Comments on: What they call “A bad day”

By: k.

k. — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 18:20:25 +0000

I really appreciate stories about bad days because I strongly believe that the only remedy for a bad day is to accept that it is a bad day and take whatever (crashing iron boards, dead car batteries, etc.) is coming your way with as much grace as you can muster. You can’t hide from a bad day! I once lived in a very very large warehouse and on my way to bed one night I noticed a lone bee hobbling across the wide open floor. I remember briefly wondering how it got in and thinking it seemed especially harmless. The next morning, when I put on my sneakers I discovered the hard way that the bee had chosen, of all the possible hide-y places and available spaces in that warehouse, my shoe for it’s bed. It was the beginning of one very bad day.

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:40:08 +0000

I don't know about "most people" when it comes to listening to music, but music is extremely mind altering to me whilst absorbing it. I get so connected to some songs, I "literally" can't listen to it depending on the emotional attachment.

Very strange indeed.

By: donna ernst

donna ernst — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:00:06 +0000

David, I hope you don’t have many more bad days. That sounded terrible. Glad you found your clothes. What were (or weren’t) you wearing at the dance? Washer could have been a frozen drain. Some of our friends had frozen piper.LvM

By: Kynthia

Kynthia — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:27:36 +0000

it's true that the essence of that "bad day" feeling is in the little things. sometimes it just feels like the whole world is ganging up on you, and whether you are doing it yourself because of a lack of focus or whether it is just a bunch of coincidences that happen to line up in cruel ways, it still sucks. you sound like you handled it well, though, and i'm very glad you didn't lose your shoes. :)

i think the mood influencing characteristic of music is indeed a big part of why some people listen to it all the time, though i doubt that the reaction is always as intense for them as it is for you. whether that is a result of their higher tolerance or your higher attention is tough to call.

but either way i will argue that music isn't just LIKE a drug; it really is one. it has noticable physiological impacts. your brain and your body react. it can lead you to think about things much differently than you can on your own. some music is better at pushing the buttons than others, and environment can play a big role in absorption. but that's true of any class of drugs, really, so...

them's the thoughts from amsterdam. ;) see ya soon.