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kellinator ([personal profile] kellinator) wrote2004-11-05 01:20 pm

Woa yeah. Life goes on.

You can't stay at a fever pitch forever. You'll give yourself a heart attack.

And at some point, you get a little distracted from the global things that are pissing you off when there are stupid people right in front of you, within bitch-slapping distance, pissing you off.

Yes, I'm still upset and angry and I still have a lot of things to write about it. And I owe some replies, too.

But it's Friday. The time of week when a young queen of snark's fancy turns to margaritas strong enough to strip the paint off the walls and running around the table hugging friends I haven't seen all week! and getting so excited I do that squealy thing that drives poor [livejournal.com profile] change_my_mind up the wall and murmuring things in my boyfriend's ear that make him blush and ask how long we really have to stay at afterparty.

There's still a lot of beauty in the world. Give yourself the weekend off. Plant a tree, pet a kitty. As a line from one of my favorite romance novels (The Proposition, by Judith Ivory, a fun gender switch on Shaw's Pygmalion -- I used to read romance novels back before I got too cynical) goes, "Life be rich. Why don't you bite yourself off a piece?"

Oh, and [livejournal.com profile] purgatorius has a great take on what it feels like to try to go back to normal blogging after the election:

NEWS CHANNEL 8:
Good afternoon, Mister Purgatorius-- we're glad you could speak with us tod--

BRODIE PURGATORIUS:
(Takes bong hit).

[identity profile] lula-fortune.livejournal.com 2004-11-05 10:55 am (UTC)(link)
Man, I wish my stomach wouldn't betray me with maragaritas. I love them so, but tummy says NO WAY. :( Have one for me!

P.S.: I call romance novels "Velvet Triangle books". Hee.

[identity profile] mfree.livejournal.com 2004-11-05 11:11 am (UTC)(link)
Pet a tree, plant a kitty...

[identity profile] flewellyn.livejournal.com 2004-11-05 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Now that you mention it, I did plant one of my kitties in her bucket just now. She's curled up and sleeping in it at the moment.

[identity profile] reannon.livejournal.com 2004-11-05 11:48 am (UTC)(link)
What would it take to get your Margarita Fridays moved to St. Louis? I even have a babysitter tonight.

[identity profile] stevietee.livejournal.com 2004-11-05 12:19 pm (UTC)(link)
If only my cholesterol meds allowed me to drink...!

[identity profile] jennay138.livejournal.com 2004-11-06 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
obviously i have missed something; who's the man in your life? :) (yay for you btw!)