{"id":132,"date":"2007-07-24T23:32:47","date_gmt":"2007-07-25T03:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=132"},"modified":"2007-07-24T23:33:23","modified_gmt":"2007-07-25T03:33:23","slug":"back-in-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=132","title":{"rendered":"Back in Black"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had a great time on vacation, but as we drove back to Real Life, I felt the mantle of depression settling right back onto my shoulders. There&#8217;s only one cure for such a black mood.<\/p>\n<p>A lobotomy.<\/p>\n<p>Just kidding. I&#8217;d like to keep my brain intact if you don&#8217;t mind (completely accidental pun, that).<\/p>\n<p>How about antidepressants?<\/p>\n<p>Nah. I have enough depressing aunties.<\/p>\n<p>Electric shock therapy?<\/p>\n<p>I could use a real infusion of energy, no doubt, but I saw &#8220;The Snake Pit&#8221; when I was a kid and geez, you&#8217;d have to be really mental to try something like that.<\/p>\n<p>No, the cure is a steady dose of happiness, but happiness doesn&#8217;t just <em>happin<\/em>. It&#8217;s not a naturally occurring element, but rather something you have to make for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone got a good recipe?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a great time on vacation, but as we drove back to Real Life, I felt the mantle of depression settling right back onto my shoulders. There&#8217;s only one cure for such a black mood. A lobotomy. Just kidding. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=132\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}