tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post8937337729211199976..comments2024-02-10T00:28:29.241-08:00Comments on The Annals of Gawpo: One Flew Over The Still Cuckoo-As-Ever NestJacobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13649218320462858549noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-63421116446479630062007-06-04T22:38:00.000-07:002007-06-04T22:38:00.000-07:00MINDANCE: This meth thing is frightening. It's the...MINDANCE: This meth thing is frightening. It's the only drug that will cause schizophrenic symptoms that remain irreversible. Not that your friend got on meth, but I'm just saying. Those manic episodes are a trip, huh? Not to mention those institutions they stick them in. Yuk!<BR/><BR/>KATIE: And you are oh, so very, very welcome. Life is a great journey. Remember that song, "Ride, ride, ride, hitchin' a ride"?<BR/><BR/>SINGLETON: And yes,there is much gratitude on my part for having had the opportunity to meet her. Thank you, friend. We rock!!!Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649218320462858549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-74933517730687736062007-06-04T21:31:00.000-07:002007-06-04T21:31:00.000-07:00Mrs Doctor Attorney Jim Morrison, thank God you me...Mrs Doctor Attorney Jim Morrison, thank God you met a friend......<BR/><BR/>Gawpo, you rock!singletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03482545214687731218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-88271648023859344872007-06-03T19:31:00.000-07:002007-06-03T19:31:00.000-07:00What a fascinating post Gawpo, thank you for shari...What a fascinating post Gawpo, thank you for sharing!Katie McKennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06042460109308890090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-80965403494366402112007-06-03T11:48:00.000-07:002007-06-03T11:48:00.000-07:00my best friend is bi-polar (from too many drugs an...my best friend is bi-polar (from too many drugs and alcohol!)(kids, don't do it!!) <BR/>i was there when she had her first manic episode, which lasted for 5 days. each day was more bizarre and scarier than the previous. it ended with her being arrested and thrown in the los angeles county psychiatric ward. that was the scariest place i've ever seen. she's fine now, as long as she's on her meds.mindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04289055857398383256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-66247215532969863712007-06-02T19:52:00.000-07:002007-06-02T19:52:00.000-07:00MICHAEL: I am laughing pretty hard right about now...MICHAEL: I am laughing pretty hard right about now, because the kind of person I really am NOT, I allow to surface on Fab's post. You have to give it right back to that guy, yes? I'm a bit embarrassed, but he knows where I really stand.<BR/><BR/>Boy, I have really taken a pummeling with respect to not knowing THUH Scorpions. I won't ever make that error again. LOL. Thank you for stopping by, Michael. And see you over at your place. GJacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649218320462858549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-74308507135876524612007-06-02T19:34:00.000-07:002007-06-02T19:34:00.000-07:00Here via Mr. Fabs blog.You showed what kind of per...Here via Mr. Fabs blog.<BR/><BR/>You showed what kind of person you are from this one post.<BR/><BR/>I shall endeavor to read some more of your site.<BR/><BR/>And the Scorpions are a German band from Hannover.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02639551533435490575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-45422131108464823662007-06-02T18:36:00.000-07:002007-06-02T18:36:00.000-07:00LISAOCEANDREAMUH!: One heave: Sigh...........LISAOCEANDREAMUH!: One heave: Sigh...........Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649218320462858549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-50652232046057370392007-06-02T17:53:00.000-07:002007-06-02T17:53:00.000-07:00My darling Gawpo, the heart inside you makes me we...My darling Gawpo, the heart inside you makes me weep with joy. However we got here, whatever the connection to become friends...I am grateful for it (and Kevin Bacon) beyond words. With this writing and the moments you describe here.... the evidence is quite clear of the rich human being you are. <BR/>I cannot wait for G and I to meet you!