Posted by Just Asking
This poem was posted on behalf of a fellow mugger. You can find more of his work by searching the archives for "Poet Laureate Joe" or clicking here.Animals on the Road Seeing dead animals on the road almost makes me cry.And when I see them, I often have to wonder why.Many dart in front of cars at b...
Posted by Just Asking
A little birdy told me that the video tutorial we have on adding a video to posts goes too quickly to follow. I looked at it and realized I didn't even caption it or give any instructions beyond what's shown on film. Oops. I'll include that video at the end for those who prefer the video experience ...
Posted by Baba
The entry "Namaste" was the actual beginning ofthis section Meditation 2. But from now on the first talks will be the latest of whatever i talk about............................1/23/21tossed on the waves of illusionwe weave this life, our reality of illusion.When we can, we should jump o...
Posted by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH
I'll try to conversate. About a subject that no one cares about. Talk about a challenge. …ANTHEM. You just gotta hear about this place. I'll try and be interesting. First of all, it's in Arizona and is in North Phoenix. I happened upon this place, in ...
Posted by Silverwings
Jake was a beautiful dog, born to a mother who was a prized champion.His father however, didn't have the blue blood like she did. It wasn't supposed to be that Jake wasborn of this union, but somehow, even with all precautions taken, it still happened. In an unguarded moment, his mom slipped through...
Posted by Mr Singh
Right, am here to spill a few beans about Sikhs, being a Sikh myself. First of all, unfortunately we have secularisation amongst ourselves. One is cast and creed. Mind you, Guru Nanak the Sikh founder talked us out of it. Unfortunately we still take pride in calling ourselves "Jatt" or "Terkhaa...
Posted by Just Asking
‘Ol Joe, you could say, was a man’s man. With regaling stories of the wild west. Of an era where right and wrong were clear, Quick with a joke, full of zest. Now, ‘ol Joe, he came to town, But never much cared for fightin’. Said he’d just as soon sit conte...
Posted by Just Asking
Many of you are familiar with our Project Wonderful ads. Those are the little gems that usually run across the tops of pages. They feature a lot of web comics, games, and bloggers, as well as small businesses, such as those who sell “goodies” and handmade jewelry. I have always preferre...
Posted by officegirl
Is, quite simply, to cultivate oneself and help others do so. We cultivate ourselves through relationships, family, community, work, learning, study, reflection, ideals, vision, experience.We help others through support, aid, assistance, comfort, friendship.The more we are able to cultivate our...
Posted by JakobA the unAmerican.
https://animedao3.stream/watch-online/centaur-no-nayami-episode-1/All the people are fantasy figures: cat girls, mermaids, frogs, demons, fish, bulls, ..., there is even one that is a snake.But first of all they are all people. And that develop into comments about love, and underwear, and War, and p...
Posted by southernstar2035
why all the shootings?what kind of era have we entered?in the uk ,they have gun control but stabbing deaths have increased.so what is the answer?these killers are not crazy.no soul perhaps?
Posted by Baba
a 17 year old girl created this The Truth behind Your Food By sister-initiate Hui-Ming Toh, Auckland, New Zealand (Originally in English) Would you ever open your fridge, pull out twenty plates of pasta and chuck them into the bin, and then, eat only one plate of food? Ho...
Posted by trashbagguy
I am a big supporter of trying to make wearing unused plastic garbage, trash, bin bag/liners mainstream fashion. I hope that you at least try wearing them once. Please let me know why you won't try it and also how come you disagree. But also I think most users here are just afraid ...
Posted by elizabethvitale
I am so into the writings of my life over the past too many years I continually find a new line to add to the old. More so the old lines seem to become who I am more and more every day. I decided instead of just sharing my writings on my websites to span out into different areas of the web for enter...
Posted by Just Asking
2/20/18 UPDATE:Due to the generosity of a single unknown donor, our goal has entirely been met. The new chat will be installed as soon as I can coordinate time with the dev. Whoever you are... I don't even know what to say. "Thank you" is not enough. I'm going to open the floor to other Muggers...
Posted by Mr Singh
FAN OF RAP READ ON...Mirror is located on my rite, afraid 2 look at d reality inside, mirror mirror on d wall, must u show me my tainted soul?D soul will one day b released, but u shall remain 4eva at least, 4eva eva by my side, all u show is d corrupted mind, Prom...
Posted by Mr Singh
Let's rap about television, c wha we can roll off d tongue, this part of body nah always 4 speech n taste, wanna b faster dan copy n paste feature, breach ma speech far into d far reaches. OK so why is rap good? Well speed is not everything but, I see a TV b4 me so I just ma...
Posted by [W]e[y]lon Musk
I have not written a blog since the last time I wrote a blog. With that said, I'm assuming you have not read a blog since the last time you read a blog. Now that we have that out of the wey, I am really going to discourage you from reading any further... or should I say farther? Farther along ...
Posted by [W]e[y]lon Musk
Some of you know me and many of you don't. I can assure you if you read this blog in its entirety that you will be left speechless. I am about to take your mind on an adventure like it has never embarked upon. I assure you this blog will make no sense to you and that you will wander why you bo...
Posted by trashbagguy
Hi:I wanted to let everyone here on answerMug to know who I am. I'm a single straight guy who is in his 30s. I usually write questions about wearing unused plastic garbage, trash, bin bag/liners as clothing. I like most music but rap/hip hop. I like sci-fi/fantasy, action, co...
