I've more or less been in a constant state of rage the
last couple of weeks. I'd been on sort of a low simmer about just how
badly and with what thoroughness we've managed to mangle the entire order
of the, you know, world. Then came the sudden hideousness of Abu Ghraib
and I started waking up in the mornings in a small fury.
Two weeks later, turns out that sustaining full-bore anger like this is somewhat exhausting and not all that much fun. [And when Nancy's not having fun, ain't nobody having any fun.- Ed.] [This Ed. thing I stole from Wonkette. - NS] So what I've decided to do is to try to, first, put all them bad feelings back in their little box. Then, focus on enjoying myself again. I'm gonna do things like play mini-golf, finally figure out how to get Movable Type to delay-post, have a bunch of beers with my friends on an Adams Morgan roof deck, and read Vanity Fair in the tub for so long that I get all wrinkly-toed.
By this method, I think I can get myself to stop myself from fixating on how everything is so badly out-of-sorts that we won't be able to get it even close to right for a very long time. I'm really looking forward to trying.
Two weeks later, turns out that sustaining full-bore anger like this is somewhat exhausting and not all that much fun. [And when Nancy's not having fun, ain't nobody having any fun.- Ed.] [This Ed. thing I stole from Wonkette. - NS] So what I've decided to do is to try to, first, put all them bad feelings back in their little box. Then, focus on enjoying myself again. I'm gonna do things like play mini-golf, finally figure out how to get Movable Type to delay-post, have a bunch of beers with my friends on an Adams Morgan roof deck, and read Vanity Fair in the tub for so long that I get all wrinkly-toed.
By this method, I think I can get myself to stop myself from fixating on how everything is so badly out-of-sorts that we won't be able to get it even close to right for a very long time. I'm really looking forward to trying.
Damn. I was starting to feel a little bit of sweetness and light when
I sat down to write this. Now, realizing that the current state of my
existence is that I have to actively work on enjoying myself, not so good.
7:17 PM
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