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eriktrips

lost week

Jun 11, 2011 02:03

On Monday my sleeping cycle was disrupted by two appointments one of which I needed to be asleep during to make my day and night the right length. It did not matter which one--they were at opposite ends of the day but unfortunately I had to be awake for both of them. I have not gotten my circadian rhythm back on track yet although it is looking ( Read more... )

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daisydumont June 11 2011, 14:47:48 UTC

oh, erik, the state of the world! me too! i agonize over the environmental apocalypse already underway, and my sons who'll live so many more years, and a granddaughter on the way. i did not want to be here to see this happening, and here it is. (have been seeing it coming since 1970.)

sorry about the anxiety in the daytime. wtf is up with that painter? that's weird.

daisydumont June 11 2011, 14:48:55 UTC

p.s. what's the icon, with patrick stewart? is that ian mckellan?

eriktrips June 11 2011, 22:09:40 UTC

The icon is, I think, taken from a production of Waiting for Godot with those two fine handsome men. :) "I can't go on, I'll go on" is from a different Beckett work, although I cannot tell you which because my Beckett obsession started many years ago and I don't recall the exact details anymore ( ... )

eriktrips June 11 2011, 22:13:38 UTC

Oh and the painter? He sometimes works Saturdays. :\

If he'd work quietly that'd be fine but he whistles, sings, plays the radio, and talks loudly to anyone who happens by who will listen to him. What I want to say is shut up and paint but I don't.

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expanding_x_man June 11 2011, 21:25:12 UTC

The anxiety sucks but good idea on the kickstarter project. I may do something like that myself sometime. If I have money, I will contribute, I am kind of in a bad place myself now with various issues with housing coming up (two people leaving, so the rent will go up, and an owner-move in looming - at least I can get paid to move out, once we inform the new owner, once there is one).

The state of the world and nation is troubling now, but I am hoping we can get through without major crisis soon. I worry about a currency crisis, but again, people are ingenious and resilient and I hope - some of that will carry me through. Just HOPE!

eriktrips June 11 2011, 22:20:41 UTC

I do think we are a resilient and very adaptive species and that we will get through this one way or another, but I do feel bad for those who will suffer. But that's everyone, so maybe it is not going to be so different from any other historical crisis. I am sure that 1912-1945 was not such a good time to be living in Europe, but Europe survived even though millions died.

It is also a relatively well-studied phenomenon that every generation thinks it is in a worldwide crisis. Sometimes I want to say well this time we really are in a spot. But spots come and go. I do wish that we could conduct ourselves in a way that was less destructive to other life on the planet and less cruel toward each other, though. Whether or not one can hope for any improvement there is not clear to me.