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I Feel Monstrous When I Don’t Write

Posted on November 22, 2022 by mohawkvalleygirl

I like Monstrous Monday. No matter how down and dull I feel, I almost always feel capable of putting up a few monster pics with my own silly comments.

That sounded so confident. While I typed those two sentences, a voice inside me was saying, “No, you can’t. You don’t really feel capable of anything. Furthermore, your comments are dumb, boring, and repetitive.” I believe it is either my depression or my low self-esteem talking (you wouldn’t think an egotist such as myself could suffer from low self-esteem, but so it is). Am I oversharing again? I had better get on with the monsters.

What I feel like some days.

Ooey-gooey! I think my favorite part of The Blob is the theme song. That tango beat!

What I do not seem to have some days.

I like to share The Brain from Planet Arous when I am feeling particularly brainless. Come to think about it, I have not seen that movie in some time. I wonder if I have it on DVD or video.

I just loves me some Nosferatu.

I thought I would throw in a picture of my favorite, Nosferatu from the 1922 silent film.

Kafka knew from monsters.

I close with a quote to encourage myself. Making silly comments about monsters is at least writing something. Perhaps I can segue into something more literary, or at least more lengthy. For a Monstrous Monday blog post, I am going to call this sufficient.

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I’m Not a Monster

Posted on December 31, 2020 by mohawkvalleygirl

This will either be a Wuss-Out Wednesday or Mid-Week Monsters. I wonder if I could be suffering from a post-Christmas letdown. Really, I feel quite ashamed of myself for being in any kind of a bad mood, let alone sliding into depression and despair. My life is not all that bad, especially when I look at what others are going through. Additionally, there is the thought that we must do what we can to improve our own circumstances.

Reflecting on those last two sentences does not always help. Sometimes it snowballs the mood, because of the added guilt and feeling of What-the-hell-is-the-matter-with-me? I am not currently experiencing such a snowball, so there’s that.

I was searching my Media Library for a monster picture, just to take a break from whatever we might call the preceding paragraphs, when I came across a quote I like. I was just questioning whether I should continue this admittedly foolish post. Kafka obviously feels I should. So there.

Now there’s a monster who never did any writing. He is from The Brain That Wouldn’t Die, one of my favorite cheesy horror movies. I wonder if I can talk Steve into watching cheesy horror movies for New Year’s Eve. Or we could go with the classics. Classic horror movies, of course.

I see I am over 200 words, so I feel I have met my minimum standard. I am also feeling some improvement mood-wise. As I observed on Sunday, monsters often help.

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Media Library, Can You Help Me Now?

Posted on September 6, 2020 by mohawkvalleygirl

Hello, and welcome to another Slacker Saturday. The only remotely useful thing I did today was a run of just over an hour. I went on to feel discouraged as I got on Facebook to see numerous posts by people who had run their Virtual Boilermaker 15K, most of them in well under two hours. Of course I was happy for and impressed by these people. But I feel… unworthy.

My plan is to run the mini maker at Copper City Brewing in Rome next Sunday. I hope they are not too impatient with me. I rear I will be an elephant amongst gazelles.

But never mind my running problems. I need to make a blog post, and I have done very little that is blog-worthy today. Yes, I suppose I could do another Running Commentary Post. Only I really do not feel like revisiting this morning’s thunk-fest.

My favorite!

When in doubt, throw in a picture. I did not include Nosferatu in my Non-Sequitur Thursday Post, but I noticed him in my Media Library just now and said, “Ooh!”

Now some people may say that if a blogger has not much to say, she might like to refrain from making a blog post that day. I found a pat answer for that, also in my Media Library:

Kafka knew from insanity.

That is my problem! I am not writing enough! I know, some of you are looking at this post and quoting Truman Capote: “That’s not writing, that’s typing.” How literary of you.

Is this the monster Kafka was talking about?

Writing or typing, I am over 250 words. I call that respectable. Happy Saturday, my friends!

Mid-Week Mood

Posted on June 6, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

It’s the type-it-in-backspace-it-out disease. I grit my teeth (metaphorically speaking; I live in danger of cracked teeth on account of my unfortunate dental grinding at night) and try to keep typing. Welcome to another Wuss-out Wednesday post.

What I kept backspacing out was any mention of the down mood that has been plaguing me. I hate to mention it, because what the blankety-blank do I have to complain about? The stern voice inside me says, “Just quit whining and get on with things.” Alas, I do not respond well to such bracing treatment.

On the other hand, perhaps some of my readers have down moods and might like to feel that they are not alone. When somebody tells me they are in a down mood, I usually respond with sympathy. Why do I not treat myself with such gentleness? Ah, that calls for some half-baked philosophy more suitable to Lame Post Friday.

There’s a director who got into his work.

I thought a random silly picture would pep things up. It also cheers me up. Who could be uncheered by William Castle? What other pictures can I find? I’ll check my Media Library.

But sometimes I am piddle puttering.

Here’s another bit of silliness, given to me by my sister Cheryl.

This is not exactly a monster picture

I add this not because it is silly, but because it is a good reason for me to keep making posts, however foolish they may be. Maybe I’ll close with something silly, though.

Who, me? Silly? SAY IT AIN’T SO!!!

I’m in a better mood now. As always, thank you for tuning in.

Mohawk Valley Girl