Noe's Noise

Some people brag about the strangest things. Take, for example, my experience in the line to go through the security at Austin airport yesterday afternoon.

A woman behind me (a bit too close behind me for my taste), gets on her phone. Here’s what I hear on her side of the “conversation”.

“Oh my God, I’m SO drunk right now. Like, they might not let me on the plane.”

“I have to smile through security. I am so drunk, oh my God. There is a high chance they won’t let me on the plane.”

“I’ve got my big sunglasses on, so they can’t… Oh my God, I’m so wasted.”

“Are you going to come out with us tonight? You are, right? You’re not going to bail on me, are you? Are you that kind of guy?”

This goes on for some time. And then she wraps it up. Proceeds to make another call…

“Oh my God, I’m SO drunk. They might not let me on the plane. I don’t even know what I packed. I just threw shit in my bag this morning.”

“Are you coming out with us tonight?”

“I was drinking at the lake like all day. I am so drunk. He told me I just have to smile through security. Or I won’t get on the plane.”

And then, yes, she called yet ANOTHER person to proceed with…you guessed it, more of the same. 

Seriously bragging about being drunk? I often joke that I need a purpose, but I’m willing to start a fund to find people like this one. And get them to sober up.

DJ Shadow come on stage at the House of Blues in Boston.

And then he goes INTO the giant orb and the show begins…

And then the orb turns—and he’s INSIDE it DJing. Awesome.

They even projected him inside the orb ONTO the orb when it was turned back around. Mind = BLOWN.

I’m much more melancholy than most may think. Sometimes more than even I think. I try to focus on the positive and strive to BE a positive presence in the lives of those around me.

But I’m surprisingly wired to be very emotionally impacted by people, events. My extreme empathy has nearly broken me on occasion. (All the ugly crying…which at least makes me laugh, thanks to Diane Keaton in Something’s Gotta Give…)

I was talking to my mom during one of my less happy times, and she told me two words that made me really stop. Think. And check myself.

Choose happiness.

I realized that yes, sometimes things just suck. But focusing on that was often choosing to overlook some positive and was choosing to keep happiness away.

So when I start to feel down, I stop myself for a moment to think: am I choosing happiness?

• Space Needle (always a must)
• Salumi’s
• Ferry to Bainbridge Island
• Pike’s Place market
• World Spice Merchants
• Ballard Locks
• Lunchbox Laboratory (amazing burgers and Nutella shake? Sold.)
• Fremont Troll
• Cow Chip Cookies

Yeah, I watched this. In the theater. 

We loved Thandie Newton’s abrupt, over-the-top reaction to a death. You’re missing the audio of “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

Wake up on the wrong side of the bed?
 
Some days I think there is no right side of the bed. Heck, I’d even climb over the headboard if it would help, but there’s just no shaking that mood sometimes.

Being in a bit of a funk lately reminded me of some thoughts about moods and emotions.

Advice I tell myself and others when going through a rough time is to allow yourself to feel what you’re feeling. Be honest about how the situation makes you feel and feel it. Don’t disallow yourself an emotion because it’s not an ideal one. But then, do NOT dwell there. Feel the emotion and move on. Dwelling is where we get unhealthy and stuck in the mood, I think.
 
You don’t have to be on all the time because chances are it’d be 1) dishonest and 2) annoying, frankly.

Just make sure you remember the important part: getting back up. :)