Whelm; or, Things, Up with Which I Shall Not Keep

[merriehaskell]

Sometime after I ran away from home last week--which was as much a reaction to carrying on during spring break at a department of a large university that leans heavily on student assistants as though the students were not gone, as it was a reaction to finishing the latest draft of this Difficult Sophomore Novel--I realized that yes, I'm just going

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[maribou]

Oof, oof. I'm in school, and working full-time, and feel similarly about life. Agreed that letting things slide is the thing we have to embrace.

[adsistla]

*Hugs*
You can only do as much as you can do. Even if you scurry to and fro there's always always always something that is left undone, and that's okay. Sometimes something like Pinterest is just hitting the refresh button for your mind.

[cathshaffer]

Bringing you a blanket. Leading you gently off stage.

[merriehaskell]

Oh, god, am I covered in pig's blood?

[cathshaffer]

Oh, goodness. That is not what I was thinking at all. Unfortunately, the internet is failing to provide me with the proper cultural reference. I am thinking of a very famous pop performer who would get overwrought on stage. Either once or more than once there was a performance where the exhausted himself so much with the performance that someone appeared from backstage and put a blanket over his shoulders to lead him off. I thought this was Little Richard, but I can't find any reference to it. I believe it was a black pop singer of the 60's, but I now realize my knowledge of this is totally apocryphal and I may have been confusing people with it for decades without realizing it.

[merriehaskell]

...I was mostly kidding. :)

James Brown?

[dendrophilous]

I had a conversation with someone at work today about crafting, in which I said that I want to pull out my bin of stuff and get rid of everything I'm never going to do. She said I could always make time for it. No, I really can't, not unless someone gives me a time machine. We really can't do everything. Stuff has to slide, and honestly I think you've been one of the most on-top-of-things people I know for a long time.

[merriehaskell]

honestly I think you've been one of the most on-top-of-things people I know for a long time.

I AM SAD FOR EARTH.

:)

[dendrophilous]

I suppose you might have been faking it well. Or, you know, I might just be comparing to myself.

[mechaieh]

I cycled through a variation of this just a few hours ago. Because yes, x and y are really fine actors and I realize that I'm really missing out by not having seen their movies, and same with books e and f, and shows j and k, but the dog hasn't sprouted opposable thumbs and I'd be the one hauling her to the vet or the exorcist if she did, so.

Which is to say, I hear ya. And hugs.