10.03.2006
It's Sorta Self-Defeating
My acupuncturist told me on Friday that my homework assignment is “to have fun.” Perhaps a deficit of fun is why my pulses are in such a snafu, I couldn’t say. I don’t think I’ve had fun in years, if ever. I’ve been entertained, certainly. Amused. High. But always my blasted brain is there, surveying, analyzing, measuring trajectories, categorizing time and space. This is why I am trying to get back into not thinking. Thinking never got anyone anywhere. If George W. Bush ever thought about anything, he’d be an unemployed drunk in Texas today instead of busily sucking the life out of the world. If only I were that stupid and irresponsible, I’d have it made.
OK, maybe I’ll have fun tomorrow.
posted by
David at 10:51 PM
Hey, we went to the same high school!
I so posted that on the wrong topic. Whoops.
Perhaps you're supposed to MAKE fun? In that case, you should be fine...
posted by:
jwer on 10.04.2006 at 7:37 AM
you do realize that you've just insulted all of us who thought you were having fun when you were with us! i suspect that, on behalf of all of your friends i can say- You're supposed to be having fun when you're with us, not writing your 10th novel or calculating the cost of wood flooring in your head. (take that last clause any way you'd like :) )
seriously, though. i treasure your friendship, and your little neurotic being. lighten up! your job is to be around making me happy for another thousand years!
and, seriously again, maybe we don't guffaw everytime we get together, but we do have fun
in an non-guffawing way. we connect. and while that may not be officially part of the definition of fun, it is part of living a happy life.
as always, my best to you, david. now-get out there and have some fun!!
posted by: elizabeth on 10.05.2006 at 11:25 AM
I'm not very good at having fun either.
However, I am a excellent ghost hunter. The weather has turned -- shall we try to lassoo some restless spirits?
posted by: messy_hair_girl on 10.05.2006 at 5:11 PM
Malnurtured Snay: What fun!
Jwer: Well, I made a sandwich. Does that count?
Elizabeth: I don't know . . . I think of "having fun" as sort of losing myself. When I am with you and certain others, I feel more myself. Run for the hills.
Messy-Hair-Girl: Now THERE'S an idea. Maybe we can rustle up a tricorder for old times' sake!!
posted by:
david on 10.05.2006 at 11:27 PM
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