Hollywood

[pjthompson]

Random quote of the day:

“Hollywood is wonderful. Anyone who doesn’t like it is either crazy or sober.”

—Raymond Chandler, quoted in Hollywood Remembered by Paul Zollo



Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Comments

[whythehellnot]

Or possibly crazy sober?

That is what I feel I am after over 18 months of very rare indulgence. I think I have had maybe six glasses of wine and a couple shots of Scotch in that entire time. I'm not at all a heavy drinker, but I do sometimes think that in trying to avoid indulging out of stress, grief or pain, it IS possible to err to much in the other direction.

Crazy sober isn't NEARLY as much fun as crazy drunk. Just saying...

[pjthompson]

Oh, I don't think his joke referred to the benefits of sobriety vs. insobriety. I think it referred to the venality of working in Hollywood.

As to your other point, I'd agreed that yes--unless one has an addiction one is trying to cure or a disease that precludes drinking--too much sobriety can be as harmful as too little.

[whythehellnot]

True, true. Oddly enough, we've drank SO damned little since cancer therapy began - I'm having a helluva time convincing myself that the "Yay, fall rains!" celebratory Scotch would be ok!? Odd, odd, and sad.

[pjthompson]

I've had to give up most of my drinking because of a stomach condition but I think the occasional whisky is okay. What hurts worse is that I've had to give up coffee. GODS, how I love coffee.

[whythehellnot]

I drink coffee as a poor substitute for tea - which I HAD to give up due to allergy issues, so I definitely sympathize with losing a favored beverage!

[pjthompson]

Ironically, I am not bothered by tea so I've switched my caffeine consumption to black tea. But it's not the same.

[whythehellnot]

LOL, and THAT is precisely how I feel about coffee instead of tea! I never drank coffee till I was 45 years old.

[pjthompson]

I have been a coffee addict since I was 16, alas. *sigh*

[whythehellnot]

Today was no coffee. My physical revealed crazy cholesterol counts, out of bounds for my usual diet. My inactivity could be the issue; but I had a mad idea because no doc EVER yelled about that LDL count till I was 47. By then, I was cutting sweets, eating healthier and exercising more. Then I realized some people react to COFFEE that way - I began drinking coffee just two years before the doctor began fretting. So six months of trial to see if dropping that alone affects my LDL.