explain bipolar work days, win a cookie
Sometimes work is great. I’m creating, designing, writing, delegating and (add your gerund of choice here) with sunny abandon, happy to be alive. But then, not two hours later, I’m falling asleep at my desk and making snide comments to coworkers for no apparent reason. Work has officially turned into This Really Sucks mode. Theories:
- Tidal fluctuations [unlikely]
- Hong Kong’s major market, the Hang Seng, closing down 0.18 percent [world markets make me *shiver*]
- The ending to Old Yeller hitting me like that time Stephen King was mowed down in the middle of the street [impossible: never actually seen this movie]
- Overwhelming workload getting the best of my mood-buoying crack habit [highly likely]
Anyone? A cookie for the best explanation - I’m at a standstill myself.
Anticipated music event of the week: Intonation Music Festival. Union Park’s going to be rocking this weekend. The Decemberists: Check the catchy little number ‘Sixteen Military Wives,’ complete with a Rushmore-style video. Jean Grae: Underground hip-hop from a former Herbaliser collaborator. Andrew Bird: Formerly with the Squirrel Nut Zippers, now doing the funkiest violin work since Jean-Luc Ponty in the ’70s. And Prefuse 73!
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Susan
And here I thought I was alone in the universe ….. sitting here at my desk wondering how I got here in the first place. Though I don’t do anything close to creative ….. I still serve the needs of others. With saying that and thinking that it would somehow in a small degree be awarding ……. I want to shrink wrap my boss’s head and throw water ballons at the faces of my salesmen. Such is life. So, no theories ….. work just sucks. Period.
Jul 15th, 2005
dave
I think it was the weight of the anniversaries being celebrated today… maybe you were remembering them and it soured the day…
1997 - Andrew Cunanan, a serial killer, murders world-renown Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace.
1996 - Prince Charles and Princess Diana sign divorce papers.
but it’s probably the anniversary of Napoleon Bonaparte being captured (1815).
Jul 15th, 2005
P.J.
I’m banking on fallout from your Bastille Day festivities.
Jul 15th, 2005
D-man
Have you considered familial mind-melds, or perhaps a past life intruding in on the present?
Jul 15th, 2005
Katie
When looked at throught that particular filter, the comments take on a whole new meaning.
Jul 15th, 2005
Not a doctor
If this is happening roughly two hours after you come in or two hours after lunch, your blood sugar is probably bottoming out. I’d say keep the cookie and eat it yourself. It will probably help.
Jul 17th, 2005
Neil
you mikssed Diplo. Best DJ set I’ve ever been to. Ever.
Jul 19th, 2005
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