It’s summer, I don’t have to go back to full time teaching until the fall and in between the projects on my to do list for this time off (garden work that will never happen, filling out the paperwork for becoming an American citizen, brushing the dog, planning for lessons, watching bad TV) I thought I would do some writing. However, my motivation to put words on paper plummeted to the lowest low when Monday’s mail brought  two rejection letters. Scott, Shira, and Sam have already “barked” on the subject and I don’t have anything to add other than that this video cheered me up. Here’s Irish comedian Dylan Moran as the main character in the TV series Black Books reacting to a recent rejection letter.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS1NOXWVWgo

What do you do to cheer yourself up after one of these missives show up in your mail or inbox?