Comments on: i thought you knew where all of the elephants lie down https://iwilldare.com/2004/09/i-thought-you-knew-where-all-of-the-elephants-lie-down/ A little bit of heaven & A whole lot of hell Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:22:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Damon https://iwilldare.com/2004/09/i-thought-you-knew-where-all-of-the-elephants-lie-down/#comment-9895 Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:04:28 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=4295#comment-9895 I completely understand where you’re coming from. Almost a year ago now a long term relationship (a total of 7 years, with a 2 year break) had come to an end. It was incredibly sad, but final. We each went out separate ways, but…

I remember sitting up late one night a few months ago, my mp3 player set on random, enjoying some book. All of a sudden “Freshmen” by the Verve Pipe comes on and I just lose it. Start weeping uncontrollably. It isn’t that she and I ever listened to the song – for all I know she’s never heard it before. But I spent the next three nights unable to sleep, down in the dumps.

The two lessons I took from this:

1) In the long run, it is good to feel these feelings. I think our minds have something akin to a pressure relief valve – if we keep things bottled up too long we have one of these moments so we can get it out of our subconscious and let our conscious help things along a bit. (Through talking with friends, family, etc)

2) I setup a playlist in iTunes which includes any song which I may REMOTELY attach to some kind of melancholy. (Regardless of tempo) I then have the option of listening to it when I’m feeling like it, or adding it as a criteria to my other smart playlists – “Playlist is not ‘Melancholy'”

I hope you have a wonderful weekend…maybe this just bubbled up to the surface BECAUSE you’re getting ready to write your story?

]]> By: jodi https://iwilldare.com/2004/09/i-thought-you-knew-where-all-of-the-elephants-lie-down/#comment-9894 Fri, 24 Sep 2004 13:17:55 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=4295#comment-9894 i don’t think i was really thinking about all this up there, it’s one of those that you think but don’t really realize you’re thinking. mostly this weekend i plan on sleeping (hopefully) watching mean girls and working on a story that i have to hand in on october 7th.

]]> By: FFJ https://iwilldare.com/2004/09/i-thought-you-knew-where-all-of-the-elephants-lie-down/#comment-9893 Fri, 24 Sep 2004 12:43:35 +0000 https://iwilldare.com/?p=4295#comment-9893 i’m so bummed you didn’t mention any of this up there. i totally would have listened and comforted. my only advice now is to download some billiy squire and buy david sedaris’ new book.
and call me if you need me.

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