Dear Readers,
We are concerned. Despite a to-do list as long as her antennae composed of both pleasant activities, such as communicating with loved ones, and vital tasks like locating a source of income which pays for groceries and the rent, Hilatron's butt has remained firmly attached to the couch for almost the entire weekend. Likewise, her gaze has rarely wavered from either trashy television or diverting but unredeeming web sites (sometimes both at once).
Things started off hopefully enough on Friday evening with a tasty dinner at the Linwood Grill in the charming company of Agent Courtney and the hyperlink-free D. However, we fear that the exessive quantity of starches and dairy products contained in the Vegetarian Platter, while ever so delicious at the time, has overloaded our trusty robot's synapses. Saturday and Sunday have been mere wastes of days, typified by a staunch refusal to engage in any activity beyond the bare physical necessities.
This would not be terribly worrisome - heaven knows that we are not opposed to some Leisure now and again - but it is evident that Hilatron is not actually enjoying her voluntary invalid state. Since her blobbish awakening at noon on Saturday, we have been treated to a litany of bored sighs and woeful looks. Gentle suggestions that those who get up and finish that decorative pillow case, finally, are rarely bored and woeful were met with alarming sneers and the occasional low growl. Worse still, instead of preparing for the coming work week by going to bed on time, Hilatron has elected to stay up late tonight to watch a rerun of Buffy, thus promising a surly Monday morning for all.
In the interest of getting a new entry up on this blog sometime, not to mention the successful running of errands and the uniting of hand and mouth, we implore you to send your motivational speeches, well wishes, and voodoo spells to Hilatron that she might recover her lost gumption. If we don't do something soon, we fear what the future may hold. An Editor can only take so much daytime television, you know.
Best regards,
The Editors
Me thinks it is no coincidence that Agent Courtney is also she who introduced me to dim sum, a highly pleasurable gastronomic experience which results in the same weekend-long useless lethargy. Just what are her motives?
Posted by: EV at March 31, 2003 08:36 AM