# Vaguely Dissatisfied **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 24, 2001, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaguely-dissatisfied/69995 "2001-06-24T20:26:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaguely-dissatisfied/69995/1 "2001-06-24T20:26:05Z")
Ever have a day like this? Pretty much everything goes to hell on you, and you can’t do a damn thing about it except watch it spin? I’m living it now, friends and neighbors. Since I woke this morning at 6:00, nothing has been able to hold my interest for more than a few minutes at a time. I hop from thing to thing, trying to find some solace, but nothing works. I putter around my house, looking desperately for something to distract me, but cannot find it, whatever it may be. To bed I retreat, only to rise moments later looking for whatever it is that feels so lost. Sleep is my refuge, but it will not come to enfold me in its arms. Nor can I take pleasure in eating, for my appetite has left me. I have not smiled today. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaguely-dissatisfied/69995/2 "2001-06-24T20:28:46Z")
I know _exactly_ how you feel. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaguely-dissatisfied/69995/3 "2001-06-24T20:29:08Z")
/me hugs the fuck out of MrCynical. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaguely-dissatisfied/69995/4 "2001-06-24T20:32:40Z")
I am so there ---
**Author:** ![lenin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@lenin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lenin)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaguely-dissatisfied/69995/5 "2001-06-24T20:33:48Z")
The best depression remedy I know is to grab a 6-pack of root beer and watch Monty Python for the rest of the day. If it doesn’t work, then perhaps you should try setting a log on fire- It’s fun to watch the flame. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaguely-dissatisfied/69995/6 "2001-06-24T20:35:20Z")
There’s an “All in the Family” marathon on TVLand. That sounds like a weekend, right there. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaguely-dissatisfied/69995/7 "2001-06-24T20:47:58Z")
/me dances for MrC Your hareem awaits. Fran ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaguely-dissatisfied/69995/8 "2001-06-24T20:52:52Z")
Incidentally, your friends (can I say that?) await too. You know my policy on cyberhugs, but… /me hugs MrC tight Fran ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2001, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaguely-dissatisfied/69995/9 "2001-06-24T23:46:44Z")
Trust me when I say I know how you are feeling. Big hugs for the evil,evil one. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2001, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaguely-dissatisfied/69995/10 "2001-06-25T00:05:12Z")
Some days are just _itchy_, where nothing flows or feels right. Or even weeks. (Actually the past decade hasn’t been anything to write home about.) Niggly outside crap is usually to blame; stuff that isn’t solvable right now but won’t get the hell outta the WAY either. It’s a minor but thoroughly demoralizing pisser. The only thing that works for me is either moving the bod _hard_ or totally vegging out. Do something senselessly, pointlessly strenuous or sink into boneless inertia. Half measures don’t cut it. Inertia usually works best, frankly. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2001, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaguely-dissatisfied/69995/11 "2001-06-25T05:05:48Z")
Rasa, he might prefer it if you fucked the hug out of him instead 😃 Cyni – _Hugs_ You know I’m here for you when/if you need to talk about anything. ---
**Author:** ![Silo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2001, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaguely-dissatisfied/69995/12 "2001-06-25T07:26:04Z")
Yeah… I spent a few years of my life like that. _hugs_ ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2001, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaguely-dissatisfied/69995/13 "2001-06-25T11:10:00Z")
I hope today treats you better than yesterday. 🙂 Rose ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2001, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaguely-dissatisfied/69995/14 "2001-06-25T11:57:07Z")
Manservant Hecubus = Mr Cynical? Hmm I guess I blinked and missed the name change. Sorry you are having a bad day Manservant Cynical ---
**Author:** ![Ad\_Noctum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ad\_Noctum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ad_Noctum)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2001, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaguely-dissatisfied/69995/15 "2001-06-25T12:03:53Z")
I hear ya there, Cynny— I tell ya though, it mostly happens after I’ve had too much caffeine. I, as Wicky said, hope today goes better than yesterday!!! ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2001, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaguely-dissatisfied/69995/16 "2001-06-25T16:41:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Manservant Hecubus \* > **Ever have a day like this?** Have I ever _not_ had a day like that? \*\* > [@](#): > > I have not smiled today. \*\* I have not smiled this month.