Posted by Stuffy
I am Stufy from ep and still in my unhappy yet appearantly comfortable marriage that I can't get myself to leave. Want help/ support to leave. If you think you can help please first familiarize yourself with my profiles. Comments from those who simply relate are welcome as well. Th...
Posted by JakobA the unAmerican.
Read the story hereTHE REAL STORY OF HOW MEN LEARNED TO FLYbut long before the wright brothers kites were used in war. to send messages, to cross rivers, to spy on enemies, and to give them false (and scary) information.
Posted by Standard Alien
Thought: Isn't being part of an online community kind of like being in a virtual reality or a simulation? You are a persona that gains a reputation and develops relationships with other personas in a little isolated world. But what if that world spontaneously ceases to exist? A random burst of nosta...
Posted by nobodylair.37
Imagine this:everything was and is there and it passes us without a single notice fluttering in our brains. it's just there occupying its own space, it's there serving someone.. but not us, not all of us at the same time, anyway. it means less than nothing, cause for it to mean something or nothing,...
Posted by Silverwings
Jesus Prays in Gethsemane (Mark 14:32-42) 32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. 33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 34 And saith unto them, My soul is ...
Posted by Just Asking
As noted in a previous blog, we do plan on getting going with some more changes hopefully near the end of May. Chat got its overhaul this week and we'll be moving through dev changes in the order of importance to the general member base. We've actually kicked through hundreds of adjustments- some yo...
Posted by nobodylair.37
all of us are make-belief.only the music has the decency to not claim it's realit sways between our lazy fingersand we don't have to knowwhat to feel.all of us are make-belief.flesh and used bonesplaying catch with the seabut we are the drowned stones.
Posted by Just Asking
I was recently having a discussion with the original creator of answerMug. We’re good friends and were basically shooting the sh*t, when he mentioned he had been moderated for cursing here on the site. I don’t remember his exact words, but he conveyed a bit of surprise and said that he&r...
Posted by flipper
The salt shaker falls to the floor crystals disengage a muted trumpet heralds the beginning or is it the end? we sit in the shade winter had kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow Melanie Klein invites us in for tea we talk for an hour. –Gary Freedman, April 15, 2017
Posted by nobodylair.37
you are not one with the universe, but you're lucky enough to feel immersed in it, to swim in its limitless vastness undeterred, for a couple of moments. the entirety of the cosmos; the galaxies, the planets, the sun and the stars are not aware of your existence or theirs. the darkness that encompas...
Posted by Luna Lovegood
You came back and I'm squashing the tendrils of hope.It's very faint but it's there.But so much have changed and I don't know what I want anymore.I don't even know if this is just a sighting, an apparition of what was, what could've been.If it is, then it would've been kinder to just stay away, and ...
Posted by nobodylair.37
I need someome to find me. I don't know who that someone is and I'm not sure of my ability to bestow them with the desire to find me.. but I could really use them right about now.I've always realized I'm an outcast, not necessarily 'different', just someone who doesn't quite belong, what I didn't kn...
Posted by Sugar Skull
The other day I saw a clip from the TV show, Network in which a man states that America is not the greatest, and proceeded to spout facts and figures to support his claim. I decided to do some checking...and here's what I found.We now are rated the 7th best country to live in. we are 6th in qu...
Posted by Madhomemaker
tweatweaI am sad. I am always sad. I try hard not. I try hard to atleast cry and get over it but nothing seems to be working. Nobody can help. And even god who is the only one who can supposedly help me seems like he doesn't want to. Every one I know is waiting for me fail. They hate me they want to...
Posted by Veena.K
Turmeric, an orange or golden colored spice is part of the ginger family and has been a staple spice in Indian cuisine. Turmeric probably originated in India, deriving from the wild species C. aromatica (India, Sri Lanka, E. Himalayas), as this is the area where the greatest diversity of spices...
Posted by Veena.K
Karma is a fundamental mechanism of our existence. It applies to everyone, regardless of belief. Anyone can understand the reasonableness of karma, and all great spiritual authorities have taught the principle of karma: that there are reactions to our actions. In the Bible, for example, we find the ...
Posted by Ritesh
I'm sorry but I'm not coming up with the blog as the section's name suggests. This is a poem written by a friend long time back. Just thought to share with everyone here.. To love is to share life togetherto build special plans just for twoto work side by sideand then smile with prideas one by ...
Posted by Veena.K
Folks, I love everything home made, first of all I have this notion that it is more hygienic and therefore healthy and secondly the satisfaction we get when we make something with our own hands. I've seen my friends spending wastefully on items which can easily be made at home. And it will definitel...
Posted by Luna Lovegood
I've been thinking of you a lot lately.I'm not sure why. I wonder if I cross your mind as often as you cross mine.And it's strange... our relationship was ambiguous.We were friends, but also strangers. I don't even know your last name.We were friends, but also more than friends. You felt something f...
Posted by Luna Lovegood
I wonder... when you come back, will you still be the same person you were?I wonder... when you come back, will it still feel like I've known you my entire life?I wonder... when you come back, will you remember all the stories, the jokes, the secret world we built together?I wonder...Will you even c...
