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american blah
Jan. 21st, 2004 08:04 pmI am having a superblah day. I feel less achy and exhausted than I have in the last few days, but still affected; more than anything, it's mental exhaustion that remains. I feel cranky and oversensitive and sleepy and like bad company. So I've stayed home for a third day in a row. I did go to the library earlier, and picked up a bunch of reserve books on Joseph Cornell, but after that I was completely done, & now I think I'm mostly just waiting for it to be late enough to go to bed without the likelihood of getting up at 4AM. Thus spake fibromyalgia-meets-pms.
Note to self: tomorrow or ASAP, buy a couple of natural-spectrum lightbulbs. Tonight, drink a lot of water. I may not be able to fix whatever is going on with me, but I'm pretty sure I can eliminate possible factors, like nutrition, hydration, relaxation, and getting enough sleep and sunlight.
I saw American Idol for the first time last night and found it kind of appalling. So of course, I have it on again tonight, while I read my book on ADULT UNDERACHIEVERS. Some of these people who are told that they can't sing do have decent voices, but don't know how to choose material and don't have a great deal of musicianship (that enables them to sing without accompaniment). Some of them would have nice voices for classical or sacred music, but are doomed if they try to sing pop. (This is pretty common.) But I also think that some people come in knowing they can't sing, and do comically terrible auditions just to get on TV. That may not have been the case in the first AI, but it's got to be a factor at least occasionally since the show gained popularity.
Note to self: tomorrow or ASAP, buy a couple of natural-spectrum lightbulbs. Tonight, drink a lot of water. I may not be able to fix whatever is going on with me, but I'm pretty sure I can eliminate possible factors, like nutrition, hydration, relaxation, and getting enough sleep and sunlight.
I saw American Idol for the first time last night and found it kind of appalling. So of course, I have it on again tonight, while I read my book on ADULT UNDERACHIEVERS. Some of these people who are told that they can't sing do have decent voices, but don't know how to choose material and don't have a great deal of musicianship (that enables them to sing without accompaniment). Some of them would have nice voices for classical or sacred music, but are doomed if they try to sing pop. (This is pretty common.) But I also think that some people come in knowing they can't sing, and do comically terrible auditions just to get on TV. That may not have been the case in the first AI, but it's got to be a factor at least occasionally since the show gained popularity.
