Drink or
read a book. If I'm really stressed I'll rage inarticulately. If I'm super duper stressed I'll watch some Supernatural. Most of the time though I'm just a boiling pot of seething silence
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 16:23, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I love drinking and I love reading
but I find them to be mutually exclusive activities. Reading whilst drunk is horrible.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 16:26, Reply)

thus the or
though I will have a coffee with whisky, or a hot chocolate with brandy while reading. That can be pleasant
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 16:28, Reply)

The lines start to jiggle very quickly when I drink
God knows how Stephen King wrote whilst drunk. He did all his best work smashed off his tits.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 16:31, Reply)

I read a good Stephen King
the other day. I'm not generally impressed but this one was good
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 16:32, Reply)

Which one?

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 16:35, Reply)

see below
generally the only books I rate by him at all are Lisey's Story, Cell and The Long Walk
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 16:42, Reply)

"Salems Lot" and "Pet Semetary" are my favourites
Two books that actually manage to be scary
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 16:50, Reply)

Try the books he wrote under the pseudonym Richard Bachman - particularly Rage if you can get hold of it.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 16:35, Reply)

it was one of those actually
The Long Walk I think.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 16:37, Reply)

That's a good one.
Rage is difficult to get - he withdrew it following the Colombine massacre. You can get hold of it secondhand though.
(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 16:38, Reply)

My sister owns all the Bachman books in one volume
was Rage the one about the kid who shot his teachers?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 16:41, Reply)

yes & holds the class hostage. Very good book.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 16:45, Reply)

wasn't that impressed
it was too unbelievable
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 16:47, Reply)

Children can be vicious & gang up on others quite savagely so I didn't think it was that unbelievable.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 16:49, Reply)

too short an amount of time
and besides how the hell would that make someone's mind crack?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 16:52, Reply)

I think that character was already close to cracking due to having an alcoholic mother.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 16:54, Reply)

hm didn't make sense
children are pretty resilient, and the abuse/what was done simply wasn't enough to make the boy crack
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 16:55, Reply)

I can't read when I'm angry
I find I've got to the bottom of the page and haven't read any of the words because I'm too busy going over whatever's stressed me out
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 25 Aug 2010, 16:51, Reply)