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Monday, February 20, 2006

I hate February


Seriously, what a shitty month. This season I just feel like I'm marking time. The weather is lousy, the days are short, and you just have a tough time trying to figure out what the point is.

I'm at my parents house now taking a vacation for myself. I had six days off of work, and I'm spending the last couple here, alone, enjoying the amenities of the suburbs. I've been using the scanner, in fact, I wish I had brought more pictures with me. The above picture is something I cut out of the trib and put on the fridge a long time ago.

I'm going to seriously cut down on drinking for lent. One day a week is the maximum for alcohol. It's sort of fun to be ascetic and challenge yourself to deprivation. I even perversly enjoy quitting smoking. I'm hoping I can come out of 40 days having lost weight and maybe made some serious changes concerning job/school/life et cetera.

So, yeah, I'll be on the internet for the rest of the day and night probably, so email me or something. I'm fucking bored.

19 comments:

kit said...

Take a look at bored.com. Kind of an amalgum of all the things you've probably already looked up.

k.e.

Anonymous said...

Lent? You little catholic pussy.

Ha, just kidding, I'm giving up sodomy for lent.

Cutting down to 1 day a week is a good idea. 2 days a week aint bad either. I tell you, my brain works so much better and I feel so much better emotionally when I minimize boozing. Plus, you'll be forced to actually do things when you're not boozing. In my case, well, I work, but you can do all sorts of things! You can start quilting or your literary magazine.

Anonymous said...

Self-deprivation is great once in a while. I usually come back to whatever it is though. When abstinence stops becoming such a big deal, I turn back to whatever it was because I forgot how great it made me feel.

Replacing one addiction with another is a different story...

S.

Anonymous said...

that's good work on the cutting down on drinking. as tommy said, i feel better drinking on the weekend when i'm not boozing throughout the week. and it's widely agreed -- february is the worst.

Unknown said...

that picture of the dog is so cute/so sad. lent? thats like new years resolutions except with a time period so it makes it easier. in my case, i cant give anything up. now that we're on "vacation" its 'ok' to drink everyday. im as jolly as ever.

Anonymous said...

are you still in the burbs? we should convene at Katie's for a Feb 05 scrabble throwback
oh p.s. it's tues now

Anonymous said...

ruby, it's okay that you usually drink everyday. we don't judge here. we're in the trust tree.

Bishai said...

yeah, this sounds like my life pretty much.

Anonymous said...

I saw your evil twin in Champaign Cycles today. IT WAS SO WEIRD. He had a sweet $1900 MTB.

S.

Anonymous said...

My man-tastic boner (MTB) costs far less than $1900.

Assassinate this doppleganger and I will receive his power!

Tommie Shefsky said...

I don't mean to be stupid/ non-internet savvy or whatevs but wtf is a doppleganger?

Anonymous said...

doppelganger = A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts its fleshly counterpart.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, I'm thinking about assasinating the doppelganger just so I can get my hands on that bike... I can't stop thinking about it! I'll find a picture of it and put it in my journal sometime.

S.

Anonymous said...

nice def, anonymous!

Anonymous said...

i'm the president of the illini young republicans, and i was given this $1900 bike for servicing governor Ryan. I sucked his MTB.

Unknown said...

republicans are the best

Anonymous said...

well ya made it. last day o february. fat tuesday. party on, elaine.

http://www.fitzgeraldsnightclub.com/listings.html

Bishai said...

hey Will, this is you in a previous life in a German zoo.

Anonymous said...

that was awesome! i watched it like 10 times in a row!

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