Pick Yourself Up // equivocality

26 Sep 07

Things haven’t been going my way. As much as I try to let them go, I can’t. There’s just too much right now. My mind jumps from one thing to another when I’m in bed.

I need to stay away from the blogosphere for a while. Not writing, but being a part of my usual cliques and forums. The drama lately has been really pissing me off, and it’s certainly not helping.

It’s six in the morning and I’ve been awake for…hmmm…two hours? Another hour before I’m off to work. Maybe writing this has helped.

Pick yourself up, you son-of-a-bitch, because no one’s going to do it for you.

Edit: Nope. Fuck it. I’m going to work, and bringing my hoodie, and a copy of Taxi Driver. I wonder if it’s raining outside.

7 comments — Follow the feed

#1 Pearl

virtual dramas rarely help.

you need facebook scrabble.

ok, so maybe that’s my pick-me-up.

#2 Pearl

incidentally, did you know that a hoodie in Saskatoon is called a bunny hug? your trivia fact for the day.

#3 Maeko

If you have issues with the blogosphere—society, that is—stay away from Myspace.

but please feel free to discuss your thoughts with me. I posed a question for some people on my latest. I think it would be good for you to try to answer it.

When I’m done, I break out The Sound of Music or … … shhhh, don’t tell anyone: Centerstage.

#4 Maeko

I meant “down”.

#5 Jeff

@Pearl — I deleted my Facebook account…didn’t need it because I felt it was much more limiting than a blog. And bunny hug sounds so random. Someone from the generation before mine once told me they were called kangaroo sweaters, because hoodies were usually pull-overs that had a middle “pocket-tube” like a kangaroo pouch. Weird.

@Maeko — You know, I’ve never even seen The Sound of Music, and every person I tell looks at me with bewilderment. I guess I should check it out sometime. I’ve never even heard of Centerstage…I’m guessing movie? I don’t have any songs that are guilty pleasures that I save for bad days. Actually, I did, but I’ve been using (listening to) them for a while now.

#6 Maeko

Centerstage is a BAD BAD movie of the “chick flick” houvre. It’s a ballet movie. Bad dialogue and worse acting. But the dancing… I click to the chapters with the dancing and play them on repeat.

Bad music: I have several, and most of them are the kind of emo-indie-pop songs that are popular the world over with 14 year old suburban white girls.

The Sound of Music: Warning, you will have to enjoy the genre of The Musical, in order to get anything from it. It is, however, Julie Andrews at her second best–her best being Mary Poppins (also a musical).

Not sure how to go about commenting. Like this. But I did write you back on Thereafterish. I’m glad you like the redesign. “You Have My Permission To Stalk Me” sounded too immature. I thought it was clever when I made it up three years ago.

#7 Jeff

I do have a few guilty pleasure movies, and they’re typical “guy” movies as well. I guess they’re just fun. I tend to watch those when I’m in a good mood though. The serious movies are for my serious moods. I suppose you could say that I like to brood.

It tends to be the opposite for me with music. Don’t know why.

I love the musical genre, though in movies it’s a little harder for me to digest. I’m more of a Broadway fan; it doesn’t seem to work on a screen. Mary Poppins is classic. I haven’t seen that in ages, and I wonder if I would still see it with the same wonder and amusement.