wotiwrote: Eeyorism

Eeyorism

Monday, January 02, 2006

I know who I sound like most of the time - bloody Eeyore from Winnie-the-Pooh.

On that basis, I've decided to found the School of Eeyorist Literature. The manifesto is simple: the only colour available for metaphors and images will be grey; any humour will be seriously self-flagellating; expectations for success will, at their highest, be low.

I shall be creating a PayPal Tip Jar shortly to extort contributions for the creation of a monthly magazine devoted to miserable stories.

Then again, I'm not sure I can be bothered to make the effort.

posted by Graham, 5:33 AM

2 Comments:

I loved your thinking here! A coworker today told me about six times that I was like Eeyore & that a mental health professional had told her that it was now an official word: "Eeyorism". I looked it up---some people are using it, but I doubt it's in the DSM. It also refers to a type of religious way of thinking...

When I told this lady that her calling me "Eeyore" made me sad (and I was joking, mostly) she didn't get it & kept on talking seriously like, "why would that make you sad?" I got some good laughs to myself all day long....

So---stay grey; it's a nice color if you can keep from being too depressed. See the humor in it---which you obviously do.

-Rick L from Oregon

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