June 14, 2006

a permanent state of stressed-out exhaustion

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Star­ted work at 9am yes­ter­day. Quit work at 3am this mor­ning. Get­ting all ready for Tho­mas’ trip to Ame­rica [He lea­ves tomo­rrow].
I know the world I love, the world I want to belong to. Seems the price of mem­bership is a per­ma­nent state of stressed-out exhaus­tion. Fair enough.

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14 Responses to “a permanent state of stressed-out exhaustion”

  1. Marc says:

    Hugh, this cartoon’s a real goody. Are you going to make it down­loa­da­ble too?

  2. hugh macleod says:

    I have vague plans to pro­duce some high-res ver­sions of my older work… exactly when remains to be seen.

  3. Ain’t that the truth Hugh!

  4. I like this card, espe­cially the chan­ging figu­res (less hair, more there).
    Not to be too serious about it, but I might sug­gest tit­ling it “The Three Ages of Com­pla­cency.” For if the three panels depict – or even parody, the ages of “sla­very,” then what word would desc­ribe what African-Americans and other groups have lived through for many years?

  5. Inden­tu­re­ment?
    Self-enslavement?
    Wage-slavery?

  6. rajAT says:

    Awe­some !!

  7. B.L. Ochman says:

    it’s troo! it’s troo!

  8. john t unger says:

    Per­ma­nent stres­sed out exhaus­tion… Yeah, I can relate.
    On the other hand, as I’ve always said: rela­xing makes me tense!

  9. I must be doing something wrong. I’m in my 40s and still free­lance. Maybe I just lack the cou­rage to call myself “consultant.”

  10. hdw says:

    “per­ma­nent state of stressed-out exhaus­tion“
    You have kids? Seriously though, great cartoon.

  11. Kaj says:

    HA! I like this one.. Although I think us young cor­po­rate sla­ves are trying to get out quic­ker.. Am 24 and have just resig­ned from my first big big agency… Off to the land of con­sul­tancy.. brave? stu­pid? who knows.. just that I don’t want to die sla­ving over a 30 second film!! =) BTW as a nou­veau plan­ner, I really enjo­yed your guide to creativity!

  12. Doug Dockery says:

    So what comes after con­sul­tant?
    Great work Hugh (as usual)

  13. Nia says:

    ““I know the world I love, the world I want to belong to. Seems the price of mem­bership is a per­ma­nent state of stressed-out exhaus­tion. Fair enough.”“
    this, or a con­den­sa­tion, should be a cartoon.

  14. Abe S. says:

    By this time­line, after 50, one’s not even ack­now­led­ged. I know folks who wouldn’t argue with that interpretation.