Comments for Strictly for Pleasure http://strictlyforpleasure.wordpress.com Let's up the hedonism. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:18:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Righteous Babe by Tracy Madigan http://strictlyforpleasure.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/righteous-babe/#comment-126 Tracy Madigan Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:15:51 +0000 http://strictlyforpleasure.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-126 Jenny, You write with vulnerability and a desire that knows reality, but still favors hope...and you put it all out there. Which makes you very Ani...beautiful and brave. I am so happy to know you. T Jenny,

You write with vulnerability and a desire that knows reality, but still favors hope…and you put it all out there. Which makes you very Ani…beautiful and brave. I am so happy to know you.

T

]]> Comment on This one’s for Mandy by Mandy http://strictlyforpleasure.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/this-ones-for-mandy/#comment-119 Mandy Thu, 29 May 2008 04:30:49 +0000 http://strictlyforpleasure.wordpress.com/?p=102#comment-119 Eeeee!!! Pandas!!! Thanks for thinking of me. Eeeee!!! Pandas!!! Thanks for thinking of me.

]]> Comment on Musings on Happiness and Self Awareness by maryam in marrakesh http://strictlyforpleasure.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/musings-on-happiness-and-self-awareness/#comment-113 maryam in marrakesh Sat, 17 May 2008 20:53:50 +0000 http://strictlyforpleasure.wordpress.com/?p=107#comment-113 This was fascinating. I believe so much in the golden self rule and the power and amazingness of living life at risk. We should all be moving towards making real the life we have imagined. This was fascinating. I believe so much in the golden self rule and the power and amazingness of living life at risk. We should all be moving towards making real the life we have imagined.

]]> Comment on Musings on Happiness and Self Awareness by Lloyd http://strictlyforpleasure.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/musings-on-happiness-and-self-awareness/#comment-112 Lloyd Sat, 17 May 2008 13:26:27 +0000 http://strictlyforpleasure.wordpress.com/?p=107#comment-112 Your essay on hedonism and happiness is great, but leaves me with a question: by what principle do you define a difference between what you refer to as hedonism (or hedonic) and any other kind of pursuit that ends in pleasure? Are happiness, joy, love, elation, bliss, delight, jubilation, exultation, a feeling of accomplishment, a sense of purpose, a sense of direction, a sense of wellbeing, a sense of belonging, not all pleasurable? I have seen that we do not use words related to hedonism in the same way as their original meanings, mainly due to those guilt (pain) feelings you mentioned, but does that make our modern usage right and the original wrong? There must be more we find pleasure in than the raw pursuit of sexual experiences, but it seems like we nowadays must confine our thinking to that. Your essay on hedonism and happiness is great, but leaves me with a question: by what principle do you define a difference between what you refer to as hedonism (or hedonic) and any other kind of pursuit that ends in pleasure? Are happiness, joy, love, elation, bliss, delight, jubilation, exultation, a feeling of accomplishment, a sense of purpose, a sense of direction, a sense of wellbeing, a sense of belonging, not all pleasurable?

I have seen that we do not use words related to hedonism in the same way as their original meanings, mainly due to those guilt (pain) feelings you mentioned, but does that make our modern usage right and the original wrong? There must be more we find pleasure in than the raw pursuit of sexual experiences, but it seems like we nowadays must confine our thinking to that.

]]> Comment on Yes We Can by i matter damnit http://strictlyforpleasure.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/yes-we-can/#comment-97 i matter damnit Fri, 16 May 2008 14:38:55 +0000 http://strictlyforpleasure.wordpress.com/?p=78#comment-97 i like matt...i want to play his game i like matt…i want to play his game

]]> Comment on Strictly for Daydreaming. by John http://strictlyforpleasure.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/strictly-for-daydreaming/#comment-95 John Fri, 09 May 2008 04:08:36 +0000 http://strictlyforpleasure.wordpress.com/?p=90#comment-95 You will have it all, I'll see to it. : ) You will have it all, I’ll see to it. : )

]]> Comment on Wanderlust. by maryam in marrakesh http://strictlyforpleasure.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/wanderlust/#comment-86 maryam in marrakesh Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:45:07 +0000 http://strictlyforpleasure.wordpress.com/?p=88#comment-86 oh man, that is so sucky. I am so sorry. oh man, that is so sucky. I am so sorry.

]]> Comment on A Reduction in Pleasure by Mandy http://strictlyforpleasure.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/a-reduction-in-pleasure/#comment-85 Mandy Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:24:58 +0000 http://strictlyforpleasure.wordpress.com/?p=82#comment-85 Oh sweetie. I'm so sorry it has been so rough for you. I give you full permission to whine and wallow and be completely and totally selfish until you feel like doing otherwise. Oh sweetie. I’m so sorry it has been so rough for you. I give you full permission to whine and wallow and be completely and totally selfish until you feel like doing otherwise.

]]> Comment on I feel boring. And horribly predictable. by Mandy http://strictlyforpleasure.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/i-feel-boring-and-horribly-predictable/#comment-69 Mandy Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:30:00 +0000 http://strictlyforpleasure.wordpress.com/?p=80#comment-69 Wow, I'm really white. I've definitely threatened to move to Canada and I want multilingual kids. Wow, I’m really white. I’ve definitely threatened to move to Canada and I want multilingual kids.

]]> Comment on Yes We Can by Jenny http://strictlyforpleasure.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/yes-we-can/#comment-66 Jenny Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:08:49 +0000 http://strictlyforpleasure.wordpress.com/?p=78#comment-66 That's just plain negative. That’s just plain negative.

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