--- In [email protected], "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@...> wrote: > > I am, at the moment, about 6km from Princeton, New Jersey. > That is Judy's home state. Therefore I must be cowering > in terror. But as she seems to live close to a beach > somewhere, I am probably safe.
Don't be so sure. Did you ever see the Saturday Night Live comedy sketch "Landshark?" :-) > I found the following on Wikipedia > > 'Some psychoanalysts and writers make a distinction between > "healthy narcissism" and "unhealthy narcissism"...the healthy > narcissist being someone who has a real sense of self-esteem > that can enable them to leave their imprint on the world, > but who can also share in the emotional life of others.' > > From my perspective, if you have narcissistic traits as has > been implied here, this would seem to be the kind narcissism > that you would have, that is, basically what normal people > have. You seem to have a well balanced confidence. But > having read about this particular subject a bit now, I do > think that your tagging Robin with the label NPD seems to > be in the ballpark, and that your initial response to him > here was dead on; ... It's just that I've spent far too much time around far too many NPD individuals, and thus know the vibe when I encounter it. > I don't think he ever recovered from that. Ooooooo. Now you've done it. Drive West faster. :-) > There is something else I think I have noticed in the > two years I have been on FFL. Do you experience the > tendency to reference your past in interacting with > others dropping off? > > There are situations where we do have to do that, but > I have noticed it is getting significantly harder as > time goes on to think about what happened before NOW, > and it seems in your writing, that tendency is > falling away. This more a feeling about what is > happening than explicitly what you write. It may be an accurate feeling; I have been trying to bring things back to the "here and now" a bit more these days, as with my still unanswered challenge for those who seem to feel that we "should" care about what they say about us to tell us WHY. > PS > A search on FFL for the word 'vicious': > authfriend: 393 > turquoiseb: 88 Just try to imagine what code epithet they'll think up for you after the "Robin never recovered" line. :-) > This of course includes re-quotes from other posts. > Too bad we cannot search only original posted material. > > I have never seen 'Despicable Me'. Have you also noticed, > that as the past falls away, it becomes easier to watch > a movie you have just seen again, with about the same > level of enjoyment? For whatever reason, I have *always* had this ability. I actually can assess to some extent what my favorite films are by how many times I've seen them. I freely admit to having seen many films over a dozen times, and a few films over fifty times. But then I kinda study film, so that gives me an excuse. Yeah, right. :-) With the best films, they actually get *better* with subsequent viewings. That's almost my criterion for a great movie -- it gets better every time I see it. > Time to close up shop and begin driving. A cloudy sort- > of-sunny day. A terrific thunderstorm on the New Jersey > Turnpike last night. Barely see the road. Stay awake, and heed the "Beware of Landsharks" signs. :-)
