"Executive Dysfunction Blues" (or "Inertia Bl

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"Executive Dysfunction Blues" (or "Inertia Blues")

[in the usual blues form]

....................................

[da dun da dun]

The sinks full 'o dishes

[da dun da dun]

And they ain't clean

[da da dun dun]

I must get out

[da dun da dun]

from behind this computer-machine

[da dun da dun]

I got the blues
the executive dysfunction blues
Got cobwebs on my feet
Won't be gettin' up real soon

[da dun da un]

Why'd I come here?
This kitchen's a mess
I wanted something...
I'll remember it later...maybe, I guess?

[chorus]

Like I was sayin'
...uh, what was I sayin'?
I had a point
It was probably a good one
my brain can disappoint!

[chorus]

I can't find my kitchen
or my feet
how the heck
am I going to find somethin' to eat?

[chrous]

Just one more click
no more research today
I'll stop real soon
at least that's what I'll say...

[chorus]
[end]

Classic

This should be framed as this would be hung up on the wall in someones place.......................(sold specifically to AS folks).

Last edited by Mdyar on 24 Oct 2010, 2:08 am, edited 1 time in total.

That's awesome! It pretty much sums up every day for me.

Sums up my life.

Well done, sir.

i'm no artist and so stringing together words into lyrics is way beyond me. so i request of the other posters here if they see fit, that they can take the following prose and turn it into something artistic-

it's raining buckets outside
i'm cold and feeling totally lazy
i'm out of fresh produce but i can't summon the energy to get washed and dressed for the drive into town for supplies
i argued with myself for 2 hours,
just sitting in a chair and trying to decide whether to get up and get out or to just go take a nice long sleep instead.
sleep won out.
i am so inert.
damn.

i am very lazy when it comes to cleaning, but i try to get my house clean atleast once a week!
my exectutive dysfunction comes from mostley making doctor appointments, Or any kindof appointments for that matter. sometimes, making important phone calls

but dont get me wrong. i'm no hoarder!

I was reading this because for some reason I'm at the computer... oh, yeah, I was working on homework.

*sigh* I so know what you're talking about.

Except for the sleep option ( I usually tend to end up rereading a favourite book, watching a film or on the net ), this is sooooooooooooo familiar; the internal argument weighing up the pros and cons of the effort involved in doing something and the probable rewards.

The strangest thing is that I'm pretty sure that the internal discussion and apparent "decision making" doesn't actually have any effect on anything, it's more like an accompaniment, or side-effect/by-product, of my body just sitting there, unattended to, inactive/inert, "idling".

I think that it's a deeply conditioned habit that I got into/learned during the 14 years ( 7 hours a day, five days a week ) that I went to school.

I think that I adapted to the painful, forced and repeated rapid transitions every 30-45-90 minutes from one subject/activity to another in school by switching off my own need/impulses to move/act in a healthy spontaneous and appropriate way, leaving only the most desperate calls of nature, the most pressing requirements, ( shopping so that can eat, etc like a school bell and school rules ), and the most extreme/addiction-based ( eg. coffee, sugar, a cigarette, etc ), chemically-induced "urges" to "move me around".

My body is still waiting for the school bell ( like Pavlov's dogs ) to say "ok, time to do something different". ... ... ... ( 7 hours a day five days a week for 14 years is a long long long time; the conditioning is very very very deep! )

PS. Why is this in Random Discussion? PPS. I loved the song/blues!
.

Here's my shot at:

Rain on my window
cold on my feet
want some tomatoes --
but can't get out of my seat!

got to wash
got to dress
too much to think about
I think for now, I'll just rest

.................................

Thanks for the nice comments, everyone. I somehow wasn't subscribed to the thread and thought nobody had replied (only noticed it due to ouinon's other thread) -- thought I'd weirded out the board or something.

[quote="Apple_in_my_Eye"]

Rain on my window
cold on my feet
want some tomatoes --
but can't get out of my seat!

got to wash
got to dress
too much to think about
I think for now, I'll just rest

.................................

thanks for the poetry, maybe one day i might be able to write something pretty myself. here's to hopin.'