Go Away Little Dark Cloud Over My Head
Went to see Henry Rollins do spoken word last night. Hank's beginning to recycle his schtick, but it's still worth hearing. Unfortunately I was in a bad state--I'd been sick to my stomach all day so I quit eating and by the time the show ended I was so low on blood sugar I felt like I was going to faint. Then I was snappish with my friends (sorry, friends!) and didn't settle down until I got a screwdriver at Casey Moore's, a place I haven't been since I was in my twenties. As soon as I got some sugar in my system I was in a way better state. Oh, and the show was also difficult because the seats caused me physical pain and I was next to the most annoying guy in the world. He clapped in my ear so loud it hurt; he coughed; he scratched; he jiggled his leg up and down; and his coat smelled like BO and cigarettes.
Because I didn't feel like drinking at the show and because I wasn't carded at the bar, I didn't realize until the next morning (that being today) that the guy at the box office failed to give me back my driver's license. So today, on a long lunch break, I had to drive all the way out to Tempe and back to retrieve my ID. I found out that the Marquee Theater is not just off of McDowell Road but further south and this involved me driving around swearing for some time. I called about eleven people before I got through to someone who could look at a map and direct me to the right road. Then I felt like a loser because it's the second time in a week I got lost. And I got lost on my way to a place I have been a dozen times.
Later in the day we received budget news at work. And it is bad. It is so bad. Of course, we won't know for a couple of months if the worst case scenario is going to happen, but it seems quite likely. So everyone is crushed, and some people are angry, and the future looks less shiny, but those of us who will be left are going to have to make the best of it.
I would like some good news. I would also like something fun to happen and I would like to be healthy, not cranky, and receptive to having that fun. It doesn't have to be big and earthshattering, just a small amount of enjoyable fun. I would like this very much.
Because I didn't feel like drinking at the show and because I wasn't carded at the bar, I didn't realize until the next morning (that being today) that the guy at the box office failed to give me back my driver's license. So today, on a long lunch break, I had to drive all the way out to Tempe and back to retrieve my ID. I found out that the Marquee Theater is not just off of McDowell Road but further south and this involved me driving around swearing for some time. I called about eleven people before I got through to someone who could look at a map and direct me to the right road. Then I felt like a loser because it's the second time in a week I got lost. And I got lost on my way to a place I have been a dozen times.
Later in the day we received budget news at work. And it is bad. It is so bad. Of course, we won't know for a couple of months if the worst case scenario is going to happen, but it seems quite likely. So everyone is crushed, and some people are angry, and the future looks less shiny, but those of us who will be left are going to have to make the best of it.
I would like some good news. I would also like something fun to happen and I would like to be healthy, not cranky, and receptive to having that fun. It doesn't have to be big and earthshattering, just a small amount of enjoyable fun. I would like this very much.