distrait: /di-strey/

inattentive because of distracting worries, fears,

how to use in casual conversation:

"i've been so distrait about hearing back from this new job that i've been very unproductive at work this week"

not to be confused with

dire straits

how it makes me feel:

i must confess to liking this word. other than that it makes me feel tired. maybe it's not the words' fault, i've just felt drained all week and i haven't gotten drunk once. i did stay up too late watching the first season of lost, because it's streaming on netflix, but that was only once. the whole rest of the week i went to bed at a reasonable hour like the broken old man i'm turning in to, with my crickity knee and bum lungs forcing me to retire at an early hour. this is a monday word. don't get me wrong, i like it but if i was dictionary.com i would have picked something a little more upbeat to end the week with. something like butterfly, or rainbow or some other happily-dappily shit.

oh no.

i just said 'shit'.

fuck.

a kind note:

everybody have a nice weekend. i'll be celebrating the birth of one pink robot tomorrow night at a dive bar with an overtly racist mural on the wall and the entire closing time album on the jukebox. whoo ho! happy birthday al!