miserable

That’s when a bracing pessimistic philosophy is called for, the sort that says: Of course you’re miserable, you’re alive.

I went to a screening of Singin’ in the Rain and I remember sitting, going into that screening feeling really quite miserable.

In the aftermath of Katrina politicians, bureaucrats and educators saw an opportunity to finally bring change upon a system that had previously failed so many kids in such a miserable way.