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in dropintheocean •  6 years ago  (edited)



I have the meaning of the word Nostalgia open in another tab. It seems to me there is a conspiracy at the meanings place. They tend to confuse me even more once I read it, making me doubt I ever knew the meaning of anything.

I call for a petition that all words require 2 hours explanations using cartoons with ample examples.

NOS

I googled nos. and expected at least a result for Nitrous but got something even better.

Not otherwise specified
Abbreviation. NOS. (medical diagnosis) Not otherwise specified.

What does that even mean?

Well. My dear reader, I will be delaying that revelation with a few words saying that this broadcast of information has temporarily been interrupted. As my brain sends signals to all recesses and informs the cells that recess is over and it is time to get back to work.

The consequences are dire and they are all fired unless they start firing and making those connections subsequently disconnected by a digression in the flow of thought.



The smell of strawberry scent,
a time with roommates all female spent.

An orange tree, in the front yard I see.
Years ago. a Child, a makeshift family home.

Bikes for Christmas and visits from parents.
Moments of "happiness", a break from rejection.

Awards at school, a Goal at the game.
Simple moments of joy and pride.

TV time, on the floor I watch in silence.
Pray nothing interrupts the peaceful quiet.


The smell of strawberry scent,
working only to squander every scent.

An orange tree, in the front yard I see.
Avoiding indoors because there they will be.

Bikes for Christmas and visits from parents.
Wave goodbye as they return to their own lives.

Awards at school, a Goal at the game.
To be kept quiet incase attention be gained.

TV time, on the floor I watch in silence.
Pray nothing interrupts the peaceful quiet.



Not Otherwise specified
Unless I say it is not then it is

I think it is agreed upon that nostalgia is something that gets triggered, either willingly or by accident. The definition uses the word longing for one, in their attempt to convey meaning without cartoons. I had the same thought and once you have longing and feeling in the mix then I have to ask are you drunk?

Not all positive or is that negative. See this is why they need to explain these things better. Here is what I think based on reference through inference, my words hopefully able to imply my meaning without getting lost in a sea of thoughts unrelated to my current activity.

I gotta do that shite, without confuckulation the fact that I have no clue what to say will be sorely evident.


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No matter what triggers the memory or unexplained feeling, what I recollect or have assigned as something to represent a moment in time may or may not hold significance to the broader situation I found myself in at that specific moment.

A scene without sound a vague recollection of a time I thought forgotten, only to be slammed by a snicker and a tear as I remember the moment after, that warm feeling of nostalgia now still nostalgia but remembrance.

Memories are fickle beasts and tame them as I wish my nature is to remember the parts which seemed to have not been the least. The moments of silence, before a storm. Calm. Freedom.

A counter to my current existence in every form. I dare not peer beyond the veil of fog which the memories cast, old movies I enjoy as they invoke nostalgia not of a moment but of a single sensation, simple and understood an echo from the past.






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Drop in the Ocean is our BuddyUp community show that we have each week in our BuddyUp Discord, a word gets chosen and we create something to share during the show based off of that word.

This weeks word is Nostalgia.

Previous words we have covered:

CONNECTION, TRANSPARENCY, ENCOURAGEMENT, CONTEXT, EXPECTATION, DEDICATION, CREATIVITY, PRIDE, HUMILITY, COMMUNICATION, HUMOUR, CHANGE, FEAR, DISCOVERY, COOPERATION, LOVE, FUN, SUCCESS, LIBERATE, GOALS, BRAVERY, DESIRE, CONTINUATION, COINCIDENCE, OPINIONS, CRITICAL THINKING, DIGRESSION, ASTONISH, PERCEPTION, LUCIDITY, IDENTITY , PATTERNS , VALIDATION, NOSTALGIA
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I thoroughly enjoyed reading this, Pen. A little deep, a little humorous, a little happy and a little sad all rolled up inside your beautiful flow state.

Nitrous! haha ;)

And big congratulations on your Curie - very well deserved.

A little bit of this and a little bit of that then ....

don't worry I will keep the Nitrous away from you ;)

Hehe! For your own good ;)

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Thanx, no matter how grouchy I am curie is pretty ok in my books. :)

Novus ordo seclorum, aka new world order ;)

Can I be the leader? I also will need a whip and lightsaber.

You can be my padawan. Im a generous lord :D :D
And there are some rules, no lightsaber, but you can wear a fancy hood :D

Only if I get to wear my underwear on the outside also :)

This was deep. Deep in the ocean. Not a drop at all.


