the four moods I inhabit

1. punchy = elated/drunk/sleep-deprived
2. cagey = flirty or oblique references to the past/present/future
3. cranky = woe-is-me
4. and bitchy = combatant

1 and 2 occasionally combine as do 3 and 4. And things can get downright ugly when 2 and 4 bump into each other.

You might be wondering what mood inhabits me today.
Well, let me tell you. I am number 3: CRANKY (although as of late it seems that I have been mostly number 2: CAGEY).

This is an adjustment from the old:
"Describe how you are feeling today as if it were a weather forecast?"
"OK, I am ___ ." (stormy, sunny, cloudy or 45% humidity with a slight chance of showers)

I am number 3: CRANKY because a) I am working today b) I just discovered that Sasha- Frere Jones is neither a woman nor black and I find that deeply unsettling and c) I once again, forgot to plan social activities for Saturday night, something that keeps biting me in the ass now that I am no longer in a relationship where these kinds of issues are moot.

Art by Desiree Arlette Holman