Posted by BlueJay
Valentine’s Day Colors (Red, White & Pink) The Color Red The color red has long been understood to represent life, love, war and death. Interestingly, these passions and experiences of humankind can all be found in the very first account of man in the Bible. The first human life in all creat...
Posted by Marguerite, the Beloved
I see there are many changes on the AM format. I wonder if they are temporary. I can't even ask a question.
Posted by JakobA the unAmerican.
Koukaku no Pandora
Posted by bookerdana
"Give me a U, give me a C...." As Country and the Fish sang at Woodstock. Trump ,PETrump has decided to leave our nuuclear aarsenal "home alone" as Stephen Colbert so abbly put it.I really don't care about the inane Tweets,or the newest rantings about Hollywood actresses,but the security of the nati...
Posted by Just Asking
2016 was one heck of a year and I have to say, I am sure glad to be done with it. I know a lot of you have been asking development/ glitch-related questions and I want to address what’s happening with that. If your curiosity will be satisfied by hearing “We’re working on it,”...
Posted by HamSolo
Last year was very depressing and sad for me and didn't go the way I wanted it to, but I am hoping that I am able to find peace with my self this year and to not be depressed anymore. The reason for my sadness is mostly because I lost a lot of my good friends because of my ex so I am awfully lonely ...
Posted by MaryJanine
1.) Hickory, Dickory, Dock.Three mice ran up the clock.The clock struck one.The other two escaped with minor injuries.2.) The poor dog - he thought his name was Damnit. As in "Sit, damnit! Stay, damnit! Come HERE, damnit!"
Posted by Luna Lovegood
I find myself lying in bed, crying.I go to sleep, with my cheeks still damp from tears.I wake up, and it starts again.I don't know why I cry.I don't know.I just feel this immense sadness inside of me, and they leak out of my eyes.I sleep so much. I sleep so that I can escape.I don't know when this w...
Posted by changingit
Instead of writing blogs, I've been typing out journals in Word and printing out physical copies. I don't visit social sites much anymore, so that's why you're not seeing me around. I hope you're all doing well and enjoying the holidays. Maybe I'll get to posting something here soon. Lemon
Posted by bookerdana
Its the end of the calendar year,that time of when everyone is supposed to be ecstatic...after all we're all receiving DIAMONDS as big as the Ritz and snazzy sports cars with big Christmas bows and all sorts of bling,right?With such silly expectations (I'm not even going to mention resolutions and h...
Posted by changingit
12 December 2016 12:18 PM Monday To Do Today: • Make To-Do list • Masturbate • Wash hands • Dust bedroom • Vacuum house • Scrub bathroom mirror, counter, toilet, floor, shower • Shower • Change...
Posted by CallMeIshmael
What follows is an account of a dream I had 35 years ago. It was of a place I read about after “seeing” (as in a vision) it in the dream. You’ve heard of it; it’s heaven. And you’ve heard the descriptions of it given by people who have had near death e...
Posted by MofG
This site is nice now it sorta reminds me of RS (a game I used to play with my cousins) that is to say the fashion of speech in the pop up notices.. Reminds me of it.. Something about the friendly informative tone :) Anyway I'm back here now again because I'm annoyed at some other site I was on...
Posted by Luna Lovegood
I find myself tempted to cut off ties with people.I am just so tired.I feel like I don't fit with them...or more like I should be only the best version of me.At least if I am alone, I'll know why I feel alone... it's because I made it so.Not because others make me feel that way.
Posted by changingit
Darkness at the break of noonShadows even the silver spoonThe handmade blade, the child's balloonEclipses both the sun and moonTo understand you know too soonThere is no sense in tryingAs pointed threats, they bluff with scornSuicide remarks are tornFrom the fool's gold mouthpiece the hollow h...
Posted by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH
Something has been nagging me of late, and I think I am compelled to pay attention. I am studying, once more, energy modalities. What that means simply put, is that there are different methods of attracting and connecting with power. If you want something and you do not get i...
Posted by changingit
Yeah, I talk about how terrible I feel all the time, but dancing makes me feel really good. I wouldn't be alive if it weren't for good music. Dance the blues out... Let the soul out...
Posted by changingit
Just what you wanted on Thanksgiving Day: another sad story! Well, you can just turn away, now, and have yourself a lovely holiday... Or you can stick around and torture yourself. (Don't bother.) There's nothing much that's new for me to say, really, except I don't know why I am continuo...
Posted by changingit
I drove my car all the way to the edge of the Amazon, then pulled off the road and met with a group. We eventually made it to our destination on a small, square, wooden pallet raft. When we first pulled in to dock, there were big waves that tossed us around and the little raft kept bending with...
Posted by changingit
08 November 2016I grabbed my journal from the desk and scrawled a short introduction, along with the date and time, before handing the journal and pen to you. You sat on my bed, your luggage ready beside you. I told you to write, and to promise you'd be back soon, like the last time you traveled acr...
Posted by Marguerite, the Beloved
I wonder what has happened to Answermug today. You can't post questions, or answer questions, the chat room is gone, and mother seems to work. Perhaps this blog works.
Posted by changingit
I have been staring at this white space for hours, in-between clicks on various YouTube music links. Other clicks, too... Why did I grab the gun? ... My .357 Mag. that usually hides in its holster in that one part of the house that I never go near... Until a little while ago. A little while ag...
