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April 25, 2003

Obsessional substitution

One moment it was morning and I was making a list of the things I was going to do today… the next moment it was dark and I was wandering through Aro Valley with a dazed expression on my face. What happened to today? Oh no! Could this be my latest obsession? I’ve heard that people do that. Substitute different addictions when they try to give something up. I stopped cutting and started drinking chocolate. Lots of drinking chocolate. Sometimes I forgot to add the soy milk and water. And now that I’m trying to give up drinking chocolate, I need something else to satisfy my urges. Oh dear. I’m really glad that I don’t have a TV. I’m guilt tripping enough that I spent the whole afternoon glued to the screen at a friend’s house. I feel as though I should have done something worthwhile during that time. But maybe I’m being too hard on myself… I’m consoling myself with the fact that I got so far without watching Buffy. All those months of doing worthwhile things. I must have earned a break by now…

Now I have to be careful where I go on the net. See, I thought looking for a picture would be ok, cos a picture can’t say that much about plot. Can it? Apparently. Like, who’s she? Is he? No! She can’t! But but… that’s just wrong! Bad bad BAD and wrong! Please tell me they’re just slash-pics. Is there such a thing? And what the hell is she doing with… No! Shhhhhhhhh, don’t tell me. I’m only up to season two.

Oh yeah, and talking about obessions. I’ve just discovered site stats. Ooooh, new toy. So far all I’ve found out is how much I log on. Which is a lot. No really. A LOT. I’m so tragic! But see, this whole movable type thing is so new and fun and I keep having to make minute changes that no one else will notice, and then I have to check my site and see what it looks like. And then I have to go and check everyone else’s blogs to see if they’ve updated… and then… oh dear.

Don’t mind me. I’m just the tragic one in the corner attached to one screen or another.

Posted by Fionnaigh at April 25, 2003 10:46 PM
Comments

Yay Buffy! If you have to be addicted to something, there are much worse things to pick. Yes, I think slash-pics do exist. Though that doesn't guarantee you saw faked pictures; they do some disturbing things in that show. *sigh* I've encountered far too many spoilers myself, while waiting for the season 6 DVDs.

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