in my experience, a period of intense work is usually followed by a brief period of depression & lack of focus. it’s just something to do with the hormones/adrenaline your body uses to meet a deadline, and the natural shiny doug will rebound in a few days.

what does “presenting” mean? what’s a presenter?

“Host” is probably the American term, like Ryan Seacrest is the host of American Idol. Presenter just seems to be the standard term down here. (Not that I’m down here at the moment, I’m writing this from my friend Erik’s apartment in Portland, but anyway.)

Ramona:

Is it just me? You’re on an island, you’re not, you’re alone, you’re in civilization, you’re having a bad day, you’re having a great day, it’s Wednesday, no it’s Tuesday… man. Sounds like you’re working too much to me.

I am working too much, but the basic problem is balancing a fictional construct of myself (whose emotional arc has had nothing to do with mine over the past several months) with my actual self (or however close to reality it comes in this bloggy configuration).

Haven’t you reached that middle aged hurdle yet where you decide it just doesn’t matter? And let’s just go listen to some music and have a damn beer?

No. In part because I changed my life for my career and now I have to figure out how to bring everything back together.

And a good cry. I love a good cry. Good for you for having a good cry. An alleged cry.

Not that I have any way of proving it but it was an actual cry. I only make things up about Island Doug, not actual Doug.

Thanks to everyone for their kind words. It’s been a rough patch and I tend to overreact to even the smallest of perceived failures in such situation. Things are relaxing quite a bit now. And the ankle seems to be healing up quickly and nicely, which is a blessing.

I think I reached her level of maturity last week. Maybe.

Yeah, the beauty queen child has some issues. I can’t believe they’ve been so patient with her.

But yeah, each week a kid gets $20,000 in a gold star. Last week they gave one to a smart kid, not a hard-working kid. Funny that.

The problem with the Noisettes is their endless use of idioms, but I read that the album was rushed, so maybe that had something to do with it. But they are a band that rocks in a way that I love. Very powerful. I can’t get over that drummer and how he started out. And anyway, good stuff.

The Noisettes really made me happy when I found them too.

Haven’t you reached that middle aged hurdle yet where you decide it just doesn’t matter? And let’s just go listen to some music and have a damn beer? And a good cry. I love a good cry. Good for you for having a good cry. An alleged cry.

I’m still amazed by older music too and not found much new music that holds my interest. But how could it? How could anything hold a candle to the history I have with certain bands, history that spans decades? Though I must say I was totally taken by The Noisettes and listened to that album about 25 times last month.

Beyond that, this blog is as much a musical find as a new band. I like how you can manipulate music in new ways and relate to it differently this way. By god, the social media aspect has taken me and I am now a statistic.

But back to reality tv, is anybody watching Kid Nation and have as their hero Sophia, like me?

Your ankle will need to be elevated whenever you get a chance, above the level of your heart actually, which is pretty hard on a plane. Consider taking some ice packs that you crack to kick the cold off. Did you leave yet?

Also you can take tylenol, then two hours later take ibuprofen, then two hours later take the tylenol again etc. Uh.. I probably could have just emailed you with my quackery.

Hope the flights go well.

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I thought “Control” was very pretty to look at, with lots of posing and posturing. And I like to think I wasn’t a jerk at 23. I sure kenw some tho, yikes!

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