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25 January 2006

It's the day after the most depressing day of the year! So how's it going?
I thought it was the day after the day after the most depressing day of the year.

Then again, there's also this.

I'm confused now.

The 23rd I was told our company was being bought out and our office would probably close.

The 24th I developed a nasty cough and was tired all day.

Today I'm home sick and can't speak past a whisper. So the week is really not working for me. Can we just leap forward to Saturday?
posted by selfnoise 25 January | 11:04
Bad, mmmkay? I have been, with good reason, depressed (mildly?) for the past few days. I've never been depressed! Raging and anxious, yes, but this lethargy stuff is maddening. Like I said, I have good good reasons for this - in a helpless place, etc., PLUS the whole day of the year thing, which someone mentioned to me. What I've learned though, is you can only play the depression card so much. It's horrible for other people to be around, I know from experience. Once I get through my follow-up-I'm-scared doctors appt. tomorrow, I'm hoping things will lift.
posted by rainbaby 25 January | 11:07
I am working from home for most of today, and only going in for an hours work. So it's going pretty well.

I had a freaky MeCha dream that's not worth a post about - it was long and convoluted, but just picture the Wino, Hugh and jonmc as mathematicians/rock stars. (also they had the faces of friends of mine from college - Shorty, Glen and Puzza, but I knew it was them).

Also I have nice oolong tea to drink and I'm in my jammies still. Yay!
posted by gaspode 25 January | 11:08
*plays air slide-rule*
posted by jonmc 25 January | 11:08
Hey rainbaby, I hope things work out OK.

Me? Doin' great.
posted by jrossi4r 25 January | 11:09
I am also doing alright. I also hope things work out for rainbaby, and selfnoise too.

Great air slide-rule jon!
posted by richat 25 January | 11:13
Any minute now, we're going to receive a shipment of chocolate covered cheesecake, bought on sale with a gift card from Harry & David.

Until then, I'm just taking up space.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 25 January | 11:19
Mildly hungover, majorly disgruntled, broke, etc.
posted by mygothlaundry 25 January | 11:20
According to the magazine, Jan. 24 is a perfect storm of misery. Credit-card bills from the holidays are due, New Year's resolutions likely have been broken, and low light levels create seasonal affective disorder, which causes people to feel as if a shadow is over them.

No credit card, didn't make any resolutions, and today was cold but sunny... plus my depression storm hit just before Christmas, then afterwards I was sick, then sick again, and sick again. But now I'm fine, so I'm feeling pretty cheery.
posted by taz 25 January | 11:21
I think all offices should invest in light boxes. Think of the rise in productivity!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 25 January | 11:24
Sending the good vibe monster over to selfnoise, mgl's and rainbaby's places. I'm working from home on an ungodly boring military proposal that I sincerely hope we don't get awarded b/c it will suck rocks in hell and my soul out of my body if we do.

As for the debt thing, uh yeah. I have that. I stole $5k out of my shrinking measley retirement to pay off a credit card and put a small dent in another one.

On a completely unrelated note, a big black hairy cat just toodled through the backyard and peed on a drain pipe.
posted by chewatadistance 25 January | 11:27
Thanks guys. My mom doesn't recognize me, my sister is drunk/crazy, and I'm getting pressure from my other siblings to do things I just don't handle well to deal with it all. (My family doesn't talk unless there is a crisis and now we have two of them.) But if I can avoid some sort of looming health crisis of my own, I'll be ok. It's the not knowing that sucks. I'm thinking high cholesterol, but why would they call me back in the office for that? Everybody raise one for my liver is all I've got to say. Haven't charged anything in 15 months, though! Rah!
posted by rainbaby 25 January | 11:32
I'm tired.
posted by sisterhavana 25 January | 11:37
TPS, can you email me one of those cheesecakes when they arrive? That's the way. yup.
posted by richat 25 January | 11:39
My sandwich smells like a magic marker.
posted by sciurus 25 January | 11:40
Well that's certainly not good, sciurus.
posted by jrossi4r 25 January | 11:42
Keep us updated, rainbaby. It's totally possible that the doc would call you in for something like high cholesterol. Mine would, just so he could chat with me face to face about whatever plan he wants me to follow.
posted by jrossi4r 25 January | 11:46
Yes yes, chocolate covered cheesecake for all!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 25 January | 11:48
hrrmmm, now I'm working at home, and I know you work near my apartment, TPS......

*heads along the street and starts doorknocking, plaintively crying for cheesecake*
posted by gaspode 25 January | 11:58
::locks door, hides under desk eating cheesecake::
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 25 January | 11:59
Prime Minister Stephen Harper. You have to ask?
posted by Cryptical Envelopment 25 January | 12:36
Wow, y'all, there's some heaviness out there. Take heart: this, too, shall pass. I promise.

