and then you call me
and it's not so bad, it's not so bad
It's amazing what a good dose of good conversation can do to brighten my mood. I spent a good bit of last night talking to a friend, laughing, sharing, discussing various subjects, and brightening up his spirits -- and it turned around and put me in a good mood. I woke up today happier than I've been in a few days; my general stress level is down, my social tolerance is up, and I am back to being excited about getting a new piercing. whee.
I've been wanting more piercings for a while now. Specifically aiming towards nipple piercings, but I want to wait on that because it's sort of a big thing for me and I want to make sure I definitely want it, which requires a waiting period. plymouth mentioned that she enforced a 1 year waiting period for new tattoos, and I figure that's probably a good rule for me. Lately I've figured my 25th birthday would be good, although I recently realized getting them done in the winter might be better, because I generally wear looser clothes then. So, 24th and a half birthday!
In the meantime, I also want another ear piercing. I decided a while ago on a second helix for my left ear, and I think redglasses has agreed to go with me and get it done, so that will probably be happening this weekend. I'm quite happy about it.
Back on the idea of being happy, along with my better mood this morning, I also awoke with the decision to build a higher level of tolerance for getting stressed by specific people. I dislike holding grudges, because I know it only hurts me. Just as I don't have the energy to make everybody nice in the world into a close friend, I also don't have the energy to actively dislike people that rub me the wrong way or that I don't like being around. How much energy would it take to practice civility? I think it's time to find out.
It's amazing what a good dose of good conversation can do to brighten my mood. I spent a good bit of last night talking to a friend, laughing, sharing, discussing various subjects, and brightening up his spirits -- and it turned around and put me in a good mood. I woke up today happier than I've been in a few days; my general stress level is down, my social tolerance is up, and I am back to being excited about getting a new piercing. whee.
I've been wanting more piercings for a while now. Specifically aiming towards nipple piercings, but I want to wait on that because it's sort of a big thing for me and I want to make sure I definitely want it, which requires a waiting period. plymouth mentioned that she enforced a 1 year waiting period for new tattoos, and I figure that's probably a good rule for me. Lately I've figured my 25th birthday would be good, although I recently realized getting them done in the winter might be better, because I generally wear looser clothes then. So, 24th and a half birthday!
In the meantime, I also want another ear piercing. I decided a while ago on a second helix for my left ear, and I think redglasses has agreed to go with me and get it done, so that will probably be happening this weekend. I'm quite happy about it.
Back on the idea of being happy, along with my better mood this morning, I also awoke with the decision to build a higher level of tolerance for getting stressed by specific people. I dislike holding grudges, because I know it only hurts me. Just as I don't have the energy to make everybody nice in the world into a close friend, I also don't have the energy to actively dislike people that rub me the wrong way or that I don't like being around. How much energy would it take to practice civility? I think it's time to find out.