Mood swings
Dunno. Yesterday morning on the way to work, medium-bland sort of mood, which dissolved into about five minutes of euphoria as the sun shone through my car window and I started singing "Grasshoppers Three" and then "Gaudeamus Hodie" with a wide grin. Followed by maudlin sadness for about a minute as I pulled into the parking lot. Mild ups and downs all day.
Today, relatively even keel until midafternoon, when Cheryl Wheeler's "Arrow" started running through my head for no obvious reason; and though it's one of my favorite songs, it's a sad and wistful song, and sank me into a generally glum mood. And then Nao sent me a cute little tidbit from McSweeney's: "Names Considered and Rejected by the Software Company 'Cisive' While Looking for Something in the Style of 'Teligent' and 'Genuity'," which was just the thing to make me laugh; a one-joke piece, but it's a good joke, one I wish I'd thought of. It would be an even better joke if the company's name were in fact "Teligent" rather than, say, "Taligent."
In unrelated news, since Thanksgiving my lips have been very dry. I gather that this happens to people all the time, but it's never happened to me before; or rather, it's always before meant that I'm dehydrated, so I've been drinking plenty of water, but it hasn't gone away. Odd.
If that's all I've got by way of news, probably means it's time to sign off.
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