le sigh

[thehefner]

Maybe it's the customer who was so fat that when he walked into the store he knocked stacks of Archie comics off their shelves, making me feel a tad like Al Bundy at the shoe store.

Maybe it's the weekly appearance of our store's Cat Piss Man. Since, after all, every comic/gaming/video store has its very own Cat Piss Man.

Maybe it's the exasperation at the inexplicable sight of watching, twice in a row now, as people order mayo on their tuna subs. Mayo on tuna? The tuna itself is more mayo than tuna as it is?! You want mayo with your mayo, sir?!

Maybe it's the fact that the only season of X-Files that my video store owns is Season Eight, of all the fucking seasons of X-Files, thus denying me the chance to rent the brilliant Season Six episode with Bruce Campbell.

Maybe it's the tiredness and the ever-present threats of illness that have sapped my energy, or maybe I'm finally getting the "Davids family depression" that's hit my mother in a huge, crippling way and has plagued my brother.

Maybe it's this lack of energy that renders me unable to become Johnny Go and pretend that I'm not missing people I shouldn't be missing, or being jealous of people of whom I shouldn't waste my time being jealous.

Ever get one of those days where, for no particular tangible reason, it just doesn't even feel worth cursing Richards?

Comments

[slaversbane.livejournal.com]

yup.

They tend to come in groups of 365.

[jayel4192.livejournal.com]

I'm just saying:

my old job is still available. commute wouldn't be much worse. pay would be shitloads better, plus benefits. it's busier than when i had it, but it's still largely posting on lj all day. i mean, more than you can now. it looks good on a resume' despite the fact a trained monkey would be overly qualified.

seriously, it's a great scam. think about it.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

What does your old job consist of doing?

Here's the thing: aside from feelings like this which come and go anyway, I really love working at the comic shop. The bosses here have been wonderful to me and the job is a constantly renewing pleasure with each new comics' day. Plus I basically sit at the computer and get to LJ and stuff anyway all day, like I'm doing right now. Which is a lot more than I can say about the video store job, which sucks donkey balls.

The commute from my house to Georgetown really ain't bad at all, which is more than I could say to the possibility of commuting via the beltway to work (it's enough of a game of russian roulette trying to get to rehearsal on time as it is).

Yet this "pay would be shitloads better" is mightily tempting. I can make do with comic shop money for the time being; I'm not paying off any horrid bills of my own just yet, or planning on doing anything extravagant too soon.

I don't know how long this offer will hold, but for the immediate future I'm happy where I am. I sincerely appreciate the thought, though. Lord knows if/when the writing/acting doesn't take off, I'm gonna need a job like that.

[jayel4192.livejournal.com]

there are a lot of big words and complicated organizational charts. but that's not the important part.

the job is really making copies, printing reports that anyone can read anyway, sitting in meetings taking notes, and writing up the notes. anything else that wastes paper and creates more bureacracy is just an added bonus.

but most of those assignments only take an hour or two a day. otherwise, you've got internet and time to write. hell, i wrote a movie script for my boss, which he wants to film on his own one day.

writing skills are a plus.

the people are... probably different than what you're used to. But the pay is around $37k or $38k for basically sitting on your butt and being patient with government efficiency. wonderful access from the metro (it's in crystal city). and every gov't holiday is a paid vacation. like today.

i think the spot is open for another week or two, before my old boss starts looking for someone. disc_sophist would know more, obviously, since she still works there.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Man. That is fucking tempting.

I'll need to think on it. I probably won't take it, but shit... I'm just hesitant to give up this job when I'm really happy, even if I'm not making enough to really set out on my own and all that.

Shit. Conflicted. Gah.

[morganashkevron.livejournal.com]

Everyone has those days. You just feel like doing nothing all day but moping and possibly eating icecream. And you spend an inordinate amount of time dwelling on the things you least want to think about. And everything seems to suck. People you normally like act like assholes, you get cut off on the highway, and you miss your favorite tv show because your brother needs to vent about his so-called problems. Chalk it up to just having a bad day. We've all been there. And remember that tomorrow is another day and it will probably be better than today. If all else fails, curl up with a good video game and smash some badguys into oblivion until their virtual pain makes you feel better.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Holy... bejeezus... your icon... so funny... so damn funny... I had to read it aloud as it played... it's so long and wonderful, I may just have to gack it...

Wow. That helped more than the smashing would even.

[morganashkevron.livejournal.com]

I didn't make it, but I know what you mean. First time I saw it, I had to sit with a fist in my mouth to keep from giggling in my cubicle.