Posted by changingit
You stupid f***. You hurt me. You hurt me because you wanted to. You hurt me because you knew how much you were hurting me, and you hurt me anyway. I love you. It's not your fault. I love you so much. You didn't know. You don't understand. You can't understand. You would never hurt me. You...
Posted by Luna Lovegood
I wish I could trust people a little more.I have trouble trusting the ones I love the most... I am convinced that they will hurt me in the end, whether intentionally or unintentionally.I know it stems from a crippling fear of hurt. And I know, I know... You can't go through life without being hurt.b...
Posted by Oscar Wao
I realized recently that I am obsessed with perfection. Just like the villain Cell from dragon ball z. I know that almost nobody of you cool kids watch that, most of you talk either about random stuff, s*x or politics here. So, I doubt many of you will get the reference, but I wanted to mention it n...
Posted by Luna Lovegood
I've been cheating on you, AnswerMug.Just had to get that off my chest. Carry on.
Posted by nobodylair.37
I'm bored. and it amazes me everyday how we've evolved into thinking, creative beings. Composing music, dancing, creating buildings, questioning each other's motives, lying to each other, falling in love and articulating it in words and sounds and similes.. falling out of love and inventing new ways...
Posted by Marguerite, the Beloved
The election of 2016 is over. For that, I am grateful. America is waking up to a new day and a new president-elect. The shock is that, that man is Donald Trump. It is difficult even to write this blog. How does a person handle shock? The first thing is a thought of non-belief. We say, "That can't be...
Posted by changingit
"I Question Social Norms"... I would like to say that I challenge them, but I don't actively try to change anything. I "be myself" and complain about how challenging it is to be myself. In January of 2015 I stopped shaving my underarms, mostly due to skin irritation, and by June 2016 I had...
Posted by changingit
I haven't been here in a while. It's been over two weeks since I last posted anything here, even a comment. My boyfriend came to visit me from across the country and every time he's here, time stops. I just want to be with him. Needless to say, he's gone again, and I'm back to writing and putt...
Posted by peaceofmind50
Heck.. I am still unsure what thumos actually is. I must admit today was the first day I encountered the word. I wonder what your take on thumos is? I wrote something about it down below, my insane brain was triggered by finding an article on thumos today, lol.The ancient greek word THUMOS (spirited...
Posted by RainNomad
I'm sure many of you have experienced one of those days, the type of days you can only describe as "blah". Those days when your mind is blank, you're just going with the motion, not really fighting the flow or doing much of anything. All I want to do is sleep or just lay down and stare into sp...
Posted by peaceofmind50
This country has hit rock bottom...My thoughts...A society crumbles when the very soul and integrity of its citizens ceases to exist. There is not a government in creation which will satisfy a citizenry devoid of virtue or critical thought. When a society chooses moral relativism over truth, it devo...
Posted by Luna Lovegood
It used to throw me for a loop when people would ask me what my best childhood memory was.... I don't have much that I can remember, much less label as "best memory".Is it because my memory was deteriorating? The memories I can remember was only because of some strong emotional reaction I had attach...
Posted by Madeleine
Hello again,Just popping in (to the new site!) to say hi! (have you missed me?!)I've moved house - I'm now living in my own home finally! (after 6 years of renting, horrible landlords and moving multiple times) So that's the good news.Less good news is that my mum, who has multiple health issues has...
Posted by peaceofmind50
My latest foray into jogging was a night jog which I did 4.5 miles in 38 minutes negotiating the cracked sidewalks a city presents to a runner. I followed that up with 500, 58.5 lb curls in 55 minutes. Total workout time 93 minutes. Curls done with 2 inch 38.5 lb olympic bar plus two ten lb weights....
Posted by Vetrov
The Index. The original manuscript of this memoir is missing and all copies scattered. Only the index remains. The page numbers provide a chronological sequence and persons are identified by initials only. A Alcoholism, battle with, 130-135 family history of 17-19 AB, decides to move in with, 356-...
Posted by Vetrov
It was close to midnight and I couldn't sleep. She was lying behind me, cupping my stomach with her left hand. While a single rivulet of sweat slowly trickled from between her thighs into my natal cleft. It was as if our secretions were trying to find their lowest gradient. I was totally in lov...
Posted by Vetrov
She suddenly remembered a happy time from her childhood when her Father told her she was going to have vanilla ice cream. He put her in the back seat of a cab and took her to a small office on the edge of town. She was only four years old and didn't understand fear. They made her sit down in...
Posted by Luna Lovegood
Sometimes I feel like I am two people.One is a scared little girl, always trying to run away from things that seems dangerous.The other is the woman, who reassures the little girl all the time."It's okay, nothing to fear..."I think the hardest part is when the woman herself feels scared, there reall...
Posted by Vetrov
Our tour guide was Agnes and she was the most beautiful woman l had ever seen. Tall, dark, deathly sexy. And wearing cork clog shoes, which hadn't been in fashion since the seventies.Once the bus was in motion she stood up and began reading the names on her list and when she came to my pa...
Posted by Vetrov
My favourite pianist was gay The most famous pianist was gay My favourite writer was gay My best friend in high school was gay My favourite actor was gay My favourite actress is gay The teacher who taught me feminism at university and his boyfriend were gay I fell in love with a lesbia...
Posted by Vetrov
In Our First week of dating My true love gave to me: A Bad Case of Genital Herpes In Our Second week of dating My true love gave to me: Chlamydia And a Bad Case of Genital Herpes In Our Third week of dating My true love gave to me: Tertiary Syphilis Chlamydia And a Bad Case...
