Dec 28, 2011 18:09
and so there i was, minding my own business, when suddenly my friends, folks and assorted co-musicians at some point or the other turn up simultaneously and have a fucking INTERVENTION.
i'm serious. they even made speeches and shit. at one point, my former bassist (ex-boyfriend, first addict i've ever met, but that's only if you promise not to tell) actually said, 'sweetheart, you don't have to prove anything. we all know how absolutely brilliant you are.'
....
i'm proud to say that i didn't start laughing at once, just kind of snorted. because, seriously? at the risk of sounding like i'm stuck in one of those godawful sitcoms i always end up watching on weekends, fuckin' seriously???
anyway. i have a problem like no other, granted. but never ever ever did i even entertain the vaguest possibility of my nearest and dearest (or so they claim) would basically advice me to go get a substance abuse problem because it would be easier to deal with.
I AM NOT A CHRONIC MASOCHIST!!!!!! i just go in for some extra-extra-curriculars, okay? i mean, jesus.
oh, and whatever the fuck happened to the whole 'we're sri lankans and we're emotional shut-ins' concept? it's like they all went all twenty-first century on me. talking about our problems is not what we sl-kans do, and why am i the only one 'round here who seems to remember that? is my descent from being a straight-A student to failing everything big enough of a deal as to forget our identities? on the whole, i think not.
masochism,
intervention,
my voice sounds cool