Comments on: Like a Rock http://www.jack-donovan.com/axis/2009/12/like-a-rock/ Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:50:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jean http://www.jack-donovan.com/axis/2009/12/like-a-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Jean Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:24:34 +0000 http://www.jack-donovan.com/axis/?p=258#comment-280 Sean, Sorry to disappoint, as a 34-year-old - I didn't know what I had then, and I'd been domineered into being a nothing, a spineless brain. Mom didn't know how much of the kool-aid she'd been drinking, and I'm still dealing with the problems that resulted. For some of us - FAR too many, based on who I knew in high school and college, and they weren't all geeks/nerds/whatever - there is no pride or glory to recall. Lots of anger, though, lots of loathing of both self and others, taught by the institutions we were entrusted to (catholic parochial schools, prep school, colleges), the media of the day (TV cartoons, newspapers, magazines), and the adults we should have been able to trust (mothers, fathers, grandparents, etc.) So - I'm working on straightening things out now, I just need to get rid of the female parasite in my life. Sean,
Sorry to disappoint, as a 34-year-old – I didn’t know what I had then, and I’d been domineered into being a nothing, a spineless brain. Mom didn’t know how much of the kool-aid she’d been drinking, and I’m still dealing with the problems that resulted.
For some of us – FAR too many, based on who I knew in high school and college, and they weren’t all geeks/nerds/whatever – there is no pride or glory to recall.
Lots of anger, though, lots of loathing of both self and others, taught by the institutions we were entrusted to (catholic parochial schools, prep school, colleges), the media of the day (TV cartoons, newspapers, magazines), and the adults we should have been able to trust (mothers, fathers, grandparents, etc.)

So – I’m working on straightening things out now, I just need to get rid of the female parasite in my life.

]]> By: Sean http://www.jack-donovan.com/axis/2009/12/like-a-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Sean Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:54:21 +0000 http://www.jack-donovan.com/axis/?p=258#comment-210 Great lyrics. At 45 now I can relate. I just wish so many of the young guys I see every day can look back in their forties and recapture the pride of their youth. Sadly, I don't think most of them will be able to. I pity the poor bastards. Great lyrics. At 45 now I can relate. I just wish so many of the young guys I see every day can look back in their forties and recapture the pride of their youth. Sadly, I don’t think most of them will be able to. I pity the poor bastards.

]]> By: Phoenixism http://www.jack-donovan.com/axis/2009/12/like-a-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-207 Phoenixism Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:23:38 +0000 http://www.jack-donovan.com/axis/?p=258#comment-207 Seger, every time. I saw him once back in the 80s at the LA Forum. Very few male artists ever spoke to me like he has. Seger, every time.
I saw him once back in the 80s at the LA Forum. Very few male artists ever spoke to me like he has.

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