Ten Things That Are Getting Me Down, or Why Today Suckethed Mightily

1. I went out to the gay bar for two-dollar beer last night, and all I got was this hideous hangover.


2. The H1N1 strain of the flu took my friend Dougal, who was just shy of his 32nd birthday.


3. A friend is struggling with the pain of her marriage ending.


4. I have a birthday on December 29th, and I am one of those people who is entirely too preoccupied with death to enjoy them.


5. Sunset was at 4:55 p.m. today.


6. I have issues with seasonal depression. My issue? I hate it.


7. I feel like I have stories bubbling just below the surface, but ever since I completed NaBloPoMo, the words just won't come as easily as I am used to.


8. There is nothing more interesting to eat around here for supper other than popcorn.


9. All three of our radiators have started leaking like running faucets:
   
   


10. I think I am going to buy four Snuggies. No, I know I am going to buy four Snuggies. Or at least some kind of slanket equivalent. My brain's predictable reaction to advertising is pathetic.

Comments

[She Likes Purple]

My best friend's birthday is 12/29. I'm convinced only awesome people are born that day. (For what it's worth.)

[Nat]

Sounds like you need to hibernate under all those Snuggies. Sorry for all the suckiness, my friend. 2010 can't come fast enough!

[Magpie]

My birthday is December 29th. And yours. And Pablo Casals and Marianne Faithfull. We are in EXCELLENT company, if I may say so myself.

[Luke D]

Gah, early sunsets are a major bummer. Hopefully everything gets better!

[Jen Wilson]

I hated today as well. Hated.

Also, when are we making multiple trips to the bathroom while drinking multiple pints again?

Also also, I was in the mall the other day and you weren't. I was sad.

[Joy!]

I'm very sorry to hear about your friend. That would be an awful day all by itself.

[Nan]

Gad. So sorry about your friend, my heart goes out to his friends and family. Hope your month improves!

[S]

Very sorry to hear about your friend. My son will be 20 on 12/29.. it's a wonderful day! :)

[amy turn sharp of doobleh-vay]

ah babe. Thinking about you. Get in those snuggies for a bit. Don't worry about anything. Unplug for a day and recharge. I am sorry it is sucky- but good is right around the corner...promise. xoxo

[BaltimoreGal]

It has been a hard winter (cue "Long December from Counting Crows") but I just try tell myself that spring does, eventually, come. For everyone.

Also, 12/29 is my brother's birthday and he is a very creative and genuine person.

[doahleigh]

Advice: get the Slanket. I did some research and decided the Slanket was superior to the Snuggie. I just got mine (in orange!) and love it. It feels well-made, no cheap and lame. It's brilliant.

[Boy Crazy]

I'm so sorry for the loss of your friend. (and all of the other things getting you down, too.)

[sumo]

Is the radiator leaking from the air vent (the round silver device on the side of the unit)? If so, that is a pretty easy fix.

[Schmutzie]

sumo, luckily, it's the side unit. We're going to have our landlord fix them.

[Bad Mummy]

I know the sucketh well.

May Santa, or perhaps the Birthday Fairy, bring you a SAD lamp for the season. Sears has one for $200 and worth every penny.

[SUEB0B]

All that stuff sucks. And I know the SAD of which you speak. I dread this time of year all year long.

[flutter]

I am so entirely tempted to buy you the zebra print snuggie I saw at Walgreen's today.

[Schmutzie]

flutter, ha!