Manic Monday: Independence

I've been sad and lonely lately, by myself, riding the time warp of depression like a slow-motion roller coaster plummeting into a particularly rocky crevasse filled with shards of broken uncooked pasta. (Mostly the large shell-shaped kind).
I value my independence, I just wish I didn't have to spend all of it alone.
This somehow reminds me of a scene from Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer:

Rudolph has just run away. So has Hermie the elf. They happen to run into each other and briefly trade stories of what they're doing.
Hermie says he wants to be independent.
Rudolph agrees and says he wants that , too, though it's clear from the way he awkwardly pronounces the word "in-de-pen-dent" that he might not be entirely clear about what it means. Hermie replies with a great idea: "Hey, whaddya say we both be independent together?"

That bit of dialogue always makes me smile a little bit, even if it's a sad smile.
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