Middle Rant

Five Minute Depression fighters.

Play 'Clint Eastwood' by the Gorilaz.

Stop at Barnes N Noble or similar bookstore. Inhale.

Buy a different shade of near-black nail polish.

Rent two movies; a guilty pleasure and something you need to see

Turn off your cell phone and enjoy five minutes of being unreachable and out without anyone's permission. (Less than ten years ago this was a dream, after all.)

Listen to music or read in your car when it's raining.***works particularly well with moon roofs.

Go to Mr.Lee's and pick up a pint of won-ton soup.


Paint your lips red, fluff out your bedraggled hair and impose yourself on humanity in whatever form first presents itself.

Read enough Thoreau to nurse a brief period of self-righteous solitude driven artwork.

Embrace your right to have an off day, moment or year. The best part of being human is smiling when you mean it.

Stumble. (or is this a symptom...)

*phone rings*