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17 April 2008

This is a talk-yourself-into-it post: →[More:]I'll start: Self. You like singing. There is a local choir that meets 10 minutes from home on a Thursday. The status quo (sitting on arse) is NOT BEST, getting out there and singing will be FUN! There will be PEOPLE! to TALK TO! So, self, go and sing. Also, do more work in less time.

What do you need to talk yourself into doing?

post by: altolinguistic at: 11:41 | 23 comments

Man, I'm tired. Gotta go run errands. At least it's sunny outside. I wonder if my athlete's foot will come back now that it's spring?

Oops, wait... I thought this was a "Talk to yourself" post.

posted by shane 17 April | 11:49

Need to squeegee my windows. OK, talked myself into it. Later dudes and dudettes.

posted by netbros 17 April | 11:55

Self, you enjoy waiting around this jury selection room.

posted by spork 17 April | 12:00

Be calm and happy. Somehow everything will get packed and sold and organized.

posted by Specklet 17 April | 12:01

Be calm and happy. Somehow everything will get packed and sold and organized.

FYI, the great thing about having roommates is being able to quietly hide the shit that you can't get rid of in the back of a shared closet so they'll have to deal with it when they move out.

Yeah, I'm an asshole.

posted by cmonkey 17 April | 12:05

I'm back. Mine's done. That wasn't so bad.

posted by netbros 17 April | 12:20

Is squeegee my windows a euphemism for deleting the evidence of porn-browsing? If so, I'm done too.

posted by danostuporstar 17 April | 12:26

You're out of underwear. Do laundry already. Christ.

posted by Fuzzbean 17 April | 12:33

Using the cryostat is easy and quick and you can listen to your ipod while you do it. You only have two hours of work to do - WHY DON'T YOU START???

posted by gaspode 17 April | 12:37

You have the money, just order the equipment already. Stop waffling, you know which one you want and you won't be happier settling for the cheaper option because it's not what you want. Why do you have to be this way? Just order it, already! Do I need to do it for you? God, I have to baby you through everything.

posted by rhapsodie 17 April | 12:55

"I need a donut."
OK. I talked myself into it. That was easy.

posted by DarkForest 17 April | 13:00

STOP ordering books and DVDs on Amazon. You already have a huge pile of same that haven't been read/watched yet. Your monthly American Express bill to Amazon is atrocious, and you could actually buy the big ticket things that you need, like a new computer, if you didn't waste so much money there!

posted by Melismata 17 April | 13:02

Stop going to the same couple places for lunch every day. What about that Mexican place down the street? The elaborately-decorated windows are a good sign.

posted by box 17 April | 13:11

Stew, you have very easy to-do list this afternoon, and you need to at least write those two emails. Mkay?

posted by Stewriffic 17 April | 13:50

Elsa, if you don't make the bread, you won't have any bread in the house. See how that works?

Similarly, that sink full of dishes? The one you already filled with hot soapy water? Those dishes aren't going to wash themselves.

The stuff all over the floor in the study? And the clothes scattered around the bedroom? And the stacks of books in the livingroom? You see where I'm going with this.

Jeez, it's not like I'm making you do your coursework. If you'll make bread and tidy up today, you can put off your papers 'til tomorrow. Deal? Deal.

posted by Elsa 17 April | 14:07

LT - now's the time, brah. In three weeks, you will no longer be a corporate tool. Instead, you will be:

40 Years Old on 4/25, which means that:

- you will become a great actor, radio personality and writer.

- you will cook more din-din for your best girl.

- you will know what dawn feels like from watching it rise from a bay window.

Failing this? Drunk by noon.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 17 April | 16:58

Get off your lazy fat booty and GO TO THE GYM!, stop looking at the same internet you have looked at all day, it will still be there when you get back, you will be ok being off line for a half hour. No don't have a panic attack just outside the door, you know it gets easier once you get inside, NO don't go shopping instead, Go to the gym!

posted by meeshell 17 April | 17:07

Dude, you need to find a new job. Seriously. I know the economy is tanking and you'd be leaving a recession-proof industry for a "last hired, first fired" position, but DAMN.

posted by bmarkey 17 April | 19:44

Look, she's attractive, single, and is interested in most of the same things you are. Man up, get her phone number, and ask her the hell out already.

Plus, she plays guitar. How hot is that?

posted by The Pusher Robot 17 April | 21:05

Oh yeah, doing some laundry would be good too.

posted by The Pusher Robot 17 April | 21:06

Self: quit smoking, again.

I read everyone has to quit an average of ten times or something before they quit. I knocked out another one of those ten last week.

posted by Marxchivist 17 April | 23:13

Wow, people are pretty hard on themselves! Anyway, I went to choir, it was great. Like I told you it would be, self! Well done to all those who talked themselves into it.

posted by altolinguistic 18 April | 01:28

oops, first one is erroneous...

posted by altolinguistic 18 April | 01:30

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