Posted by changingit
Shallow, hollow gold Reap from your lover's eyes Coat your mind with it Slip in to stay asleep Set the tea to steep in Let light shine but keep from distilled wine Arm in arm we drink Tongues flick teeth and weathered glass to bleed of life...
Posted by Vetrov
The train to PraguePassed near DresdenThat hot eveningIn July 2010Through the same Euclidian SpaceA fourteen-year-old LillyanneHad sat inWith her MotherThe Grandmother I never metWho died a few months laterBut not because ofThe 750,000 phosphorus bombsAnd 1300 Flying FortressesSent a day laterBut in...
Posted by Vetrov
0.00001 (chance of falling in love in next two hours)0.000000001 (chance of getting struck by lightning)0.0000000000140 (odds of winning national lottery)O.00000000000645876347888 (Planks Constant)0.00000000000000000000000000001 (fuck all)0.000000000000000000000000000002 (two tenths of fuck all)
Posted by Vetrov
What a difference a day makesWhat a difference an hour makesWhat a different a minute makesWhat a difference a second makesWhat a difference a millisecond makesWhat a difference microsecond makesWhat a difference a nanosecond makesWhat a difference a picosecond makesNow we can actually see important...
Posted by Paige42986
I am flat out down right exhausted! My emotions are all over the map lately because just when I think finally I am going to have some answers to my health problems another problem crops up! I am so tired of fighting with the doctors for the last 3 years to get what i need to see how bad my neck and ...
Posted by changingit
Sh*t. I found something that makes sense to me. It's scary. But. It's a very good general description of my life, especially my adult life. Sh*t. I hate titles, I refuse that psychologist bullsh*t, I'm not my mother... But... Wow. I'm basically posting the entire Wikipedia article here (more of my o...
Posted by Just Asking
We’ve been here for nearly three weeks now and most of you have settled in. (YAY!) Here’s a quick update on where things are at and what you need to know now... If you take nothing else away from this, know these three things: #1 The FAQ section is your friend. Look for it in t...
Posted by changingit
Wow. I'm eavesdropping (with consent) over the phone while my together-thing is out to dinner with his family, thousands of miles of away. I am not used to so much commotion! It's a little intimidating. I haven't met any of them yet, although I'd like to, and I hope to soon. It calls to attention ho...
Posted by Oscar Wao
Ever since I gained awareness when I was 4 years old I have dealt with huge feelings of envy and inferiority regarding my peers.They were stronger, faster, and funnier than me. And some of those jackasses were even smarter than me, although I wasn't dumb. I always was the second kid in class in term...
Posted by changingit
Do you want me? Want to love me? Want, want, wanting is so sad. I love you, but how could this last? My feelings are unfounded, but it's all I've ever known--I know it'll hurt, I crave that fleeting rush. Won't it hurt? You don't want to hurt me, I know. But I'll end up alone, whether the mercy runs...
Posted by JosephinaBallerina
My garden is carpeted with apples; an autumnal blanket across my lawn. Bruised and broken fruit, gently decay. And I can no longer tell when I fell for you, or when I saw the autumnal sun echoed in your eyes. If 'this' was in the movies we would kick our way through leaves in the park on a first da...
Posted by changingit
This morning I laid in bed for hours listening to the rain fall. I woke up at four, six, and seven o'clock, but I didn't roll out of bed until eleven. Then I put on some sweats and a fluffy sweater, and I went to the Mexican bakery downtown and got pastries and a coffee. The bill was only two d...
Posted by Silverwings
Our country> USA, wastes tons and tons of food each day, while millions still remain hungry. USDA and EPA both feel it is time to change this situation, and something that baffles me is that the Rockefeller Foundation is getting on the bandwagon too, to the tune of 39 Million Dollars. This amazes...
Posted by changingit
Non-believer Non-whatever Put a word down, and then put a "non-" in front of it, and that's probably me. I'm not what people expect. It's not a matter of deliberate aversion to the norm, I simply cannot be anything other than myself, and I'm not sure I believe in anything at all. Ex...
Posted by Luna Lovegood
It's wonderful, isn't it?When two people connect, and you build a secret world with a language that only the two of you understand.It builds and builds, and suddenly what was once a vague imagining becomes this vibrant world, built by hours and hours of conversation.And then one day.... it just stop...
Posted by changingit
Down on my knees I love to please Don't you like what I do for you?Won't you come through for me?I don't believe in love when it's not mineThere's something about youThat might be fine Addicted and I know what that meansI am yours in my dreamsCan't you see me in just y...
Posted by changingit
There is something wrong with me the world.I only love am addicted to need want you.I don't feel right in all I do don't do. You're okay? You're not responsible for the way that I feel. ... Why'd you leave me like that? It's not that you left, being alone is good, ...
Posted by Just Asking
Woah. I don't even know where to start. This has been one heck of an adventure and I'm very grateful you guys have been along for the ride.I will preface this by saying that answerMug is not run as a business (as if that couldn't be more painfully obvious at this point lol). It was given to me ...
Posted by Just Asking
I should have known you'd bid me farewellThere's a lesson to be learned from this and I learned it very wellNow, I know you're not the only starfish in the seaIf I never hear your name again, it's all the same to meAnd I think it's gonna be alrightYeah, the worst is over nowThe mornin' sun is shinin...
