where has all the apathy gone?!

So we're having this game at work for the patients. It's essentially Clue. (PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!!! CRASH!!!) The secretary Evelyn, aka Evil-lyn, took pictures of all of us, making one of the nurses, Dee (who deserves a whole blog entry someday, egads) the victim, and the rest of us suspects. She also took pictures of various objects around the unit that could be the weapon. Little by little they're issuing clues as to what happened, and the first patient (or patients maybe) to guess get a prize or something. The point of all of this is imminent, I assure you. So Evil-lyn made up names for all of us as characters of the game, right? She chose words that worked with our real names, like "Spacy Stacey," "Malcontent Marisol," "Crazy Craig," etc, etc. I am "Jealous Julie." The whole thing is very entertaining for some of the staff who insist upon running 'round and calling us by our character names. The especially witty ones ask questions like "Why are you so jealous, Julie?" followed by a dumb, I-should-be-sterilized guffaw. Each time I find myself pointing out that I am not, in fact, jealous. At least not that any of them know about. *smile* I point out that I am more apathetic than anything. At first they look confused, and then they say "but that doesn't have a J on it!" "No, you're right. That's a very astute observation. Thank you. I'll have to reconsider."


Apathy is a beautiful thing, or it can be anyway. I want to develop an apathy towards certain people. Does anyone know how to do this? Really, I'm seeking a decent, valuable answer, not an exhibition of sociopathic tendencies.

Well, off I go to study for a math test. Heehaw!