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Cute cards and woe-is-me thoughts

As you may remember, my sister gave my mom a card for her birthday and I felt she’d chosen an unfairly cute card which is totally the kind of thing she does. This is the card:

Well I’m happy to report that I held my own, card-wise, with the following:

In other news, I seem to have fallen into whatever-you-want-to-call-it where unless I’m in motion I’m kind of depressed. This is a particularly undesirable place to be because what it means to me is that I’m not really okay with my thoughts and myself and my current everything. Could I be less specific and less articulate? I could, just you wait. See, I had meetings in LA yesterday and the day before because I’m very important and while to-and-fro-ing I felt like I was accomplishing stuff and doing what I should be doing and here we go and I’m on my way and I’m not stagnating and etc. But today I have less on the agenda so I feel blah, but actually what I feel is that I should be dealing with all the moving stuff I need to deal with, which I really don’t want to deal with. So I guess what I’m saying is it’s less about being in motion than about my not wanting to deal with moving. Also, I have a lot of articulate and thought provoking and philosophical things to say about myriad topics including moving, Marvin, door slamming, adulthood and other stuff so you should probably clear your schedule.

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28 Responses to Cute cards and woe-is-me thoughts

  1. arttyIV October 13, 2010 at 12:18 pm #

    Consider my schedule cleared…

  2. Michael Moeller October 13, 2010 at 12:22 pm #

    Alison, I commiserate with you. Right now I have a situation with several challenges similar to what you are dealing with and I too feel blah.

  3. boinkity October 13, 2010 at 12:27 pm #

    Are we supposed to vote for the cutest card? I’m sorta loving that baby koala!

  4. Alison Rosen October 13, 2010 at 12:39 pm #

    I know. Once I saw the cards side by side I realized the koala one still might be cuter

  5. Ted_Goodlove October 13, 2010 at 1:02 pm #

    Oh my! I’m so sorry Alison. Now I feel so shitty for tweeting you for a date last night. Once again my timing and judgement are off! If I could combine a card with the Koala and the puppy on the cover, I’d give it to you! Hope your move and other issues work out…Peace out sucka!

  6. Alison Rosen October 13, 2010 at 1:05 pm #

    Don’t feel bad. I was amused and entertained and you know I love all you
    guys!

  7. Kimba012 October 13, 2010 at 2:00 pm #

    My prescription for you? You need to ditch all that stuff in New York!!! Sell it, loan it…hell, give it away, it will be cathartic. You are a big, shiny shooting star and you don’t have time for the trivia right now….
    and by the way, that blah feeling is just you getting your LA sea legs again….nice place but no energy like NY.

  8. Alison Rosen October 13, 2010 at 2:21 pm #

    Hm. You’re the third person who recommended just getting rid of everything.
    It’s liberating/scary to think about.

  9. arttyIV October 13, 2010 at 8:18 pm #

    Consider my schedule cleared…

  10. Michael Moeller October 13, 2010 at 8:22 pm #

    Alison, I commiserate with you. Right now I have a situation with several challenges similar to what you are dealing with and I too feel blah.

  11. boinkity October 13, 2010 at 8:27 pm #

    Are we supposed to vote for the cutest card? I'm sorta loving that baby koala!

  12. Alison Rosen October 13, 2010 at 8:39 pm #

    I know. Once I saw the cards side by side I realized the koala one still might be cuter

  13. Ted_Goodlove October 13, 2010 at 9:02 pm #

    Oh my! I'm so sorry Alison. Now I feel so shitty for tweeting you for a date last night. Once again my timing and judgement are off! If I could combine a card with the Koala and the puppy on the cover, I'd give it to you! Hope your move and other issues work out…Peace out sucka!

  14. Alison Rosen October 13, 2010 at 9:05 pm #

    Don't feel bad. I was amused and entertained and you know I love all you

    guys!

