[mostly note to self]

[wispfox]

This is mostly a note to myself, as I appear to continue to be poor at noticing these kinds of things.

If I'm intensely grumpy, and it feels out of place, I _really_ need to do an internal check to see if I'm in a seriously overstim'd state.

Currently, combination of lack of light box (which I have used since I got home) for 4 or 5 days which were also intensely social, the fact that the weather thoroughly screwed up my schedule, and an unexpected conversation with someone who is often high energy-requiring for me (esp over the phone, which this was) appears to have put me into an _INTENSELY_ grumpy state. And, as I noticed a couple of seconds ago, _INTENSELY_ over-stimulated (shakey, skin-crawly kind of thing). Not that there was much I could have done even if I'd noticed earlier, since today was almost entirely taken up by travel.

Icky. At least now I know _WHY_ I'm so damn snappy/grumpy. And now I can go hide or something for a little while.

Comments

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Lolling does not imply a lack of control for me... I like the capability of motion, which lumps don't seem to have (aside from gravity). Interesting.

loll:
droop: hang loosely or laxly; "His tongue lolled"
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn

bum: be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn

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lump:
hunk: a large piece of something without definite shape; "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal"
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn

ball: a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn

swelling: abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn

lout: an awkward stupid person
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn

put together indiscriminately; "lump together all the applicants"
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn

collocate: group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn

[leiacat.livejournal.com]

I think the real problem is that "lolling" implies higher rate of motion and energy expenditure than I would prefer. With "lumping" I mean the first definition. Turning into a mostly featureless heap in front of the computer (or on the couch, or what have you) and, ideally, not having to move at all for a while.

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

I just lack the capability to stay completely stil, which is what lumping seems to me. I think we're talking about the same level of motion though (very little). :)