Vacation

[alleyalligator]

I’m tired.  Really tired.  Worn out.  Bone weary.  Exhausted.  In need of a break.  Did I mention that I’m just a little bit burnt out?

Well I am.

The pressure’s gotten to be a little too much.  The need to perform every week, produce something pertinent, witty, clever, something that will speak to the masses gets on top of you for a while.  But that

Comments

[whipchick]

I really enjoyed how at the beginning, this felt like a meta entry and then took a sharp turn! Chilling, too.

[alleyalligator]

Thanks. I figured start with how I feel and see where it goes... :P

[jem0000000]

I'm seconding liking the meta feel to the opening. :)

Whew! Poor daughter, but at the same time, poor mother too.

[alleyalligator]

Thanks. It's a cautionary tale for pushy mothers everywhere!

[n3m3sis42]

Very nice. I had a feeling this wasn't going to be a meta post, but I liked the beginning anyway. :)

[alleyalligator]

Like I'd rage quit after churning out five entries!

[n3m3sis42]

RIGHT? To be honest, I considered it after having completed four, just based on my circumstances and amount of time. But then I was like, I DON'T EFFING THINK SO. I didn't write all that shit for nothing!

[alleyalligator]

There's a good reason why it's called a marathon not a sprint - only the most stubborn survive!

[m_malcontent]

You confound expectations really well.

[alleyalligator]

Thanks.

[beldarzfixon]

I know he started younger than four years old, but my first thought was "don't f### with the e-trade baby"

Still, I liked this.

[alleyalligator]

Thanks. Who's the e-trade baby?

[beldarzfixon]

Realized after I posted that, that non-Americans wouldn't get the reference. The e-Trade website has commercials with an actual baby with an adult's voice synched to his lips to represent that trading stocks with the site is so easy a baby can do it. Turned into a whole series with silly things happening to and around this one-year-old investing genius whose time is taken up with the demands of being a baby. Commercials should be easily findable on YouTube.

[alleyalligator]

That sounds really funny - I'll definitely check them out!