One way to tell you're being too hard on yourself is asking "Would I say something that nasty about another person in that same situation?" We really can be much more hard on ourselves with much less excuse, sometimes.
I am not...I am not the damsel in distress. I am not some case. I have to work this. I've lived in a cave for 5 years in a world where they killed my kind like cattle. I am not going to be cut down by some monster flu. I am better than that. What a wonder...how very scared I am.
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - Aug 07, 2007 11:01:01 am PDT #3108 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Kat - Aug 07, 2007 11:02:33 am PDT #3109 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
erika, I'm seconding zenkitty.
Zenkitty - Aug 07, 2007 11:02:41 am PDT #3110 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
My downfall is buying ever more books, and wishful clothes in a size that will fit in 20 pounds and a miracle. Oh, and shoes. So, multiple downfalls.
§ ita § - Aug 07, 2007 11:03:36 am PDT #3111 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That's precisely it, MM. Of course, once they actually give me painkillers and I fail to stop typing...then it'll be bad for a much more personal reason.
When I woke up early this morning and was waiting for my nurse to finish being treated, I decided to answer work emails.
Luckily I realised that I was too fucked up to do that. I could tell I'd made spelling errors, but nothing I could do would make the words look right.
I did end up a touch more coherent in the next hour (nurse had to give a report to the police, etc) but even then I ended up resending emails I'd already sent last week.
And I'm scheduled to have a con call in an hour.
Will the painkillers have been administered by then? I certainly hope so, but then again, not.
Kat - Aug 07, 2007 11:03:38 am PDT #3112 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
My downfall is eating out. I am lazy like that.
§ ita § - Aug 07, 2007 11:06:21 am PDT #3113 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have many downfalls. Electronics, clothes, especially second hand. Black shoes discernible from each other only to me. ER visits. Eating out. And electronics all over again.
Nora Deirdre - Aug 07, 2007 11:07:18 am PDT #3114 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
downfalls: eating out, beer, MIL in Scotland.
tommyrot - Aug 07, 2007 11:07:48 am PDT #3115 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
MIL in Scotland.
How much do you pay to keep her there?
Zenkitty - Aug 07, 2007 11:10:16 am PDT #3116 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
The eternal search for the perfect purse and the perfect pair of shoes.
Vortex - Aug 07, 2007 11:11:07 am PDT #3117 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
eating drinking out is my big problem. that and traveling.