Kristel December 18th, 2007
Writer’s Block: The inability to form coherent and witty sentences. Getting stuck with sub-par phrasing. Writing like a simpleton or not writing at all.
A friend once asked: “why is it that writers are the only people who constantly experience writer’s block?” Well, it’s not that writers are the only ones who experience the dreaded writer’s block, it’s just that writers tend to take that “literary pause” personally. (How else are you supposed to take it?)
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Kristel October 20th, 2007
Work burnout happens when you’re no longer happy with what you’re doing. It could be your officemates, the stress of the job, or your overbearing boss that’s making you want to crawl back into bed every Monday morning and wait for Saturday to emerge again.
Going to a job which you hate is never an easy thing. You’re probably having that dream sequence of smashing every single computer in the office into tiny bits while your boss gives you instructions. For some people, a personal favorite would be imagining the boss’s head swelling to the size of a watermelon before exploding. Or you can pull an Ally McBeal and dance with imaginary baby cupids in diapers.
If you’re like most people who hate their jobs, you’re simply waiting for a better deal that’s going to come along. The fact is, your job helps you pay your bills. If you ever feel like you’re the only person in the world who has had dreams of becoming an Indie artist or living the bohemian lifestyle, then you would be wrong. But just like you, other bohemians-at-heart, have responsibilities to take care of and bills to pay.
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Kristel October 5th, 2007
It’s socially mandatory. When a bunch of women get together, the conversation automatically steers itself towards weight and weight issues. It doesn’t matter who started it, this conversation could go on and on for the next few weeks. And most women who participate in “fat talk” are hardly ever really fat.
I find that almost all the fat talk I’ve participated in involves either sitting in some chichi or snooty establishment where everything is so expensive that looking at the prices on the menu makes me feel like fasting. Sometimes it happens in a fast food chain while everyone’s gorging on greasy fries and even greasier burgers. The drinks are of course DIET sodas, because nobody wants to gain some unwanted poundage.
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