keeping a notebook

'why did I write it down? in order to remember, of course, but exactly what was it i wanted to remember? how much of it actually happened? did any of it? why do i keep a notebook at all?'
joan didion

keeping.a.notebook at gmail dot com
Oct 25
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A checklist for whether or not you are depressed.

  • Comfortable clothes ONLY (leggings with flannel shirts for fancy outings, your sister’s high school sweat suits covered in cat hair for everything else)
  • No food all day, then macaroni and cheese at 2 am (use the recommended amount of butter, then more butter in place of the recommended amount of milk) (ramen is an acceptable substitute for macaroni and cheese)
  • No sleep at night, sleep ONLY between the hours of 10 am and 10 pm
  • Nighttime sleep replaced by hours upon hours of woman/teen-specific television programming (some suggestions: Glee, Grey’s Anatomy, Say Yes to the Dress)
  • No showering (unless maybe you are forced to go someplace like a party or a bar and by forced I mean FORCED)
  • ‘Early and often’ for drinking, not voting (absentee ballots are too hard right now)
  • CONSTANT nausea

I’m just saying.