  15. Kimba012 October 13, 2010 at 10:00 pm #

    My prescription for you? You need to ditch all that stuff in New York!!! Sell it, loan it…hell, give it away, it will be cathartic. You are a big, shiny shooting star and you don't have time for the trivia right now….

    and by the way, that blah feeling is just you getting your LA sea legs again….nice place but no energy like NY.

  16. Alison Rosen October 13, 2010 at 10:21 pm #

    Hm. You're the third person who recommended just getting rid of everything.

    It's liberating/scary to think about.

  17. Ted_Goodlove October 13, 2010 at 10:11 pm #

    Outside of a few minor indiscretions by me, we’ve had an Internet relationship going for over 3 years…that is such a record! Love you too Ro Ro.

    Also since Michael from Louisiana was banned to that Leper Colony that officially makes me the very first RosenFan. I remember that past controversy over “who” was actually the first….but I’m quit certain it was me regardless of Michael’s situation. I mean out of the thousands of fans you have now to be the very first is kinda of a cool title…I wear it proudly…throw my weight around…act like I’m the shit…YEAH!

  18. boinkity October 13, 2010 at 11:54 pm #

    I’m #2!! I’m #2!! (actually I think Joe McDonald is number one because he never left like Ted and I did for awhile, and Joe makes all those arty internet pictures that Alison loves so much and he’s a chat room moderator AND he does something else I’m forgetting about!)

  19. boinkity October 13, 2010 at 11:58 pm #

    I am totally relieved you were amused and entertained Alison. Not only did I help instigate things, I was just about to throw Ted under the bus if your feelings were hurt in any way!!

  20. Ted_Goodlove October 14, 2010 at 6:11 am #

    Outside of a few minor indiscretions by me, we've had an Internet relationship going for over 3 years…that is such a record! Love you too Ro Ro.

    Also since Michael from Louisiana was banned to that Leper Colony that officially makes me the very first RosenFan. I remember that past controversy over “who” was actually the first….but I'm quit certain it was me regardless of Michael's situation. I mean out of the thousands of fans you have now to be the very first is kinda of a cool title…I wear it proudly…throw my weight around…act like I'm the shit…YEAH!

  21. boinkity October 14, 2010 at 7:54 am #

    I'm #2!! I'm #2!! (actually I think Joe McDonald is number one because he never left like Ted and I did for awhile, and Joe makes all those arty internet pictures that Alison loves so much and he's a chat room moderator AND he does something else I'm forgetting about!)

  22. boinkity October 14, 2010 at 7:58 am #

    I am totally relieved you were amused and entertained Alison. Not only did I help instigate things, I was just about to throw Ted under the bus if your feelings were hurt in any way!!

  23. Ted_Goodlove October 16, 2010 at 8:54 am #

    Dude, I never said I was the favorite, I just said I was the first real RosenFan from a purely historical context. I just want to make sure Alison’s autobiographers get it right someday. And, I only left to concentrate on my second career…then I missed you guys and returned. You left to soil your wild oats…there’s a difference.

    P.S. – I still think I’m her favorite….well possibly..slight probability…nah!

  24. Alison Rosen October 16, 2010 at 9:17 am #

    You are all my favorite!

  25. boinkity October 16, 2010 at 1:17 pm #

    I say… only get ride of he really big stuff that you don’t have any emotional ties to… like your plants

  26. Ted_Goodlove October 16, 2010 at 4:54 pm #

    Dude, I never said I was the favorite, I just said I was the first real RosenFan from a purely historical context. I just want to make sure Alison's autobiographers get it right someday. And, I only left to concentrate on my second career…then I missed you guys and returned. You left to soil your wild oats…there's a difference.

    P.S. – I still think I'm her favorite….well possibly..slight probability…nah!

  27. Alison Rosen October 16, 2010 at 5:17 pm #

    You are all my favorite!

  28. boinkity October 16, 2010 at 9:17 pm #

    I say… only get ride of he really big stuff that you don't have any emotional ties to… like your plants

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