New moods

[avram]

Here at Grumer Laboratories (Introspection Division), we’re always looking to bring you, the customer, the very latest in mood and emotion technology. That’s why we’re happy to announce the recent discovery of two new moods. You may remember some preliminary results being released in previous posts. Further research has revealed that Ben Folds’s “Gone” makes a very effective mood barometer, and that I can measure my mood by how I sing along with it.

If I’m moved to stride about, waving my arms and singing along triumphally, mirroring the surface mood of the narrator, it means that I’m feeling optimistic. Scientists have dubbed this mood “Gone up”.

If, on the other hand, I find myself bitterly repeating the closing lines of each verse, “I will consider you gone”, it indicates pessimism and hopelessness relating to particular areas of my life. This mood is called “Gone down”.

Especially interesting is that these moods can co-exist with other, seemingly contradictory moods. My current mood of “slightly Gone down” does not seem to be at all interfered with by a more general sense of well-being and accomplishment brought about by a morning workout and the recent completion of a painting, nor by the anticipation of a day spent with friends buying comic books and performing semi-professional fanac.

Comments

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

I bet there's a very long German or a very short Japanese word for the co-existence of apparently contradictory emotions.

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

Sounds like low-level depression to me. I get that too, where no amount of goodness and anticipation can knock out the feelings of despondancy and general crapiness.

Comes a lot with the feeling of low self esteem of being out of work. A sensation I'm awfully familiar with. Even now that I have this part time job, I still feel it when I think about the fact that I'm not really putting bread on the table.

Hang in, and call if gets bad.

*hugs*
LMG

[avram]

Heh. Don't forget the unpronounceable French one.

[avram]

That's not quite it. I do suspect I've got low-level depression, but I don't think that's quite it. For one thing, my slight Gone down seems to have been very short-lived. I replayed the song just a few minutes later and found out I was Gone up again. For another, not having to work kinda rocks.

I don't think I have your phone number.

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

Unpronounceable French words are only good for clearing up post-nasal drip.


Oh, that's gross. Sorry.


Not really.

Re:

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

I can mail it to you. :) In fact, I will.

*hugs*
LMG