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I am *so* unmotivated.

I mean, not the oh god I hate my job-ish type of unmotivated, inspired by a need to underachieve to a startling degree and slink by on the bare minimum. Oh no. I am unmotivated where I am envying the life of a sloth--a sloth who hangs in trees and actually, God help me, grows mold on its hair from its sheer frenzy of not moving.

I am sitting here, in my not terribly uncomfortable chair, staring at my monitor, wistfully envying the life of a sloth

If I were right now to write down my favorite thing to do, it would be staring into space with a blank expression, thinking of nothing at all.

Also, there was about a ten minute pause between the line above and this one? That was me. Staring blankly into space.

Dear God. I'm becoming a sloth. A giant three toed tree sloth growing mold.

This is brought to you by Monday, the only day of the week I wear make-up to work. Mostly because it being Monday, I always figure the day needs something to get me through it.

Comments

[ratcreature]

Well, you get no sympathy from me. Sloth is my default state. :)

[seperis.livejournal.com]

*giggles* I need an icon for it too! I like yours!

[ratcreature]

Yeah, your current one really doesn't convey "sloth" at all. Rather the opposite, I mean, he looks so intense and focused...

[eternallycait.livejournal.com]

I have, max, about two hours of work to fill a 8 hour day. Sometimes I stare at the screen and type just to make the clacking sound so other people will think I am working.

[seperis.livejournal.com]

We have weird and strange lives.

[luthorienne.livejournal.com]

I hear alcohol-based substances are excellent at preventing mold growth.

I meant perfume, of course. Preferably something outrageously expensive.

[seperis.livejournal.com]

I can see this, vodka in my coffee while I regale clients with my various life experiences.

Hey, it could totally make my day more fun.

[fyrdrakken]

Nope, Irish cream. That way you get real cream instead of that crap that tends to be packaged as creamer, plus booze!

[akacat]

I feel the same way! Ok, I actually feel both ways, the underachiever way, and the sloth way.

I'm going to buy a few powerball tickets tomorrow. If I win I can become a professional sloth.

[seperis.livejournal.com]

If you win, marry me? We coudl totally create a *new standard* of slothdom.

[akacat]

We could be prophets. We'll usher in a new age of slothdom.

[akacat]

I didn't win. *huge emo sigh* I guess the engagement's off, then?

[thepouncer.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, yes. I wrote two drabbles today, and otherwise surfed around the internet, cursing the LJ block yet again. And then I got home and collapsed at my strenuous day.

[seperis.livejournal.com]

*dies laughing*

I didn't even do drabbles! I tried to write Lorne/Mensa!John sex and just could not get--er, inspired.

*sad*

[thepouncer.livejournal.com]

I'd eke out ten words and go read another news article. It was horrid. I'm trying to finish the O.C. juviefic I've been working on since summer of *2004* before the last episode airs, and I could not concentrate on it at all.

But Lorne! Mensa!John! Pretty and wanted!

[cottontail.livejournal.com]

At least sloths are cute... sort of. Is the plural "Sloth" or "Sloths"?

[seperis.livejournal.com]

*blank look* Sloths. Slothes. Sloth.

I don't know. Huh. I should look that up.

Also. May I steal that picture to make an icon, please?

[cottontail.livejournal.com]

Yup, you can have it. I just stole it from a google image search myself. :)

[melblue.livejournal.com]

Visiting your LJ again because I like it so much!

I'm rather fond of sloth-like zone-outs - I've become an expert at staring blankly out of windows. Unfortunately they are uncontrollable sometimes, yesterday I did it just as I was phoning someone and left the most embarrassing message on an answering machine ever. Why didn't I just hang up?

[chibikaie.livejournal.com]

Can I complain about my new 40 hour work week now? Where I don't get to sit down more than 10 minutes and get paid less than $10 an hour and have to keep inventory in my brain because the computer system is fed bad data? Oh yeah, and the store closes in another two months.

:(

sloths

[laceymcbain.livejournal.com]

Did you know that sloths spend their entire lives in the trees, only coming down about once a week to pee, which is good because sloth pee from above doesn't seem like a good thing to me.

(It's possible I've been watching too much Discovery Channel.)

[barbaragray1212.livejournal.com]

You are very lucky that you HAVE a job.

[seperis.livejournal.com]

Lucky in that there are some that need them? Yes. Lucky tht I worked to get the skill level necessary to get through one screen and a written interview. No. That wasn't luck. That's been pretty good at what I do.

Hmm. That's three times now. So--taking into account you go back a year in svmadelyn's lj to make disparaging remarks about me twice, then wander across this fairly boring entry to do a bit more, and you don't have me friended so you wouldn't just see this entry at random on your flist, I'm thinking this is weirdly personal. Since I can't ever remember actually interacting with you, and considering the two earlier remarks, it's probably fannish.

Stop now.

[mecurtin.livejournal.com]

Algae. They grow algae in their fur, not mold. *Green* algae. Plants, in fact.

[seperis.livejournal.com]

...that isn't better. Seriously? Algae?

I'm a sloth growing algae. Dearest God.

[mecurtin.livejournal.com]

*sniffs* I think it makes them more *special*. Like coral, which also grow algae. Only sloths are a bit faster.

They also sometimes have moths in their fur (http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/ZooGoer/2004/6/sloths.cfm), eating the algae. A whole ecosystem! Maybe you could get a little lizard in there, to eat the moths! Child would like that. *nod nod*