Blatant Appeal for Flattery and Other Good Thoughts.

[tablesaw]

This has not been the greatest week, for various reasons. Some of those reasons are private and complicated. Some of them are not. Among the public and uncomplicated reasons, I went to work today without my cell phone. Or my keys. And I have no idea where the building manager is or when (or if) he'll be back. So I'm at Kinko's now. The "let's just spend some time in Hollywood" time has run into "uh, can I get in touch with someone to let me sleep somewhere?"

Among the private and complicated ones, well . . .

With various emotional ups and downs, it's pretty clear that I'm experiencing some general depression. And now that those emotional things are kind of settling, it's just out there in the open. Nothing major, but still annoying to deal with. Especially when all this stupid stuff happens.

So, just, generally, if you have a moment, I could kind of use people saying things to boost up my self-worth. I'm in the frame of mind where I don't immediately discount them, and they've been absurdly beneficial to me the last few days. They don't even need to be creative, just hearing good things from other people is kind of what I need at the moment.

That, and for my manager to finally be there when I walk back across the street.

ETA: I finally got in touch with my manager. Or rather, my manager's son, since the manager is apparently on vacation. So he graciously drove over and let me into the house. Time to numb my brain with TV.

Comments

[trouble]

I like you.
:)

[seekingferret]

I liked your response to naraht's post on Lady Gaga.

[jjhunter]

You are a wizard with words, sir--the keyboard mightier than the sword at unraveling modern-day knots--and the world is a much better place for having you in it, bright heart and all. Hang in there.

[chris]

I enjoy your posts and think you deal with the challenges in your life admirably.

*fist bump*

[mswyrr]

I'm happy to know you. Your presence on my flist is a joy to me. Sometimes I wish I could borrow your brain for a couple hours so I could know what it's like to thoroughly enjoy solving puzzles. :)

[jadelennox]

well, here's something I've never said: I've known you were cool online for eons, but lots of people are cool online and not so cool in person. So when I met you in January, I was unsurprised but exceedingly happy to find that you were also awesome in person.

Also, I'm glad you got into your house.

♥

[susanreads]

I like it when you link to puzzles, though most of them are too difficult for me. Thank you for introducing me to nikoli.com, and for Banned from Google. I'm glad you got back into the building!

[elf]

You are awesome. I love your filk. I'm always happy when I see your name come up in a link collection because I know I'm going to love what I read, and it's probably going to give me new things to consider.

[trinker]

You? Are one of my best friends, ever.

And sometimes I worry about being a good-enough friend to you. Because you are just that awesome!