When is it that I went all boring? I used to be fun and charming and exciting to be around. Now I'm all moody and lethargic and talking too much in public. I think I over-analyze things about myself; one moment of anxiety means that I am insane, one mediocre set and I have clearly run out of comedy goodness, and one missing orgasm makes me frigid. I blame my unending self-absorption on my liberal arts college education and also on my astrological sign, which is Aries.

You know, part of what happens is that I don't do well when I'm bored, which is most of the time, at least during the work day. So while I am doing such engaging things as data entry or organizing other people's files my mind is left to wander, and if it's left to wander unattended, it goes immediately to all of the things that I do wrong. Not that I'm a negative person, because I'm not, but after five hours of thinking about how I should have said x instead of y (and usually replaying my side of that conversation OUT LOUD thankyouverymuch) it seems like the biggest deal ever made in the world.

Which is why I should always have projects. When I have projects I can put some of this energy outward, toward something remotely productive. When I'm in the process of writing a story or a joke or learning something new, I get all of this incredible momentum moving towards it, and it's refreshing and fun. When I'm in the process of doing nothing creative I get all of this incredible momentum moving towards figuring out what else I can fix about myself. Maybe you can give me a project? I'm open to suggestions.