{"id":217,"date":"2003-12-29T10:28:00","date_gmt":"2003-12-29T09:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/custom-deluxe.com\/2003\/12\/quiet_time.html"},"modified":"2003-12-29T10:28:00","modified_gmt":"2003-12-29T09:28:00","slug":"quiet_time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/custom-deluxe.com\/index.php\/2003\/12\/29\/quiet_time\/","title":{"rendered":"quiet time"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s really amazing what a good, solid dose of hermit time can do. With the exception of a walk here and an errand there, I’ve been out of my house exactly once since Christmas Eve. I’ve spent most of my time reading, watching the Comedy Central SNL marathon<\/a>, listening to whatever’s in the CD player and just thinking things over. Also napping. <\/p>\n

No epiphanies or breakthroughs or anything dramatic like that, but then that’s not what I needed. I’d been feeling so fantastically rocky lately, blaming it on this or that, but now that I’ve had some time to navel-gaze, it all looks pretty simple: I spent a lot<\/i> of time on my own last year. I haven’t given myself much since I’ve been back. I had a lot of plans that I’ve had to adjust and\/or cancel. I haven’t processed any of it, really. Between worrying about work and worrying about moving and worrying about not<\/i> moving and, well, just worrying about pretty much everything… let’s just say it’s easy to lose track of what’s important. The good news is, I’m starting to come back around.<\/p>\n

To sum up: I’ve seen ads for some scary shit<\/a> – I only wish I’d caught the whole of that blue-screen spot for nationwide donut-of-the-month-club or somesuch horror (I would like to point out that, with the exception of Comedy Central’s own Holiday spots, what I said a few days ago<\/a> about advertising emphatically does not<\/b> apply to what’s airing on cable); I’ve been alarmed by the sight of Angus Young<\/a> in short pants at age 104 or however old he is now; I’ve successfully solved a murder mystery before getting to the end of the book<\/a>; I’ve written several thousand words and processed a few hundred photographs. I’ve decided I need to open a store called Disco Pants ‘n’ Haircuts*<\/a>, but I’m not sure what I’d sell (ideas welcome<\/a>, bien sur). <\/p>\n

So, yeah. I’m feeling much better, thanks. Now, who’s coming to see Big Fish<\/a> with me? It’s showing right across the street from La Creperie<\/a>…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s really amazing what a good, solid dose of hermit time can do. With the exception of a walk here…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/custom-deluxe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/custom-deluxe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/custom-deluxe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/custom-deluxe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/custom-deluxe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/custom-deluxe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/custom-deluxe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/custom-deluxe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/custom-deluxe.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}