Impractical Psychology

Had a few drinks last night and I’m feeling less than ok today. I didn’t even go out; just sat and had a good chat over a few glasses of wine. Sitting at work today, I feel less than motivated and frankly lethargic. Usually when I’m in this state of mind my thoughts wonder and I got to thinking about the one tiny fact people always tend to ignore when it comes to alcohol- it’s a depressant. What does that mean anyway? It’s not like you sit in sulk in a dark corner after having a couple of beers. Ok, if you do do that, then you should seriously see a mental health professional.

Usually, we count on the fact that the glass of wine or beer in our hands is going to do the exact opposite. Instead of decreasing our drive, alcohol causes elation and a fabulous sense of euphoria- when drunk in beautifully correct amounts, off course. My poison is and will probably always be tequila. Yes, Jose and I have had some great bonding experiences. After a few tequilas, the world is my oyster. My personality escalates along with the pitch of my voice and I feel like Angelina Jolie- without the offspring!

Anyway, getting back to the point, I realized that the depression only hits the next day. I know this seems like common sense but I believe this observation to be quite a discovery, especially considering the fact that my brain is on retirement today. I feel irritable, indolent, moody and highly sensitive. I am taking the slightest comment personally and feel absolutely unmotivated. Lifting a coffee cup to my mouth is effort! I’m sure a lot of people feel one or more of these symptoms after a hard night of partying and the funny thing is that everything I listed is characteristic of depression.

Alcohol is a depressant because it depresses the brain and the nervous system. Brain suppression would probably explain the lack of social inhibition and stress. It is said that alcohol has a biphasic effect, which means that the effect that it has on you changes over time. Some people know that one minute you can feel great and the next have your head in a toilet contemplating death over the vertigo and nausea. Ironically, in small doses it actually stimulates your brain. However, what goes up must come down. Last night I felt great-today, not so much.

To conclude this post, here are some facts for you:

Hangovers are usually a result of dehydration, so the best way to cure one is to drink water before you go to bed and then again continually the next day. For those of you who faithfully stick to your hangover remedy, you might wana try drinking less because it’s not gonna make any difference the next day!

Taken from the Wikipedia:
“The severity of a hangover also depends on the effects of the byproducts of the fermentation process that brings out the taste and aroma of the beverage, also known as congeners.”
In order of prevalence, congeners are highest in brandy, wine (red), rum, whiskey, wine (white), gin and lastly vodka.

Lastly, animals get drunk too:

“Bees or yellow jackets cannot fly well after having drunk the juice of overripe fruits or berries.
Bears have been seen to stagger and fall down after eating fermented honey.
Birds often crash or fly haphazardly while intoxicated on ethanol that occurs naturally as free-floating microorganisms convert vegetable carbohydrates to alcohol.”

A lot happened to me over the weekend; things that have been playing over and over in my mind, things that I would like to blog about. However, I’m not so sure I’d want my mother or my boss, who just recently spotted my blog, to read about it.

That’s the funny thing about blogging or anything else in life for that matter; where do you draw the line? I’ve read some blog posts where people lay their hearts out for the whole world to see. Now I don’t know about you, but I wouldn’t want to write about how I cry myself to sleep every night after a horrible breakup and actually have my ex or his obnoxious friends reading about it. How sad. That’s exactly how I felt as I read some blog post about a girl completely crushed by her former lover. Not only did she mention how she cries herself to sleep, but also how she phones him and hangs up just to hear his voice every now and then. Ok, now that’s just stupid. Then again, maybe she’s one of those stalker type ex-girlfriends who actually want their object of affection to know that they are being tormented by the fact that they are not spending every waking moment with that person.

Either way, I still believe that some people reveal way too much on their posts. Unlike a diary, blogging is open to the entire world, and posting that you cry yourself to sleep after having your heart torn open is kinda like putting a big billboard with the words “I still love you even though you treated me like crap” right outside your ex-boyfriend’s window-with a picture to go with it

So, now I’m back to where I started. So much to say, yet I guess I’d rather not. I will, however, divulge that if anyone ever tells me again that men are “not that complicated”, I will pull their hair out and make them eat it with full cream milk and chop sticks. Why full cream milk you ask…because by that time I will own a dairy! Now you can draw all the conclusions you want…

I know, I know. I didn’t post yesterday. Poor start to my goal of blogging once a day. On my way to work I decided to blog twice today to make up for skipping a day, but I don’t think I am going to have the time to do that either.

Anyway, so I know that at least one person was reading with his eyes open on Wednesday. Yes, I did write that I have always wanted to keep a dairy and that psychologists recommended it. I mean, why wouldn’t they? A life consisting of milking cows, or buffalo, as someone else suggested has got to be less stressful than my life at the moment. If a dairy owner had to blog, I wonder what he or she would blog about…hmmm, juicy content I bet

If someone knows of a dairy owner that blogs, please post the URL!

Now back to reading with your eyes open: The eagle-eye prize of the day goes to Junaid (no last name), otherwise known as anonymous. Yes, Mr. Anonymous was identified when he blatantly suggested I invest in a cow from a few cubicles over in the office. He then proceeded to suggest that I use my blog, more specifically my blog post, as a platform to start a Dairy Affiliate Program. Another Affiliate Marketing visionary!

I am not going to say too much regarding this comment..Who knows, I might just want to start a dairy affiliate program one day I will say more regarding his sarcastic comment on my post. Human visual perception is so designed that the average person will easily pass over such a miniscule grammatical error and by nature reorganizes the incorrect semantic meaning via continuity. However, someone with Junaid’s personality characteristics will tend to scan things such as other’s spelling and/or syntax in order to boost their own ego off of the backs of others’ innocent mistakes.

So to the public, a word of advice: next time you pass Junaid, whether it be in the office, on the street or any other wrong place/wrong time scenario with a newly intrusive zit formulating on your face, you might want to cover it up by pretending to sneeze or by pretending to accidentally hit yourself in the face. Even a blow to the face will do less damage than having an imperfection pointed out by Mr. “Eagle Eye”.

Consider yourself warned!

Ok, so apparently I’m not very good at this blogging thing. Thought I had posted a blog post like two weeks ago and only realized that it wasn’t actually showing up on my blog when a coworker asked me when I’m going to start posting.

I’d also like to add that I just learned the difference between a blog and blog post yesterday, when the same coworker gave the office a short blogging 101 lecture. Think he is frustrated by the fact that we are all so ignorant regarding the blogging word. Off course, ignorance about one of the fastest growing trends globally, is not a good thing.

So I am going to try to blog at least once a day. I have spoken to some people who actually dictate a certain time of day in which to blog. Guess it helps to actually stick to it.

I also have to confess that I thought that people who blog don’t have very challenging social lives, and since mine is hectic at the time, I figured I didn’t really have the time to invest in something that didn’t actually seem to benefit me in any way. However, after some though I do beg to differ-with myself. I’ve always wanted to keep a dairy and psychology lecturers always encourage the use of one, but I have never been able to sit down and write random stuff about my day. Didn’t really see the point…but then again, maybe if I get some of the stuff going on in my head down in writing, my day/thoughts/life in general might be less chaotic. Also, if I put my thoughts down in writing, I might actually say something intelligent…hmmm, ok maybe not.

Anyway, hopefully this blog actually publishes and hopefully I stick to my goal of blogging once a day…who knows