Blue Monday

All day one of the local news stations has been pressing that today is Blue Monday, the most depressed day of year. Due to a usual combination of factors: dreary weather, broken resolutions, holiday debt, etc, today is customarily the day that people face up to their problems and brood over it.

I ask, what will that accomplish? If things aren't going great, sulking won't solve anything. Turn that frown upside down and soldier on!

This topic reminds me of that old song from the 1980's

Blue Monday
by New Order

How does it feel
To treat me like you do
When youve laid your hands upon me
And told me who you are

I thought I was mistaken
I thought I heard your words
Tell me how do I feel
Tell me now how do I feel

Those who came before me
Lived through their vocations
From the past until completion
They will turn away no more

And I still find it so hard
To say what I need to say
But Im quite sure that youll tell me
Just how I should feel today

I see a ship in the harbor
I can and shall obey
But if it wasnt for your misfortunes
Id be a heavenly person today

And I thought I was mistaken
And I thought I heard you speak
Tell me how do I feel
Tell me now how should I feel

Now I stand here waiting

I thought I told you to leave me
While I walked down to the beach
Tell me how does it feel
When your heart grows cold
(grows cold, grows cold, grows cold)

And here's a vid from the recent cover by Orgy