Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Freedom’s Just Another Word for Get Back to Work

I will admit it: this week is kicking my ass, and it’s still only wednesday.  I have been massaging so much data at work that I’m turning into a massagonist.  My mind boils and seethes (mmm seethey) with things that would be interesting (to me) and fulfilling (to me) to write about, but I’ve not got the time-energy combo-pak to get them from my scrawlbook to this pristine screen.  Today I get to make a presentation at the departmental meeting about the current status of the strategic planning process, and it’s just as thrilling as it sounds.  Plus, I have to get to the office earlier than usual today so I can do a lot more work than usual in less time than usual, and still leave very much on schedule to cook and eat supper early enough to fast for 12 hours for a blood test tomorrow morning for my physical next week.... suffice it to say, oy.

This leads me to think that I do have one thing to share today, not for your benefit you freaking freeloaders (I kid, I kid, you guys are the best) but for my own, a message of self-affirmation and -empowerment that I would hope carries me through my day with strength and pride.  It is my mantra of autonomy in the face of a sea of obstacles cast down around me by a cruel unfeeling universe; my challenge to myself to overcome slings, arrows, darts and javelins, and all the innumerable and unnameable trials that will ineffectually endure my persistent existence for the forseeable future.  And it is this:

YOU CAN’T HOLD ME DOWN, MAN.  I’M A FREE SPIRIT.* ** *** **** *****

* free with minimum purchase.
** limited time only
*** not good with any other offer
**** valid only at participating locations
***** while supplies last

Remember, you’re as free as I tell you you are.  Now go out and vote or make some art or something.  I have work to do.