I usually post from work...I know, "must be nice". Well, I went after this job so I could pay the bills and work on my activist, music and teaching stuff. But occassionally a situation pops up like the one now where I'm stuck...um...not being able to sit at a computer. I only have a few minutes so rather than go on and on about a ton of specific things that have been slapping me upside the head, I thought I'd talk about something a bit more general.

I've just been in the biggest funk lately. It's been pretty bad. I'm one stupid comment from someone away from me really just losing it. Some of it's been personal stuff - career, relationship, financial, etc - but some of it's just been the overall state of the world kinda stuff. As I've been stuck in a hallway in a kids' residential treatment center, watching some kid sleep (I swear it's legit), I've been reading. A lot of what's going on just brings on despair. The latest issue of The Progressive Populist makes me want to stick my head in an oven. Nobody with any kind of conscience knows what to do...there IS no good news. Seriously. Um...sports, I guess...but even that doesn't distract me. I feel like I'm becoming that Rachel Dracht character who connects every conversation with injustices in the world. But that's all I seem to be surrounded by.

This includes causes I'm personally involved in. People are losing their minds. People I've known, respected and trusted for a long time are making decisions as if they've suddenly lost the ablity to reason. I've begun a semi-slow campaign to pull myself out of a number of organizations/causes. Not because I don't believe in them, but because I'm tired, burned out and over-extentded. And, to be honest, I just don't know what the hell people are thinking any more. The breadth of all the foolishness is mind boggling.

So, I'm thinking...what the hell do I do now? Withdraw from everything? I may as well as everyone who is breathing my air is annoying the crap out of me. But then it kinda hit me. I've been railing people for a while who get caught up in stuff that doesn't matter and I'm ready to join them. Not too cool. So my solution is to just simplify a little. I'm going to get out of a few things...and maybe make a couple of changes. It may be time for a change of scenery. We'll see. But for now, I'm going to finish up with things I've committed to and start looking for more quality as I've been chin-deep in quantity.

That's all I have for right now...I gotta go watch some kid fart in his sleep. (My parents must be so proud) There's a lot of stuff I want to get into with some interesting links to throw at you. I may even get a few minutes tomorrow...stay tuned.