In fact, I found a quote of Mr Yorke that may well be busy saving my life. I know, I know, getting your life saved by second-hand phrase is a bit pathetic, but in earnest: I don't mind about that. The quote?
It's easy being depressed. It's much harder to be happy - and cooler!
I don't know, but this really gets to me! Maybe it only works somewhere in the middle of a hundred other one-liners (I have actually been LOL quite a few times), but in any case it hit the spot for me. So here I go again with a fresh view on life and Thom Yorke in particular: the man was not happy. Oh, he probably was not the most miserable person in the world, but he was perfectly capable of feeling that anyway, and then hating himself for it (though this last one is just a projection, I guess). And then he somehow managed to turn the tables: he found a way of surpassing the void of self-complaint: good old-fashioned hard labour on self-containment, thriving on the idea that the other way is just not getting you anywhere, and, when you look at it: being happy may not be very hip (there is a not remotely fine line between having a good time and being happy), but in truth we all admire those that find the inner rest to just... accept the good life.
Today, I smiled more than the day before. Who knows, maybe next week I won't hide from people I know in the supermarket to avoid talking to them.
I saw my son climbing to the top of the pyramid on the playground. Anne sang the song about the fingers for me. And my baby washed my hair although she was tired.
Life is nice, whether I like it or not.
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Nick, I like your writing. Can you please write a book? I'll buy the overstock, if necessary...
"Life is nice, whether I like it or not."
True.
So is your blog.
So are you.
The way you write about your wife and children, maybe some people would call that emotional trash, but it just proves me right : you are nice. I hope I will do that one day, with the some warmth...
I will seriously consider writing a book. Maybe when I'm 40. I actually already have some ideas on a plot, but if I'd tell you ,you would write a better book :-)
Hey! You ARE overwhelming me here. But let's get this straight: you are definitely not missing the warmth or the niceness to be able to write those things, you're just missing (no pun intended) a wife and children. But you speak with strong idealistic love of the w(om)an in Ghent. No need to hope there!
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