would have put my wife on this list, but I have learned this year that yes, I can live without her... :-(

RL

[ThomCat]

45. I'm very sorry about your wife.

:(
Peanut Butter. I can agree with that. And chocolate. Either separately or together.

[miss_american_pie]

46. Chocolate

bubblebaths
books
passion

[RetroLounge]

47. Chocolate Bubblebaths?

:wow:

RL

[miss_american_pie]

48. In Hershey, at the spa

Want me to find you a link?

[RetroLounge]

53. No

I want you to meet me there...

:evilgrin:

RL

[miss_american_pie]

54. Why don't I just pick up some bubblebath

and head out there for the weekend? :evilgrin:

[RetroLounge]

56. Even better...

When can I expect you?

:9

RL

[miss_american_pie]

57. How soon

do you want me?

[RetroLounge]

58. yesterday

Last week. Last month.

But this weekend is fine...

RL

[miss_american_pie]

59. ...

Love Rode 1500 Miles
Judy Grahn

Love rode 1500 miles on a grey
hound bus & climbed in my window
one night to surprise
both of us.
the pleasure of that sleepy
shock has lasted a decade
now or more because she is
always still doing it and I am
always still pleased. I do indeed like
aggressive women
who come half a continent
just for me; I am not saying that patience
is virtuous, Love
like anybody else, comes to those who
wait actively
and leave their windows open

[RetroLounge]

69. ...

Love
like anybody else, comes to those who
wait actively
and leave their windows open

(Luckily my new apartment is on the first floor...)

RL

[Yollam]

50. My kids.

Just thinking of life without them makes me weepy.

[mvd]

52. My family, my dog, music, books, my computer,

my bedside radio

[La Lioness Priyanka]

55. you dont want to know

:P

[ThomCat]

63. With a line like that,

I think we all want to know. :7

[Iniquitous Bunny]

60. My man and that fruity, but not too sweet wine he brought me.

[ThomCat]

65. A good man and a good wine sounds like

a good evening.

Good for you! :7

[khashka]

61. A few things

Painkillers, sexy and violent men, books, music.


Khash.

[achtung_circus]

64. These

Extra large, double double




Players, Extra Light, Regular (the healthy ones)

[ThomCat]

66. You can't get t hose down here.

It's a good thing you're up there. :)

[achtung_circus]

67. Well

wherever you go,





































there you are.

[txwhitedove]

70. My kids, my dog, coffee, music, art, sunshine, DU,...

[NMMNG]

72. Let's see

My migraine medications (prophylactic, abortive and rescue), books, coffee, solitude, quiet, nature.

[DixieBlue]

73. Coffee, music, books and

my kid. Not in that order.

[rug]

77. My darling wife

who is standing right behind me.