Not sure what's wrong
I have about five possible posts, responses to very thought provoking posts of others, sloshing all around in my brain. None of them seem to want to jell.
I can't seem to come up with anything worthy of entry in comments boxes (I'm sure "you rock!" is good for the ego, but a few supporting sentences would probably be even more helpful)
I can't complete a metaphor or a simile to save my life.
I think my brain has slipped a gear or something.
Comments
i think it's a summer thing.
Posted by: smockmomma | April 29, 2004 4:35 PM
Maybe some mental WD-40? Like, oh, a hot bath or a cup of tea and a nap? It might not work, but hey, it can't hurt.
Posted by: m`lynn | April 29, 2004 4:47 PM
now you know what it was like when i blogged. well actually, i barely tried to add anything to the discussion of thought-provoking posts... mostly just linked.
but now i wish i could read what you have to say, because i'm sure it's interesting even if it hasn't quite "jelled." hasn't tso done sort of "unfinished draft" posting before?
Posted by: d's and ?'s m | April 29, 2004 5:08 PM
Yeah, it's probably the weather outside. It's hard concentrating when it starts getting nice. Being a college student in the middle of finals, I know what it's like to have that "burnt-out" feeling right now where I find myself having to rely on my calculator to compute 1+1 (which, at 12 am can lead to some interesting answers). What I find that works for me is spending time doing a fairly mindless activity such as watching a movie with multiple plotholes that I enjoy. Like, just taking an hour or two to just make some popcorn and relax really helps out a lot.
Posted by: NicPais83 | April 29, 2004 6:13 PM
Take two days off and each afternoon, as you have time, indulge in a Haagen Dazs ice cream bar. I prefer the one with vanilla ice cream with almonds i the chocholate topping...
Posted by: Mark Windsor | April 29, 2004 6:54 PM
Hot bath?!? Cup of Tea?!? Ice Cream?!?
You, my friend need a Bombay Sapphire martini and a good cigar. Nothing stimulates writing better than that. At the very least a double shot of good, ristretto espresso!
Posted by: Erik Keilholtz | April 30, 2004 1:05 AM
I've been like this the better part of a year now. :/
Posted by: Pansy Moss | April 30, 2004 6:31 AM
Thoreau said, "never trust a thought arrived at sitting down", which is to say a good walk does wonders. Jelled or unjelled I'd like to read your thoughts.
Posted by: TSO | April 30, 2004 10:07 AM
Amalia, on the other hand, thinks that you need beef jerky and strawberries. She might be right. You should see the stack of paintings she just did. Perhaps if I had fortified myself with beef jerky and strawberries I would have had just as productive a session! Instead I stuck with a cheese roll and espresso and only have a little man made out of tinfoil and colored tape to show for the last three hours.
Posted by: Erik Keilholtz | April 30, 2004 4:57 PM
I would offer you a sip of my cosmo if I could send it through the wires. 3 oz vodka, 1 oz la belle orange, 1 oz trader joes unsweetened pure cranberry juice, juice of one lime, shake over ice and pour. Yay, I have tomorrow off!
Posted by: alicia | April 30, 2004 8:47 PM
Alicia,
Cosmos are OK for girls, but any man who drinks them should be required to register with the government and should not be allowed to hold certain jobs.
Posted by: Erik Keilholtz | May 1, 2004 9:13 PM
You certainly cannot go wrong with a good cigar.
In any case, I assure you that you DO, indeed, rock.
Posted by: KTC | May 2, 2004 12:39 PM
How old are you?
Posted by: William Luse | May 3, 2004 12:13 AM
I'm with TSO on this one. When I'm gloomish, and starting to feel a bit like Eeyore (and I've been that way a lot lately), making it a point to get out and WALK has helped me.
I don't know why.
And perhaps it is time to take it to the dr to see if the old hormone levels are out of whack or something.
Posted by: Terry | May 3, 2004 9:48 AM
Actually, I do have hormone issues, and am under a doctor's care. I think this is just some kind of transient mental fog. I hope it's transient, anyway.
Posted by: Peony Moss | May 3, 2004 10:22 AM