except for bunnies
I’m trying to write my paper for Transsomatechnics, which is in two and a bit weeks, and it’s going dreadfully. Some horrendous stomach bug is making me nauseous and unable to eat properly. On Wednesday I’ve got to pick up 70 essays to mark before I leave for the US. Worst, I brought some bad administrivial magic down on myself, which means that the correct paperwork approving me for a six month scholarship extension hasn’t been processed. It’s possible that my scholarship could stop this week, unless I act fast. Things feel overwhelming, exactly as if everyone were suddenly bursting into musical numbers every third minute and burning themselves up in the process.
(Yes, it’s only six months until I ‘finish’ my ‘thesis’, apparently. The arrival of which foreboding date is surely connected to my body packing it in.)
Therefore: time to get into blanket-couch formation and revisit the Scooby Gang, who always show me how to weather the world. It’s a bit soppy, but “I’ve Got A Theory” is exactly what I need to hear right now. There’s nothing I can’t face. Except for bunnies. And even bunnies can be stared down, with their little red eyes and that carrot fetish.
[hands Az a bucket] I’m sorry to hear you’re not well, Az; if it makes you feel any better, I sang along with the Scoobies in support…! I hope the nausea passes, along with the stupid overwhelmingness of bureaucracy and the dumb and (goddamit) continual passing of time. Well, perhaps less on the latter, but I hope thing slow and settle.
Comment by WildlyParenthetical — April 15, 2008 @ 7:48 am
Me too. And for you, as well. Here’s to tiny tiny ‘cosmetic’ alterations…
Comment by Az — April 15, 2008 @ 10:49 am
hey az,
a great abstract you’ve got there - and i love the fact that the term “riffing on” is in there (a LOT funkier than “engaging with” or “building on”, which are terms i frequently (ab)use :)
and i also put the term ‘thesis’ in inverted commas - not because I believe ‘theses’ are impossible creatures, but because finishing one all seems so unreal!!
Comment by jay — April 17, 2008 @ 11:47 am