:) Drops maketh Ocean...

Hehehe. So true.

Now that I know the word reminds you of vampires, I just have to read it all again but this time with the voice of Count Dracula.


Congrats on the Curie! Well deserved.

Thanx.... mmmm do let me know how the counts version is :)

Superbly written and well-deserving of the curie vote. I agree that there is a conspiracy at the meanings place.


Thanx, sometimes I get lucky and the words confuckulate people enough to look pretty darn impressive :)

I guess it's all about looks then.


Finally I shall be pretty in this cruel ugly world :)

When is self-portrait 7? The from behind chronicles :)

That's still TBD. I'm running on fumes right now and the voices in my head telling me to kill myself are distracting me from the task of writing nonsense blogs on Steemit. There's nothing to say these days, so that's why I'm saying nothing.

You should say that, explain an echo of silence :) The voices can get quite demanding what do you usually do to placate them?

I thought about it a bit. I think maybe you need a prompt so here is one.

An Ode to the brown core of a toilet roll as written by a cracked egg.

Thanks for the prompt. I can work with that. To placate the voices I have historically used a combination of drinking and running. Neither seem to be helping me right now.

Running sounds like too much work anyway and drinking takes dedication. Both things I don't care for. I guess goodluck is the only thing I have to offer.

  ·  6 years ago (edited)

This is great explanation and gif. I never heard this word before.

Nostalgia
is something that gets triggered, either willingly or by accident.

I followed you to get more from you. Thanks.

:) time to read up then, but it is a pretty cool word, rolls of the tongue, also reminds me of vampires.

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Nostalgia to me, is always accompanied by a pleasant feeling because bad recollections are never part of my cherished memories, I guess. Although, memory of a situation that went bad and then turned-out good is sometimes good fodder for nostalgic effects to kick-in. I wonder sometimes if nostalgia induces memories or if memories induce nostalgia. It's kind of ethereal, like I can't grasp the strange difference between the two, though it clearly exists.

Maybe it is not that it is an either or thing, but still, always a single trigger, whether we feel nostalgic and wish to watch an old movie or whether we just happen to be daydreaming a bit which then triggers further thoughts to surface from there. In the sow, they highlighted the word longing which I think is a good catch all.

Maybe it is not that it is an either or thing

I agree. I think it is what it is, I'm just not sure of how it works physiologically, in our recognizing and enjoying the great feelings it brings.

I have very vivid long-term memory, with crystal clear images going back to when I was a toddler. My short term memory's good too. The times when I get the nice, nostalgic feeling when I'm not viewing something or hearing something that creates it, it will come from inside me. Sometimes. when I am jst sitting quietly, I will feel the feeling and then shortly after that a memory will pop up, which seems to enhance the feeling. It's that feeling being there prior to a nostalgic memory appearing in my mind that, to me, seems almost surrealistic. Why it appears randomly, is the "ethereal" aspect I mentioned. It's like the feeling draws out the nostalgic memory, but it could also be the nostalgic memory sending my body a signal that hits me with the initial nostalgic feeling in preparation for the coming memory appearing.

Has this happened with you also, or is it just me that experiences this?

My memory sucks unless I focus but still never vivid. What I think is that the feeling / memory is the trigger, so whether you feel then recall vs your mind just minding its own business doing this thing where you know it is busy but you don't really know with what - playing invisible movies in the background - it hits something recalls it because it is a dick like that and you go awe damn, granny is that you? Smell fresh bakes ginger cookies and an obscure mannerism attributed to granny. All this while you are looking for really good porn. See why I say the mind can be a dick :)

It must have to do with my memory being so clear, I guess. I do have lots of nostalgic experiences, and quite often. My mind's probably gotten itself addicted to them, in which case it would be because it was being a dick. :)

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I'm glad that I came across this 'Nostalgia' word and your blog. Now I'm going to check 'Lucidity' and 'Digression' as well :)

digression was a fun one :) https://steemit.com/dropintheocean/@buddyup/drop-in-the-ocean-030-digression. These words can be tricky though so it really is cool to see all the takes on them.

How did you come with such an idea of writing about these words? It's really interesting.

It was @calumam idea. Yeah they are quite fun and give me something to post about which is nice :) You can always join in and use the tag #dropintheocean when you post no worries. Next weeks word is Disconnect.

I will have a look and see if I can come up with something :)

The short clip of Bravest Warriors triggered just a smidge of nostalgia, for me at least.

I have actually not seen that cartoon but could not find a relevant darkwing duck or tailspin gif :)