You'd better watch out

Posted in Seasonal Disorders on December 22, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (8) | TrackBacks (0)

... Because I seemed to have caught a serious strain of a bug and it might be contagious.

This bug is so awful, its existence isn't even noted in my beloved Time/Life A - Z Medical Encyclopedia. But I can tell you from horrible experience that the very real symptoms include irritability, fatigue, depression, homicidal/suicidal tendencies, and vehement hatred of tinsel and carols. (Except when said carols are disguised as jazz standards sung by Diana Krall. Then it is actually more than tolerable.)

So yes, women, it's basically identical to having an extreme and ongoing case of PMS.

And ongoing it is. This affliction seems to strike annually around the end of November, lasting through the entire December, and peaking on the 25th. It's called the Bah Humbug! and really, it can get people killed.

And I'm not just referring to the sufferers...

Roll on, January! I beg you.

0 TrackBacks

Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: You'd better watch out.

TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.redsaid.net/mt-tb.cgi/150

8 Comments

Po said:

You are scrooge and I am the grinch, only instead of stealing christmas I ate it!

December 22, 2008 9:15 PM

Aunty Helpful Dictator said:

jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way... oh what fun it is to ride on a one horse open sleigh - hey!

Sleigh bells ring are you listenin', in the lane snow is glistenin', a beautiful sight, we're happy tonight, walking in a winter wonder land.

Ding, dong merrily on high, the bells are gaily ringing, ding dong merrily on high, the angels all are singing...

Happy Christmas Ebenezzer Red!

December 23, 2008 3:58 AM

pylorns said:

Merry Christmas! mwahahahahahaha

December 27, 2008 2:13 AM

nadine said:

Well it's January 5th now, so you can come out and play. Happy New Year!!

January 5, 2009 9:08 AM

kyknoord said:

It's January. Are you happy yet?

January 6, 2009 11:14 PM

pylorns said:

She's in hiding.

January 13, 2009 5:21 AM

siverspoon said:

Wake up Red! It is 2009 and time to post more of your wisdom...

January 16, 2009 2:14 PM

Sue said:

redsaid@gmail.com pls mail me a tel no
old frend from UAS

January 21, 2009 7:20 PM

is a South African girl living in South Africa. That doesn't sound very original, we know, but you might find it remotely interesting when you learn that she has only recently returned to South Africa for the first time after a nine year, one month and two week (non-stop!) stint in the United States where she accidentally became an outlawed alien (also known, especially in immigration circles, as an 'illegal immigrant.' We prefer the term 'outlawed alien' ourselves). During her reversed exile from her homeland, she kept herself occupied by winning this website (but only after shamelessly bribing the judges) and thus being unleashed on the web where she slowly, leisurely became the World's Laziest Blogger; by being a nanny and by attending sci-fi conventions in search of other aliens. In the US, she also made her sailing debut, her international acting debut, tried and failed to learn the piano, and never learned to cook. She is hopelessly addicted to coffee, dogs (especially Labrador Retrievers), how-to books (with a particular fondness for her copy of the Time/Life A - Z Medical Encyclopedia), and she tends to grossly overuse parentheses (we're not kidding) during her attempts at writing, which you may - if you really have masochistic tendencies - subject yourself to by reading the words to the right of this column. If you REALLY and truly STILL want to know more, you can read her C.V. here.
Or you can ~~stalk her~~ send her some love via e-mail at: redsaid[AT]gmail[DOT]com

The Wish List (Because yes, she really does need more how-to books. Honestly!)

online

Sue : redsaid@gmail.com pls mail me a tel no old frend from UAS ... [go]
siverspoon : Wake up Red! It is 2009 and time to post more of your wisdom...... [go]
pylorns : She's in hiding.... [go]
kyknoord : It's January. Are you happy yet?... [go]
nadine : Well it's January 5th now, so you can come out and play. Happy New Year!!... [go]
pylorns : Merry Christmas! mwahahahahahaha... [go]
Aunty Helpful Dictator : jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way... oh what fun it is to ride on a one horse open slei... [go]
Po : You are scrooge and I am the grinch, only instead of stealing christmas I ate it!... [go]