Thank you all, some incidentals, and a stable shaped TARDIS

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Thank you all for your words of encouragement! I am feeling a bit better, and slightly less like an extremely angsty seventeen. Which is good. I don't know how teenagers make it through adolescence without killing themselves or being killed by others. I appreciate it muchly, and will endeavor to be a little less classic lj-whiny in future - but I make no promises. *grin*

I watched the Children in Need charity thing. First of all, it was pretty budget, wasn't it? I mean just the first two mins of the Christmas special? CHEAP. And also, *sniff* it was sad. Two minutes less of absolutely new Ten material. I really want my Seven Doctors story. Now that would've encouraged me to donate!

At some point soon, I've got to post pictures of the Chicago thing, and magnetgirl's and my incredibly underappreciated halloween costumes. And the regency ball photo essay! I see I have a lot of fiddling with pictures in my near future.

Today I taught "The Last Battle" and Neil Gaiman's "The Problem of Susan." Susan was always my favorite; she had long black hair, as opposed to Lucy's golden curls, she was a wicked shot with a bow, and could swim, and I loved her. "The Last Battle" broke my heart. What do y'all think about the problem of Susan? I don't know why being an outcast from an undesirable redemption filled me with so much woe, but it did. Also, the Stable at the end of the Last Battle? Lewis says it's "bigger on the inside than it is on the outside." faris_nallaneen accuses me of seeing everything with TARDIS colored glasses. Probably true.

If it's wrong, I don't want to be right.

Comments

[demotu.livejournal.com]

I am sorry I missed that post, because I would have been able to commiserate hard-core, feeling much the same.

My mini-solution was going to the gym, which sounds counterproductive because it takes more time, but exercise (1) gives me positive mental endorphins and chases away lingering depression (2) ups my appetite and helps me eat better meals so I'm getting the right nutrients and (3) improves my energy levels and sleeping patterns.

It's not a cure-all, but it's helping. Other than that, I keep writing ''push through'' on my wrist as a little motivator.

Angsty not-seventeen lj-posters unite!

[rm.livejournal.com]

Neil talked about Doctor Who sort of constantly at the performance.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Also, I am going to do the great photo edit on Thursday of the Regency stuff, so if you don't get to it by then, never fear! I'll finally catch up.

And the Children in Need thing? Loved it. Loved it because before it got to the WTF moment, it was 90 seconds of Tennant doing that look of absolute wonder. And that's what we watch the show for.

[contrarywise]

I'm glad you're feeling better. I missed that post somehow, the usual LJ screwiness, no doubt. Movement/exercise does indeed make many things better, so I endorse demotu's gym recommendation.

I am looking forward to the Christmas Special, but yeah, the CIN teaser was annoyingly short. We usually get so much more of Doctor Who for that event, grr!

Re: Narnia... Yeah, I liked Susan so much better than Lucy too. It's been so long since I last read the Narnia books, I'd forgotten how awful the ending of "The Last Battle" really was until I read "The Problem of Susan". It's a brilliant story, but damn, it gutted me too.

Hee! You wear TARDIS goggles!

[haplily.livejournal.com]

I should have commiserated, too... I'm in a similar place right now. I was thinking about you and D today and how much I'd love to see you, if either of you have the time. I'm glad you're feeling better. Even when things are terrible, they have to get better, right?