<BR/>XOXO<BR/>please note, I can be quite....well...what's the word..sappy...no that sounds terrible. Let's just say I FEEL things deeply and I never say anything just for the sake of saying it.Lisa Oceandreamer Swifkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10447207923190618328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-55463153508287308092007-06-02T14:24:00.000-07:002007-06-02T14:24:00.000-07:00SOMEWHERE JOE: Isolation. That definition consoles...SOMEWHERE JOE: Isolation. That definition consoles me, Joe. She was looking out and I just know that she could tell I was doing my best to reach for her through the warp. I didn't mention one part of the story, but will now. There was a stretch of moments when she fell silent in the back seat of the sedan. And all of a sudden I hear her voice calling me through the spit shield, the plexiglass barrier. She pronounced my Sicilian last name perfectly, and she put a delicate question inflection at the end of it. The waters had calmed just long enough, and this is what I heard: "Deputy _______?" "Yes?," I answered, delighted by the melody of my perfectly pronounced last name. Almost like a mother to a child. "What church does your family go to? Your mother's church? Which one does she go to?" I said, "You mean synagogue?" "Yes. Synagogue. Which is it?" I explained our blended Catholic-Christian/Judaic situation to her. She gave out that unique and sweet African American "Umm-hmmm" that only comes to us, literally, Out Of Africa. I loved how she would say, "Umm-hmmm." It was as though she had squeezed into my own warp, the ugly psychophobic voices in my own head that taunt me, at times, to give up. When she called my name like that, it just melted me. I will never forget that. And I know that I will never quit looking in.<BR/><BR/>Thank you, Joe.Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649218320462858549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-69579383457761619092007-06-02T03:36:00.000-07:002007-06-02T03:36:00.000-07:00I went on a bad trip once, decades ago, when bad t...I went on a bad trip once, decades ago, when bad trips were a rite of passage. I got a taste of what being deranged must be like. The word that comes to mind more than any other is... isolation. Parallel-universe strength isolation. You can see out but nobody can see in. And you're aware of being aware of the mind warp, that's the nightmare inside bubble.<BR/><BR/>It was gone before I had to get used to living there, learn its vocabulary and game plans. Familiar surroundings, loving voices, and a normal metabolism soon, but not soon enough, brought the ride to a slow, then a stop, then a disembark. Dry land. Solid ground. Stasis. The miracle of the mundane where all systems mesh in perfect registration. The exquisite balance and high function that is the ordinary. <BR/><BR/>I wish Mrs Doctor Attorney Jim Morrison could just sleep it off like I did. It's one thing to see newspaper taxis appear on the shore. It's another to be taken away in one, and actually have kaleidescope eyes...Joe Jubinvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09489419756833657839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-24259837726641652222007-06-01T23:22:00.000-07:002007-06-01T23:22:00.000-07:00Oh, CLAIRE: Boy, THUH Scorpions sure have gotten a...Oh, CLAIRE: Boy, THUH Scorpions sure have gotten a lot of press here, thanks to noneother than Mrs. Doctor Attorney Jim Morrison. I think I should buy a CD now and think of her. It will become my tribute to M.D.A.J.M. album. So fortunate that boy was to have had your eyes finally connect with who he was through his. Yeah, I'd be a bit cranky. Ya THINK? And Claire, if you ever rode off the rails, you'd be in my recliner watching movies and cranking up THUH Scorpions with me. Consider yourself covered on that one.Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649218320462858549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-38566503312251746702007-06-01T22:30:00.000-07:002007-06-01T22:30:00.000-07:00The Scorpions are a german metal band (not a big h...The Scorpions are a german metal band (not a big hair band). I really liked them back in the day and occasionally pop in the "best of" DVD.<BR/>gawpo, you are a fan-flippin'-tastic dude! Yes, all humans deserve to be treated with dignity! I work with special needs kids and a few years ago I worked with a boy who had a chromosomal deletion causing severe impairment. He had to be tube fed and he was mostly non-verbal. Yet when I looked into his eyes, I saw a real person in there. He would get mad a lot. I figured he was pissed at being stuck in such a wrecked body. I just felt his personality come thru his eyes. I completely believe in human dignity and cannot understand people who make fun of the disabled or mentally ill. As you can see I could go on and on, blah blah, but if I ever ride off the rails I hope I am in your town!Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10740049258265150141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-31319607697158297902007-06-01T20:09:00.001-07:002007-06-01T20:09:00.001-07:00ARM: Hey, isn't a hair band something you make a p...ARM: Hey, isn't a hair band something you make a pony tail out of?Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649218320462858549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-30536676732869634272007-06-01T20:09:00.000-07:002007-06-01T20:09:00.000-07:00BLUE TSG: You and your Momma are the sweetest exam...BLUE TSG: You and your Momma are the sweetest examples of human kind(ness) a person could ever hope to know. And I love that I know and love you both.<BR/><BR/>NANA-G: Thanks for the YouTube sporting your incredibly talented and wonderful son! I need to get down there and "throw one back." You would have loved her, G. She was so amazing and funny, even through her brain noise. I have to fly for two hours straight to seat the rings in the new cylinder. I should make the last half hour a trip to Independence for a breakfast meet witcha. Would love that. Will update accordingly.<BR/><BR/>CANDACIA: Ha! That would have been great. The radio gave us what it whimmed us, but I wonder what she would have said if a Doors tune had come on. Oooops. I mean THUH Doors.<BR/><BR/>Your father shared with me my own frustrations. Yes. They feel all better and then dump the meds. Lots of the older psychotropics had some pretty bad side effects that the newer ones have less of. That helps a bit. But still, you see them decompensating and returning. Sad.<BR/><BR/>And Oh! My! GAWD! I know. I was so nervous. I felt uncomfortable when Jack started the whooping stuff. Very disrespectful. He deserved a mop handle shoved up somewhere.Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649218320462858549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-76141915127864268972007-06-01T19:17:00.000-07:002007-06-01T19:17:00.000-07:00I'm I the only one who's shocked that Mrs. Doctor ...I'm I the only one who's shocked that Mrs. Doctor Attorney Jim Morrison didn't demand anything from The Doors?<BR/><BR/><BR/>My dad worked as an RN and computer guru in a mental hospital for many years. He'd get so frustrated by the patients who would take their meds, get realeased and go off their meds because they "felt better", only to end up back again, a bit worse for the wear. :-P<BR/><BR/>Bummer. I was hoping the Indian dude was gonna whack Jack with that mop.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10869574150060699562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-44286826035750674092007-06-01T14:04:00.000-07:002007-06-01T14:04:00.000-07:00Oh Gawpo, how I do love you. I miss my peeps. I ...Oh Gawpo, how I do love you. I miss my peeps. I love that you were the person that delivered your Mrs. Doctor Attorney Jim Morrison (Buddha, Christ)to her next adventure. Thank you for being you. for real.Nana-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11366193642927104639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-75953347670117766582007-06-01T13:18:00.000-07:002007-06-01T13:18:00.000-07:00Mum and I have always done that...try to see and g...Mum and I have always done that...try to see and greet each individual with eyes of understanding.<BR/>Each of us was handed to our mothers at one point in time when we arrived. It is the journey in between that determines our place in this world.<BR/>One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is one of my favorite movies. <BR/>Nurse Ratchet. Jack (god I love him) Nicholson. Great film.<BR/>You are a good guy G. Thank you for giving respect where it was due. As in, it is always due.<BR/>You know that.<BR/>Namaste my friend.xoGillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08845512494417503198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-55530086419261010382007-06-01T11:08:00.000-07:002007-06-01T11:08:00.000-07:00KAT: Love your opinion. I went razor clamming this...KAT: Love your opinion. I went razor clamming this morning. With a full-blown psychiatrist. Jack. I kicked his ass on clams and after I got my limit of 15 and he only had 5, I thumped the sand and kept yelling, "Here's another one, Jack!" It was awesome. We found him about 10 more. Now I have to go clean them and fry 'em up. YUMMERS!!!!Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649218320462858549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-56592189023139834522007-06-01T10:47:00.000-07:002007-06-01T10:47:00.000-07:00I watched Cukoo's Nest with Princess just a little...I watched Cukoo's Nest with Princess just a little while ago. She'd never seen it and as an apiring psychiatrist I thought she should. We Americans are hideously inept at properly treating the mentally ill in my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-37715534108492848042007-06-01T10:41:00.000-07:002007-06-01T10:41:00.000-07:00NIBBY!!!: Oh, it was you. Sorry 'bout that. Ah, bu...NIBBY!!!: Oh, it was you. Sorry 'bout that. Ah, but 'tis true. The committing of a crime is almost always the only way to get someone with severe mental illness to treatment. The other way is if we can demonstrate that they are at IMMEDIATE risk of being a danger to themselves or others. When they are no long that, then all bets are off. We have this thing called a Police Officer Hold that can be placed on a person if they are walking out into traffic or threatening to hurt someone else. Rarely do they gesture toward themselves. We can take them to the hospital for a mental status exam, but it is cursory at best and all they have to do is demonstrate that they don't want to hurt anyone, including themselves. Then they are let go until they "commit a crime." Sad. Total B.S., yes.Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649218320462858549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-54424032679178838472007-06-01T10:36:00.000-07:002007-06-01T10:36:00.000-07:00ESS: Remember the character of "Miller" in Repo Ma...ESS: Remember the character of "Miller" in Repo Man? It's like that. Good for you for seeing rightly.<BR/><BR/>LIME: Ha! Yes. Now let's go get that stick!!!<BR/><BR/>SHEILA: Yes! That is exactly what I do, too. I imagine them as a newborn. I picture the first gaze from their mother and then the careful choosing of the name. The name! Awesome treatise, Sheila. That man DID go see the president. And that lady DID lose her fortune. The metaphors perhaps are only known to themselves. But the story is the truth. XXXs right back atcha, Sheila, MOB.<BR/><BR/>ARM: Thuh Scorpions. Okay. I got it. Mrs. Doctor Attorney Jim Morrison got it. Now I need to go YouTube them and hear some more.<BR/><BR/>QUILLY: You just chimed in on the email notification. Stand by while I go see what you have to say.....Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649218320462858549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-55514314925553406892007-06-01T10:35:00.000-07:002007-06-01T10:35:00.000-07:00It is sinful that the only way a mentally ill pers...It is sinful that the only way a mentally ill person can receive care if if they commit a crime first. Bullshit. Bullshit, I say!Nessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779269921583131094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-86951095459942845872007-06-01T08:16:00.000-07:002007-06-01T08:16:00.000-07:00Thank you Diesel for clearing up The Scorpions for...Thank you Diesel for clearing up The Scorpions for Gawpo. I was going to, but forgot. <BR/><BR/>I heart The Scorpions. Or any 80's hair band.armalicioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569772344297408167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-64786518920743391692007-06-01T04:51:00.000-07:002007-06-01T04:51:00.000-07:00A few years back provincial government decided it ...A few years back provincial government decided it knew best when it came to the mentally ill here. They were allowed to leave their safe facilities and re-enter the real world. It was all about their human rights. Now they have the right to sleep under bridges in the middle of winter. To be ridiculed and go hungry, be dirty and under dressed. It's their right.<BR/>Do I sound bitter. Darn right I am. For over twenty years I managed a bus terminal. Bus terminals are magnets for the unusual, the unhappy, the indigent, the mentally ill. I saw them all. <BR/>And every day I said a silent prayer that "there, but for the grace of God..."<BR/>We had employees that would ridiclue them (not in my hearing if they knew what was good for them)..other patrons who would ask "is he/she on drugs"...<BR/>"No, sir, he's not. He should be, but he has no one to help him take them, or feed him, or clothe him, or shelter him.." I would reply.<BR/>Each one of the people was once a new born baby, fresh and perfect, given to their mother to hold for the first time...so full of promise and hope for the future.<BR/>Somewhere, sometime, something happens, and through no fault of their own they become mentally ill. Like the man who visited me every day, on his way to meet the President, or the lady who was going to the bank because someone stole all her money, and she used to be a millionaire...<BR/>In every fantastic story, there would be a grain of truth, something they held on to, because as you say, they know they are 'crazy'..<BR/>Sorry for the rambling comment, I feel for Mr's Doctor Attorney Jim Morrison, she could be me, but for the grace of God..<BR/>Thanks for being a decent human being Gawpo..I always knew you were..<BR/>xxxSheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06731396546695910306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35677372.post-81225879865436090132007-06-01T04:31:00.000-07:002007-06-01T04:31:00.000-07:00*circles and sniffs....teehee....couldn't resist*circles and sniffs....teehee....couldn't resistlimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.com