What Makes You Tick?

[feather240]

I've been thinking about some crazy stuff well surfing (drowning in) the internet, and I started to wonder, what keeps me going? Why don't I just fall in a comma and stay that way for the rest of my life imagining all of life's pleasures, but I figured it out. What keeps me going is the fact that one of these days, one of these days, someone who is cruel to me will push me to far, and I'll snap! Then when I wake up and the doctors are pumping drugs in my blood I'll fight them off and hijack an ambulance! This is the only thing that keeps me sane.

So what keeps you from going insane? Is it family, friends, self righteous, or even strudel? Just post what prevents you from falling off the deep end. Nobody really cares, but you can laugh at peoples selfish and disturbing reasons.

 

[Neonbob]

The fact that I can laugh at just about anything, no matter how dark and horrible it may be to others.
And I don't want to spare the rest of the world having to deal with me.

 

[LongAndShort]

Meat.

 

[Aardvark]

The mechanical device in my chest that keeps all the chains, cogs and gears running like clockwork.

 

[This-is-Hip-Hop]

Becoming a Master Chef, I only got 2 and a Half years of Culinary school 20 plus years of Kitchen Experience, and a broad knoweldge of all regional tastes to go! That and my desire to have my own White Picket Fence some day.

-This-is-Hip-Hop

 

[The_Echo]

All the things I'm interested in. Games, old TV (When it wasn't so shitty.), good books, and all the quirky nerdiness that resides in Japan.

 

[MasterSqueak]

This pizza place about 5 minutes away, they have the best pizza ever.

I carry on, knowing that I need to be alive to eat there.

 

[Neonbob]

The fact that one day, I'll be rid of all these assholes and possibly kill them all. Yes, my username is correct.

The fact that I can laugh at just about anything, no matter how dark and horrible it may be to others.
And I don't want to spare the rest of the world having to deal with me.

DEAD BABIES!

Laugh at that!

Oh please. I thought you would give me a challenge.
Dead babies are easy to laugh at.
No matter how insensitive it may be.

 

[AmrasCalmacil]

Becoming a Master Chef, I only got 2 and a Half years of Culinary school 20 plus years of Kitchen Experience, and a broad knoweldge of all regional tastes to go! That and my desire to have my own White Picket Fence some day.

-This-is-Hip-Hop

Damnit. I thought you said Master Chief.

Mainly the fact that if I were to bludgeon and eat several people I'd go to prison.

That scares me a little. Although I suppose being a murderous cannibal in juvie would be pretty creepy.

 

[Monkfish Acc.]

... I got nothing.

Maybe that means I have already gone insane?
General consensus seems to think so.

 

[Scarecrow38]

I have no idea. I just follow the plan. Uni degree, career, family and so on. Constant pursuit of the deeper pleasures and satisfactions of life. And also a sense of pride.

 

[lee1287]

nothing.

 

[NewClassic_v1legacy]

Despite that this thread is probably filling, and bound to be filled with, joke answers, I'm going to take a break from my usual moral-laden narrative and be blunt and honest.

Every day I wake up and start going out of a sense of routine. The alarm clock sirens, I get up, and start following the routine that's been years in the making and will further reinforce itself for years to come. As the day goes on, though, I'll usually remember why I'm living, rather than the routine that comes with simply being alive. The thing that keeps me going is an understanding that I have friends who rely on me as much as I rely on them, and their company makes me a better person. I also hope I make them a better person by proxy.

Compared to that unerringly important facet, the rest of life seems to pale in comparison. Although I'll admit to a certain level of selfishness in hoping to achieve my personal goals before my life is concluded. Perhaps I'll have earned a witty etching on my tombstone, better yet if I also consider myself wise and clever enough to write it personally.

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

Metal! And music in general. I play music, I listen to music, I learn about music. This and my philosiphy : Live to enjoy. I'm just doing what ever I can to have fun, and I can't do that in a comma, so no insanity for me...yet.

 

[Noamuth]

My family and friends, as cheesy as it is.

A few weeks ago, I had the most amazing morning with my girlfriend, talking about how we wanted to buy a place together and just build a future together.
Later that day, I got to drive for the first time into the mountains to see my aunt, uncle and cousins, who I hadn't seen in about a year, and it was fantastic. Just having stupid fun, riding on my uncle's Harley, eating too much pizza.. So great.

In the evening, I went to my best friend's house, another person who I hadn't seen in a long time, and we stayed up, drinking and playing Guitar Hero, playing guitar and singing.

.. The day after, when I came home again, I couldn't believe myself when I actually thought 'this is what I'm living and striving for!'. Yes, I'm struggling to find a job, to get motivated, and things are getting me down..

But none of the shit matters. I'm moving on, and it is these beautiful, awesome people that keep me ticking.

..

Dear GOD, I could make a toasted sandwich, that is so cheesy. Wow. I'm going now.

 

[dontworryaboutit]

The knowledge that my duties in this mortal coil remain unfinished and that others rely on my continued existence.

 

[ShadowKatt]

My iron clad willpower keeps me from going insane. Insanity is a weakness in mental capacity, and I shall be stronger than the crazy!

 

[traceur_]

Chocolate custard, Pepsi Max and McDonald's is my primary fuel source.

 

[grimsprice]

i'm fallowing Fords example and have chosen to go insane for a while. I will be spending some time talking to inanimate objects, tho i expect a great deal of conversations with birtch trees will get bogged down.

 

[GenHellspawn]

Copious amounts of chocolate milk and Captain Crunch. I'm surprised I can still chew.