post-election

recently, there were some black moods.  angry, hateful, disgusting.  the funny thing about moods, is that they're catching.  more contagious than the flu, i think.  so i won't say who started it, but suffice it to say that, at one point or another, we had each become afflicted.  this got me thinking about the antidotes to a black mood.  we should each have a bag of them, and use them just like medicine.  my bag includes:

• make cookies
• a walk
• music
• lock myself up & work
• an outing to the bookstore
• an episode of the office, 30 rock, or curb your enthusiasm
• lock myself up & read
• a hot chai
• new pajamas
• scrabble, pente, or cards
• car talk

you?  i tried to get everyone to make their own bag because when you need it most, you often forget what in the world you could do to make it better.