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#ThingsIWantToToon: Awkward Joreth
A cast of characters like Awkward Yeti, of the various body organs, but personalities to fit my own quirks. In this case, we have #AnorexicBrain and #AnorexicStomach and #SleepDisorderHormones
Brain: We will focus on the task at hand.
Me: But it's not the task I want to be doing! I have important shit to do and this is just surfing the...
Brain: Focus...
Brain: Focus...
[hours pass]
Me: [finally remembers something I actually want to get done online, to justify sitting at the computer this whole time]
Stomach: OMG HANGRY RIGHT NOW MUST HAVE FOOD OR WE WILL DIE!!!!!!!
Me: Fuck, dude, chill out! I'm right in the middle of something, I'll get food in like 5 minutes.
Stomach: 5 minutes is way too long! We'll be starving before then!
Brain: I will then cut off all the hunger signals so that you can focus and direct the body immediately into starvation mode! Metabolism! Slow down! Circulation! Drop! Fat production! Speed up!
Me: No, wait, you don't have to do that, I'll get up in a minute, I just meant, y'know, tone it down a bi....
Brain: Focus...
Me: [back to task]
[a few hours later]
Stomach: WTF WILL YOU GET OFF YOUR FUCKING ASS AND FUCKING EAT SOMETHING ALREADY WE ARE ALMOST DEAD RIGHT NOW WE ARE LITERALLY DYING RIGHT THIS MINUTE!
Me: Shit! I forgot to eat again. OK, here, I put some food in the microwave, it'll be ready in 3 minutes, calm down!
Brain: Oh, see there? Food is started! Problem solved! Nothing to see here, move along, everyone go back to what you're doing, all danger signals can be turned off now.
Stomach: Hold on, last time we did that, she forgot...
Brain: Focus...
Me: [goes back to the computer for another couple hours]
Stomach: DED NAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sleep Disorder Hormones: Nope, sorry, time for sleep. Everything shut down immediately! This is not a drill!
Me: But... [sleep]
Brain: We will focus on the task at hand.
Me: But it's not the task I want to be doing! I have important shit to do and this is just surfing the...
Brain: Focus...
Brain: Focus...
[hours pass]
Me: [finally remembers something I actually want to get done online, to justify sitting at the computer this whole time]
Stomach: OMG HANGRY RIGHT NOW MUST HAVE FOOD OR WE WILL DIE!!!!!!!
Me: Fuck, dude, chill out! I'm right in the middle of something, I'll get food in like 5 minutes.
Stomach: 5 minutes is way too long! We'll be starving before then!
Brain: I will then cut off all the hunger signals so that you can focus and direct the body immediately into starvation mode! Metabolism! Slow down! Circulation! Drop! Fat production! Speed up!
Me: No, wait, you don't have to do that, I'll get up in a minute, I just meant, y'know, tone it down a bi....
Brain: Focus...
Me: [back to task]
[a few hours later]
Stomach: WTF WILL YOU GET OFF YOUR FUCKING ASS AND FUCKING EAT SOMETHING ALREADY WE ARE ALMOST DEAD RIGHT NOW WE ARE LITERALLY DYING RIGHT THIS MINUTE!
Me: Shit! I forgot to eat again. OK, here, I put some food in the microwave, it'll be ready in 3 minutes, calm down!
Brain: Oh, see there? Food is started! Problem solved! Nothing to see here, move along, everyone go back to what you're doing, all danger signals can be turned off now.
Stomach: Hold on, last time we did that, she forgot...
Brain: Focus...
Me: [goes back to the computer for another couple hours]
Stomach: DED NAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sleep Disorder Hormones: Nope, sorry, time for sleep. Everything shut down immediately! This is not a drill!
Me: But... [sleep]