Posted by changingit
Excerpt from today's journal: 05 October 2016 2:00 PMI should've been up and productive hours ago. Instead, I stayed in bed, dozing in and out of consciousness with the rain falling outside all morning. There's a clear break now, with sun poking through, but I have to get ready for work. I...
Posted by Luna Lovegood
I hate that I have to fight so hard to ignore that voice in my head...That destructive whisper, just saying all these hurtful things.Most days I live peacefully with it. It's there, it's always there. I just know that I don't need to listen to it.Some days that whisper seems like a roar, noisily sho...
Posted by Baybreeze
I have had issues trusting men for many years, and I also had a dad who treated me quite poorly, drank, physically hit me, etc.. but lately, I have seena number of men out and about with their kids, many of them young kids , baby to 6 yrs old, and each one I've seen consistently kissed, talked...
Posted by changingit
Why am I always the fool? ... Wait. That's not right! You're the fool; I gave you the chance. And now, your chance is up! ... Wait. It's not that easy. I want to be furious, I want to think you're bad for me, but I still love you.
Posted by changingit
I don't really have the energy to write right now, but I'm going to try to form words in a somewhat coherent pattern. My brain was off today. I stood in a space of no larger than five square feet and stared blankly at the nothingness in front of me, aisles of junk that nobody needs, ringing up custo...
Posted by Transquesta
Damnit, where are the Glitter Bunnies!? I want Glitter Bunnies!! Waaaaaanh!!!That is all. :-)
Posted by Just Asking
Hi all, The past 48 hours has been a whirlwind of activity, but Mug 2.0 is up and alive. As previously noted, you will need to use the “Forgot Password” option to log in the first time. We are still missing groups. They imported, but they failed to recognize whic...
Posted by Just Asking
Hi all, We are still battling with a series of glitches on our site that have locked some people out and it seems to be related to the IP address. Many muggers, including myself, are using VPNs and mobile devices to access the site in the interim, but the tech team is aware and working on i...
Posted by ambivalent Friability
I've fallen to a new low. Really let myself go. I just applied nail polish without a basecoat. As a self proclaimed "Polish Enthusiast" I feel as though I've committed a crime. Any nail polisher worth their weight in acetone knows you apply basecoat, colour, then topcoat (unless your colour h...
Posted by Just Asking
Sorry about the blip, guys! answerMug runs on a cloud platform called Ning, which was owned by Mode Media until yesterday. They announced they sold Ning to another company and then abruptly shut their doors. The new company was apparently doing some backend work today, perhaps migr...
Posted by Luna Lovegood
When we hugged goodbye, you had squeezed me a little tighter than necessary. I was transported to the past for a second. That 21 year old me would've been ecstatic to be in your arms. It would've been everything she dreamed of, being held by you, someone she had cared for so deeply, and thought abou...
Posted by Just Asking
Our end of July deadline for wrapping up the new site came and went. Here we are and it's almost September. Where are those new features we promised we'd release?!? The shortened version is that we really want our refresh to be a seamless transition for everyone, and the redesign just isn't...
Posted by Oscar Wao
Hello. It has been a while since the last time we spoke. I would estimate 5 years approximately. I have been thinking about that last conversation we had. I assume that you won't remember it. I regret everything I said or did. I was not ready for you. Most likely I am not ready to be with anyone, ev...
Posted by Oscar Wao
I was reading a news website some days ago, and I found a curious article about a man that apparently is 120 years old, I think he is an Indian, by looking at his physical appearance. As you can expect the reporters asked him about how he managed to survive for so long, and he gave a curious answer ...
Posted by Just Asking
Revamping the site has been a long very long insanely long process. My original goal was to have us up and running with the better features at the end of July. That was my "padded" end date. I really thought we'd be done long before that, but the more we messed with the site, the more we found ...
Posted by ambivalent Friability
I had good intentions and I was "doing the right thing" doing what was "best for me" despite fearing and loathing it all. I was willing to make a sacrifice for myself. There were no plans for self-sabotage. Which I don't think has ever happened before. ...I always leave at least a little wiggle room...
Posted by Just Asking
My mom’s side of the family are what I would call “casino people.” They’d go a couple times a month. My grandpa had his casino money built into his budget. When he did well, he’d never say a word, but if he did poorly, he’d say, “I bought the Indians some ...
Posted by Cezar
Playlist:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSYOyNvCFPQ&list=PLoLytQk_WG5IjRnx6ikufsX9unhiNaVMc
Posted by Just Asking
answerMug officially launched March 4, 2012. The site was originally a spin-off site created by a former member of Answerbag, known as “Wey” or “Weylon.” This is how it looked Aug 7, 2012, when there were 107 members... probably all people from Answerbag. If ...
Posted by Just Asking
Find more photos like this on answerMug https://answermug.com/photo/albums/answermug-2-0 ; Hi all, I just wanted to give you a quick update on where we're at with the new site. We're getting closer! Thank you to everyone who has helped out so far. I really appreciate it.&n...
Posted by Luna Lovegood
I noticed that I write my best posts when I'm unhappy. But today I feel something as close to contentment as I've ever gotten. I don't know how to frame how I feel in flowery sentences and unique combination of words. I am not familiar enough with this feeling as I was wit...
