Melt-up

Yesterday was bad. I was in a funk most of the day for no good reason, and was looking forward to an impro jam at a good friend’s house to cheer me up. It didn’t. I wasn’t able to leave my funk at the door, and it caused me to be too much in my head and not enough in the room. I was a bad improvisor, I did some bonehead things. I wasn’t having fun, I wasn’t cheering up, and so I left. Not sure if that was the right decision, but it felt right at the time. I was out of there. Caused my friends to worry (I feel bad about that), but there’s nothing they could have done. Left there in a bigger funk.

I woke up this morning feeling a bit refreshed, but not overly sparkly. I had a 10am meeting in the city, so I could stay at home a little longer. I spent a while doing work, email and al that. Then, I decided to get myself in a good mood. Slap slap. I melted down, but I wanted to melt up. I’m very much affected by music, and there are some songs that are so brilliant that I can’t help but be happy listening to them. It’s the performances, the lyrics, the melodies, whatever. So I strapped on the headphones and picked some 5-star iTunes tunes randomly.

• Fight Test - The Flaming Lips* Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart - Against Me* One Day Like This - Elbow and the BBC Concert Orchestra (amazingly sensationally wonderful)

I bounced to the tram.

After the meeting, I thought about lunch. One of my favourite restaurants was around the corner: Cumulus Inc. So I had lunch there. More happy points!

• Cracked wheat & freekeh salad, preserved lemon, barberries* Organic carrots romesco & hazelnuts* Tuna tartare with crushed green pea salad (amazingly sensationally wonderful)

Good food and good music. Great ways to get out of a unscheduled funk.