You could run away and not deal or climb into a bottle or just give up on that whole getting out of bed every day and to hell with what you have to do, but you don't.

I don't know how. I swear I want to give up, but I can't work out how.

In less bleak news, I just hit up a friend's wedding registry for gifts. Wedding's tomorrow, and there are maybe ten items left at 5 stores to get for them. You have a year, traditionally, don't you? Man, it's too easy these days.

ita, and gift certificates! Those are always good...

I got a flock of love for the couple whose wedding I went to a few weeks ago, ita. It's geese and chickens and something else, and I included the story of the thousand cranes in the card.

You don't even have to leave the cuddle lounge for that!

ETA: From Heiffer.org...they wouldn't be able to fit flocks of birds in their loft.

ETA: From Heiffer.org...they wouldn't be able to fit flocks of birds in their loft.

I'm enjoying my mental image of ita trying to herd a flock of geese into a church full of dressed-up wedding guests.

Okay, I should be going back to the conference, since I decamped and went to the coffeehouse a few buildings down. But I don't wanna.

Article about Elite Marathoner who trained all through her pregnancy and ran 12 days after birth. My lack of that level of dedication, moreso than my physical shortcomings, is why I'm mediocre at most things.

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My lack of that level of dedication, moreso than my physical shortcomings, is why I'm mediocre at most things.

You see lack of dedication and shortcomings, I see wacko lady driven beyond good sense.

I would love to be as crazy as that lady, which is my problem.

THe only thing I'll ever be at an elite level at is laziness, and fortunately, you don't have to do anything to achieve that. In fact, the less you do the better.