… and have for a while now. This is the worst its been. Miserable weather. Nothing to do.
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[...] Haysey, I’m still giggling. [...]
Drink some coffee?
P.S. You’ll be happy to know I’m getting in some certified Child-Labour-Free drinking chocolate. Stay tuned to the knockbox for tasting notes
haha I’m deliberately not. Drank lots over the last week, trying not to become dependent. Tea, however, is A-OK
That drinking chocolate sounds grand! I’ll be watching.
In other news, the melancholy means I’m at least memorising lots of my greek vocab. A small compensation. I want my joy back!
Recommended ‘moderate’ caffeine consumption: 300-400mg/day
Mandurah Black Tea: 28mg caffeine/bag
Espresso: 40mg caffeine/shot
Still need to do my study into mind over matter with caffeine consumption …
P.S> Joy and grumpiness are not mutually exclusive.
It’s funny – I can see the numbers on paper, but it just doesn’t match my experience (Yes, you must do that study!)
Although I wasn’t just talking about caffeine, that’s probably a big part.
I know that I get irritable after too much coffee (more than about 2 cups, much less than those figures would predict) – of course, this is when I’m also tired. I find coffee much more of a stimulant than those figures would suggest.
I’ve always drunk tea, ever since I was a wee kid. It has never kept me awake or made me irritable. It always soothes me, no matter how much I drink.
My theory is that the theanine in tea somehow counteracts/combines with the effect of the caffeine.
The wikipedia article on tea (and the long words you can click on!) is really interesting.
Joy and grumpiness – I assent to that in theory, but what does it look like in practice? I can’t help but think that in my present case the loss of the one and the gain of the other share a common cause. Were I only self-aware enough to identify it!
yep. the central coast is boroorring.
I do know what you mean. My Dad used to bring me a cup of tea in bed every morning, and the same every night. Tea is very calming for me, but give Drew a cup after 8pm and he’ll be awake all night. Weird.
Still, being joyful has nothing to do with feeling ‘happy’. In the midst of suffering, you’d better cry, but it’s still possible to know joy in that place.
I try to stick to 2 cups a day of coffee also. I find it dehydrating, so I also drink lots of water with every shot.
Joy and grumpiness … check out some of Piper’s sermons on Job. They do deal a bit more with suffering than grumpiness
No offense dude, but what can you possibly do anywhere else that you can’t on the Coast? I’m so tired of hearing that – it’s the number one excuse of our binge-drinking teenagers as well. My sister used to talk like that, then she moved to Sydney – and guess what, she’s still bored.
My mum used to say being bored implied a lack of imagination.
hey michelle, i saw you at the hunters yesterday. i bet u didnt know i was him and him was I.
Actually, saying im bored is proably incorrect. Maybe, i’d rather be doing something else than sitting here writing comments
ps. to use italics its < em> not < i>. and you must use html editor mode.
You’re right, I didn’t.
Until Nic told me you were wondering if you could call me “KnockBox” instead of Michelle.
and what did you say? haha, nicoles a funny one.
ps. whats the story behind the knockbox? whats its meaning?
Honestly, I prefer Michelle or any derivation thereof, though I accept the logic behind only knowing me as my blog.
Needless to say Nic and I advised against it
I love the Coast, but I think if you had certain interests (or no interests) it would be pretty bad. Like if you really loved clubbing.
I agree, there aren’t boring places, just boring people. But a happnin’ nightlife, maybe Luna Park, a zoo/museum… other places do have things we don’t.
ok i figuered it out. its because your writing them in text not in html. click the html button then write the code… ill fix up your other things
I don’t type them… I just select the text and press the i.
If you want to type them, you need to press the little html button.
haha vk I forgot you have an account here. I was wondering how you were going to fix up other people’s comments. Thanks for doing that.
I feel like I know you in RL now, Michelle, but there was a weird period where it was like seeing a webpage rocking up at church…. if you know what I mean?
Ok, i figured out this is better for a quote. use <blockquote></blockquote> in html editing mode.
there was a weird period where it was like seeing a webpage rocking up at church
That’s hilarious. Sorry, as you computer-language-savvy-web-site-knowhow chaps would say ROFL.
na, i prefer OTGSIL
On The Ground Screaming In Laughter.
.OTGSIL.
meh, once acronyms get that many letters, it’s just easier to say “that was funny”
probably. i thought it was ok for one made up on the spot tho.
haha
A while back I invented ROFLBAST – Rolling on the floor laughing but amazingly, still typing.
Sounds good to say, as well.
“No offense dude, but …”
hahaha – brings back a conversation I had in the car last night with my sis and Sarah G. Sarah asked “do you reckon you can get away with saying anything if you start with ‘no offense’”
Funniest conversation!
Man, I had that conversation with Sarah last week. My answer was no.
So massive apologies Rhys, if I did offend
Really! Rats, I thought it was an original! How bad is having repeat conversations!
We had some crackers – “No offense, Fred, but its just that no-one likes you”
My philosophy is: if you have to say no offense, it will offend… and don’t say it. No offense, though.
no offense here. Haysey, im gonna install a wiked plugin on your blog and implement it. come back on msn
I think it has it’s place: perhaps “I’m not attacking you personally, but I am taking issue with what you’re saying”.
Fair enough. No offence, but why not just say that?
How weird is this: I hated feeling like that/this… but I wasn’t doing anything to get out of it. I was just enjoying wallowing sitting there.
yay. gravatars. what genious implemented this? You like?
ps. to sign up to get a gravatar visit: http://en.gravatar.com
woooooooooooooooo
Woo! I made it work.