2000: Rate
January : still the champ |
February : every Jersey native eventually |
March : GasMan |
April : I made it, Ma (sort of ...) |
May : 4:11 AM average GoToBed time |
June : a beer a day |
July : an egg a day (almost) |
August : $38.40 |
| September : Best |
October : visitors |
November : Cromartie |
December : So Long |
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Here's as bad a place as any to write about my methodology: Rate, or Perceived Mood (the terms are interchangeable for my purposes) is determined at the end of the day, usually soon before I go to sleep. As part of my record-keeping, I assess the day's events.If the day included something completely new and exciting, or a goal was accomplished magnificently, or a dozen of your friends give you a belated surprise birthday party, that day may get a "5".
If there was some element of bad, or the good event just wasn't that amazing, the day may qualify as a "4". Fours are when the good events outweigh the bad. Conversely, days that get rated a "2" are when the bad events outweigh the good.
The dreaded"1" is given to days that end with despair. I've found that sadness at certain things is a good emotion. Despair, usually accompanied by feelings of helplessness, is a bad, unavoidable emotion. My gosh I only had one of these days all last year (November 3).
Note to Young Werther: I do have my share of doubt about all the usual things, but most often I temper despair through a varied support system that includes friends (virtual and real), music, food and computing. A dosage of any usually rescues a day from being a "1", hence their rarity.
