Moods

I was in a sour, dour mood tonight. We went over to my Phil & Rosie's, hung out. Ate ice cream, milkshakes, talked. Phil taught us how to play poker. He cheats.

Why was I in a bad mood?

Sometimes you get pensive or unsettled and when other things happen to jar you in your fragile emotional state, you stop engaging positively with your world. Either that, or you're annoyed that you didn't get very much done today.

Moods are strange like that. I think even the most even-keeled of us succumb to giddiness or grumpiness at one point or another. In a way, strong moods can be like strong drink, except maybe not quite so extreme. They say there are mean drunks and happy drunks. What do moods make you? Annoyed (mean) or giddy/crazy (happy). I'm sure there are many other shades. A Christian band even wrote a song about girls and moods, wishing they would wear "mood rings" that would change color with their mood, so the guys would know how to act toward them.

I'm not generally a quick-thinking, verbally incisive person, but every once in awhile I get in a mood where I feel almost as if I could have taken on Winston Churchill in a battle of wits. And just like inebriation, you think you're cooler/funnier/smarter that you likely are in reality.

Moods aren't normally as violent as drunkenness can be, but the same general thing applies I suppose. When I get into a bad mood, I just want to lash out. I want to let someone have it with both barrels. I want to passionately, sanctimoniously (because then I could maybe justify it) chew someone out. That desire was assuaged a little bit tonight because I was able to passionately give my opinion about something I believe strongly in. Yeah! I just let 'em (no one in particular, unless they disagreed with me) have it!