Having a Pity Party!

[hummingwolf]

Yesterday magnifelyn asked a great question: "If you were throwing a Pity Party, what would you do??"

My answer:

A real Pity Party? Play lots & lots of angry or melancholy music, preferably with lyrics related to something I'm feeling miserable about. (For some strange reason, there seem to be very few songs about getting screwed by bureaucracy. I know there are some out there, but I can't think of many in my album collection.)

Have plenty of food. There are several things you can do here:
-- Buy good, expensive, delicious foods, then feel miserable about how much money you spent and how badly the food wrecks your plans to eat more healthfully.
-- Buy lots of cheap food with crappy artificial flavoring, then feel awful about how you couldn't even buy some food that actually tastes good.
-- Have plenty of food (good or bad) but don't eat any of it. Feel miserable about watching your diet.
-- Go out in the garden and eat worms.

Be sure to invite the right people to the party. For a Pity Party, the right people could fall into two categories:
-- People who don't understand you and have no idea how you feel.
-- People who seem to understand you--but if you work hard at it, you can find all sorts of reasons why the Really Don't Know How I'm Feeling.

M responded: "Damn, HW. If you ever throw a Pity Party, i hope you invite me. You're a freakin' expert at this!" This is, in fact, true. Are there any other expert Pity Partiers out there? What would you do if you held a Pity Party this weekend?

Comments

[lyssabard.livejournal.com]

See, Pity Party = Pity ME, dammit. So....with that understanding and coddling being necessary, in my oh-so-gothic misery, you'd have to do the following:

Paint/drape the walls in black/dark tapestries. Throw cushions and soft blankies on the floor. Lots of pillows.
Set the Goth playlist up on the stereo. Lots of Cure. Cruxshadows. Sisters of Mercy. Anything else angry/angsty that you want.

Get rich, decadent food readily available. Good food.

Alcohol and absinthe, in mass quantities.

Clove cigarettes.

Decadant Victorian/neo Victorian/goth clothes. Or nekkid. Victorian undies are acceptable.

Floggings by appointment.


Opium. No pity party would be complete without an opium den, really.


Have I missed anything?

[lyssabard.livejournal.com]

Er, lemme add--Pity party = Lemme wallow properly in my misery. Assist as appropriate.

[hasufin.livejournal.com]

That sounds more like a Goth party than a Pity party...


Mind, it sounds like a kick-ass Goth party. So, um, when were you planning on running it? And will you be needing floggers?

[lyssabard.livejournal.com]

I have opiates, but no opium. Does that count?

[hasufin.livejournal.com]

Realistically?


With us?


...yes. I think it'll do nicely.