Not that you're detrimental or anything but...
Hopeless... as in without hope. As in not any hope in hell... the H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks place. As in no expectations. No ideas of what will be or not be. No notion of what needs to happen or how things are supposed to be. You know that sort of feeling when you are just cool with what ever is happening. Sort of like peaceful or something.
Helpless... as in without help. As in I was helpless to assemble my desk. That is to say, no one was there to help. Does that mean it isn't getting put together? Hell no... as in H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks place no. I am putting it together without help. It's just taking a while, but it's getting done and done right. Right therapeutic it is, too.
Okay, I'm REALLY tired now. It was nice to see an old friend, though. Time to watch some CSI, eat something -- yeah I haven't done much of that lately, and have a drink before bed.