Okay . . . for reasons of which I cannot go into . . .

[Bullwinkle925]

I need any of you to do your best to cheer me up.

I am feeling terribly alone, terribly ugly, terribly old and just plain
TERRIBLE.

Life can certainly *sucketh mightily* (as DTBK would say) and today it is certainly doing just that.

waaahhhhhhhh

[TZ]

1. I understand the feeling..I've so been there.

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

[Rising Phoenix]

2. I was feeling that way all day

check out my ba huumbug thread.......not the best solution but I had a beer or 4 and spent the day on the phone with good friends

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. so am i. hugs kisses and more hugs

[Bullwinkle925]

9. why are you feeling this way LP???

you're young, you're beautiful and you have someone in your life.


sigh

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. crampy. grumpy. see my roach thread.

i dont know just an off day.

[Bullwinkle925]

16. goodness . . .

i don't like those critters either, but i would readily trade with you right now.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

18. i am very sorry, lots and lots of love.

:hug:

[lost-in-nj]

4. Hi sweety

I have been where you are to many times to count.

I know this sounds routine but
it will get better......

:hug:

now, I hope these make you smile.......












lost

[Rising Phoenix]

5. as I always tell my sister.....

"Next week it will be someting else.....and this will be history."

[Gormy Cuss]

6. How about some gumbo..

I know just the person to whip up a batch for you.


http://www.smokeyrobinsonfoods.com/


I understand how you feel B925 but you're not ugly nor old and you may feel terribly lonely at times but you are not alone.

[Bullwinkle925]

8. GC . . .

you just made me break down and cry . . .


I soooo want some gumbo!!!

[Gormy Cuss]

14. Oh no! Epic Fail on my part.

I must do my penance in the valley of evil.
:cry:

I wish that I could come over the hills and drag you out for some coffee or a walk today.:hug:

[Bullwinkle925]

15. thanks sweetie . . .

we will definitely have to make plans to do that someday.


:hug:

[Frosty1]

7. The sun Will come out tomorrow

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit-
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,

As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a fellow turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow -
You may succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than

It seems to a faint and faltering man;
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor's cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down,
How close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out -

The silver tint in the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It might be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit. :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

[Ptah]

10. NASA is sending a team to the surface of the Sun.

Yes, the Sun.














It's been a secret until today.













They are about to 'land' on the surface of the SUN.











Let's go to the control center for a live update.

[Bullwinkle925]

12. thank you darling . . .

you certainly did bring a smile to my lips (albeit with tears as well, but at least it's a beginning!)

[Ptah]

13. Glad to help.

:hug:

[Turbineguy]

17. Sounds like

you may have something up your sleeve. Very un-Bullwinkle-like.

Kind thoughts coming your way while my spaghetti sauce simmers quietly in the background.

[Bullwinkle925]

19. thank you very much . . .

what time is dinner? may i bring the whine? oops, wine?

[Turbineguy]

20. Sure,

I'm in Fort Lauderdale. And I got a good price on a bottle of Bogle Merlot, so just bring your whine.

[yellowdogintexas]

21. ok just read this, not only will it cheer you up it will make you feel

brilliantly superior:

Bubba had long heard the stories of an amazing family tradition.
It seems that his father, grandfather and great-grandfather had all been able to walk on water on their 21st birthday. On that special day, they'd each walked across the lake to the bar on the far side for their first legal drink.

So when Bubba's 21st birthday came a round, he and his pal Jim Bob took a boat out to the middle of the lake, Bubba stepped out of the boat and nearly drowned! Jim Bob just barely managed to pull him to safety.

Furious and confused Bubba went to see his grandmother. 'Grandma,' he asked, 'it's my 21st birthday, so why can't I walk 'cross the lake like my pappy, his father, and hi s father before him?'
Granny looked deeply into Bubba's troubled eyes and said, 'Because your father, your grandfather and your great grandfather were born in January, when the lake is frozen, and you were born in July, you frickin' idiot.'

:toast: :hi: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Connonym]

22. Inspired by a thread by MyCritters

check out this video of Huge Laurie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0npR64qy2qY

[boilerbabe]

23. You ain't alone

Don't worry, it will pass..then come back! I am past my day in the sun, but just move along and say fuck it. Look back on what was good and pretend what wasn't was. Read lots of books.

You are not ugly, you are not alone. You have lots of friends here!

XXXOOO

[yewberry]

24. Okay. (Warning: girl talk enclosed)

My husband & I went over to visit my b-i-l and s-i-l today. Nice visit. At some point, Andrea (my s-i-l) asked me what I was doing later in the day...I confessed that I had to do some shopping. Bra shopping.

Now, I don't like to shop. I surely don't like to shop for clothes. Andrea asked about my plans (Plans? Shit, I just get in and get out. Yeesh.) and whether or not I've been "fitted." Well, no, I haven't. Ever. I've never been fitted for a bra. I'm a "grab a box and hope for the best" shopper--Nothing ever fits quite right anyway, right?

