Ten Things

Wednesday, 6 December 2006
Mood: cheekyNow Playing: StatisticianTopic: Lists
TEN THINGS TO BE DEPRESSED ABOUT
10 Deepest midwinter
9 Continuing war in Iraq — and our Governments have the cheek to impose budget cuts at home!
8 Antidepressants
7 Taxes
6 Bad books — publishers knock 'em out in their millions
5 Crap television — 300 channels x 24 hours = not a lot
4 Society's crumbling, the world's going to the dogs, what hope is left??
3 Smoking — banned nearly everywhere, even in Scotland. Why?
2 The internet — 'cause it's full of crud. ("Look who's talking!" I hear you cry.)
1 The sheer strain and horror of existence. Cheer up: it's already happened.
TEN THINGS TO CHEER UP ABOUT
10 Not being on drugs. Huge step if you've done it, still one less thing to be depressed about if you were never on 'em.
9 (Relative) peace throughout the land in our Western Democracies
8 Great television — brightens dark evenings
7 Brilliant books — just ignore most things published in the last 100 years...
6 Winter Sun Holidays — for those lucky enough to afford them. There's no place like a tropical beach for perusing that book
5 A nice cup of tea — solves a multitude of ills (can't you tell I'm British...)
4 The internet — where brilliant minds can meet...
3 Plumpie Mousie's blog. Enchanté! http://plumpiemousie.blogspot.com
2 Pets — little bits of wildlife that love us and trust us and share our homes
1 Being alive! Aren't we lucky to have made it this far??!
Posted by gledwood at 2:53 PM GMT
Updated: Wednesday, 6 December 2006 3:33 PM GMT