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How I’m Spending My Day

Posted on : 08-04-2009 | By : Joe Craig
In : General

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I’m spending today being infuriated.

Every now and again I like to take on an emotion and live it for the day. Infuriation is a fun one. I decided to take a ride on the tube and become inappropriately angry at everything. Even little things: the doors closing. The doors opening. The sound my shoes made when I walked along the platform. The funny looks I got when I tried moonwalking instead.

This isn’t for research into a book or character, or anything like that. It’s just a game. Tomorrow I might try a different emotion. Something like… ELATION!

This is harder than it sounds – faking the same emotion all day. I suppose actors do it a lot, but then, they’re nuts aren’t they?

Anyway, back to my infuriation. Let’s get ANGRY!

Grrr.

And so on.

EDIT: Ooh, I just found out there are sausages for lunch. You see how hard it is to be angry? How can anybody be angry when there are sausages for lunch?!

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