[spacechild.livejournal.com]

"CURSE RICH-.. eh.. CUR-.. curse..

ah forget it.. doombot, bring me a pint of haagen daaz."

i've been struggling with days like that alot lately.. i'm just not cut out for this much normalcy.

anyway, i feel you. i'm sorry you're having a rough time. but you'll tough it out.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Ok. That made me smile.

[spacechild.livejournal.com]

that was the idea.

man, youmust be draggin.. a good Doombot/curse Richards joke would usually send you into paroxysms of laughter.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

A sammich has helped, but man, I'm just low today.

Try me again when I'm well-rested and caffinated. And not plagued by envy and nostalgia and insecurity.

[spacechild.livejournal.com]

its ok.. i'm feeling like utter shit today myself.

[fishymcb.livejournal.com]

I suggest you think of Doc Ock performing "If I Were a Rich Man". Even if it works just for a teensy second, my work is done.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Yes, well, that's always the happy.

[jgurlpunkrck.livejournal.com]

Which X Files episode was that again? I feel like I vaguely recall...

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Bruce plays a demon who keeps marrying women who then give birth to hideous demon babies, so he kills them and moves on to try to have a normal baby. He just desperately wants a normal life. It's really sad, and Bruce does excellent work.

[metalcrowe.livejournal.com]

You know, I just watched that episode last week, and it totally escaped my notice (again) that that was Bruce Campbell. Shows you how in tune I am to popular culture, I guess.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Hey, it could also be Bruce's un-Bruce Campbell-y acting in the episode too. He was really damn good in that.

[jgurlpunkrck.livejournal.com]

Just as I suspected.

[gore-whore-5.livejournal.com]

What will you be bringing then, if not the Bruce Campbell?
I hope peanutbutter chocolate chip brownies made from scratch will cheer you up, at least for a little while. ::HUG::

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I have just Marathon Man... I have to be up at 9:30 tomorrow so I can get to DC for Closer rehearsal, so it's just as well I won't be doing a late night tonight...

Hmm, hug brownies...

[eliyes.livejournal.com]

I never really feel like cursing Richards, since Doom is not my shtick. But depressed days? Yes. Chronically, clinically, yes. Talk to people. Eat comfort food. If you manage to catch it before it saps your will to move, exercise seems to help for a while, if done regularly. *hugs*

One of those days, yes ...

[ex-treyhawk503.livejournal.com]

As one of my favorite Gorey drawings says: "Some days, it's not worth gnawing through the restraining straps."

You and I need to hit the town, get drunk, and get laid.

Yea, it's been one of those days.

[stdelia.livejournal.com]

A lot. Especially in the winter. Especially this year. Haven't had it since about the winter of '03 though, and I'm rather frightened of it.

[aeonata.livejournal.com]

Lots of commiseration on the crappy feeling-ness of the day. I shall curse whomever is in need of it, with a free smiteing, while you wait! Just say the word...

[gnort.livejournal.com]

dude I got something that might cheer you up. I read on wikipedia that there are rumors of a theatrical release of a Fairly Oddparents/Spongebob Squarepants crossover. It's only a rumor and might not come out for several years but the concept alone should be enough to lift your spirits.

[covenhouse-cat.livejournal.com]

Um, I just had to tell you that I screamed with laughter over the hilarious truth of Cat Piss Man.

That article was so true.

The store I worked at was extra large, so, lucky us: we had two: One skinny, one huge. The huge one was exactly how the article described him. OMG. So True.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it and I'm glad someone read it. If you haven't yet, I also suggest www.actsorgord.com, I believe is the url.

[kwsapphire.livejournal.com]

Um.. *dons her Doombot suit and bows low before you* If there is anything I can do to lighten your mood, my liege, I am of course at your service

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Oh, perhaps one of these days, my Latverian princess, one of these days. Doom will not soon forget your kindness and support. Not that Doom needed it, of course, for I am DOOM. But it is deeply appreciated nonetheless. ;)

(PS, I got a sneak peek at BOOKS OF DOOM #1 which comes out this Wednesday, and it's awesome. Utter awesomeness.)

[kwsapphire.livejournal.com]

Yes I got a sneak peek too, online. And then my Comic Shop, awesome as they are, had the whole issue out on display. And available for reading. And my comic shop is SO awesome they did a little something else for their resident Doom fanatic, but I wont say it here, because they could get in trouble if I said so. :)