Posted by Just Asking
My mom was deemed "mentally incompetent" following her stroke. There are a million things that highlight this, like today, when her arm slipped under her seat belt strap and she couldn't figure out how to remove it. Or, like the fact that she swears people are stealing stuff from her room, ...
Posted by ambivalent Friability
It's been almost exactly 7 months and I still think of him every day. I don't know what to do with that. I suppose if I were to over-simplify it, I'd say I'd rather him be here, regardless of any complications that might arise. I've said before that I hate when people come and go come...
Posted by Oscar Wao
I was browsing the web a few days ago I read some motivational post somewhere about Steve jobs giving a graduation speech at some University in USA. It was focused on using the limited time we have on earth to its fullest, focusing the speech on one question Steve made to himself and shared with th...
Posted by Oscar Wao
"For the curse of life, is the curse of want" This is a quote from a videogame, dark souls 2. It may be from a digital form of entertainment, but the phrase resonates with me. About the general problems of human condition. Most people are slaves to their wants and that includes me, unfortunately. W...
Posted by Luna Lovegood
I fall in love with words. I fall in love with beautiful phrases and thoughts. And I lose sight of what is real, and get lost in a fantasy. Then I hit the ground and wham, reality. With all its debris around me.
Posted by Just Asking
I had the strangest day today. I felt an awful lot like Alice must have after she went down the rabbit hole. I worked through the morning and visited with you wonderful folks. The afternoon I reserved for picking up my kid’s medical records- their pediatrician just passed away and the office m...
Posted by Oscar Wao
The nickname I chose for this site has an interesting story, yet I cannot disclose it completely to avoid spoiling the fun for anyone that gets interested in knowing more. Oscar Wao is the main character of the last book I read. "The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao". He is a dominican-american fa...
Posted by ambivalent Friability
I've never watched myself in a state of dissociation with this much awareness before. It's almost an oxymoron. I wouldn't mind getting out of here, though I do find myself watching with a morbid sense of curiosity. Also, I'm reminded of my former self, or more accurately, the self I spend so much o...
Posted by Luna Lovegood
I find that there are days when I can be positive, an optimist, then comes the plunge. There are always highs and lows. The lows are always rough to fight through. I always say that the lows make me appreciate the highs all the more. But when I'm there... it always feels like a battle that takes a b...
Posted by Luna Lovegood
My friend of 15 years got married today, and I was one of her bridesmaids. As part of the "inner circle", I was of course privy to a lot of events that not everyone gets to witness. One of which is where, as part of local tradition, the father of the bride gives away his daughter by recitin...
Posted by ambivalent Friability
It would appear I've broken my therapist. I've never met a more genuinely positive and enthusiastic-about-life person. She seems to have taken a conscious step away from me. Though I understand, there's a part of me that feels betrayed. It's hard not to. Emotions aren't entirely rati...
Posted by Luna Lovegood
A sense of humour does a world of good. The ability to laugh over some of the bitter things in life is invaluable. I've learned that I need to be able to find humour in most situations, just to make it easier to handle. And then there are times that someone making me laugh is enough to pull me out o...
Posted by Just Asking
Hi all, For those of you unaware, answerMug is a very tiny outfit. The site was founded by a member from a corporate online community and has been privately funded ever since it's inception. It is also built on a modular system, tied together with numerous other networks. This is a great wa...
Posted by ambivalent Friability
I spend every day moving from one distraction to the next. In between distractions I sleep. I don't sleep to rest, nothing gives me rest, I sleep to escape. I've slept away the last 5 years. Sometimes I'm glad I never took to abusing drugs or alcohol. If I abused either in place of trying to evade l...
Posted by Luna Lovegood
I sometimes wonder why I find myself on this site. Some people may accuse me of running away from real life... In a way I do, I guess. The feeling of being a square peg trying to fit in a round hole goes away when I am on here.
Posted by Luna Lovegood
I don't think I've experienced actual loss in my life. I've lost friendships. I've lost pets. Family? Sure.. I've lost family. My grandparents are gone but I was still too young to feel actual loss. I remember thinking, "Ok it feels weird not having grandfather around anymore." I b...
Posted by ambivalent Friability
It's fine being drunk on the weekend But it's finer being drunk all week I feel good I feel bad I don't know I miss my mom and my dadAnd I see hellfire in your rosy cheekI watch you go byAnd I watch you I watch you go by And I watch youI watch you go byAnd I watch ...
Posted by Luna Lovegood
We can't always keep looking back and wonder if you're doing the right thing. Someone once said to me, "even if you are stumbling in the dark, if you are stumbling forward, that is still progress." So I continue stumbling. I continue following this path that I find myself on, even though it feels li...
Posted by Luna Lovegood
Change is inevitable. One of the most clichéd sayings (which I detest) is "the only constant in the world is change." I don't know why I detest it so much, because it is true. Maybe I hate the idea of change. I like staying with the familiar. I always look back to my past self and think, "Oh ...
Posted by ambivalent Friability
I'm sitting on my kitchen table watching the sun come up. Some of my only good memories with my dad are of me and him watching the sun come up early in the morning, around 5am, before he went to work. There's something special about Spring sunrises in particular. &...
Posted by ambivalent Friability
It's funny what missing someone will do to you sometimes. You'll forget about how they inadvertently added to your madness, you'll risk it all, become unbound, all just to talk to them again. To have them back.
