OOTD. No, not a misspelling of those squid-faced aliens (great description, should use it more often, and not just about the Ood) from Doctor Who. O O T D stands for One Of Those Days, and I know some people might be picky and say that the second O should not be capitalised, as in Ministry of Defence (MoD), but all I have to say to them is OOTD for now, because it is OOTD and, really them pointing out the capitalisation issue is pretty much a perfect demonstration of what OOTD should be like.
OOTD are interesting in some ways. Some people say OOTD; for example, I’m sure after a hard day’s mountain rescuing or fire-fighting, many people go home and – when asked ‘how was your day mountain fighting or fire rescuing?’ they reply simply with ‘OOTD’. But since my life is exceptionally duller than that, OOTD loses a certain, shall we say, excitement or interest whatsoever.
Getting up late doesn’t help. Not having much of a plan and a lot of things to do is an absolute killer. Skipping food yesterday probably didn’t help. Lazing around watching DVDs is a good indicator of OOTD as well. So is looking deliberately for distractions of any sort.
OOTD thus manifests itself in a feeling of absence, vagueness and general lack of motivation. Sometimes the OOTD trigger can be quite simple – for a start, I’m sure my iPod’s random shuffle this morning didn’t help (Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd, followed by Carry Me (Levellers), That Which I Have Lost (George Harrison) and It Hurts (Angels + Airwaves). After that playlist, I decided to put on loud cheery songs and jump around for a bit.
Some people would probably observe that as a symptom as well. The weather doesn’t help either. OOTDs can be easily dealt with in the sun, or the rain is an equally good (Plathesque) cleanser. But for now, I’m sort of stuck with analysing my wearisome nature on this blog. Hohum. Perhaps a jog or the gym might be a good cure. Except I’m broke, so it’s going to be a jog. Or maybe chocolate (see earlier post, in particular on the health benefits).
Or I should just do a To Do list and get on with it. I guess its ironic (and appropriate) that doing the TD fixes the OOTD.
xHx