I always liked this little quote that I once saw on a greeting card:

"Everything will be all right in the end. And if it's not all right, it's not the end."
posted by Miko 25 January | 12:37
Sad. Actor Chris Penn was found dead.
posted by safetyfork 25 January | 12:52
I would like to be invited to the cheesecake, please. And I want to eat it in a Miami kitchen with Team Vag and Dorothy Zbornak.
posted by jrossi4r 25 January | 12:57
Big ups to Team Vag!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 25 January | 13:02
I do like my vag ups big!
posted by jrossi4r 25 January | 13:10
I actually feel quite a bit better, emotionally, than I have for the past few months. Hell, I'm probably at my most normal in the last few months.

Strange.
posted by porpoise 25 January | 14:20
Cheesecake is here! YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 25 January | 14:54
I feel kind of strange, alternating between some kind of relief and some other kind of despair. My girlfriend just did something (totally unrelated to me) that demonstrates pretty conclusively that she doesn't have her shit together. I've been being very supportive, which she appreciates, but the truth is that these are probably the final days of our relationship (final weeks, anyway). My concerns have been a lot about whether she has her shit together (I'm talking here about fundamentals (although not mentals)), and so this incident, which is having a major affect on her life, has pretty much confirmed my worst fears.

I've been thinking of getting a pellet gun and sitting in my alley nights shooting rats. Also, last night I dreamed about spear fishing. What do you think that means.
posted by omiewise 25 January | 15:53
:-(
posted by ThePinkSuperhero 25 January | 16:03
Hugs and good thoughts, omiewise. Sorry things are so bad for you.
posted by occhiblu 25 January | 16:05
Rainbaby, hang in there. You've done the right thing by seeing a doctor -- let him/her take care of it now, and just let go of the worry. That in and of itself will make you feel better.

I want cheesecake!

*idlely considers making cheesecake today*
posted by mudpuppie 25 January | 16:06
omiewise: I'm no dream interpreter, but that seems pretty clear. You know, pinpointing and targeting things that you need to eliminate...whether those are behaviors, problems, or an entire relationship would be harder to say. Anyway, good luck with all that. Sad.
posted by Miko 25 January | 17:11
I often dream of fish when a break-up's in process of just ended -- I figure it's my brain's overly literal way of telling me there are other fish in the sea.
posted by occhiblu 25 January | 17:43
I had a dream about an ex. Usually those dreams leave me feeling good, but in this one she wasn't nice to me.
posted by orthogonality 25 January | 17:57
That's interesting, occhiblu... I think I'm going to try to decipher my dreams with the most linguistically obvious interpretations possible, and see what sort of connections I can come up with, because they're usually pretty much opaque to me, and I'm probably just expecting something much more profound than what I'm producing.

My dreams are probably usually telling me things like "buy coffee, you're out."
posted by taz 25 January | 18:02
To-Do List dreams! Awesome!

Many of mine are fairly opaque, as well, but the more crisis-driven ones do tend to be visually punny or just so literal as to seem surreal (as with the fish).
posted by occhiblu 25 January | 18:12
Do you feel like comparing notes? ...should we have an informal mecha dream workshop thing going on here? Might be fun! I want to know why I always dream of buildings.
posted by taz 25 January | 18:46
I'm up for it, depending on how much people want to share.
posted by occhiblu 25 January | 18:52
Omiewise, I just came across this in a dream interp dictionary (suitably arcane, I think, but I like the image):

FISHING Creating a receptive state of consciousness which allows the deep insights or processes to become known; trying to find spiritual nourishment; 'fishing' for ideas; compliments or information; seeking intuition.

Fishing rod: Male sexuality; personal power, or feelings of impotence. Getting a new fishing rod: In a man's dream might mean feeling anxious about his ability to 'hook' a woman. For a woman it could mean a desire to 'catch' a new man. In general the rod suggests the means of pulling something out of the unknown of life or your mind. So it could suggest intuition of skill in acquiring the new, or something that nourishes.
posted by occhiblu 25 January | 19:01
I once came across a technique of dream interpretation that works really well for me. I like it because it doesn't depend on archetypal symbols: those symbols are good, but they don't take into account the personal meanings and associations that are also part of your unconscious thinking.

Here's the technique: You take the dream and basically interrogate it from the point of view of all characters and significant objects in the dream. So, for the spear-fishing dream, you take the part of each element one at a time, describing the dream to yourself from within that identity. First you speak as the fisherman: who am I? what do I want? what am I trying to do? How did I get here? ...you just listen to the answers. THen you do the same process, but taking the part of the fish. Then again, taking the part of the spear, and perhaps the stream itself.

It helps to free-write this, so you can keep track of each perspective. It's surprisingly revealing, as you sort of speak in the voice of each item -- it often becomes clear what you're trying to tell yourself. Try it sometime.
posted by Miko 25 January | 20:25
You guys are awesome with the dream interpretations. Well done. I didn't even have to get on the couch!
posted by omiewise 25 January | 22:31
Reading this thread again today, I definitely shared TMI. Sorry.
posted by omiewise 26 January | 09:06
No need to apologize; I certainly didn't think it was TMI.
posted by occhiblu 26 January | 12:02
Be direct. || Is there such a thing Dept:

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