Wrong thing to say. Andrea actually talked me into getting fitted for a bra (for the first time, at age *40*) and I decided that I should do it. Painless, she said. No problem, she said.

I skipped Victoria's Secret, her first suggestion, because I have never found a single thing in there that I could wear. So, I decided to brave Nordstrom's. (No, thank you, I don't want a perfume sample...) Picture me, a horribly failed girly-girl, haunting the Nordstrom bra area. A saleswoman asked me if I needed some help and inexplicably, I said no. More haunting. Several minutes later, the same woman came up and said, "Can I help..." and I turned blue, and covered my face. She asked, "Do you need a fitting?"

Me: "I sort of told my sister-in-law that I'd get fitted today. Nngggh."

Her "Are you a little uncomfortable about that?"

Me: "Uh, heck, yeah."

Her "Okay, it's no big thing. Come with me."

Off we went to the fitting room, and she told me to take off my shirt. Uh, okay. Did that, and she measured me here and there.

"Be right back," she said.

So, she came back with like 5 bras. Fine. Then she told me to take off my bra.

"Seriously? You want me take off my bra," I asked.

"Yes. You have to try these one."

Oh, crap. So, I took off my little comfy, cottony weekender bra, a beat-up 36B that I wear to sort of bind them up and keep them held down. Suddenly, I was naked from the waist up in a fitting room with a stranger.

She held up bra #1 and helped me get it on, and then told me to lean over and "shake them in." I thought I might die right then and there.

"What size is this this," I asked.

"38DD."
"What?"
"38DD."
"Double D? No, really?"
"Really. Shake them in."

I did indeed shake them in, and glory hallelujah, that bra fit. So did the next one and the next one (and all it took was repeatedly showing a stranger my boobs at Nordstrom.)


38DD.

Shitfire.



I'm embarrassed. Why didn't I know this all along?



Feel better now?

[jeff30997]

26. I don't know about Bullwinkle925...

But I sure do. :)

I hate shopping for clothes too so I can relate a bit(except for the bra part of course).

[Fran Kubelik]

36. Ha! Ha ha ha ha!! Thank you for this story!

:rofl: Been there!!

[Bullwinkle925]

42. just for you . . . .

(I need to do the Nordy thingy too!)

[elshiva]

25. Here's BBC radio blooper for you:

Margery Eel used to have a radio program on BBC called "Music and Movement" for infants that would help them imagine different shapes.
One day she said "Today we are going to play a hiding and finding game with music...We are going to pretend that you have got some balls and I am going to hide them...The Music will tell you where your balls are...They may be high up on the ceiling...or low down on the floor...Now stand up and dance around looking everywhere for your balls... Now toss them in the air and play with them."

:hug: :hi:

buffy/

[mwooldri]

33. *lol* And they used that in schools! nt

I remember a similar programme being used when I was in primary school.

Mark.

[Adsos Letter]

27. How about a few random pictures from a very random guy...

Hope you see things in a better light real soon... :hug:


.

[latebloomer]

31. Whoa, those are gorgeous!

Did you take them?

[Bullwinkle925]

41. did you take these photos?

they're brilliant!
which coastline?
thanks for sharing . . .

[Skittles]

28. I KNOW someone in your life needs an ass-kicking, I can FEEL IT

TELL ME WHO IT IS, BULLWINKLE

[Bullwinkle925]

44. yes there is . . . .

but i would respectfully start with myself - then you can move on to the other person.

[Lasher]

29. OK how's this?

[WinkyDink]

30. {{{Bullwinkle925}}} You know we value you!!

[Name removed]

32. Deleted message

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[Fran Kubelik]

34. nah. I don't believe that.

[Stump]

35. I feel ya...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=336&topic_id=4830&mesg_id=4830

:pals:

[Fran Kubelik]

37. Hey Bullwinkle...

You are loved, tremendously, by people in your life.
And you are loved by people you've never even met - complete strangers like me who think of you often and are rooting for you.
:grouphug:

[TZ]

38. Yep.

I couldn't have put it better. If she's anything like her sister DTBK (which I think she is) she is someone I would REALLY like to meet IRL....:hug:

[Fran Kubelik]

40. Someday I would love to hang out with Bullwinkle and DTBK

I bet it would be a BLAST. But I want to do it on Bullwinkle's turf. DTBK lives in Texas, and as much as I love her I really don't love Texas. :)

[Dogtown]

39. Life is most unpleasant at times

commiseration.


Not to be unresponsive, but I tried to backtrack the artwork in your post and it lead to a design workshop. Is that your work? VERY nice piece, and certainly illustrates your thread.

[Bullwinkle925]

43. I wish I could take credit for the painting . . . . .

alas - I have absolutely no artistic talent running through my veins.


thanks for commiserating with me.
i shall do the same for you if ever needed!!