Damn. Still feeling kinda funked...

[mousme]

I don't think that's a word. It should be.

I'm unreasonably tired.

As a random note: if you say something nasty and put a smiley emoticon after it, that doesn't make it any less nasty. Just sayin'. I'm always surprised at how many people use emoticons as a cop-out online.


I think this might be my long-anticipated November breakdown. I guess it was just a little later than expected. I usually start feeling like crap sometime in October. Last year it even started in September. I suppose I should be grateful I didn't have the extra month or so of feeling completely worthless.

I'm not going down without a fight, mind you. November is a highly inconvenient month in which to be depressed. There's just too much going on that I want to do, and just dragging myself along really isn't an option at this point.

I don't want to just survive November anymore. So, I'm going to be taking steps toward doing something more. Taking a break from the internet will be one of those steps. More as it comes to me, I suppose.

Comments

[chasingthenuns.livejournal.com]

i always use emoticons to tell people when I'm being sarcastic. So, if it's me your talking about (I am paranoid) I'm so sorry if I've ever been nasty.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

No, it's not you. No worries. :)

And I'm not talking about sarcasm, although that can be difficult to discern in text form, I'm the first to admit.

I'm trying to find a good example of what I'm talking about. *thinks*

Something along the lines of: "You're pretty stupid to think that. ;) "

In a context that's clearly not humorous. (ie, Person A who just said that is disagreeing with something Person B said previously). The emoticon there doesn't take away from the nastiness of the sentence, follow my meaning?

[chasingthenuns.livejournal.com]

Totally understand. :)

[vureoelt.livejournal.com]

Oh, it is a word (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=funked), all right. Probably not in main use or very popular, though.

Not sure I follow the smiley/nasty bit. Smileys usually indicate when I'm totally joking, sarcastic, etc. Uncertain what context would qualify it as a cop-out. Looking at the example in the comments, maybe the person is poking fun at themselves for acting childish, immature and being unable to come up with something better? I don't know...

That sounds like a healthy and positive approach. Luck!