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// May 22nd, 2009 // No Comments » // GlenncloseAuthor: Glenn Name: Glenn C
Email: happypsychotic@gmail.com
Site: http://www.happypsychotic.com
About: Glenn is 36 years old and now lives in a small town in Northern Ontario with his wife of 13 years and 2 kids. He has been a foster parent for 10 years in 3 different cities. He graduated from Radio College of Canada (Toronto) in 1993 as an Electronic Engineering Technologist and has been working in the electronics industry ever since with companies like Nortel. Glenn does a good amount of reading, studying and thinking about such topics as philosophy, psychology, physics (Quantum Mechanics), religion and science. Glenn does have an I.Q. of > 140 (as does Chris) which is categorized as genius but hasn't bothered joining any I.Q. type clubs. He is very logical and analytical and always looking for a way to make a better world - primarily through self-improvement and in helping others to improve themselves. Most importantly, he constantly re-evaluates his priorities and ensures his time is spent wisely - like working on this site.See Authors Posts (92)

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It’s not really depression

// March 21st, 2009 // No Comments » // BarrycloseAuthor: Barry Name: Barry Nobody
Email: happy99999@hotdogs.com
Site: http://www.happypsychotic.com
About: I'm happy to be the first bonus blogger on happypsychotic. I know Chris and Glenn pretty well and they trust me enough to let me blog on their site, which I think is pretty cool. I am also in my 30's, have a couple kids and have been doing internet applications for what seems like forever. The big difference between me and the boys is that I am not a Christian. In this way, I will have some very different viewpoints on most things than Chris and Glenn. Hopefully you'll find it interesting and I won't get kicked out. Hey, I'm smart too! I just don't know what my I.Q. is.See Authors Posts (8)

It’s not really depression, it’s more like an anger at life in its boringness.  When I’m doing something really fun like going to a swinger’s party, I feel like I’m king of the world.  You’ve probably heard the saying that you should enjoy the down times in life because they make the up times sweeter.  Well, I think I’m getting stuck in the opposite – my up times are so fantastic that the rest of the time, my normal days have become so drab and boring that it often feels painful.  So should I try to bring more wild times in my life?  Or will that make the problem worse?  I’m still doing plenty of things that I think are “fun” but they just seem to be about half as fun as they used to be.
Glenn talked about “escaping reality” by reading a good book.  Yeah, that works, but I can’t read good books for the 40 hours a week I have to work.  Is that really the best idea though?  Just escape reality so the boring times go by quicker?  I guess I still don’t get the whole “live in the moment” thing with meditation and whatnot.  If 90% of my life is boring, why live in the moment?  I know I’m supposed to find the little happiness’s in everything, but they just seem so pitiful compared to a rockin’ swinger dance.  Maybe I should do more drugs and alcohol, that escapes reality right?  It just seems so weak to me.
I feel kinda bad writing this stuff because most of the people in my life are really great and I love them and they might feel bad and think they should do something to help me.  I just think this is my own demon I need to wrestle with.  Who couldn’t love a wife that likes having threesome’s?

If I think about it long enough, will I find an answer?