i have been spending the last 24 hours, in a state of total self-deprecating misery. a friend of mine just said, "gurl, you need to get your mojo back."

out of all the pep talks, all of the self-affirmations, all of the genuine, unrequested, comments about how "amazing" i am, all the janet jackson, velvet rope-era interviews - it is this that has sparked a little sruti back to life: