September 30, 2012
Premiere!
Ahem.
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As of today,
Bert has expanded
into cinema.
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So put down that banana
and hustle your monkeybutt
over to
for the premiere of our
very first
slideshow:
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There you’ll find
Lesson 1:
Sex!
Violence!
Thrills!
Political Intrigue!
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“The Monkey” has none of these.
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It’s just a brief (3:27) introduction
to a secret part of you
that you really should
get to know better.
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(What?
You can’t spare 3:27?
Boy, do you need
this slideshow.)
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“The Monkey” is
the first lesson of six
to be published weekly
by Mental Health Talks.
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Coming next week,
Lesson 2:
The Addiction.
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Comments on Monkeytraps 101
are welcome
(nay, eagerly awaited)
both here
and at Mental Health Talk.
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And while you’re over there,
be sure to browse around
Mental Health Talk.
It’s an awesome resource
(subtitled “Our stories. Our wisdom.
Making a difference”)
created and edited
by my new friend Trish,
whose introduction to MHT
you can read here.
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See you soon.
love,
Bert
October 1st, 2012 at 12:22 am
It was awesome!!! You did a fantastic job!!!!
October 1st, 2012 at 1:26 am
Thanks, Lisa. Glad you liked it. 🙂
October 1st, 2012 at 3:44 am
Great slideshow. I’ve sent it to my hubby at work. Our daughter’s just started to drive, and he’s full of ‘advice’……
October 1st, 2012 at 9:06 am
Thanks, Yaz. Yeah, there’s nothing like kids for triggering the impulse to control. For recovery purposes I prefer goldfish.
October 1st, 2012 at 5:52 am
Congratulations. You did persuade Blue very quickly, though.
I had a cry this morning, and the wee voice which said “this is ridiculous, that was ages ago, you should not be getting upset about that”, though I could still hear it, had no effect on me at all. I thought, I am upset and it is OK to be upset, or even, I am doing useful work on that particular incident by bringing my upset into consciousness. As I get better at this acceptance, it brings me more joy.
And- I thought that part of the problem of control is that we are so bad at it. I can go faster, but putting my foot to the floor is not the best way of doing it: changing up from first gear and letting the handbrake off will achieve more. It is the panicky foot to the floor and shut eyes which is harmful, not the impulse to control per se.
October 1st, 2012 at 9:01 am
I suppose Blue did yield a bit too quickly. But hell, that’s what straw men are for.
I agree that the impulse to control is not inherently a problem. Neither is eating or drinking or working or sex or most of the other zillion things we use for relief from life’s slings and arrows. It becomes an problem when we have no alternative.
October 1st, 2012 at 9:45 am
Thank you for the wonderful introduction Bert. I so appreciate that you would chose MHT for your stellar cinematic debut. So to you (and Steve of course) I value our collaboration and lets rock the next 5 videos of MONKEYTRAPS 101!
October 1st, 2012 at 10:11 am
Thanks, Trish. We’re happy to be connected too. 🙂
eep eep,
~ Bert