Posted by ambivalent Friability
Phoenix In The Meantime Rising I feel like my flame has gone out. My passion. My desire for anything. Small as it was, my flame kept my soul from becoming cold, damp, and dark. It was in essence, my drive. The ferocity and adamant, downright, bold faced refusal to accept defeat. It was a k...
Posted by ambivalent Friability
All I ever want is for someone to care about me. But when someone does I'm too blinded by fear to see it. Until it's too late; even then I'm still not certain.
Posted by ambivalent Friability
I can't be the only one for whom missing someone and longing for them becomes more painful over time for a long, long time before it begins to wane.
Posted by Just Asking
Hi all, I just wanted to give you a quick update. As you probably know, we really want to implement some features, like on-site notifications, a better like system, and perhaps even an app or better mobile functionality. These things cost money that we just don’t have yet. We...
Posted by Just Asking
answerMug is my utopia. I was born and raised in a small Midwestern town that probably had fewer citizens than answerMug has members now. Though I presently live in a good-sized city, I still carry many of the values I picked up in my youth. I love people of all types, I try to be considerate, and I...
Posted by Just Asking
Are you trusting enough to let hundreds of strangers write on your naked body? Are you brave enough to couch surf in the homes of strangers? These are a few of the things Amanda Palmer talks about doing in “The Art of Asking.” If you haven’t seen the TED Talk, it’s well wor...
Posted by Just Asking
This posting is a poem written by a fellow Mugger... Is Revenge Sweet? Sometimes getting revenge seems like the right thing to do. To even the score for what someone has done to you. When you've been wronged, you want to make them pay. They had their moment and now you want your...
Posted by Just Asking
There are some personal things I don't really talk about online and it's generally stuff that makes me emotional. I've been very absent lately, and the reason why falls into that category, but I'll explain why anyway. Some of you know me from another website, which I mostly disappeared from...
Posted by Just Asking
For those of you who aren't familiar, Poet Laureate Joe is an anonymous poet who occasionally slides me his works and allows me to share them with you. This is his latest installment. START WITH A CLEAN SLATE We are all born to begin with a clean slate.With the chances that we could do som...
Posted by Just Asking
For those of you who don't know, the past year has been an incredibly difficult one for me. I won't get into the hows or whys, but I've known for a long time that I would have to move. However, moving meant I would have to give up the home I'd lived in for more than a decade. The only home two of my...
Posted by Just Asking
As I sit here at my trusty laptop, my hands are still shaking. Sometimes, it helps me process things better to write and sometimes I think my experiences can help others, so, even though I'm still reeling, being here and sharing it seems like the thing to do. There's no way to convey this morning's ...
Posted by Just Asking
ARE MOTHS INSANE? By the omnipresent Anonymous Poet Laureate Joe!!! I often wonder why moths come out at night. Then proceed to go searching for some light. It would be easier if they would awake in the day. But for reasons unknown they prefer the hard way. In the daytime there is ligh...
Posted by Just Asking
It's the kick-off day of our first-ever blogging contest here on answerMug. I'm really hoping to see a variety of familiar and new avatars creeping over to this section. I'm not really sure why some people steer clear of blogging, because it's the most versatile form of communication we have h...
Posted by Just Asking
Every now and again, something happens that jolts us- a life-altering event that has the power to change everything. Sometimes, we have control over the event or we cause it, like a new job or a marriage. Sometimes, we’re powerless, such as when death or illness strikes. I remember the early ...
Posted by Just Asking
For those of you unfamiliar with Joe's work, the Anonymous Poet Laureate Joe!!! is a writer who occasionally sends me poetry to share with you all. I have failed him. Shame on me. Posting a few works of his today that I have been selfishly keeping for myself. Sorry, Joe!!!. ...
Posted by Just Asking
For those of you unfamiliar with Joe's work, the Anonymous Poet Laureate Joe!!! is a writer who occasionally sends me poetry to share with you all. I have failed him. Shame on me. Posting a few works of his today that I have been selfishly keeping for myself. Sorry, Joe!!!. ...
Posted by Just Asking
For those of you unfamiliar with Joe's work, the Anonymous Poet Laureate Joe!!! is a writer who occasionally sends me poetry to share with you all. This is the latest one... TRUST There are people you like and those you love. But trust is one thing that is set above. If you...
Posted by Just Asking
I was recently inspired to come up with a list of normal household expenses, including the types of insurance a "financially responsible"person might consider. This isn't exactly a scientific (some data came from as far back as 2012- I pulled the most recent numbers I could find) or all-inclus...
Posted by Just Asking
I realized last weekend that I didn’t want to be nice anymore. I have always been the chick with the rose-colored glasses (Randy D would be so proud of me for remembering the hyphen there) and for the most part, I feel it’s served me well. Of course, I struggle with being kin...
Posted by Just Asking
This isn't my work... it's from another AMer who asked me to post it. THE FAMED H TROOP I heard about the Indians terrorizing families on the plain. Thinking some of the stories of those attacks seemed insane. I had heard how they tortured and killed settlers with little d...
Posted by Just Asking
Those of you who know me may already be a bit familiar with my unique parenting style. Some of you applaud it while others are convinced my offspring are sure to become tyrants. In truth, nobody knows if they are parenting properly until the work is done. Tonight, as I slipped away from ...
